The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-08-20
HEAT WAVE TOO
GREATFORbEST
FARM PRODUCTS
Weather Man Somewhat
Overdoes Things but
Many Crops Prosper
Under Suns Rays This
Week.

Boise, August 18-The past week
was exceptionally warm, especially
during the latter half when excess
lively high temperatures were record
ed. Rain occurred only in small
widely scattered areas and mostly in
small amounts, although the rainfall
in portions of the Panhandle was
sufficiently heavy to be of benefit to
crops and to pastures and ranges.
There was little cloudiness and the
percentage of sunshine was high. In
the Boise-Payette valley there was
little wind movement but in the up
per Snake river valley and over the
Twin Falls region hot drying winds
occurred.
It was too hot and dry for the best
progress of crops generally, but it
was ideal corn weather and in irri-
gated districts that crop made splen-
did progress. The heat and drying
winds carried away soil moisture with
great rapidity and it was necessary to
make liberal applications of irriga-
ton water to keep crops growing.
Dry farm crops are suffering from
lack Of moisture, although the bulk
of dry farm grain was we'll on the
way to maturity before the drought
became damaging. Late sown spring
wheat and the beet seed crop in some
fields were damaged to some extent
by hot winds. Hay cured rapidly
and the bulk Of the second crop of
alfalfa is now in the stack. Timothy
harvest is pretty we'll over. A plepti-
full crop of fine quality has been Sc
cured in the best of condition.
Garden and truck crops made good
progress; potatoes are maturing in
good shape; sugar beets made salts
factory advances; the beet seed crop
is being harvested. Fruit is doing
well generally but prunes are drop
ping too freely in. some commercial
districts. Although pastures and
ranges are in need of rain and dry
ing badly in some localities range
feed is still adequate and range stock
continue to thrive. Heavy shipments
of beef cattle and lambs are being
made from Adams county and they
are coming off the range in fine
condition.
Notes From the Field.
Lava Hot Springs, Bannock county
BARLEY, wheat, oats and potatoes
are fair to good; range fair but dry
Prichard, Shoshone county-Ex-
ceptionally hot week with drying
winds; timothy all cut; pastures and
ranges still green.
Mccall, Valley county-All. crops
are in fair to good condition.
Geneva, Bear Lake county-Pas-
lures and ranges getting very dry;
barley. wheat, rye, and oats ripening
fast; oats very short in straw but
fairly we'll filled.
Bliss, Gooding county-Dry, hot
winds making crops ripen early; TAX
ing an unusually liberal amount OF
moist, moisture to keep crops growing;
Moscow, Latah county-Winter
wheat all cut and thrashing begun;
spring wheat ripening fast and some
cut; ideal corn weather and the crop
is making rapid growth.
Pocatello, Bannock county-Fire
hazard greatly increased by continued
hot, dry weather; pastures and
ranges drying but fed still adequate;
cattle in fine condition.
Lewiston, Nezperce county-Corn|
and potatoes fine but beginning to |
need rain; peaches and plums being
peaches practically no
crop except down Snake river.
Rathdrum, Kootani county-Corn,
potatoes, and all fruits doing we'll
meadows, pastures and ranges greatly
improved by rain of the 9th; light
crop of oats being harvested.
Idaho Falls, Bonneville county,
Warm weather and severe winds dam
aged some grain and beet seed fields;
crops growing we'll; cutting of beet
seed begun; sugar beet crop making |
progress.
Caldwell, Canyon county-Warm,
Try, calm-not one dust storm;
full swing; corn maturing
all garden truck good
prunes dropping more free
y than desired; apples doing we'll.
New Meadows, Adams county,
Weather continued favorable for
hay harvest and ripening
grain; barley ready for cutting; pas
lures and ranges need rain; heavy
Shipments beef cattle and lambs GO
ny out in fine condition.
Twin Falls, Twin Falls county,
Hot and dry; high wind on 10th de-
aged stacking but about half of the
second cutting of alfalfa is up; wheat
learly all cut and thrashing begun;
most alsike thrashed with good yield;
puds and apples advancing fast
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