Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1901 — Delphi Dreadfully Dry. [ARTICLE]

Delphi Dreadfully Dry.

Delphi has been more unfortunate than most places. There was no rain there to amount to anything during July. Neighboring communities were relieved by a generous shower Sunday, but the rain passed Delphi up. Some parts of that county were visited by showers a week ago, but Delphi was not on the route, There are a few places where it has not rained a drop for thirty days, and this is the record, or nearly so, established there, the total rainfall at that point the entire month was exactly 44 hundreths of an inch. The corn throughout that county is now admitted by all to be in a bad condition. Three or four days ago a good many conservative farmers were still hopeful that the crop would not be damaged 25 per per cent, if it would rain, but now they are free to admit that there will not be any more than half a crop in the county with the most favorable weather from now until time to cut it. Even that portion in the low lands of the county is in bad shape.