Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-02
Dust! A Holy Fright;
But Corn Is A-Making!

eve must have two weeks more of
| these hot, dry days and nights" said
Mr.. Corn Farmer.
1.-TWO weeks more of this blistering
weather and there will be no soft
corn to can," said Mr.. Corn Gamer.
down on your sinful knees and
pray for rain; this dust is eating my
old eyes out" said Mr. Corn Products
| Consumer.
There you have it,
That was the situation last Sunday
morning, when a cloud the size of
million dollars appeared in the offing
to the west, and a sprinkle began. It
did not last long; just spilled little
and then drifted off toward Prairie du
CHEN, where it was reported the
drought was making havoc in the
sandbur crop, and melons.
Speaking of Dust.
Speaking of dust, it is doubtful if
the oldest inhabitant ever saw the like
before. Fields along the surfaced roads
will not need lining for a dozen years.
Corn was white with the pulverized
rock, pastures showed white, over the
brown of drought-stricken grass.
Drivers, with balloon tires installed,
kicked up the dust as if they were
working on a contract with a time linn
it and heavy penalty for non-per-
Torrance. Clay roads were by far the
best and most comfortable to ride ov-
er, as is always the case during dry
weather.
Over beyond Liberty. the re-loca-
ton of a corner was being dug out
last Saturday, and the breaking-up
pillow never got down to moisture
"Dryest 1 ever saw" remarked an old
timer who looked on. On the train
that pulled out Saturday noon, the
conductor spent the most of his time
welding a feather buster. That boy
was born to a dry weather job. The
Lancaster-M Madison bus was comfort
able, because it had most cautious
driver. When the balloon tires of met
/ cars kicked up the sand too Justify
Doc Rodolf, owner-driver. stopped
his big boat until he could see ahead.
Corn Coming On.
| Yet, with all this heat and drought,
| corn blades did not roll. There must
| have been moisture in the soil, for
all the shortage in precipitation. Be
! it known, that since the first of Jan
uary 1925 the rainfall for this sec
ton is SIP inches less than normal.
Sure the storms the past summer
have all been of the deliberate sort
all the water that has fallen has gone
/ into the soil-no heavy down-pours
that flooded the bottoms and put
streams out of banks.
I From the best obtainable source of
informatiOn-the concensus of rural
opinion-the hot, dry weather of the
past fortnight has worked almost a
miracle in the standing corn. 1t has
matured, not wasted its time and eff
fort in trying to produce more ears.
/ 1t is not quite ready for the harvest
er, but it is on the high road to
bumper crop. Farmers have discarded
the worried look they wore two weeks
ago.
And with it all, one who can stand
the dust and ride through the county
is certain to notice that there is very
little corn that has the look of being
ripe. For the silo, it is in good condi-
ton. Because of this condition, it is
reported that many new silos will be
built For if the corn is not quite ripe
enough for the crib, it is far advanced
for salvage in the picking tub-the
silo.
Now it is squarely up to the weather
man-frost or no frost The farmer,
at all times the creature of Providence
and his vice-gerent the weather man.
is watching his thermometer. A frost
would play the deuce, but not so badly
as if it had come two weeks ago. A
bumper crop of small grain; whale
of a crop of hay-fine. fine! But corn
is king. and a king is nothing too
good for the Empire of Grant, Let's
hope for more weather, and no early
frost