Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
AN EXCESS OF MOISTURE
Corn Crop Advancing Rapidly But
Frequent Rains Prevent Cultivation
and Causes Abundance of Weeds
Some Low Land Crops in Danger
Floods Did Some Damage.
Special to Times-Republican.

While the rains have been excessive,
river valley lowlands. damage has been
done by floods and water, the condi-
tions as whole are fairly encourage
ing.
Because OF the heavy rains cultiva-
ton of the corn has been retarded, and
weeds have sprung up in abundance.
The reports say some of the small
grain is being touched by blight. and
wet weather is delaying the hay har-
vest. Following is the crops reports
by districts:
North Central District.
Winnebago CForesD-Rain 1913; too
much rain for corn cultivating ana
having; considerable hay on low lands
will not be cut on account of water;
oats heading and seem to be filling
we'll
Kossuth (Algona) 1856;
growing week, but too wet for farm
work.
Hancock (Britt)-Rain 1853; rain
fell every day but one; haying retard-
ed; laying by corn will be deferred
till next year; excessive rust on oats;
corn uneven.
Cerro Gordo (Portland) = Rainy
week; corn on best land looks Well;
most of the crop is poor and much of
it not more than knee high; oats rusty
and blighted; potatoes and apples ex-
cellent; no weather to make hay; pas
lures good.
and very discouraging to farmers;
ground too soft for harvesters in
fields.
Franklin (Geneva)-Rain every day
or night and streams all out over low
lands; worst condition known fo-
years; corn on well drained fields doing
quite we'll; oat crop nearly ruined go
ing down and flooded. (Hampton) -
Rain 1874; corn growing rapidly and
some tasseling: too wet for haying or
killing weeds in corn and beet fields.
Wright pows)-Rain 4.64: too wet
to cultivate corn; small grain badly
tangled: oats are in milk stage; hay
ing begun.
Humboldt Humboldt)-Ran 3.72;
very little work in fields; crop growing
rapidly; the first hay cutting got wet.
Pocahontas CPocahontas)-R 2s6:
damaging to crops on low ground
standing in water; some corn fields no.
pioWed twice.
Northwest District.
O'Brien (Sheldon)-Rain 2,s5; hay
ing seriously delayed by rain; it
rained every day but four during last
fifteen days; corn is growing rapidly,
but weeds are bad and ground too wet
to cultivate.
Buena Vista (Alta)-Rain s.43; 1t
rained five nights this week; days were
except one day; very little haying
done.
Cherokee CWashta) Rain 5.39; hay
ing and corn blowing delayed by much
rain; some damage from high water on
Goth
West Central District.
Carroll (CarrolD 2.35; corn
advancing rapidly; harvesting delayed
by rain and wind storms
Audubon Audubon)-Rans delayed
work; some high winds blew down corn
but it is Strengthening; all crops look
Ing we'll; rainfall sos inches.
Central District.
Hardin Qowa Falls)-Rain 2.6S;
dripping wet: corn is hustling rapidly,
also the weeds; no haying yet.
Webster (Fort Dodge) Rain, 400
inches.
Calhoun (Manson)-Corn laid by
and harvesting of early oats was be-
gun this week; heavy rains delayed
farm work.
Story (Ames) = Rain, 2.Os: corn
growth very fast: some damaged by
wind on 18th; oats ripening and some
harvested; early oats not injured by
rust.
Boone (woodward)-Rai every day
but Tuesday, with wind which in
jured corn to considerable extent; late
oats begin to show blight; low bottom
land about all under water. (Boone)
1.19; strong wind on 10Th
damaged corn to some extent. Hun
dreds of acres of corn along the Des
Moines river are flooded and ruined:
some farmers lost all their corn; oats
doing we'll. but rust appears.
Marshall Observation-Disclosures 1856
inches
Poweshiek (GrinnelD-Rain, $50;
but little field work done this week.
(Hartwick)-Corn growing fast and
most of it laid by; small grain only
a fair crop.
Jasper (Newton)-Rain, 4.42: excess
of rain injuring crops on low or flat
land; oats rusting; corn generally we'll
worked (Monroe)-Rain, 3.34; corn is
making rapid growth: early oats light
in weight: some hay spoiled.
Guthrie Guthrie Centero Rain,
$50: some having done latter part of
week: oat being cut
East Central District.
Black Hawk Waterloo 2.49
for week ending goth; the rain and
hot weather gave corn a wonderful
growth. and the weeds also. and oat
and hay harvest coming on; potato
bugs are troublesome.
Benton 0uzerne)-Oat fields are red
with rust: ready to cut but much
ground is too soft: corn growing fine
ly where IT Is NOT too wet