Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-13
At CRITICAL POINT
CROP SITUATION IN IOWA DE.
PENps ON CHANGE TO CLEAR
AND WARM.
SMALL GRAIN MATURED;
TOO WET TO HARVEST
Hayins Operations Delayed and Some
Fields Of Corn Laid BY With Only
Two Civilizations - Crop Damage in
Flooded Districts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
From Counties.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 13.-Director Chap
pei, of the weather and crop service,
reports that the average temperature
of the week was 5 to degrees below
normal; the first half of the week was
unusually cool, cloudy and wet, and
the latter half moderately warm, but
with considerable cloudiness and some
rain The rainfall over the southern.
central and western districts was
heavy and in many localities, excess
sive; the total amounts for the week
ranged from four to almost nine inches
over the southern and from two to five
inches over the central and western
counties. This excessive precipitation,
falling on land already saturated with
moisture, has caused flood stages in
all creeks and rivers within the area
of Sheavy rainfall Bottom lands have
been flooded for the third time this
season and a large acreage of corn
has been lost Very little if any work
could be done in the fields and as a
a great deal of the corn is now too
large to pillow, much Of it will be laid
by without the third cultivation. The
rains have prevented haying, and in
the southern districts where the small
grain is ready for the harvester the
ground is too wet and soft to run ma
chinery. While the aggregate of dam
age to crops in the flooded valleys and
on the fat lands is very heavy, the per-
centage Of total loss for the whole
state is not very large. The precipita-
ton was light and below normal in the
northeastern counties and all crops
have continued to improve in that
section. Early planted corn on uplands
in all parts Of the state is in good con-
dition and growing rapidly. Small
grain over the larger part of the state
is reported to be doing we'll, but dry
weather is at once needed for harvest
ing and haying. This is a very critical
period in the crop situation and the
final returns of the harvest depend
largely on the weather conditions dur
ing the next week or ten days.
Northeast District.
Chickasaw (New Hampton)-Rain
ISL; not very favorable for work on
account of cool, wet weather fore part
of week; some haying being done.
Fayette (West Union)-Favorable
weather conditions for all growing
crops; some hay has been put up dur
ing the latter; part of week.
Bremen (Waverly)-Rain LA; rain
fall was such that corn fields in all low
places could not be worked; corn will
be light on wet ground; upland very
good; clover is ready to cut, but
weather is unfavorable for haying.
North Central District.
Mitchell (osage)-Rain 1.61; corn in
fine condition and nearly ready to lay
by; small grain doing we'll.
Winnebago Forest City)-Good week
for crops of all kinds; corn doing ex-
ceptionally well; haying begun, crop
heavy.
Kossuth (Algona)-Rain 2.3e; bad
week for farm work; an excessive
amount of wet and cloudy weather; no
sunshine until Saturday. (Burt)-
Heavy rains fore part of week; corn
very uneven; very little hay put UP
yet; water on the fields and meadows
Cerro Gordo (Nora Springs)-Corn
making good growth; haying begun,
promise of light yield, but early vari-
cites look better than late ones; no
sust or blight; season has been too
wet for oats; rye good; apples promise
we'll.
Floyd. (Charles City)-Rain LAY;
mean temp. 81; max. "a; min. SO; corn
is in fine growing condition; oats are
not so promising owing to the wet
weather.
Franklin (Geneva)-A week mostly
of dull, cloudy and rainy weat Their, but
quite warm last few days; corn doing
well on well-drained land; heaviest
rain of the week fell Friday night;
sloughs and creeks full of water; too
much rain for oats, wheat and barley;
no haying yet; potatoes have prodigious
tops
Wright (Dows)-Rain 1876; too wet
to cultivate corn; oats and wheat all
headed out.
Humboldtt Humboldt)-Rain s.21;
wet weather. injuring corn and pota-
toes.
Pocahontas (Plover)-Rain $50; no
field work done this week; rain on six
days, all crops show the effects of wet
and cloudy weather: more corn and
oats drowned out; early oats will be
cut next week
Northwest District.
Osceola (Sibley)-Rain 1.s9; bulk Of
- n ~
most total absence of sunshine has been
unfavorable for killing weeds and from
10 to Is per cent of the crop will come
to naught; heavy storm on the 9Th flat
tened corn and lodged small grain and
grass TO some extent.
Buena Vista (Alta)-No work this
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
nut together and until the last far