Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
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| Ogden, March 3O.-On the Will farn
about a mile west of Marshalltown, the
farm where. the Collie shepherd dog an6
the two TOM hunt rats and mice
on the cooperative plan, there is a
hen that now cares for 40 chickens
Said hen only had to set two days to
bring about this wonderful state of af-
/ fairs. An incubator came off, with
! forty chickens on the exact day and
hour this hen deliberately made up her
mind to set. She was accommodated
with glass eggs old eggs, round stones,
etc, to fill the nest and forty-eight
hours after the incubator chicks were
added In small quantities. She took
so kindly to these quick additions to
the family that the whole forty moth
erless incubator chicks We're given her,
and she proudly left the nest with her
large family after only two short days
of retirement from the busy hen life
on the Will farm.
Readers OF this column probably
know that the writer does not take
much stock in weather prophets, signs.
full moons. wet moons, dry moons or
weather in Iowa or elsewhere. During
the month of February we had in Iowa
sixteen consecutive days of springlille
weather, days when gloves, oyercoats
or overshoes were not necessary for
comfort for the out of doors worker
But somehow it was different down in
Connecticut, with the same moon and
planets running the weather program.
In recent issue of the Hartford Cur
rant these head lines and comment APP
peared as local matter, February Was
Very Cold and Snowy-Mean Degrees
Colder Than Usual--Nearly 26 Inches
of Snow Fell
The most conspicuous meteorolog-
ical events during February were the
snow storm on the 4-5th, and the pro-
tracted cold wave on the 23-24th. Dur
ing the passage of the former 11.5 in
ches of snow fell, and while the cold
wave noted was not of the very ex-
IRENE kind, it was prolonged by the
sluggish movement of strong high
pressure area overspreading northeast
ern districts. and gave Hartford and
vicinity good, stiff, American winter
weather during longer period than
1t will be remembered that the high"
and low atmospheric whirls during
the past few months passed over the
country at an abnormally rapid rate,
so that the change from one extreme
to another was sharp. The mean at
pressure (sea leveD was
5000 inches, with a maximum of 1919
inches on the oath, and minimum OF
29.57 inches on the 18TH"
And we can all easily remember this
phenomenal month of March in Iowa.
But the New York Sun of March 10Th
says: within two days of the ami
of the memorable blizzard OF
1883. New York today was visited by
perhaps the heaviest snowstorm Of the
winter The fall began about 9 o'clock
this morning, accompanied by an east
wind and continued until late tonight.
n was the thirteenth storm of the Win
ter season.
"In eight hours nearly six inches OF
snow had fallen, bringing the total
of the winter UP to forty four
inches. This is double the fall of last
winter, and according to the local
weather bureau, the end is not yet. |
The cost of removing the snow from
the streets is estimated at 100000 the
aat inch, and many of the side streets
have not been cleared,
Comparing the latitude OF Iowa
Connecticut and New York state there
$ but little difference. And, the moon
IF the middle of March was dealing
,ut two decidedly different kinds OF
weather about that time.
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