Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1915 — Heavy Rain Again Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Heavy Rain Again Sunday.

Another very heavy rain, perhaps inches, fell Sunday forenoon, and the water in the river which had fallen nearly three feet, was raised about a foot again as a result, and fields, lawns, streets, sewers and basements were again flooded. This rain did not extend very far south ■ of- Rensselaer, we understand, but little falling out at the Frank Hill farm in Jordan tp., but here and on north of town it was very heavy. It did not reach the north end of the county, either. The low ground has suffered greatly. On the rolling land it is only the low places, of course, that the corn has been cooked because of the ponds of water, but on the flat land it has been in some instances wholly destroyed. ; Firman Thompson of Parr, estimates his damage to wheat, oats and corn at $15,000. Others in that locality have suffered to a lesser degree because of smaller acreage. Firman attempted to use an engine that he got in last week especially for pulling a binder over his wet fields, but the effort ended in failure, the engine itself miring down. He then got several hand cradles and put men at work cradling the grain, but this is a slow proce’ss because of the inexperience of the men and the tangled condition of the straw. Scores of other farmers are endeavoring to save their wheat and oats by cradling them. While some of the oats on the higher grounds are standing up fairly well, other fields are so badly lodged that not one-fourth of them can be saved in some cases. The hay harvest has also been “put on the hummer” by the heavy rains, and that already cut has been almost entirely ruined by the continued wetting before it could be placed in the now or stack.