Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-10
Many Think That in Two Weeks More,
Without Killing Frost. Good Crop
viii Be Assured in This County
Taylor Township 100 Acres Will Go
Eighty Bushels.

will be sufficient. A. F.. Nuese. of Pick
ering. is of the opinion that there will
only be half a crop in this section of
the county. Higher land will produce
a good acreage, and William Steward,
OF Taylor township, has 100 acres that
already promises a yield of eighty
bushels. 1t is out of the way of any
thing but a freeze at the present time.
The opinion is general that much corn,
owing to the high water and cool
weather, will never make crop no
matter how long the frost should hold
back.
In order to get an idea of the situa-
ton turnout the county. the T.-R. has
made an effort to see thosee who are
conversant with the situation, and their
views are given for what they are
worth. The general tendency Is to
be optimistic. William Steward who
lives north OF the city on Third avenue,
in Taylor township, has 200 bushels in
corn on his farm. He is not farming
the land himself. but has been over the
fields within the past few days and
Tuesday brought in samples that are on
exhibition at the City National bank
1t is fine corn and is already practically
ont of harm's way.
Only 100 acres Of the crop are like
the sample, however. That of the re-
naming 100 is q little backward, as it
was planted two weeks later. Mr..
Steward says that half of the crop
would not be hurt now by any ordinary
frost. but would be by a hard freeze,
such as would have a tendency to XIII
the stalk. He estimates that 100 acres
will go eighty bushels to the acres. AS
the average yield of the state Is 81
and 40 bushels, Mr.. Steward thinks
he has some pretty fine corn. Mr.. Stew
ard considers that two weeks more VIII
Mace his entire yield out of harms
way. Some of the corn Is quite badly
but not sufficiently TO ma
teriallv affect it.
DIR. Mark NJ. Evans. OF LeGrand. who
has been observing the nelds OIL lle
eastern part of the county during MS
drives turnout the country, says thas
much OF the corn In that sectlon Is
better than was expected y
would a few weeks ago. A great deai
OF the soil is sandy, and consequently
did not hold the water when the heavy
rains were washing out fields in other
localities. The crop. he thinks, is as
far advanced as could be expected. ana
will average a good yield. 1t is still
backward in the low lands where
second planting was necessltated pc
cause OF the heavy rains.
A. r. Nuese, of Pickering, is not
~ optimistic. Mr.. Nuese's farm is To-
Gated a mile northwest OF Pickering,
naf lying in LeGrand and the other
.alf in Greencastle township. One hun
ired sixty acres have been placed IN
,orn. and have been cultivated by his
sons Charles and Fred Nuese, and
som in law, John Gummert. Mr.. Nuese |
saws that he does not look for more
han half a crop Of what he would call
.orn. 1t will not average over forty
bushels, he thinks. Il always figure,
said Mr.. Nuese, that what August
doesn't cook, September will never
.ry. While some Of our corn is pretty
good. and some is fair, there is con-
siderable that will never make corn. no
natter how long we might be without
,rost. I think that the estimates on a
.rop in Marshall county have been
placed too high all around.
G. f. Stansberry, OF Gilman, who has
,een making thorough inspection of
.orn land in that section of the coun-
y. is more than pleased over the out
ook. Mr. Stanberry says If we have
en- days Of nice weather, and he means
" nice weather days OF ordinary warm
the corn will be out OF the
vay of the frost. Corn of early plant |
ng," said Mr.. Stansberry. rs already
tented, but there are fields that VIII
lever produce corn, no matter what
lind OF weather we have. l think the
,orn In our section will average a goo ! I
lfty bushels, and some OF IT Will go
Zig Corn has made a wonderful gain
n the past ten days. You will find this
ear. too, If you have been noticing |
he corn, that the tips of the ears are
illed out. That hasn't been the case
or two or three years. We are better /
ixed today, in my opinion. than We
we're last year when the frost struck
is. and there Is no doubt in the world |
tut what central Iowa Is in the corn |
,elt this year. We are going to raiss
IS good and better corn, than any sec
ion of the United States. We are much I
better on, even, than many counties In /
.ther parts OF the state. l visited the
Id William Colbourne farm. four
niles west OF Gilman, just last week, /
md never saw nicer corn in my lifs !
This. however, is an exceptional field
IS 1T hadn't been planted in corn for I
light years. The corn is already about /
nut OF danger and will run seventy
i've bushels to the acre. There are
ixty- five acres in the field"
William Shipton, of Marion town
hin, considers that his corn is pra2- /
ically out of the way of the frost no" +
md estimates shat his yield will he /
bout seventy five bushels TO the acre.
rhe corn is Of an excellent quality.
Supervisor G. u. Arney of Albion,
Who has been looking over the fields of
owa township, adjacent to Albion.
avs that the early corn would proba-
,ly not be hurt much now by frost,
nut the average field would. Il think
hat a hard frost, at this time, would
damage the general crop from
S to 40 per cent, We want two weeks /
II dry warm weather to make corn {
,hat it ought to be. If we have It 4
hink the average acreage in our part
I the county will be at least forty
we bushels. Some fields will run six