Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
KING CORN WINS
GOLDEN CEREAL WILL DEFEAT
JACK FROST.
MEMORABLE RACE ALMOST FINISHED
Three-fourths Of the Crop is Now Ma.
tured and the Officials of the State
Crop Bureau at Des Moines are
Greatly Encouraged by the Showing.

Des Moines. Oct. 1. - That King
Corn will win in the race with Jack
Frost is now conceded by all local
crop authorities, and while the
largest crop ever matured in Iowa
will not be presented to the market,
the commercial value will repre-
seDt millions to the farmers of
the state.
Three-fourths of the crop is ma
fured and the outlook is exceptionally
bright. Director j. r. Sage of the
climate and crop service yesterday is
sued his last regular crop bulletin for
the season. A special card, however,
will be issued October 5, giving
summary of the corn crop up to
that date. Reports by counties fol-
low:
Northeast District.
Allamakee (Rossville)--Frost can do but
little harm to corn now; it will make So
per cent of a crop: IL this fine weather con
tinues week longer it will yield 90 per
cent: frost on Thursday morning did no
damage; some corn cutting done; threshing
well along.
Winneshiek Ridgeway)-No rain and 100
per cent of sunshine: farmers blowing,
threshing and harvesting potatoes; potatoes
| 20 per cent rotten. Hesper)-- Frost on
nights Of Sept. II and "a; corn matlred
rapidly last ten days and weather favor
able for filling the ears.
| Bremen (Waverly)-Fine corn weather
four days: light frost Sept. "a in low
places; corn cutting well commenced; corn
growth very heavy on well drained land,
but not all out of the way of frost
| Fayette West Union)-Dry and high
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cent will be good corn; potatoes rotting
| badly.
| Clayton (Elkader)-Rain 10; very favora-
Bile week for all growing crops; threshing
almost completed, corn will be good crop.
North Central District.
| Kossuth Burt)-Corn cutting and plow-
| ing in progress; no damage here by frost,
but some places near Algona suffered; best
crop of apples and grapes ever grown here
being gathered.
this season and most of it is now safe;
4 large amount of fall blowing done
/ Hancock Britb-Dry week: frost Sept.
4 Is. 24 and p will iniure corn on fiat lands,
and some corn on rolling land: but little
cut for fodder; some hog cholera reported
/ blowing advanced (Corwith)-Best corn
weather of the season; go per cent of the
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toes badly rotted.
! Cerro Gordo (AIason City)-Corn cutting
commenced; threshing and blowing well adj
vanced; frost Sept. "a. CLEAR Lake)-An
/ ideal. sunny week, and corn has made won
derful gain; considerable corn cut up; nc
| damage by latest frost.
Franklin dIampton)-Corn has made rap
Id progress; many are cutting their corn
and several report yield will be IS to sc
bushels per acre; no frost damage except
Ion low places. (Geneva)--Id week for
4 ripening corn; light frost Sept. 81 but not
killing, as many corn fields are green as
ever; considerable. corn being cut up. The
winter of our discomfort is made glorious
| Indian) summer
| Wright (Goldfield)--A light frost Thurs
day did no damage; earliest planted corn
is now approximately safe; late planted
needs ten to fourteen days.
1 Humboldt (Humboldt)-No damage by
/ frost: potatoes are good; home grown APP
| pies fine crop; second crop of hay being
| made.
Palo Alto West Bend)-A remarkably
fine week, with light frost Sept. 81, first
of the season.
Northwest District.
i OBrien Primghar)-Corn is drying ur
nicely; If it continues dry will be picking
1 corn by Sept. 20; threshing about com
4 pleted
i Cherokee (Washta)-Dry, warm week
with south wind; corn has matured rapidly
| last ten days; scarcely any potatoes on the
market.
i West Central District.
Sac (Sac City)-A fine week and most OF
the corn safe; potato crop very small.
! Woodbury. Dunlap)-Corn maturing nice
Il ly, and some fields will give n larger yieli
and much better quality than last year
while the general average will be lower.
4 Monona (Onawa)-Trace of rain; fine weel
for ripening corn.
L Carroll (Carroll)-Rain .OS; fine weathe
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