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Show V m V Weekly Crop Bulletin. During the foro part of the pat week the weather was quite warm, but the last four days were much cooler, averaging averag-ing about four degrees below normal, heavy thundor showers occurred on the fourth and fifth, relieving, to a considerable con-siderable extent, the drought conditions -which have been prevailing for several weeks back. The showers were ac-i ac-i " ' companied by high winds, which did , r some damage to grain and fruit in many 2""' f. vpjirtBoftue8tate. wh nf "" The rain was moat opportune, and 4 - made marked improvement in the con dition of corn, potatoes, sugar beets, and the late sown grain . Harvesting and threshing continues, and the yield ia uniformly good in nil flections. In the western and extreme southern flections, the water supply jb getting 1 quite short, and more rain is needed for it tho growing und muturing crops. t "" |