Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-07-20

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Au4-zin early coz Eoze; late cara
god: wheat eood
Galway. Zeal rains; o0-n 80 pr
cent; cats ant lay poor
L.rcolr srne rain; cora, haK a
GoF.
Montgoner. iccaI showers; corn
~txofhiars arp; wheat good; cats
roor
PIKE. &c rain; corn tzr; hay fan
uTs
Randolph. loesl rain; corn good;
cats and hay FcoE-
Jusge Alexander Carter, who
lives about Two miles from Mexico On
he place known as the Governor
Hardtn farm, vas the first inter
viewed ty tie Republic On the crop
situation
If we a get some rain in a
Few days" said the Judge, I'VE viii
have a good crop Of COTE. Late corn
Is standing the drought well and
looks strong and thrifty. Early corn
is not in such good shape, and there
is some q Il that viii lot make q
good crop,thought / don't know Of
any that Is a complete failure.
Wheat has made a good crop !
happen 10 have charge Of the County
Poor farm this year and we have
Just threzhed the wheat from q tEen-
.ty-Eve acre field. 1t was not COZ
sidered good land, but we got 500
bushels Of wheat That Is consider
ably above the average in this coun-
u.
Oats have made a poor crop. and
hay vas not more than q fair crop.
Potatoes are a poor crop. bat We do
not raise potatoes for the market
around here. We mish. have had 8
better potato crop II We had kDoEn
what was going to happen
In confirmation Of his statement
that late corn Is a good crop. the
Judge drove out 70 a forty-scre field
Of corn, which be said would run
from fifty to SIXTY bushels 20 the
acre II 81 got rain soon It vas
SECOND planting. as the fina had
failed TO come up except here and
there, where a stalk had survived.
These older plants had put out theiE
taasels and looked dry and pale be
side the deep green q the youngeE
lcoEn-
James johnson, noted both as q
farmer and a stock auctionee9, has
7ee acres IN his home farm, which
isn't far from Mr.. Carers place. n
was Of the same opinion as tht
Judge IS TO the general crop situa
uon
Early corn" be said, has no
made a good growth, and the heal
and the drought caught ]
jas. when Il needed rain The tas
sells are dead and dry On a great de-
Of H,when they ought TO be gree
and alive. Sometimes IN the heat O
tbs day / feel a little blue about tn
late corn, but in the morning il look
fresh and thirsty, and Il We can &c
rain / think it win mature a goo
crop.
hay ran about 1000 pounds to III
acr~ which was about as much al
/ could have got from a second croi
last year, and oats don't amount t
much"
A big field Of corn on the JohnsoE
farm Illustrated almost every phas'
Of the corn problem, for on aocoun
of the dry weather. it had come a
very unevenly. Some Of Il. whicl
got an early start, was almost blight
ed with heat and drought. The tas
sells and their stalks yer dry an'
dead, and In some plants the blade
were turning yellow.
An oats field ON an adjoining farm
belonging 10 Mr.. Johnson's broth
er. showed how badly that crop haa
done. A great deal Of Il was 5
short that the stalks had gone uncu
under the knives Of the binder. Tn
grain had not been thrasbed, but wa
stored away in the sbeaf.
Another field IN which corn and p
~tatoes had been planted illustrate
what the drought could do at IT
worst. There was only about an acr
In the field, but it produced abou
S10e worth OF potatoes last yeai
The pigs had been turned in TO lie
them get what they could out Of
this year.
u have sold a little stock sal
Mr. johnson, that / would not hav'
sold Il fodder had been more plen
tful, but / have not actually begui
70 feed stock yet that ought to b
on pasture. But ! am getting read.
to feed. A good deal OF stock !
being shipped on account Of tn
drought"
Joseph Considine, who lives nea
the village OF Thompson, Is regarde'
as one Of the most substantial farm
ers in the county.
"The early corn from which W
hope to make a crop" he said, "con
stitutes about rs percent Of the acre
age, and with rain right away
ought TO make a full crop. The othel
% per cent is badly damaged Ever
day that goes by with no rain is dan
aging the late corn, and a rain I
week from now will not save more
than half Of It.
Il never saw SO much hot wine
as we have had this summer anf
- 4. u.ha. e hurting the corn