Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-11
cRop 70 EQUAL THAT or TWO
YGARs AGO. EXCEEDING
100000 susHELs.
cHERR,Es 70 AVERAGE
oNE.THiRo OF CROP
Warm, Wet Weather Of Last Fail
Caused Damage 70 Buds - Wet
WsatIhsr Interfering With Cutting Of
Alfalfa - Commission Awards Con.
tract Fer New Railroad Maps.
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Des Moines. June 11.-From present
prospects Iowa viii have normal APP
ss crop this year Reports received
from over the state by Wesley Greene.
j secretary Of the state horticultural So
ciety. indicate that the crop will be up
to that Of two years ago. when the
total yield was 2.sso.2ss bushels. In q
normal year he crop usually totals
around 100000 bushels.
Throughout the state az a whole
cherries will average only about a third
OF crop. The warm. wet weather Of
the late fall last year caused the buds
to swell and this spring tho blossoms
Z seem not to have pollinated well, due,
1t Is believed. to the conditions last
fall Strawberries are reported as q
per cent Of q full crop.
The average condition Of all fruits is
IS per cent or Is per cent lower than
In May. Frosts on the 9Th and the 18th
Of May and the cold rains Of the month
have injured fruit all over the state.
~
The matter Of securing the copy
right for the official trade mark for
Iowa butter has not yet been settled
so that the use Of the trade mark by
the creameries of the state Is being
delayed. AS soon as the copyright is
secured the committee having the mat
ter in charge. of which w. B. Barney.
state dairy commissioner, is charm n,
will fix the rules which will govern its
use.
Frank E. Sheldon. Of Mt. Ayr, MEM
Der OF the state board Of agriculture
from the Eighth district. was in the
Office Of the agricultural department
today on official business He said the
crops in southern Iowa were looking
we'll. particularly the small grain crops,
but warm weather was needed for the
corn.
Wet weather over the state has in
terfered seriously with the cutting Of
alfalfa. Much of the alfalfa was ready
for cutting by the last of May. but con-
siderable difficulty has been experience
ed in harvesting the crop.
The alfalfa acreage this year is re-
ported from many sections to be on the
increase although the total for this
year has not yet been announced. Last
year there was a total acreage of 3d.
$50 and q total yield of 319,853 tons.
valued at $3,S9S.162 This was an in
crease Of more than 10000 acres over
1918. The income per acre from al
falfa last year over the state averaged
$45 per acre. while theSincome from
hay averaged SIS.
80
Luther NJ. Walter, attorney, who rep
resented the packing interests at the
Chicago hearing before the interstate
commerce commission on the western
freight rates. was in consultation with
Chairman Thorne. Of the Iowa railroad
commission, yesterday in regard to the
finishing touches of the argument to
be made the latter part of the month
before the commission in Washington.
The printed arguments were to have
been filed In Washington by yesterday
but az matter Of fact the copy was
not completed for the printed argu-
ments until yesterday and the fling
will be delayed. This may force a put
ting of OF the oral arguments
The work has been a prodigious one,
for it included the making Of abstracts
of evidence from the voluminous tram
scripts on file. and the proper digest
of these abstracts 30 that the argument
can be clearly made. The printed mat
ter in the case will be more and OF
greater importance than in the western
rate cases.
The railroad commission has let the
contract for now railroad maps OF the
state. The contract goes to a Chicago
firm that bid below any in the state.
The maps heretofore used were all
made in Des Moines This will mean
an entire new map for the state, and
the specifications were mS1e hard
enough to insure practically a new
plate revised to date. It had long been
recognized the old maps were sadly in
need Of revision. There have been no
maps available for several years.
The state executive council has
changed the specifications as to auto
plates 80 that next year the state will
buy plate very much more expensive
than the ones given the auto owners in
the past. These will be enameled
plates instead Of painted plates. They
will also be Of heavier iron.
This change, Il II. belfeved, will make
y impossible for the warden at Fort,
Madison to compete with outside firms
for the contract.
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lafayette Young Is 70 tell Des
'Moines people at the Coliseum tonight
OF var experiences IN the war zone the
past few months. He is assured Of !.
big crowd Of Interested listeners, for
Dies Moines people know that he 10 one
Of the most entertaining takers OF the
country today. He has agreed to-
speak ct the chamber Of commerce un-