Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-10
GREEN CORNFIELDS.
DIRECTOR SAGE OF THE CROP
BUREAU AT DIES MONIES Is
SUES BULLETIN.
Amount and soundness of Final Year
Depends Upon Warm and Dry
Weather-ExceIIent Progress Made
in Fall PIowing-SoiI is Good

Weather-ExceIIent Progress Made
in Fall PloWing-SoiI is Good
Des Moines, Sept 9.-The deep
green of the Good Old Summer Time"
is still in the Iowa cornfield, and Di.
rector j. R. Sage of the United States
weather and crop service bureau says
the price of corn bread this winter
depends on the amount of good dry
heat the country gets during the next
few weeks. go
In his weekly bulletin, which was
issued yesterday afternoon, he says:
september opened with nearly nor
NAL temperature and generally favor
able conditions for farm operations.
The nights were quite cool, but there
has been sufficient warmth by day dur
ing the week to maintain the growth
OF vegetation. The corn crop has
made fair advancement, but most OF
the fields still show the deep green
color OF midsummer, and the ripening
process has not been sufficiently rapid
to allay the feeling of anxiety as to
the future safety of the crop. The
final output, as to the amount and
soundness, depends upon warm and
generally dry weather the balance of
this month. Excellent progress has
been made in fall blowing, with the
soil in good condition. Threshing re-
ports indicate a very large yield of
timothy seed. The late potato crop is
doing fairly well except in low, wet
soil. A very satisfactory crop of fall
apples is being harvested and market
ed"
Northeast District.
Allamakee Rossville)-Corn doing well.
some early planting out of the way of
frost; late corn well cared; will be a good
deal OF good corn If frost holds off two
weeks longer, and at best will be some soft
corn; small grain better than expected
Winneshiek tRidgeway)-Rain 40; good
weather for September: vegetation thrifty.
North Central District.
Worth (Northwood)- Cool and wet; corn
maturing slowly; some threshing from
shock to do yet and grain badly damaged.
some having to do.
Emmet Gasthervillc)-Rai %. good week
for corn without frost. but would have
been better if it had been warmer.
Hancock Rrit0-Rain OF; too cool for
and much thing being done.
Cerro Gordo (Mason City)-No rain: early
corn improving: late planted will only
make fodder; apple prospect good CLEAR
l4akel-Corn has made gains; potato dig
ging in progress. yield not large.
Butler (Clarksville)-Rather cool for
corn, which is maturing slowly; some rain
and nearly n frost
Northwest District.
O'Brien Q'rimghar)-Threc DAYS for
threshing; corn is doing we'll and if frost
holds off fifteen days we will have n good
| crop. l.
| Clay (Spencer)-Good week for threshinc
and fall blowing; corn made fair progress
ABOUT - per cent of the crop will be safe
by September To- balance needs two 70
four weeks to ripen
Cherokee Observation-Disclosures cool and
cloudy week; very unfavOrable for corn
which needs sunshine and warm nights for
two weeks.
West Central District.
Sac (Sac City)-Rain 1.02: corn making
very slow progress; fall blowing com.
menced.
Carroll tCarrolD-Mean temperature a.
degrees: no rain; favorable for corn and
fall blowing.
Shelby CHarlan-Much cooler than sea
sonable, but n fairly good week for corn.
which is beginning to dent early planted
Will he safe in two weeks; late corn far
behind
Central District.
Webster d'ort Dodge)-Rain LOO: sun
shine - per cent; corn made fair progress
much the largest part of early planted is
In the dough stage; 60 per cent of corn
will be safe by September 20 with season
able weather; blowing under way and soil
in good condition.
Boone (Ogden)- good week for 1a+e
corn: early planted showing white husks.
Story tNevada)-Corn has made good
progress this week: earliest ears In early
planted fields are denting
Poweshiek ulartwck) Corn maturing
| fairly well; early corn will be safe by Sent.
~; ground IN good condition for blowing;
potatoes blighting some.
Jasper (Newtou)-past week favorable
and early corn maturing; later planted
hardening. 2
South Central District.
| Buchanan Independence MANY corn
| fields out of the way of frost. but more
are not think this county will have 40
| per cent of an average crop: sweet corn is
yielding well and the canning factory is
| putting up SEINE fine corn; pastures never
| better.
Blackhawk Waterloo)- Rain 50: fail
| blowing in progress: corn getting along
nicely; good prospect in most and except
| low wet soils.
| Benton dslairstown)- Dry weather max.
ing some improvement in corn
East Central District.
Washington (Ainsworth)-- Nearly down
to frost line three mornings this week; DO
| tatoes doing well: Timothy seed yielding
eight bushels per acre.
Henry lMt. Peasant)-C Corn has made
| fair progress: cool nights nnfavorable; clio
yer seed being cut; hay, balng in progress
Southeast District.
| Mahaska. (Oskaloosal-- Another week OF
drying weather will secure early planted
corn; soil in good condition for fail pillow.
| Ing.
Marion pcllal-Cloudy ana COOL corn
ripening slowly; apples and peaches fail
| crops.
| Madison tWinterseb-Dry until Saturday,
| just enough rain to stop threshing; two
| weeks more of dry weather will see most
of early corn safe.
Lucas Charlton Rain 80. corn matur
Ing slowly; pastures never bet,er in Sep
/ TENDER.
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