Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1914 — WEATHER FORECASTS [ARTICLE]

WEATHER FORECASTS

Through the efforts of John E. Alter, crop reporter for Jasper county, and the kindness, courtesy,and co-operation of the weather bureau and the Jasper County Telephone Company, we are getting weather forecasts now every day. Late onions, potatoes and corn may all be protected from killing frosts by the smoke process, after which they are likely to have three or four weeks of good vyeather to develop. Chips, wood, coal, sawdust or muck will make smoke, but the most effective plan Is )x> use crude ro€k oil, at a cost of about 3 cents a gallon, burned in smudge pots. These pots are cheap and can be had at most of the mail order houses. The oil, called crude oil, smudge oil, or orchard heating oil, is of great value also as a weed-ex-tinguisher, and is one of the best sprays for 4 ( oichard trees. It ean be ordered frdm- the Standard Oil Co. We hope many muck truck farmers in the county will take an interest in this matter and give it a fair trial. You will be well paid for your trouble of sitting up with even a small patch of late green corn, one or even two nights, or if you get the frost warning at 10 a. m., hire a dozen men and put yodr whole field of green corn in shock or.in the silo before night and make it worth a hundred dollars more. Any one interested can get these washings at the telephone office free.