Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-24

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badly.
The following is summary show
Ing the acreage of staple crops as COM
pared with last year: Oats. 80 per
cent: spring wheat, 95; winter wheat,
102; barley. 90; rye. "a: fax SO; tame
hay, 80? wild hay, 81; alfalfa, 10; pas
lures. 80.
North Central District.
Kossuth @urt)-An crops doing
well: streaks Of rain Friday; some
places received good. heavy showers.
others none; more rain needed. CAL
sona)-Rain, trace; 1t has been
warm. dry week: pastures, meadows
and small grain need rain; corn is do
ing well.
Cerro Gordo (Nora Springs)-Ffrst
part Of week very hot and corn grew
rapidly; the rain on 10th will be OF
great help to gardens and corn; corn
is being plowed the third time and IS
free from weeds; strawberries promise
fairly good crop. ;.
Floyd (Charles City)-Rain 10 or so
inch less than the normal; average
daily excess OF temperature, 6.s de-
grees; fine growing weather; corn
much improved: the showers on the
10th have put all root crops in nne
condition.; apples on old trees dropping
badly; only half crop expected. (Nora
springs)-Rain .53: two weeks dfoutn
broken on 20sh: week very warm; corn
doing fine; strawberries drying up TO
less than a half q crop.
Franklin (Geneva)-very hot for
four days: corn growing rapidly ana
mostly cultivated twice; about an incn
Of rain Friday was refreshing to every
thing: oats, meadows and pastures
look nne; raspberries we'll set ana
promising: cherries real scarce.
(Hampton)-Rain So; fine growing
weather, and corn Is doing well ana
free from weeds, altho small: some
are blowing the third time: light show
ers on two nights and one morning;
more rain needed; oats heavy; Some
hay.cut; potatoes good and in blossom.
Humboldt (Humboldt)-Rain 81;
hot, dry weather Is damaging straw
berries; pastures drying up in places.
Pocahontas (Pocahontas)-Rain .04;
hot and dry weather prevailed during
week: rain needed for oats and pota-
toes: oats will be short; corn doing
fairly well; plenty Of moisture in soil
at six inches depth; pastures getting
short; only fair crop Of Strawberries.
Northwest District.
Osceola (Sibley)-Rain 1.57; sun
shine, 90; very hot and dry until night
Of June 10, when heavy rain fell. put
ting crops in best possible condition;
small grain Just beginning to head.
Lyon-Qnwood)-R 1.69; the week
was one Of uniformly high temperature
until relieved by the thunderstorm and
copious rainfall Thursday night, which
was timely: much alfalfa cut; corn
fairly jumping; oats heading; straw
berries ripening.
Cherokee (washta)-Rain .05; crops
looking quite well but rain is needed.
Plymouth LeMasr)-Rain %; corn
has made good growth; small grain.
stone fruits and berries have suffered
from hot, dry winds.s
Central district.
Hardin Iowa Falls)-Rain II: the
continued torrid heat has worked havoc
with many gardens and strawberry
beds. but little damage to corn on ground
prepared and cultivated; oats
and hay considerably shortened; rain
on the goth great relief.
Story (Ames)-Drier weather has
helped to check the spread Of apple
diseases such as scab and blight. but
the dry weather has seriously cut down
the small fruit crops, strawberries, cur
rants and gooseberries, and will dam
age the blackberrtes and raspberries:
gardens are badly In need Of rain; tree
fruits have dropped badly owing to cool
and wet weather at pollinating time.
Poweshiek (Hartwick)-The excess
sive heat Of the past week has forced
the growth Of corn and early planted
fields are about up to the average for the
time Of year; fall wheat and barley in
full head: alfalfa hay all cut. with
good crop; other hay will be light. (Grin
nell)-Rain LOS; rain on Friday night
Of great value; early cherries are ripe;