| Show IDAHO CROP REPORT weather crop bulletin no 22 of the idaho deate weather der service vice for the week ending monday september 2 1895 ane weather during the past week was somewhat cooler then than the one preceding ceding but no frost has as yet been reported though antho in the southeastern portion of the bbate tate on several dates the temperature fell almost low enough to cause frost over the southern half bolt ot of abe state high winds have been the rule nearly every afternoon doing much toward drying out pastures and crop there was les leis than the usual amount of the precipitation during the week was very light but better belter distributed than that bat of the preceding week thunderstorms were general over the southern section on the and they were accompanied in many places by hall ball but no damage is reported the rainfall was not sufficient to relieve crops which are suffering from the prevailing drouth harvesting is in nearly completed over the greater portion of the state though in some parti part of blaine county the crop to Is not q quite u ite ready for cu cuttina cut tinn I 1 io a some places place a considerable acreage of wheat is being beaded that method of harvesting being considered the moo most economical where the crop to is light to is completed in we toe western se etton in cassis cassia and other counties of 01 the southern section it to Is well under way and will probably be finished during the coming wees week in otner parts of the state work hat has just juat begun and will probably be general in a few day rabbits babbits appear to have injured birj ored crops to a greater extent than man in former years in the extreme southeastern section grain is more or less ie dankew damaged and a large amount has ha two been eat cut for ha hay lathes potatoes and garden truck are pre prcy grealing gre gree aing stag fairly well though their growth has baa been retarded slightly lightly by cool weather in the he western portion colons are doing exceedingly well cabbage and other vegetables in ID the me northern half bait of the state abate havo have been damaged to some extent by grase hoppers hoppen the second crop of alfalfa has bai been cut in a number places of ot another in other instances the crop is ready for cutting and the baying faaoi will be over in a few weeks fruit is in good condition generally doe the int 1981 trust froat there Is i some ome complaint of plume pluma dropping off stock Is doing well D P director central centra J office IDAHO FALLS idaho sept 3 8 1896 |
