Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1898 — If the Frost Stays Off. [ARTICLE]

If the Frost Stays Off.

The Gifford region, which on account of wet springs, early frosts and other causes, has had a succession of bad years, is likely to be greatly in it this year. All reports agree in stating that the corn prospects are enormous, all through the Gifford region. The only thing now that can prevent a great crop, would be an early frost. And considering how cool the nights have been lately, it must be admitted that the frost danger is a pretty serious one. Especially as what is a very light frost and harmless in ordinary land, is ruinous on newly drained marsh land. And even a cold night which does not produce frost at all in other places is likely to make a ruinous frost on the marshes. Thus probably no one in this vicinity would imagine that any recent night hacL been cold enough for a frost; yet the fact is that a small piece of very promising marsh corn on Mr. Mulford’s land, near Aix, was killed by frost about two weeks or so ago.