Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1914 — CORN BURNS AND NO RAIN IS IN SIGHT [ARTICLE]

CORN BURNS AND NO RAIN IS IN SIGHT

Many Say That Corn Crop Will Be the Smallest Jasper County Has Ever Experienced. There is.no rain in sight, The forecast for today and Tuesday is fair. There has been ag rain of consequence except in small localities since the first of June. Early com is thought to be entirely past redemption. It is fired half way up the stock. There are no cars at all, and the stalks are stunted! Much of the middle planting look® fairly good in the field, but it is teas&eling out without sign of silk. The late co-rri has a chance, but if will not produce nearly a normal yield and has danger of damage from frosts. The stunted corn can not be used for silage as it is not at the sugar age. Pasture® are burned up and cattle and dairy stock -are on dry

-teeq- •* • • The drouth is the worst that thas occurred, many say, in the history of the county and there is scarcely a part that is not affected. The consequence^is certain to be a great hardship upon this locality and many tenant farmers and farm owners who depend upon the corn crop will be in a bad way financially. Garden truck has been a complete failure since the middle of June. Potatoes are- bearing very lightly, except on very low ground, and cucumbers, tomatoes, melons, cabbage, sweet corn, and all other vegetables ate near the totally ruined stage. There Is tittle apple fruit this year, blackberries dried up, raspberries were only a partial crop, pears and peaches are eufferng from the dry weather and unless we get some rain very soon will be only a partial crop. It is safe to say that agricultural conditions have .never before been so unpromising in midsummer as they are at this time. ' Frank Krosier has decided to abandon the plan to put In an ice manufacturing plant. He found after making a thorough canvass of the cost of purchase and operation that it was more than he thought would pay in this city.

The Republican several days ago 'stated that Mrs. E. L. Hammert&n had gone to East Lynn, IM. # to attend the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. Minnie Strohm, Death did not occur as soon as- expected, .however, and she lived until last Saturday. Relatives here were notified of her death Sunday. Roy Donnelly has been unable to get any kind o <f a clew concerning hfs gray mare which was stolen from his pasture one night last week. Roy lives in the Schultz neighborhood in Union township and not on Ms father's farm, northeast of town, oe incorrectly stated last week. That his horse was stolen from the pasture to broad daylight there now seems no doubt