Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-17
CROP CONDITIONS SUMMARY.

:,
- u''- a'-t
places very tnln. Much OF II mas
been repiaRed. The weld will be
halov ,,a ayeraee
Much Of II is rather thin and the
straw will short
WEI. r;,-e- vhaa- * be;nr
, - i-dics-es an avarara "a
900 ,.leld So,,e ee1ds are ex
pactad 70 thresh over forty bushels
- ne acre
THO -irorhv c-on will be light.
f,ova- shows 5a+-ar stand
Po-a.oes horfl early A. nd late. are
pa,erarIv vigorous and the crop
nil nrobatl7 b. I'D 70 the average
:, 7eae-
All croos have made rapid gains. /.
during me last week. but rain is
,aadad
~. ebove is -hA summary Of crop
co,di-ions and nrospecrs. gathered dur
ing 1oo-r,ila rim thru northern Mar
sba1 southern and central Grundy
,-,,,-v and eastern and southeastern
ua-.4in country Thursday Travelling in
,ar-v or 4or-v--hree includ-
ing -hirtv-six members Of the Liscorb-
80 ror,shi,s Study Club. and pro-
$500. - Jou.. stare College. Aues.
~. s a,,o,- me farms on the
o. -,a ,,,,osa Of ;nspecrfng and
~ crows
-,3ot s-.-+aa from, the c
,o,,a r,-.bwas- ~ Albion.
-o,,-a which -ooL in Lis
$500 cr,,,<,,. Center Eldo-a
80 I-,,o, .na e,daa al lis
9o'il"' A. w,u
-, -,nda- ne ans
,u;o 1;-oo,,h -a--nars'
PC - Ia. - ire MEMBERS c.
cluo TOR the oeLSiil % 80 80
r. AfheE anu Va - s - 80
oe1aiis III cnal - q Holden
day me services " =.
7 me great corn aa,,oaa
c. Burnett IN chaFse "i
experimental 1atiIl q
NJ l. bowman 1or,iielS .'
crops department. % ne
IS now IN business m
! The journey was mace lor the oouoie
purpose OF s1uus ihs .n 70. So
and for the purpose OF getting nIsl
hand knowledge OF me coiidi 14oi ~ ~
( various grains and eAe prospects u lhe
harvests.
Lectures in the F'e,os.
/ Numerous stops We're mace alons ~
! way Whenever lte cars ~
to a standstill. their occupants ciillo,
! I'd fences into the aopoiAl'is iisius' o..o
surrounded oy the members u 'iis pa " ;
Professors Holden Bowman or Dur ile
would give little informa4 'alks on llie
crop being examined me crop III ger,
eral was taken up or some speciat
phase OF Il was discussed OK tHe
for some eVli mat was NInei' III .,'V
/ growing grain was polhled oul ana 'iie
cure described
First L was corn, then oats. lheh po-
( tatoes. Still later barley ne4d was IN :
spected, then field OF corn tha' han
been drilled IN Sun later d pate Vi
! alfalfa was examined
Trip Of Value TO armers.
Not only was the trip OF rnuch
value 70 the farmers Who were IN the
party. bat those farmers VINO were en-
coun-ered on the farms visited received
much useful information An instance
Of the latter kind Is illustrative OF the
whole.
The party stopped opposite good
looking feid Of corn on Mrs +. KIN
singers farm in Grundy county north
Of Conrad. Her son, W II hinslneer,
IS farming the land and vas cultiVating
the field visited when the party
stopped.
The stand. excepting in patch o.
two or three acres in one corner was
very good and the soil vas beautifully
mellow and clean of weeds MS one
patch, however, was thin ard the
plants appeared weak. Professor
Holden put MS finger on the difficulty
after digging around few hiss. He
said the patch that was not so good az
The rest had once been a pond and that
IL had been drained. but that the
chemical acton OF the soil had not had
/ time since II vas drained TO release
the potash il contained. Il was deflci-
/ ent in this property. he said.
When Mr. kinsinger joined the party
ne verified Holden's diagnosis concern
ing the land. which had once been un-
der water, but Kjnsinger admitted he
I did not know just what was the matter
with 1t. Then the Ames professor
went into detail and told him how the
I land could be made as productive as
/ the rest. All il needed. he said, was
manure next fail, or in the spring. or