Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — Heavy Rains Interfere With Farm Work. [ARTICLE]

Heavy Rains Interfere With Farm Work.

We are getting altogether too much rain. Rain fell practically all night long Tuesday night, beginning quite early in the evening and continuing almost without cessation until nearly 9 o’clock Wednesday. This rain made it too wet for farmers to work in the fields and beat down considerable of the wheat which had withstood the former rains. But Wednesday night, beginning shortly after 5 o’clock with a light sprinkle and continuing with perfect deluges of water at intervals through the forepart of the night, we got one of the worst soakers we have had at this season of the year for several years. It raised the water in the river to a greater height than we have had at this season perhaps since the dredging was done, and the uncut wheat fields looked as though a land roller had been run over them. The oats were also knocked down badly by this rain, and in Rensselaer in many places the sewers were inadequate to carry off the water fast enough and the streets, sidewalks and some of the basements of business houses and residences were flooded.