Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-30

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tunity.
Cummins to Talk Across the
State From Red Oak tc
Mason City.
special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 3o.-While the crop
reporters of Iowa have ceased furnish
ing the Iowa weather and crop bureau
regular weekly reports on the condition
of the crops and the bureau is done
with the summer crop bulletins. the crop
reporters are sending in reports, by re-
quest, on the latest estimates OF the corn
crop. During the summer great many
liunfavorable reports We're sent In. The
July reports, If not discounted. would
have indicated that the corn crop was
entirely ruined in many parts OF the
state, and no hope of any results from
the fields. Estimates of the percentage
of crop varied greatly from 10 to 40
per cent. These reports were given to
the public, but 1t will be recalled that
=. r. Sage, head of the state crop bu-
reau, warned the public not to believe
that the Iowa corn crop could be ruined
in the manner indicated, and that the
resourcefulness of Iowa soil under un-
favorable conditions would manifest 1T
self in due time. The reports received
the past few days from the crop report
ers indicate that the pessimistic view OF
many persons was not entirely justified.
Said Mr.. Sage:
.'The reports asked for now are given
In estimates of bushels per acre instead
of percentages Of a crop. The reporters
who made the most doleful estimates
last summer In regard to Iowa corn are
beginning to recede from their position.
When they go out into the fields and es-
innate the number of bushels actually
to be gathered from the standing corn
they discover that Iowa will have a
pretty fair crop after all. / feel sure
that the reports from the men who
gather the crop will be pleasing. I have
been out in many fields myself and if I
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crop calamity this year I would hardly
be able to detect it from an inspection
Of the fields
One crop there is Of which Iowa peo-
pie csit boast this Year, and that is the
peach crop Iowa is not generally re-
garded as a peach-growing state, but
this year reports come from all the
southern part Of the state indicating
that the peach trees have borne fine
fruit this year. The peach belt" said
Secretary Greene, of the State Horticul-
tural Society, sis in the southern two
tiers of counties across the state, but It
follows up the rivers and valleys. There
are many fine orchards of peaches in
Fremont, Page, Taylor. Appanoose.
Davis, Lee, Des Moines and other coun-
ties, and they raise peaches practically
every year; but this year the trees have
borne we'll as far north as Jasper, Shelby
and counties along that line. The cen
sus reports of a few years age showed
Carroll and Woodbury. counties, and
some in Dallas, Polk and other counties.
But it Is only in the southern tiers of
counties that peaches are grown regu-
larly. In some Of the counties there are
orchards of many acres and they prove
q good crop. But peaches are not sure
as far north as Des Moines. This year
is an exceptional year" The reports in
dicate that the scattered orchards all
over the central part of the state have
borne fine fruit. Here and there a man
has half dozen trees in his garden and
they are filed with splendid peaches.
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Mr.. Cummins will do considerable
travelling this week, as 1t will be neces-
sary for him to speak all the way from
Red Oak to Mason City, thus crossing
the state diagonally. He reports that
his last weeks meetings We're all that
he could wish, that he was well re-
ceived everywhere, that the local ar
rangements We're generally good and
that the republicans everywhere gave
evidence of their desire to show him all
meetings this week, especially at Allan
tic and Indianola, will be excellent ones.
Dolliver and Smith at Atlantic and
Smith and Shaw. at Indianola will make
two strong combinations for the Ninth
and Seventh districts. The Dolliver
meeting in Carroll county is to be at Be.
nan, rural place near Glidden, where
there is to be sort of basket picnic. and
people will come from the far northern
and eastern parts of the county. Mr..
Dolliver desires to go where he can
reach the people from the farms and has
asked for appointments to many OF the
smaller places, but he is in demand for
the best appointments in the state. Dol
liver speaks at Cherokee on the 9th Of
October and at several other places in
northwestern Iowa. Governor Shaw is
to the opening act in eastern Iowa. He
will speak in Muscatine, in Dewitt and
Maquoketa, thus opening the campaign
for three counties of the Second district.
Shaw will also go to Nebraska for few
speeches before the campaign is over.
1t has been observed that neither of
the two democratic newspapers in Des
Moines put up the entire county ticket.
At the county convention but one nomi-