Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-27
CROPS ARE BOOMING.
CORN MADE RAPID ADVANCE.
MEMr DURING PAST WEEK OF
SUNSHINE.
LATE SHOWERS HELPED
SOIL OF MANY FIELDS
Harvest Of Small Grain Far Advanced
and Tame Hay Put Away in Spleen
did condition.-.Apples Falling Elk
tensiveIy - Plum Crop Reported
Wormy-Reports From Counties.
Special to Times-Republican.

Wormy-nePor from Counties.
Special to Republican.
Des Moines, July 27.-Ideal weather
conditions continued during the past
week. The temperature was to s de-
grees below the normal. but there was
large excess of sunshine and a de-
cided deficiency of rainfall The fore
part of the week was moderately warm,
but the latter part was unusually cool.
especially at night. There was no rain
from the 18th to the 25th except gen.
orally light showers in the southern and
western district on the night of the
21st and the 22d. Light showers oc-
Cured on the 25th over the larger part
of the state.
Exceptionally rapid progress was
made in faying and harvesting. The
bulk Of the tame hay has been secured
IN the very best of condition and the
small grain harvest is nearly finished
in southern and well advanced in
northern districts. Timothy seed l1ar-
vest will begin in the southern counties
during the coming week. Threshing of
winter wheat has begun and the early
reports indicate good quality and yield
Corn has made rapid growth and the
early planted fields are mostly in tassel
and are beginning to shoot. Flowing
has continued in the late planted fields
and large acreage was laid by in good
condition. The showers on the 25th
will be very beneficial to corn in all
parts of the state and especially over
the eastern and southern counties
where the surface of the ground was
getting hard and dry
PASTURES, potatoes and gardens will
also be benefited by the showers
Apples, in many localities are falling
badly and plums are reported to be
wormy.
Northeast District.
Fayette Fayette)-No rain since the
10th; hay is being put up in fine con-
dition with heavy yield; corn is looking
fine and in tassel; oats turning, but
crop will be light.
Bremner (Waverly)-Rain .0s on the
18th; rye and barley and about one
half of oats in shock; oats generally
light and short; pasturage is good, but
will soon need rain; potatoes also need
rain; small fruit scarce and apples are
almost a failure.
North Central District.
Kossuth (Algona)-Rain SO on the
18th; another ideal week for farm work
and small grain; tame hay about all
up; early oats and barley cut; late oats
doing splendidly. (Burt)-No rain since
the night of the 18th; barley and early
oats being cut; oats rusty; quite good
many apples. but they are scabby and
are falling badly; plums set full but
are wormy: hay was never put up in
better condition
Hancock (Britt)-Rain 40 on the
18th; some oats harvested which indi-
cate a light yield.
Cerro Gordo (Nora Springs)-Hay
crop secured in fine shape; early oats
harvest begun; stray free from rust;
grain good but thin stand; corn doing
we'll and best fields tasseling; early
potatoes good.
Floyd (Charles City)-No rain;
mean temperature II degrees: maxi
mum 80: minimum So; hay harvest
nearly finished; yield and quality, about
the average; corn continues very
promising; apples doing we'll.
Franklin (Geneva)-A week without
rain and everybody busy making hay;
early oats being cut with light crop:
corn doing well and beginning to tas-
sci. (Hampton)-No rain; an ideal
week for farm work and haying is
progressing rapidly, also oats harvest;
oats usually good, but in places not
hno lo% A hat, al
weeds; potatoes good-no rot reported.
Wright (Dows)-Rain 20 on 18th;
tame hay nearly up; early oats and
barley all cut; late oats beginning to
turn; early corn showing tassels; all
corn laid by in good shape
Humboldt (Humboldt) SO on
18th; corn. is all laid by and is doing
we'll; haying well advanced; oats light
but good.
Pocahontas (Plover)-Rain .s5 on
18th and. .05 on Dist, an ideal week for
haying and harvesting; corn making
good growth.
Northwest District.
Osceola (Sibley)-Rain IL on 21st;
average sunshine 80 per cents early
corn is tasseling; about IS per cent of
the hay crop has been secured in the
best of condition; oats and barley har-
vest begun.
Lyon 1nwood) -Rain OF on 21st:
rapid progress made in haying and
harvesting; haying has been discon-
tinued by those who had not finished
and barley and early oats harvest be-
gun; quality and Yield promise good.
Crock Rapids)-No rain; hay making
week-nearly finished; barley harvest
begun.
Cherokee (washta)-Rain .os on
21st; splendid week for haying; barley
and oats will be only light to medium
crop.
West Central District.
Ida Qda Grove)-Splendid week for
finishing haying and harvesting barley;
early oats well filled and late oats
promise to be good; early planted corn
tasseling.
Woodbury. (sioux City)-Raln 10 on
21st; mean temperature 74.5 or an
average daily deficiency Of 0.b degree;
BETTER HEALTH