Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-11-25
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0ne-fifth of Normal Yield.
Better THAN OTHER STATES
ds~a's Chief Crop Cut Short BY Wet
Summer and Early Frost-onIy
Four Per Cent Of Yield Suit
able fer Seed.

A supplementary osuma&o Just IL
sued, shows that the Iowa crop that
0llV matured this rear IL only rs per
cent, although this 10 . better show
ing than is made By some Of the
states. Wisconsin and Minnesota ma
tared only 10 per cent crop: North
Dakota matured per cent crop.
but the crop of South Dakota will 60
IS per cent.
The report will be reproduced and
sent to farmers and others interested.
Iowa usually natures an IS per cent
crop. Wisconsin SO per cent, Mime
sofa SO per cent and the Dakotas
about IS per cent crop.
The corn which was in the dough
state in Iowa at the time of the heavy
frost was AZ per cent, Minnesota A
per cent and the Dakotas about 35
per cent. In ordinary years only 10
per cent of the Iowa corn is caught
by the frost.
The proportion of the crop that is
ut to husk In Iowa this year will be
80 per cent; in Wisconsin % per
cent, Minnesota 2S per cent, North
Dakota Is per cent and South Dakota
IS per cent. Usually Iowa has IS per
cent, Wisconsin SO per cent, Mime
sofa n per cent, North Dakota 60 per
cent and South Dakota IS per cent.
The proportion of the crop this year
at for seed is: Iowa, 4 per cent; Wis
consin and Minnesota, about the same;
North Dakota, per cent and South
Dakota, Is per cent. In the usual
years Iowa has 81 per cent, Wisconsin
&c per cent, Minnesota IS per cent.
North Dakota IS per cent and South
Dakota SO per cent.
The reduction from the normal crop
as result of the frost in Iowa is es-
timated by the government as 81 per
cent. In the usual years it is but 3
per cent. In Wisconsin and Minnesota
the loss was from 81 to 81 per cent,
altho the usual loss from frost In
these states runs from s to IL per
cent.
Weight Law to Be Enforced.
The state dairy and food commits
sioner, whose duty 1t is to enforce the
weight and measures law, may prose-
cute grain buyers who are following
the practice Of weighing in corn at
eighty pounds to the bushel instead
Of seventy as the law specifies. While
II has long been the custom to buy
corn at this season Of the year at
eighty pounds to the bushel because
Of the extra weight due to moisture
In the corn when II Is first husked.
nevertheless It Is against the law.
Last year Commissioner Barney prose
cuted several grain buyers for viola
lions Of this law. He declares his in
spectors are watching out for further
attractions.
In case the buyer and seller enter
into a contract In writing that eighty
pounds shall constitute a bushel in
buying corn then the state would have
no grounds for prosecution.
inquire About Taxes.
A general letter was sent out by
the state executive council some time
ago asking all of the larger cities of
Iowa whether or not there had been
any remission of state taxes ON any
firms in their respective cities. The
council received replies from the ma
Jority OF these inquiries stating that
no such taxes had been RENTED. A
number OF cities of the state including
Sioux City. Cedar Rapids, Waterloo
and Council Bluffs have not yet re-
piled to the councils letter and It is
probable another letter will be sent
to the county auditors who have this
matter In charge urging that Q report
be sent in at once.
Must Decide Fine Point.
Is boy of sixteen dependent? This
question will have to be decided by
Warren Garst. Iowa industrial COM
missioner. J. C. Fuque was killed in
Iowa while working for q construc-
tion company. He lived at Marshall.
! Mo. The London Guaranty company
furnishing insurance to the firm EN-.
ploying Fuque paid the victims son
compensation for seventeen days and
then stopped because the boy arrived
at the age Of 16.
Fewer Insane Patients.
The state board OF control on its
semi-annual visit to the state hospital
at independence found the population
of the institution 100 less than six
months ago. The hospital usually has
between 100 and 1900 inmates.
New Referee District.
United States Judge Wade has sign
cd an order dividing the southern d.
vision OF the southern district of
Iowa, presided over by Harry Whit
aker, as referee in bankruptcy, max
ing a new referee district. This ac-
ton was not unexpected.
Joseph w. Kriddlebaugh, Charlton
attorney. is appointed the new referee.
The Office depends upon fees alone
and has been estimated to net Whit
aker between $4,000 and $4,000 year.
This amount will probably be divided
between the two referees.
Fayors Moving PenItentlary.
While the state board OF control
has turned the Flynn farm near Des
Moines over to Warden Sanders to
be operated until further notice as a
prison industry, w. J. Dixon, chairman
Of the board. favors retaining the
property as a prison farm and grad
ually transferring the Fort Madison
penitentiary to the site II custodial
farm Is not established by the general
assembly.
1.-THE Fort Madison penitentiary is