Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1914 — The Ground Hog Still on the Job. [ARTICLE]

The Ground Hog Still on the Job.

Mr. G. Hog has certainly been on his job since Feb. 2 and we have been having good solid winter weather during all the present month. Most of the snow which fell during the. early part of the month is still on the ground, and was added to a few inches Sunday night, when a regular blizzard started in and kept up nearly all night, making it the worst night of the winter. Sunday was a cold raw day, and the snow that fell during the afternoon and night was piled up considerably in places by the heavy wind. Only a few days more remain of February, and it is not probable we will have very much more snow or cold weather. In fact, it is not very unusual for the farmers to begin sowing oats early In March. At this time, however, it doesn’t look as though there would be any oats sowing before the 15th or 20th of the month at least. The mercury Sunday and Monday was down within a few degrees of zero.