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COPYRIGHT 2005 The News-Sentinel
Byline: Doug LeDuc
Jun. 28--Residents growing anything outdoors besides cactus stand to benefit from a letup in the hot, dry weather that's been baking northeast Indiana. It's unlikely, however, that today's rain will be enough of a respite to turn things around for some local businesses.
The hot weather that started last week convinced Hilger Brothers Farm to end its you-pick strawberry season five days early, said John Hilger, who operates it with his brother, Joe. The farm supplies Hilger's Farm Market at U.S. 30 and Butt Road.
"We do irrigating where we can, and where we can't, the pumpkins are just standing still and the sweet corn needs water or it's not going to make sweet corn," John Hilger said. "It's getting very dry...
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