Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14
BULK OF CORN CROP NEEDS TEN
DAYS TO TWO WEEKS OF SUN.
SHINE AND WARMTH.
SOME OF THE EARLY FIELDS
NOW 5EYoNp DANGER POINT
Cutting Now in Progress ID Early
Planted Fieds-Rains Will Aid Late
Planted Fields If Frost Holds OF a
Month-Pastures Benefited But Late
Potato Crop is Small.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Sept. 14.-The weekly
weather and crop service notes that
the fore part of the week was cool and
cloudy with light showers, but the last
four days gave an excess of tenn
perature and more sunshine with light
showers on Saturday in western and
north central districts. The cool, cloudy
and damp weather during the fore part
of the week checked the rapid maturing
and drying up of the corn: but the
needed moisture will be of some benefit
to the late corn, if frost holds off for
another month.
Some of the early corn is now re-
ported as being safe from frost, but
most of it will need ten days to two
feeks of warm. ripening weather to be
entirely out of danger. There are some
reports of cutting corn in. the early
planted fields, and this work will like
ly be general in portions of the state
within the next two weeks.
Pastures are improving under the
effects of the late rains and consider
able blowing and seeding of winter
grains has been done, but in the larger
part of the state the ground is still too
dry for satisfactory work.
Reports continue to be discouraging
in regard to the late potato crop.
I Northeast District.
Fayette (West Uniop)-Favorable
weather for all growing crops and all
kinds of farm work; plenty of moisture
for blowing.
Bremner (Waverly)--Rain %; corn
did not mature during the week as fast
as usual, as the nights were too COO
some corn is we'll dented, but generally
is not out of the way of frost; ground
too dry to do good blowing.
North Central District.
Mitchell (Osage)-Rain so: a little
corn is now safe from frost, but most
of 1T needs until the goth to 30th tC
mature; potato crop not up to average
Kossuth (Burt)-A fine rain is fall
ing today (11th); corn is ripening in
good shape; shock threshing complet-
ed; apples falling badly; grape croI
light; only a few plums. (Algona)-
Rain Al; nice little shower occurred
this forenoon Q1th); it has been to,
dry for blowing.
Hancock CBritD-Rain SO which was
much needed for blowing and pastures
corn doing we'll except on sand ant
gravel lands on which it is drying too
fast to fill we'll.
Cerro Gordo Mora Springs)-Corr
ripening slowy; weather cool ant
damp; fall blowing progressing. bu
soil is dry and hard.
Floyd (Charles City, - Rain Is;
mean temperature 629; maximum 81;
minimum 40.
Franklin (Hampton)-Rain Las; no
much sunshine, but good growing
weather; some are cutting corn, IS pei
cent of which is safe from frost; pas
lures good.
\ Wright Dows)-No rain; maximum
temperature 81; minimum "A; no
much blowing being done; corn ad.
vancing rapidly.
Humboldt (Humboldt)-Rain Ill
the weather continued dry until Sat.
urday when Ito inches of rain fel
which will put ground in good condi.
ton for blowing.
Pocahontas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .6S
frost; stack threshing begun; today.
rain will help pastures and blowing
(Plover)-Rain go on 11th; only 10.
inches of rain in forty days; every
thing needs rain, but it is now too lat,