Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-09

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OF danger Of harm BY frost; rain 70
needed for blowing and pastures.
Lyon Nnwood)-Rain, IL; mean
temperature sos degrees: the heat and
drought are becoming oppressive: corn
IL being driven to maturity too RAP
idly and is liable to be chaffy. pastures
and spring seeding suffering from hot
winds. apples undersised; too dry to
do much blowing: Friday was the
warmest day OF the year. with a tenn
perature Of 103 degrees.
Sioux (Alton)-Rain. .03; hot, dry
week: corn 10 ripening very fast;
lawns and pastures show the effect Of
hot sun and drought; grapes ripe; po-
tatoes a good average CROP
Buena Vista CAlta)-Rain. ~: rain
Of no benedt to corn or potatoes now.
but will be Of great help to grass;
corn drying up fast.
Cherokee CWashta )-Rain. Ito; the
rain was very local. some places not
receiving enough to lay the dust; corn
il ripening too fast and there will be
only about 10 per cent Of q crop.
West Central District
Sac (Sac City)-Rain. SO; highest
temperature. 80 on the 9Th.
Carroll (Dedham)-A light shower
occurred Monday night, but the tenn
perature has since been higher than
before. reaching a maximum of 100 de-
grees on Friday: pastures and prarie
hay drying up; late corn Is SUFFERING
from drought and heat:
Central District.
Story (Ames)-Hot weather and
winds Of this week have damaged corn
greatly; more than 10 per cent OF the
crop has been killed.
Poweshiek (GrinnelD-Probably the
hottest and dryest first week in Sep
TENDER ever experienced at this station.
Jasper (Monroe)-Rainn needed; some
wells and creeks dry: clover hulling
being rushed and yielding one to two
bushels per acre.
Dallas CPerry)-No rain; corn is ma
turing rapidly. there ks only little OF
it that is not out OF the way Of frost.
Guthrie Guthrie Center)-The past
week has been hot and dry: corn has
matured very rapidly.
East Central District.
Delaware (Delaware)-Rain. 06:
continued hot, dry weather; everything
drying up; corn will have to be cut
soon 10 save LOT lOOOcTs COHSAASA@oAo
loss Of hogs from cholera.
Blackhawk (Waterloo)-Rain, trace;
weather so hot and dry that all corn
is out of the way Of frost: most corn In
this section. except on sandy ground Is
we'll filled and of good quality. but
small crop will result from understood
ears and kernels.
Benton Observation-Disclosures hot. rdy
week: corn is drying up and most of
it will be light and chaffy; water is
nearly finished.
Clinton (clinton)-Rain, .o3; pas
lures badly dried up and very little
blowing done on account Of dryness:
corn will probably average better than
thirty five bushels per acre.
Scott (Davenport)-Rain .o4 or 81
inch less than normal: average daily
excess Of temperature. 12.4 degrees; the
extremely high temperatures and dry
weather Of the past week have FASTENED
the ripening Of corn, but these abb
normal weather conditions will prob
ably have the effect Of reducing the
yield somewhat: all fruits falling from
the trees; threshing Of clover seed pro-
crossing and yields average to I
bushels per acre: pasturage has become
much scarcer; 1t Is again too dry for
fall blowing.
Iowa (Amana)-No rain: another
bot and dry week. with no changes
toward better conditions.
Southeast District.
Lee (Keokuk)-Rain. trace; average
daily excess Of temperature. 14.1 de-
grees; this has been the hottest Sep.
OF 81
ton: previous maximum record exceed.
ed twice during the week: on uplands
corn is dried up but on bottom LANDS
it loks we'll for the conditions pre-
vailing; pastures brown and leaves
falling.
Van Buren, (Bonaparte)-Rain. .06;
average maximum temperature for the
week, 100 degrees; nothing doing: pas
lures and stock water are primo ele-
ments. (Stockport)-Rain trace: no
measurable amount Of rainfall since
Aug. 10Th; everything dried up: late
corn holding on we'll: early corn safe
from frcst; some cutting and silos being
filed
Davis (Bloomfield)-This has been
the hottest week Of the year; average
maximum temperature, 1903 degrees;
corn will not make more than half
crop and rain would be Of no benefit
now; sparks from railroad engines are
causing many fires; pastures are
brown: water short on many farms;
rain needed for blowing and seeding.
South Central District.
Mahaska (Osllaloosa) - Rain, .01;
very dry with high temperatures; cora
drying very fast and is ready for
shocking; stock water getting scarce:
too dry for fall seeding.
Marion (Pella)-A dry, hot and
cloudless week; corn rpening perrna-
turely; clover seed yields as high as
four and one-half bushels to the acre.
Warren lndianola)-Oneo Of the hot.
test and driest weeks of the season:
corn maturing rapidly; there will be-
but little fall pasture; threshing COM
pleted and corn cutting begun; hog
cholera prevalent in many localities;
late potatoes failure; too dry for
piowing.
Union (Creston)-No rain: drouth
continues and all vegetation withere0;
corn maturing rapidly; frost NOW would
do but little damage; stock water verS
scarce. (Afton)-Nothing to report ex-
cept heat and sunshine; with one ex
ception this has been the hottest week
in twenty years; average daily MAXI
mum temperature. 1913 oegrees; corn
Is drying up: no pasture: feeding
stock general.
Appanoose (Centervllle)-No rain:
hot weather continues; pastures dry.