Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1903 — WEATHER HELPS CORN. [ARTICLE]

WEATHER HELPS CORN.

Frosts Hava Been General, bat tba Damage Dona ta Crop la Slight. The weather bureau’s weekly summary as crop conditions is as follows: “The temperature conditions for the. week ending Bept. 28 were generally favorable, although cool nights were detrimental in the south Atlantic, eastern and central gulf States, while light to heavy frosts, for the most part causing no serious injury, occurred in the more northerly districts eattward of the upper Missouri valley. A marked feature of the week was the absence of rain or the occurrence of only very light showers over much the greater part of the country east of the Rocky Mountains, there being only a few areas, of comparatively limited extent, in the upper Mississippi valley. lake region and the coast district's of the middle Atlantic States and southern New Eugland, in which tbe rainfall exceeded the average. “Drouth continues in the Ohio valley and with increased re verity in Tennessee and the central and west gulf. States. No unfavorable conditions are reported from the Pacific coast, although rain in southern California nay possibly have caused slight injury. Southern Arizona nnd southwestern New Mexico received unusually heavy rains for that region. “The principal corn States have experienced weather conditions exceptionally favorable for maturing late corn, and while frosts have been quite general over the central and eastern portions of the corn belt no material damage is indicated. Probably less. than 20 per cent of the crop in lowa is uumatured, and while the proportion yet exposed to injury in South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin is greater, the immature will make good feed. Farther south only a very small part of the crop is still soft. Cutting is general in all sections and some new com has been marketed in southern Kansas. “While the conditions have been favorable for thrashing spring wheat in the spring wheat region, reports of dampness of grain in shock as a result of previous rains continue. Harvest is now completed on the north Pacific coast and thrashing has advanced. “With generally seasonable temperature and practically no rain over nearly the entire cotton belt cotton lias opened rapidly and picking has been actively carried on, a large part of the crop having already been gathered. Cool nights and the very general prevalence of drouth in the central and western districts have been detrimental nnd rust and shedding continue to I>e extensively reported, although rust is somewhat less prevalent in Georgia. On the whole, the crop has suffered deterioration, especially in the central and we.iteru portions of the belt. “Some tobacco remains to be cut in Kentucky and Tennessee, where the late planted has suffered much from drouth, but as a whole the crop is practically housed.”