Weekly station . at time. Heads are filling unusually well, andinstead of being early, harvest will be considerably later than usual. Somelodging has taken place on summer tilled land* Corn is from two to four feetin height and is receiving its last cultivation* Scottsbluffs The greater part of the past week has been cool and cloudy* Two smallshowers occurred, totalling »l+2 inches* Small grain plats are becoming verydry and the grain is maturing very rapidly* However, harvest will be con-siderably later than last year* Corn and sorghums were cultivated during the week and are making
Weekly station . at time. Heads are filling unusually well, andinstead of being early, harvest will be considerably later than usual. Somelodging has taken place on summer tilled land* Corn is from two to four feetin height and is receiving its last cultivation* Scottsbluffs The greater part of the past week has been cool and cloudy* Two smallshowers occurred, totalling »l+2 inches* Small grain plats are becoming verydry and the grain is maturing very rapidly* However, harvest will be con-siderably later than last year* Corn and sorghums were cultivated during the week and are making rapidgrowth. Field peas for green manure were beginning to dry up and will beplowed under this week* Considerable damage is being done again this year by grasshoppers, al-though not as bad as in former years< The usual campaign with poison branmash is being waged against them* Maximum temperature 92, minimum 4S; precipitation .42 inches. Sheridan1 The first part of the week was marked by frequent showers which hamper^. -6- Sheridan,- continued: ed field work to a considerable extent* The last three days have been clearand warm* All of the plowing for fallow was finally completed. The sweet cloverfor green manure was also turned under* As the sweet cover did not come upuntil this spring, the growth was rather small, although there was a goodstand* There was quite a heavy growth of weeds and winter wheat, however*Although weeds have been making a rapid growth over the most of the station,the tow stuff in the rotations has remained quite clean* Ail of the rowstuff in Field E, not in the rotations, was cultivated. The wheat in the rotations is now heading* The flax in the varietiesis in full blossom, while that in the MC series is just beginning to blossom*All of the flax that was seeded is looking good so far, The alfalfa cut some time ago was finally dried enough to weigh yester-day, and was hauled today. The yields of alfalfa in Rotation 42 were 21S0 15/0 lbso per a
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