Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1920 — SIGNS POINT TO LATE FROST. [ARTICLE]

SIGNS POINT TO LATE FROST.

The first killing frost will not come soon enough to damage the late planted corn,' according to farmers who profess the knowledge to read signs in the appearance of certain trees and vegetation. One farmer said that the alarm about an early frost is needless for he has examined the cockle burr and learns from them that the first killing frost will be late. He said that if the cockle burr ia far advanced at this time of the year there is a likelihood of an early killing frost, but he did not find them in an advanced condition. An frost would damage the cockle burr, he said, and this has never been known. He declared he had watched tiie sign for many years, and had found it almost unfailing in its accuracy;- •