Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1917 — HAS COMPILED FROST DATA [ARTICLE]

HAS COMPILED FROST DATA

Armington Says First in Indiana Occurs Between Oct 4 and 20. j jj. Armington, meteorologist at the United States weather bureau in Indianapolis, has issued a map which sets out the average dates of killing frosts in autumn in Indiana, based on numerous records of past years up to and including 1915. According to Mr. Armington’s figures in the northeastern part of the state the first frost of the year ordinarily comes some time between October 4 and 10. The average in the northwestern part of the state has been from October 10 to 20. In the central district, including Indianapolis and surrounding .territory, the date is about October 10- Further south and toward the eastern part it is from October 10 to 20, and along the Ohio river on the extreme southern border about October 20. The first frost ordinarily visits the southwestern part of the state slightly later than October 20. The first killing frost in Jasper county last year came very early, about September 12, just about one month ahead of schedule time. However, it is not at all likely that the occurrence will be repeated and the corn crop will in all probability have ample time to mature. Corn to Escape First Frosts Washington, D. C., August 23. — Most of the record-breaking corn crop will be past the point where frost can damage it at the average date of the first killing frost, in spite of the fact that the crop is from ten to. fifteen and in some places even twenty days later than the average at this season of the year in central and northern districts. Reports to the weather bureau brought this information as well as good news from Kansas, where the last forecast of the department of agriculture indicated that, the production would be only half that indicated a month previously. The Kansas crop, the reports said, was recovering from the drought to a surprising extent, due to receipt rains. Warmer weather was decidedly favorable for corn in all central and eastern parts of the country during the last week, but lack of rainfall was being felt to some extent from lowa eastward. Harvesting of winter wheat was nearly completed last week, and yields continued good. Plowing for the next winter wheat crop Is progressing under favorable condi-

tions of the soil in the Southwest, but the ground is too dry in the Northeast. Spring wheat and other grain harvesting is making satisfactory progress in the northern parts of the country. Spring wheat is yielding better in weight in North Dakota and Montana than was expected.