Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1904 — CONDITION OF THE CORN [ARTICLE]

CONDITION OF THE CORN

Needs Ten to Twenty Days of Good Weather to Save It front Jack Frost. • Washington. Sept. 21. —The weatherbureau's weekly summary of crop conditions of tlie week ended S a. m„ Sept. 19. were generally favorable for gathering crops in nearly all districts, low night temperatures in the more northerly portions have delayed the maturity, of late crop. Frosts occurred as far south as Oklahoma and Tennessee, but little or no damage resulted, except to tender vegetation in the central valleys. and to unmatured crops in "Wisconsin. Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. Later corn is maturing rapidly in the western portion of the belt, but the crop is ripening slowly in the eastern and central sections, and needs ten to twenty days of favorable conditions to be safe from frost. While damaging frosts occurred in portions of the upper Mississippi valley, and a considerable portion of the crop was damaged in Wisconsin and some on lowlands in parts of Minnesota and lowa, the aggregate frost damage in the last named state was not serious. Cutting is now general in all sections.