Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-02
choP IN GENERAL ENERGIES
FROM DRouTH Nv Good
CONDITION.
FIRING oNLYslN LIGHT
SOIL AND WEEDY FIELDS
Harvesting Of Small Grains Finished
il Southern Section and Well Adj
vanesd in North-Yields Of Small
Grain Variable Oats Ranging From
Thirty 10 ssvsnty five Bushels.
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Dee Moines. Aug. 1.-The crop re-
port Tor the week says:
Z The daily mean temperature Of the
week was about ten degrees above the
normal and the daily maximum tenn
peratures were near or above 100 de-
grees. Tho rainfall was nil until July
81 Of Aug. 1. when light to moderate
and fairly we'll distributed showers oc-
CURED. Corn has generally held Its
own remarkably well and most Of it
retains its dark green. healthy color,
but firing Is noticeable on light soil
and poorly cultivated fields.
The local showers and somewhat
lower Temperature prevailing at the
close Of the week are timely and viii
be OF great benefit to corn. Excepl
for the intense heat and its effect OF:
man and beast, the weather was fine
for harvesting and threshing. Har-
vesting Is finished in the southern and
central counties and is well advanced
in the northern districts. Threshing is
being rushed, with generally satisfac-
tory results, but the yields Of small
grain are variable. Tho yield Of oats
ranges from thirty to seventy-fve
bushels per acre: winter wheat, ten to
thirty-five, and barley, twenty to thir-
ty-Avs bushels per acre.
Pastures ara dry and late potatoes
and truck have been badly damaged
by drouth and heat. Apples are fall
Ing badly in some sections. Many
horses were overcome by the heat in
the harvest fields. The second crop
Of alfalfa was secured in excellent
condition,
Mors Rain Needed, Says WalIaes.
we need rains like the one yes
terday for ten days or more, If we are
going to have a full corn crop this
year." is the verdict given by Henry
c. wallace, Of wallaces' Farmer last
night:
The rain has helped the corn crop
nightly, but there is nowhere near
enough OF It," he said. "Of course
We have crop killers and crop BOOM
sers. In such q period as this the crop
killers think everything has gone to
rot. The crop boomers. on; thei other
hand. decline to look at the real sit
uation and make light Of claims Of
damage.
In some delds in Iowa the effect
Of the dros4A - very apparent by the
firing Of the lower leaves and the white
tips. In most Of the state, however,
to the casual observer, the corn has not
been damaged.
Adopts itssH 10 Conditions.
1T must be remembered, however.
that the corn plant adapts itself to
conditions Of soil moisture and soil fer
tility, and 1t plans its caring according
TO these. The yield has been affected
by the July drouth; how much, no one
can tell N yet. In fact 1t will depend
. good deal upon whether we havs
sufficient rain from now on"
Mr.. Wallace went ont to say that the
consoling thing about present drouth
conditions ID that they are general not
only In this state, but all over the corn
belt. Thus, IL the crop is short, the
price win be correspondingly high. He
said that the farmer as a rule gets
more dollars for small crop than for
big one.
Taking the corn belt as a whole"
Mr.. Wallace said, the rainfall in July
this year was less than in July OF any
year since 1894. This year we had only
about 1.S inches Of rain in that month.
Records in Past Years.
I'm 1894 We had Is inches OF rain
and our yield that year was 1873 bush
els per acre. In 1901 we had 20 inches
OF rain in July and the yield was IT'S
bushels. In 1913 we had 2.s inches Of
rain In the month and the yield was
25,9 bushels. In 1914 we had FL inches
and the yield was 26.2 bushels. The
average July rainfall for the corn bert
is about is inches and the average
yield Of corn is right around tnirry-one
bushels Per acre.
'On the WHOLE" Mr.. wallace said,
II am optimistic about the Iowa corn
crop II we have decent amount Of,
rain from now on. 1t probably is not
seriously hurt yet, altho We cant tell
for sure how much damage has been
done until later. But II we don't have
any more rain in the next month than
we had in the one just past there won't
be much Of q CROP"