INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, APRIL 12,1884.
NO. 15.
THE CROPS.
\&tt and Condition of Crops in the
Central West.
( r numerous crop reporters enable ns
41 ieek to give the readers of the Farm-
B pretty full and reliable statement of
.SSI r»Ke »nd condition of the leading
lea In the Central West, comprising In-
|,ti , which we present by counties, and
|aj »nd Illinois which are summarized.
tQl ■ of our readers who have kept flies
_tf | ■ Farmer will be able to see the com.
Ljsj ive condition of, the crops in these
afcH States for the corresponding date as
;ia n last year.
| I! ■ first 10 days of March are usually
■M hard on wheat, but this year the
;j» ot the area covered by our reports,
■Jd uring that period several inches of
pi on the ground. The subsequent
j_j it March for the most part were
$4 and mild and started both the grain
$* • and grass to growing. In this re-
'.<$> March weather damaged the grow-
'kf -ops much less this year, than last,
'tti I*, owing to this fact that our April
3tf : shows a better condition generally
six  ast season.
s-1 "at—While the acreage of this crop
feci fried at about the same as last year,_|
M. ndition is shown to be very much
$d . In the Northern Division of Indi-
:B» ie condition is 93 per cent of anav-
iN| crop, Central 82, and Southern 85,
'pti it. This was about the relative con-
81 of the several sections in April, 1883.
*X clover and timothy meadow crops
if* lown to be in nearly the same con-
*t as at same date last year.
\% ipple buds are in the best condition
k& vrathern section, and the same was
jut ! this fruit last year.
? S h buds show a sorry condition in all
*8l is, even worse than last year at this
'*»
> 1 i the acreage and condition of the
*5»i p, in counties where it is grown, is
**» id ihe same is true of barley, which
>S  "grown.
'. S es came through the winter is ex-
**^< condition, and are reported about
tit rear.
• ^ e are also reported in good con-
Si! in all sections.
* ' «re generally reported as in very
W r condition, and at this date a fairly
Tft '.ngcrop.
j* p are in faif condition also, but the
**! ng of tariff on wool by the last Co'n-
jN 'as had a strong tendency to check
*| *thof this industry. The sheep
*" ■"• »re generally holding their own
*-k hope of a restoration of the tariff on
**». hat will enable them to compete
"* wgn growers.
** «hoIe the growing crops and con-
•W -if the live stock at this date may be
*"•"■ th__» giving fair promise forthe
*K. In a few sections and in low and
^* sadsnot tile drained wheat was
**| ■i the week following thedisap-
H «of lbe March snow. In a few in-
SJJ «nch fields are being plowed for
SJ rops. The remarks of reporters
8Jaa»>that preparation is making  for
f: * large corn crop this year.   Our
">rt wm embrace acreage as to this
INDIANA-AVERAGE BY COUNTIES AND DIVISIONS.
The following table gives  the averages  in per cents  compared with a full average
area and condition at same date in other years, and not of any particular year:
Indiana Counties,
Northern DlvUton
Adams......	
Alleu	
Benton _	
Carroll ""
Cass	
DeKalb  _.. "
Elkhart  	
Fulton	
Huntington 	
Jasper	
Kosciusko™ "
Lagrange.  _.
__Rke  „.;[	
Laporte	
Marshall .	
Miami  ..
Newton. l ".'.
Noble-
Porter..™ .._
Pulaski.	
Starke _ ,
St.'Joseph :,
Steuben .._.__..._.„.
Wabash	
Wells ........
White	
Whitley ....„	
Average.......'......;	
Central Division
Blackford _	
Boone	
Clay	
Clinton  	
Delaware. ,
Fountain.	
Grant _ ,
Hamilton... _.,.
Hancock	
Hendricks 	
Henry	
Howard	
Jay '.	
Jonnsou ,	
Madison. _,	
Marion „	
Montgomery	
Morgan L.
Owen „ 	
Parke	
Putnam „_	
Randolph	
Rush  _._	
Shelby	
Tippecanoe	
Tipton	
Union ,
Vermillion— ,
Vigo	
Warren	
Wayne.	
110
•110
100
100
100
100
100
90
100
IOO
90
95
100
ice
K0
60
90
90
100
80
IOO
100
100
90
75
80
m
t-.m
Average	
wonts-era IHrlnlon
Bartholomew	
Brown	
Clark	
Crawlord	
Daviess -	
liearborn 	
Decatur	
Dubois	
Fayette	
Floyd 	
Franklin „	
' Gibson _ „
Greene  „—
Harrison .....
Jackson 	
Jefferson	
Jennings ™. _
Knox.	
Lawrence	
Martin	
Monroe.:	
Ohio -	
Orange- .....
Perry _ —
Pike 	
Posey	
Ripley	
Scott	
Spencer	
Sullivan	
Switzerland	
Vanderburg....	
Warrick...-	
Washington	
«0
90
IOO
■IOO
.. 90
100
100
100
IOO
100
100
110
100
100
100
IOO
100
IOO
100
IOO
100
90
100
100
100
100
100
100
80
95
100
90
lu.
90
75
110
90
80
80
80
90
85
100
95
100
75
100
100
19)
100
90
85
100
100
90
100
85
100
100
80
100
100
85
95
100
75
' 80
80
IOO
100
95
100
lOil
100
no
ioo
100
IU)
100
100
100
75
100
ioo
100
100
100
100
90
100
- 95
100
90
100
100
100
100!
100;
100
100
100
S3
100
70
bO
85
100
90
941
Average...
100
75
100
95
100
im
100
100
90
100
100
100
100
93
100
110
100
100
90
100
IOO
90
95
95
100
100
100
100
75
50
90
90
tool
100
40
75
85
80
%
110
100
100
C5
95
105
75
90
90
95
90
50
78
95l
. 80
95|
100
100
75
100
50
105
100
90
85
100
95
90
90
100
75
' 100
75
85
100
40
80
80
90
90
60
100
90
100
80
20
75
80
100
90
50
100
80
70
75
10)
85
85
100
'75
100
100
100
100
100
100
85
80
10U
75
100
70
8U
100
90
100
85
85
90
10O
80
100
90
90
100
80
100
9*1
85
IOO
IOO1
80
80
80
"ioo
90
90
80
75
100
ioo
90
100
ioo
001
IOO
001
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- =
*-%
PS
100:
100
100
IUI
100
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100;
80
100!
70.
tool.
100
90
60
80
85
85
80
80
100
100
85
75'
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100
80
80
85
701
75!
75,
70
90
100
100
60
15
50
80
80
85
100
100
90
100
100
100
100
100
90
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
90
50
100
100
100
S5
90i
ioo
no
ioo
85
100
75
80
100
100
90
100
90
90
90
70
100
100
90
50
751
70
ioo!
90
80!
100!
85
90
75
75
100
30
100
80
80,
90
100
80
no!
*)i
100|
100
75
80
85
50
100
CO
70
100
90
100'
80
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100
70
100
60
90
100
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«
ino
1001
100
ioo
lo*>|
85
100
100
no
loo
ioo
90
100
100
100
IUU
100
ioo;
wo'
ItfOi
100
100
100
IOO
80
'JO
100
1001
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100
90
100
100!
1001
AOi
1001
loo
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75
100
100
95
100
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inn
75
95
10*1
100
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1110
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100'
100
90
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90
100
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100
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100
105
100
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100
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loo
110
IOO
la)
90
100
100
100
100
90
100
100
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100
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so
IOO
100
100
100
100
100
no
100
"5
100
80
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100
100
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100
110
IOO
80
100
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no
100
90
80
100
100
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100
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100
100
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IOO
100
100
IOO
IOO
CCS
100
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85!
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80J
100,
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80
80
100
90
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90
IOO]
100
ioo!
IOO
100
100
85
100
100
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100
90
100
90
90
100
10U
60
100
100
95
100
100
90
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ioo
IUI
100
100
90
100
80
100
100
100
85
ioo
80
100
100
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100
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1001
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100
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100
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85
100
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100
90
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100
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100
100
70
100
85
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100
100
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100
100
60
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IUI
10)
100
IUI
60
90
ioo
100
1011
100
75
85
75
IOO
100
95
95
100
100
92
ioo
75
100
IUI
ltt)
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100
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85
100j
ioo!
100
100
90!
75;
100
100
100
95
65
100
100
100
100
ioo
100
no
100
70
100
60
90
100
IOO
90
85
90
100
80
100
IOO
100
80
100
95
100
100
95
90
100
100
100
90
75
100
100
90
85
90
85
.101)
10)
85
100
85
85
95
90
95
100
85
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70
100
100
DO
100
Wayne Co.—Very littlo spring plowing^
done yet. ,,___.*
Union Co.—Early harvest npple buds all
killed.
Shelby Co.—Oata mostly sown, grass
growing fine.
Itush Co.—Very few apples on hand
from last crops, peach trees few.
Morgan Co.—Wheat looking better since
the showers.
Montgomery Co.—Wheat entered winter
below average, and is not seriously winter
killed.
Marion Co.—Hogs in flne condition, but
short crop of them.
Jay Co.—Wheat looks bad, and clover
much frozen out; strange disease among
horses—bad cough.
Grant Co.—Hogs and cattle very scarce.
Delaware Co.—A few wheat fields will
be plowed up—was winter killed.
BEMABKS OF ILLINOIS BEFOBTEBS.
Wabash Co.—Damage by lly and freezing will make wheat below average.
Vermillion Co.—Farmers busy sowing
oats.
McDonough Co.—Live stock in good
condition, but feed scarce. Orass starting
finely.
Henderson Co.—We have had a great
deal of rain since the snow went off. Mississippi very high.
Hamilton Co.—Young clover in good
condition—old fields bad condition.
Edgar Co.—Fine spring weather for
three weeks.
Douglass Co.—Cherry buds 50 per cent
alive.
Crawford Co.—Wheat was sown lato,
and damaged by fly.
AVERAGES BT STATES.
The following  shows the  avorage condition of the several crops named by States
according to our reports:
Su o*,
.f. _u
-3 t* — <-
100
ioo
100
95
100
100
90
100
75
100
100
100
90
95
75
100
80
so
80
100
90
90
95
95
80
100
100
100
70
100
65
Wheat, per cent of average crop sown..
Wheat, percentof condition	
Clover, per cent of condition	
Timothy, per cent of condition	
Apple buds, per cent alive	
Peach buds, per cent alive	
Rye, per cent of average crop sown	
Rye, per cent of condition	
Barley, per cent of average crop sown...
Barley, percent of condition	
Horses, per cent of condition	
Cattle, per cent of condition	
Hogs, per cent of condition	
Sheep, per cent of condition	
97
81
82
97
TV
1"  ,
7(1
91
88
87
91
90
911
92
100
100
BEMABKS OF IHDIAHA BEFOBTEBS.    (    Franklin Co.—Live stock scarce but in
Switzerland   Co.—Considerable   wheat  good condition
was drowned out by the floods, and some
winterkilled.
Washington Co.—The last  freezing was
hard on clover, and wheat on wet lands.
Spencer Co.—Most peach trees are dead.
Sullivan Co.—Good share of wheat being
plowed up to plant corn.
Kipley    Co.—Wheat   improving
Grass has a good start.
Lawrence Co.—Oats about all sown.
Jackson Co.—Peach trees badly killed
Gibson Co.—Too much rain.
fast.
Floyd Co.—Peach trees nearly all killed
Dearborn Co—-Wheat  that  was  under
water 18 days now promises a good crop
.White Co—No plowing done yet.   Too
Miami Co.—nogs and sheep scarce.
Kosciusko  Co.—Twenty-five   per cant
less live stock than last year.
Fulton Co.—Apples safe yet I think
DeKalb Co.—Spring very promising so
Adams Co.—The genetal   outlook for
crops good.
Orop Reports  for  April, 1884,   by
Ohio Board of Agriculture.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
The April report of the Ohio State Board
of Agriculture based on returns received
from 912 township correspondents gives
the following per centageof condition of
stock and crops, compared with five years
fuU average, 1878-1882.
Condition of horses, 96 per cent; cattlo,
89; sheep, 91; swine, 88; per cent of loss
from all diseases for the year ending
April lst, 1884, horses, 2;cattle,|2; sheep, 5;
swine, 4. , ...   __
Corn—Feed value of crop of '83, 59 per
cent, equaling 57,725,980 bushels, against
five years actual average of 97,340,881.
Wheat—Flour value of crops of 83, 67
per cent, equaling 27,570,0u0 bushels
against Ave years average of 41,005,000.
Crop of 84, area, 98 per cent; condition 85,
giving probabilities of 34.780,000 bushels
with Iverage weather till harvest. Average date of seeding last fall, September 24;
plr cent of wheat drilled in, 83; per cent
broad cast 17. Condition of drilled wheat,
88; broad cast,77. Per cent of damage by
Hessian fly, 5.  average
number of weeks
°Ryri^af^Tco7ndition9i.   Weather
now favorable for winter grain-
r^dn^rvupr^edl=d7f
granger to winter whe.^yearly
Columbus, April 5th,l884.