Weekly station . inued! work, only it was rather warm part of the time. T7e had a maximum temperatureof 100 degrees or better on three successive days* The soil was getting very dry until the 8th. when inches of rainfell. This rain helped things considerably, althought it came with such adash that a large amount of run-off took place e Harvesting of winter wheat has been in full swing in this vicinity forthe past two weeks£ and at present writing most of the wheat is in the stack;most of the farmers report e. fairly good yield* #e harvested our winter wheat, oats, and barley thi
Weekly station . inued! work, only it was rather warm part of the time. T7e had a maximum temperatureof 100 degrees or better on three successive days* The soil was getting very dry until the 8th. when inches of rainfell. This rain helped things considerably, althought it came with such adash that a large amount of run-off took place e Harvesting of winter wheat has been in full swing in this vicinity forthe past two weeks£ and at present writing most of the wheat is in the stack;most of the farmers report e. fairly good yield* #e harvested our winter wheat, oats, and barley this week. With theexception of the last years fallow plats ,in the MC series, all the oat andbarley plats had to ve moved for they were too short to get with the sorghums are all growing well now, and most of them have been thinned* Mr, Lilly who was with the Office of Dry Land Agriculture in 1913 an<l191^i now with the Officer of Sugar Beet Investigations, was a visitor at thestation on the Sfcha I - - \f. WEEKLY STATION REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF DRY LAND AGRICULTURE INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. JUL l 7 1920 HEPORT FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 17, 132C* Akron: This Section was visited by another good rain last night, which will goa long w^.ys toward the assurance of a good corn crop* Some wheat has been cutover the county, but harvest will begin in earnest next week, Next week willsee much of the harvesting on the station completed, Wheat yields bid fairto be the best in this region for many years0 The Harlequin cabbage bug has made its appearance in many of the gar-dens over the county and is cleaning them out. They have made their appear-ance on the station garden. The only successful means of combating with themseems to be picking them off and killing them in kerosene. The forestry was hoed and cultivated during the week. The stationroads were graded, and the rotation alleys were cultivated. Final roguingof the grain plats
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