Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — LITTLE MORE RAIN YESTERDAY [ARTICLE]

LITTLE MORE RAIN YESTERDAY

And Cooler Weather Followed Tw» Real Spring Daya. Wednesday and Thursday we had very nice weather again, except that it was quite windy Thursday, but a light rain came early’ yesterday morning and It was cloudy and much cooler with a drizzling rain during the day. The crest of high water was reached by the river at about midnight Tuesday night, after which it steadily receded. The fields have all been too wet to work any time this week, and it will take several days yet for the lower ground to dry out sufficiently to 'get onto, even though we get no more rain. It is generally conceded that we had not had so much water in 1 the fields since the floods of 1913 as there was early in the week. Many farmers over In the south part of • the county, in northern Benton and southern Newton counties, where the land Is generally very thoroughly tiled, said they had never before seen so much water standing in their fields.