Weekly station . els on summer tillage to a trace follow-ing alfalfa. Maximum temperature, 105, mean maximum,. 95, minimum, 56, meanminimum 61, mean temperature, 74, precipitation, none. Sccttsbluff. The continued hot, uvj we^-cho-r of the past -ion oh wa6 only oroken by a smallshower on the 25th. All crops are suffering more or less from lack of moist-ure. The small spring grains are drying up and ripening very rapidly. Winter\vheat and several plats of oats and barley were harvested Saturday. Grass-hoppers have become very serious in the last three weeks and are doing greatdamage t
Weekly station . els on summer tillage to a trace follow-ing alfalfa. Maximum temperature, 105, mean maximum,. 95, minimum, 56, meanminimum 61, mean temperature, 74, precipitation, none. Sccttsbluff. The continued hot, uvj we^-cho-r of the past -ion oh wa6 only oroken by a smallshower on the 25th. All crops are suffering more or less from lack of moist-ure. The small spring grains are drying up and ripening very rapidly. Winter\vheat and several plats of oats and barley were harvested Saturday. Grass-hoppers have become very serious in the last three weeks and are doing greatdamage throughout the Valley,, Oats and wheat on several plats on both the *? ... uS* s|j>hl:..{. ?>Vf r.;.! Mi IP :i» ?4 f f- .-r. ,», \ ... .*v;; i^irt? fel •••• .« ; - • ft \ ?•VO •:. .u,;:. ..t ? f ••••. •?!¥. ; ? L #JJ • %? ,•4 7 *1c v4^^Jr>V-*t ; j ., :? ?•lit! « ..1 ; * * V A ..( , -t C «; V,.*-* . rr «,. 1 .Via tt. -5- Scottsbluff: (continued) dry land and irrigated fields have been completely stripped of leaves by thesepests. Mr. C. Mickel and Mr. Yates, entomologists from the University ofNebraska, are visiting the station at present and are employing measures tocombat the grasshoppers. Mr, J. PI. Martin cf the office of Cereal Investiga-tions visited the station Wednesday and Thursday. Maximum temperature, 101on the 24th, which is the highest temperature recorded in the nistory of the ?station, minimum temperature 51 on the 28th, precipitation .2. inches, evap-oration inches, average hourly wind velocity miles. Sheridan: The past week has been the hardest on crops of any this season. High temg>-dratures, no precipitation, nigh evaporation and considerable hot wind hasbeen the common thing. The following conditions obtained. Maximum 103, min-imum, 53, precipitation, trace; evaporation, inches, average wind vel-ocity, miles. On the 26th the temperature got to 102, and a
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