Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-18
RAPID PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE IN FIELD WORK DUR
ING PAST WEEK..
CORN PLANTING FINISHED
BY 25TH OF PRESENT. MONTH
Soil in Good Condition and Growth Viii
Be Rapid-Fruit in Good Condition,
Recent Frost and Freeze Doing Little
Damage Conditions in the coun.
ties.
10 Republican.

DeS Moines, May 1S.-The weekly
weather and crop bulletin says the av-
erage temperature for the week was
slightly below the normal, and the pre-
cipitation was above the seasonable
except in the extreme north
western and extreme southeastern
counties where it was very light. Dur
ing the first three days of the week the
was dry with abundant sun
shine, making exceptionally favorable
conditions for field operations, and the
work Of preparing ground and planting
corn was vigorously pushed. Fully IS
per cent OF the corn ground has been
plowed and about As per cent of the
planting has been done and the re-
mainder will be practically finished by
the 18th,
From Thursday to Saturday the
weather was mostly cloudy with fire.
quent showers. and. in many localities
in the central districts, the rainfall was
excessive Some Of the showers were
accompanied by severe thunder and
hail storms and considerable damage
was done by lightning. but the llaii
storms were generally Of short dura-
ton and confined - small areas 50 that
for the state at large. there was but
little Injury done The heavy rains in
terfered with blowing and corn plant
ing and made the fields, in southern,
central and eastern districts. so wet
that planting can not be resumed on
low ground for several days. Field
work is, however, about as far adj
vaneed as it was at this time last year.
bu. the growth of vegetation is still
backward. The rains were very ben
efcial 10 grass and small grain and in
breaking up the hard clods and in
softening the surface of the ground in
fields which were plowed when the soil
was too wet The soil is now in good
filth, and the growth of vegetation viii
be repaid.
Fruits aye still in good condition. not
withstanding the fact that frost was
quite general on the morning of the
10th with freezing temperature over
northern and western counties. Trees
are now in full bloom in central dis
,ricts and the buds are beginning to
OPEN in northern districts.
INOIl III SSHlI al DiSSIiSIs
Mitchell (osage)-Rain EOS; some
corn planted and most of the ground Is
ready for planting.
winnebago (Forest City)-Four days
exceptionally fine for field work; twe
days t6o wet: 50 per cent Of corn
planted. but ground is now thoroughly
soaked and planting will be delayed a
few days; small grain looking good
Kossuth (Bu-t, = Heavy showers
Thursday night to saturday; early
sown grain shows thin stand and is
drowned out in low places; corn halt
planted; ground in good condition:
plenty Of buds on apple trees. (Algona)
Rain us; 81 per cent OF corn would
now De planted but f-r the heavy rains
on l4.h and 18th: rains beneficial for
grass; apple and plum blossoms no,
yet out.
Palo Alto CWest Bend-Rain 2.o5 q
favorable week; most of the corn
planted; pasture good; trees leafns ana
small grain shows a fair stand.
Hancock (Britt)-Rain 255; excess
i've cloudiness with low temperatures
week ending with ground too wet for
cultivation; very little corn planted
quack grass making the creates
growth; no fruit bloom yet open.
Cerro Gordo (Nora, Spriags)-Goo6
weather for corn planting until nigh
of 14th when heavy rain fell which vii
delay planting several days; oats com.
ing up; pastures improving. (Cleal
Lake)-Rain 2.o3; fine weather 70,
blowing and corn planting; grass ant
small grain doing nicely; 40 per cen
OF planting done.
Floyd (Charles city)-Rain LII;
maximum temperature rs; minimum
80; killing frost on 10th, but no dam
age done; much blowing and consider.
f., able corn planting done first half o.
| week; pastures improved by warn
rains.
Butler (Green)-Rain 1.ss: maximum
Central District.
Webster CIT. Dodge)-Rain s.S5; sol
In excellent condition and now ha.
plenty of moisture; good progress.
made with corn planting and some
have finished; small grain coming o,
! we'll.
Greene scranton)-Plowing vel
1 advanced and planting becoming gen
eral; no work done since Thursday ant
| ground IS too wet to be worked fol
several days; the finish Of corn plant.
ing will be at least ten days late;
small grain and grass doing fairl!
well; rainfall estimated to be 2.45.
Boone (Woodward)-Dry witt
abundant sunshine up to Thursday
night; hail and rain Thursday nigh
and excessive rain Friday night; vii
delay corn planting several days.
Story (zearing)-Rain 1.s3; mucl
progress made in corn planting; plow.
ing nearly alLTdone and ground mostl.
in good condition: small grain looking
well with an average stand.
| Marshall fAfarsha lhownl - Rail
$50; corn planting progressing ant
oats and grass making good growth
Tama (Toledo)-Rain 321: plowin,
How's This7