Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1910 — THE DROUTH BROKEN. [ARTICLE]

THE DROUTH BROKEN.

A Big General Rain Came Monday Night. The long drouth ‘that was at last beginning to cause the corn to curl badly and has greatly affected oats and grass, drying up pastures and searing the lawns in town, was broken Monday night by a good steady rain that fell most of the night and seems to have been general in this section of the country. There was no lightning, but some wiild at the beginning of the rain, -which started about seven p.* m„ and finally developed into a steady drizzle that kept up most of the night and was absorbed by the parched ground, times the rain pattered down pretty lively, and the total precipitation was perhaps a little better than one inch. This rain was worth thousands of dollars to the farmers, and while most too late to help out the oats crop, it was a great benefit to corn and pastures.