Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-09
COIN Y PR GENT
MORE THAN 50 PER CENT WILL
be OUT OF WAY OF FROST
~ seer. Is.
YIELD VARIES FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH BORDERS
If Hot and Dry weather Continues,
Bulk Will % safs ~ Sept. 10
North Section Of State Has Almost
Normal crop-Larss Part Of State
Greatly in Need Of Rain,

Greatly in Need Of Rain,
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Sept. s.-The past week
says the weekly crop bulletin, was the
hottest ever before recorded in the
state during September. The daily
maximum temperatures ranged from
100 to 10s degrees. The sky was near
~ cloudless and the sunshine intense
There was no rainfall except a few
light showers over the northern dis.
tricts on Tuesday night. The intense
neat, bright sunshine and brisk winds
nave dried the ground and all vegeta-
ZION rapidly. Corn is being rushed
toward maturity, and much Of it In
the southern part Of the state is dry
and dead. Corn binders have, how
ever. been at work during the entire
week. The drouth and hot weathe,
has also been very damaging to late
potatoes. grass and fruit, and II grain
does not come soon the acreage OF
duced. Potatoes are practically ruin
ed in many. sections. pastures are dry
and brown. wells are failing and water
for stock Is scarce in the southern
counties.
Following Is summary Of Septem
Der l, crop reports, as compared with
the average Of past years: Corn. rs
per cent. BY sections the condition
was as follows: Northern three tiers
of counties, 50 per cent; central, 80:
southern, SO. With normal weather
more than so per cent Of the corn viii
be beyond danger Of injury by frost on
Sept. Is, and more than 80 per cent by
the end Of the month. II the hot, dry
weather continues frost could do no
harm after the goth. The average con-
dition Of potatoes was placed at Al pei
cent. Three-fourths Of the -threshine
has been done. The average yield Of
winter wheat is twenty -four bushels:
five; barley, twenty-five; rye, nine;
teen ;timothy seed four and one tenth
bushels per acre. The acreage Of tins
othy cut for seed is 81 per cent Of the
area cut last year.
The reports show that the state
Will produce this year 20 per cent Of
the 1909 apple crop. These estimates
indicate total yield for this year Of
4,739,2sO bushels. This is decrease
from the estimates of Aug. 1 Of $780,
900 bushels. Estimates also show that
only $50 per cent VI this years yield
will be marketable or total OF 2.193.-
795 bushels of marketable apples FOL
the state. This estimate is probably
too high. The six leading apple pro-
ducing counties Of the state, Fremont
Mills. Pottawattanie, Harrison. Page
and Taylor report an estimated pro.
duction Of s32.s35 bushels for 1913
These same counties produced 1907
1853 bushels in 1909. OF this years
crop only SIS per cent or $4,000 BUSH
els is estimated as marketable.
Unless rains come soon these es-
Inmates will be greatly reduced In the
next two weeks. Jonathan Is standing
the drouth well, but Grimes Golden
Ben Davis and other leading CONNER.
cial varieties are suffering from mois-
ture.
Northeast District.
Clayton (Elkader)-Another hot and
dry week; only q trace OF rain since
Aug. II; corn not suffering yet. but
farm and gardens need a good soaking
rain.
North Central District.
kossuth (Algona)-Rain, AZ; high
temperatures continue; rain will soon
be needed for fall blowing.
Hancock (Brit)-Rain, go; the past
week has marked the highest temper
atures Of the summer; the hot. dry
weather is maturing the corn rapidly
but the fodder will soon be too dry
for ensilage: shock threshing done and
stack threshing begun.
Cerro Gordo Mora Springs)-No
rain: corn is standing it well. but rain
for blowing. Corn is beginning to die
where it is the farthest advanced;
some blowing has been done.
Floyd OCharles City)-Rain. II OF
SO inch less than the normal; aver
age daily excess Of temperature, IL
degrees; intensely warm weather dur
ing entire week: corn maturing rap
idly. and fully 30 per cent of 1t is safe
from frost, and the yield will be good;
plowing prevented by dry weather
GNora Springs)-Rain, .OS; week ex-
cessively hot With mean tempera-
ture Of so degrees: sunshine. II per
cent: corn and potatoes need no more
RAIN. but vines. shrubbery and pastures
need it badly; hog cholera prevails,
and the death rate runs high.
Franklin (Hampton)-No rain;
warmest week on record for Septem-
Der: highest temperature, 102 on 5th;
corn has ripened rapidly and so per
cent of it is ready to cut; pastures
dry; some feeding stock; blowing sus-
pended: rain badly needed.
Pocahontas (Pocahontas)-No rain;
corn is ripening very fast and SO per
cent Of it will he out of the way OF
frost by Sept. Is. with continued dry
weather: rain Is needed for blowing
and pastures, but, corn is. better with
out it.
Northwest District.
Osceola (Sibley) - Rain. OF; sun
shine "a per cent: corn Is maturing
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