Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-03

Ing: corn, potatoes ana vegetables need
rain: owing to heavy rains early In the
season corn did not take deep root and
will require frequent showers in the flu
ture.
Buena vista-( Alta)-Only two days.
OF haying weather this week; early
oats all in shock; corn cultivation An
ished; late oats will be better than the
early varieties; corn will be Is per cent
Of an average crop.
West Central District.
Woodbury. (Sioux City)-Rain 10 or
.13 inch below normal: mean temper
ature 1873 or an average daily defici-
ency of IL degrees: sunshine deficient
during the first four days of the week
and about the average, the remainder;
a maximum wind velocity of IS miles
from the north attended the thunder
storm of the Goth. (Correctionville)-
Rain .65; big crop of hay secured in
good shape; oats harvest begun; all
growing crops doing we'll.
Monona (Onawa)-Rain 90; stacking
and threshing winter wheat with yield
of 25 to 35 bushels per acre; corn doing
well.
Audubon (Audubon)-Light rain all
day Sunday, the 25th, and rainy and
cloudy Monday and Tuesday; too wet
for hay; latter part of week fair and
warm.
Shelby MISUNDERSTANDING rains
during the past week have been of
great benefit to the corn which is tas-
selling and caring; a large amount OF
belated hay has been ruined by the rain
and wheat and oats harvest delayed;
the weather has been excessively warm
and humid.
Harrison (Little Sioux)-Rain 1853;
mean temperature 74.s; maximum OIL;
minimum So. (Logan)-Rain 1.25; rain
and heat just right; everything in fine
shape.
Central District.
Hardin Qowa Falls)-Rain .23; hay
Ing finished and harvesting begun; oats
seem to promise a fine crop; potatoes
and pastures will soon need rain.
Greene (Scranton) 20; oats
harvest nearly completed; fair crops
and good quality, but straw is short on
high ground; corn is shooting and
needs a little more rain; considerable
hay to be cut next week; apples will
be a fair crop; potatoes need rain.
Boone (Woodward)-Ligh showers
on 25th and 26th and ON night of 3Oth:
Thursday was the hottest day of the
season; a soaking rain is needed for
the corn; the ground is becoming very
dry; oats nearly all in the shock; po-
tato crop will be short.
Story (zearing)-Rain 40; harvest
ing nearly. finished; corn is in tassel
and looks well, but needs rain and
continued warm weather; threshing OF
barley and early oats will begin next
week. (Ames)-Rain 100; excellent
harvest weather has prevailed; all fall
wheat is cut in this vicinity and much
of the oats; the heavy rain on Friday
night Has done a great deal of good to
the corn crop.
Marshall (Marshalltown)-R .4s;
haying is flushed and most of the oats
are cut: winter wheat is being thresh-
ed-qnelity sood.
Tama (,roledo)-Rain 81; corn Is
making good progress; oats harvest
nearly f1nished-quality good, yiele
light.
| Poweshiek fHartwick)-Rain 100;
late oats harvest progressing rapidly
with an average crop; corn doing well
but about ten days late, most fields
showing tassels (GrinnelD-R So
barley harvest finished and threshine
will begin next week., little more
than one-half of the cat crop dn SHOCK
quality a good average: late oats viii