Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-22

days this week; all crops doing well,
but the weeds are growing too fast
Cherokee (Washta)-Rain AS; corn
being cultivated the second time with
ground in fair condition.
Plymouth Gle Mars)-Rain .13: crops
are doing we'll and soil is in good con-
dition: prospects for hay are excel
lent.
West csntral District.
Sac (Sac Chy)-Rain. %; weather
favorable and all crops are doing fine
ly. (Early)-Favorable weather for
crops except 9 hail storm northwest
of here that did considerable damage,
especially to the oats. Corn is making
good progress and nearly all plowed
twice: hay crop will be good; fruit
promising.
Ida Qda Grove)-A good week for
cultivating corn and so per cent OF 1t
has been plowed the second time; small
grain looks fine.
Woodbury. (Sioux City)-Rain, 02:
mean temperature $50 or 81 degrees
below the normal; large percentage Of
sunshine; very favorable week for field
work; corn fields we'll cleaned out and
about half plowed second time. (Cor-
rectionville)-Rain, so: good week
for the growth and cultivation of corn.
Monona (Onawa)-Rain, SO; Gull
tivating progressing rapidly and corn
looks fine, also grain; cutting alfalfa.
Audubon .(Audubon)-Clear weather
all week and fairly warm: good time
to clean corn fields; heavy rain night
of 18th with severe hail in some parts
of county which did some damage to
corn, grain and fruit, but crops will
probably recover.
| Shelby (Harlan)-Rain, So; fine
week for farming and weed killing;
most of the corn has been cultivated
once and some the second time; a de-
structive hail storm struck the north
eastern part of the county on the 18th
doing much damage to crops.
| Harrison Hittle Sioux)-Rain, .27;
maximum temperature, SO; minimum.
As; good week for cultivating corn.
Central District.
Grundy (Grundy Center)-Rain, .06;
fair weather and all farm work pro-
crossed rapidly; corn fields in good
condition.; maximum temperature, So;
minimum, "A.
Greene (Scranton)-Rain, IL; fine
| WOCh 1OI WOAh, OuG IlSlAo SOO1 LUZ
corn; 10 per cent of the best corn
ground abandoned and per cent Of
the remainder in bad condition; small
grain and grass doing we'll.
Boone (Woodward)-No rain since
last Sunday and the last four days
have been we'll improved in cleaning
the corn fields; most of the early
planted fields have been cultivated
twice and practically all once; oats
have made slight improvement; pas
lures good; most of the promising
fruit crop is not going to materialize.
Story (Ames)-Rain, .03; excellent
growing week for corn; ground well
filled with moisture; alfalfa harvest
begun; oats and wheat looking we'll.
Marshall OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, OF;
corn is making a good growth and
farmers are getting the advantage of
the weeds; hay and grass good.
'Tama (Toledo)-Rain, rs; bottom
lands very wet and grassy: corn is
small and not very clean even on the
high ground; nights cool: maximum
temperature 80; minimum 4s.
Poweshiek (Hartwick)-Past week
best of the season and corn blowing
progressing rapidly; most fields plowed
once and some the second time; corn
| growing rapidly; clover and alfalfa
about ready to cut and will give good
yields. (GrinnelD-Rain 40; early po-
tatoes in blossom; only a few potato
bugs and no damage being done.
Jasper (Monroe)-Six full and long
days of field work; corn doing nicely:
hay making rank growth; early oats
heading out. (Newton)-Rain 81: the
ground improved in condition slowly
the fore part Of week, but during the
latter half has been in fine filth and
much has been cultivated the second
time and is now in fine condition;
small grain, pastures and meadows in
fine order.
Dallas (waukee)-Six good days OF
sunshine and work have placed the
corn in good shape; early oats heading
out and early potatoes are budding;
everything in general has made great
progress in the past week.
Guthrie Guthrie Center)-Rain so:
good week for farm work; corn is look
ing well on high ground; strawberry
crop light.
Colds that hang on weaken the con-
stitution and develop into consumption
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