. •" June 21 0-2 inches rainfall 3~£^ 4-^ inches rainfall 2-4 inches rainfall Over 6 inches rainfall -Dates when flowering of spring wheat is general. Fig. 2G. July precipitation in spring v/heat area. V/eathc r rc 1 ations in sprinfi_whcat jirea - 'The flowering of spring wheat normally is general in northern Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and southern V/isconsin, during the last t-vo decades of June and in Minnesota and Horth and South Dakota f lov/ering is usua lly general during the first two decades of July. The June rainfall for 1^22 was deficient in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska region, w

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. •" June 21 0-2 inches rainfall 3~£^ 4-^ inches rainfall 2-4 inches rainfall Over 6 inches rainfall -Dates when flowering of spring wheat is general. Fig. 2G. July precipitation in spring v/heat area. V/eathc r rc 1 ations in sprinfi_whcat jirea - 'The flowering of spring wheat normally is general in northern Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and southern V/isconsin, during the last t-vo decades of June and in Minnesota and Horth and South Dakota f lov/ering is usua lly general during the first two decades of July. The June rainfall for 1^22 was deficient in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska region, with a result that only slight infection of scab occurred. The July pre- cipitation for ^'Unnesota and the Dakotas was also much below normal, with the result that conditions at flowering time wore not favorable for infection*. The following statements from the United States Vfuather Bureau (Climatological Data 5 ' : June a July, 1922) give an idea ox the weather conditions in the spring wheat area: Illinois, June; "June v/as moderately very dry***.. Iowa. June: "June v/as considerably warmer than normal and unusually ;

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