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!°Lgg3ET^   ^DIANAPQLIS, IND^^dIy. MAY 24. 1884
At Washin^r^
NO. 21.
rkfOntlookfor Wheat—Foreign
D-muid-Work 0f the Depart-
M«it of Agriculture.
BY O. p. A.
F/f,,rt_reaching herefrom thenorth-
il i-Jioate tbat we shall have an unus-
■r Urye wheat crop in that section this
•e. lielegate Raymond of Dakota who
•.•vfrietor of a five thousand acre farm
•in wheat growing territory has just
.Tied from his home where" he supernal the sowing of thirty-five hun-
~Ures of wheat. He said to the
HtR correspondent that he had never
.>_'*• seen so satisfactory a crop pros-
1 in lukota. "Five years ago," he
"the spring was as favorable as is
«. Of course the acreage now is very
■h lirgrr and I look for a greater yield
;t. wheat regions of Minnesota and
u;u than ever before."
BEKT SUGAR.
V Department of Agriculture is pre-
■•i to make some very careful and in-
i-dng experiments and investigations
rnr in regard to beet sugar and its
.ilities in this country. It is a fact
>r unpleasant to record, but a fact
•rifles*, that the experiments and
'-(rations in regard to sorghum last
iriere not of a most satisfactory char's-. "We find" said Professor Wiley
icniist of the Department, "that there
mdifficulty ingrowing sorghum alii my where in this country, but that
i* l> not sufficient time after it  ma-
_-. ia which to manufacture the sugar
I' rt cold weather gets in and  spoils the
Xow with  beets  it is   different.
_ fi™ lie kept for months  and manu-
y-r.-ti st the leisure of those interested."
you think, Professor, it  will  be
|.'_ib!e to make beet sugar in this
■.tj, as they make it in France and
Tiny where the entire sugar ofcom-
-. is made from beets?"
.jt i> what we are about to investi-
nniled the Professor. "I think
r.Tfr there is little doubt but that it
fi he entirely practicable for this
vjt to grow and  manufacture from
I a ill the sugar that its  fifty or sixty
-a people require."
Hit* there been any experiments in
i * a. to warrant such belief?"
Ta In Maine and otber points along
■"Kidiline beet sugar has been pro-
*i in considerable quantities and very
"•tolly. In California the industry
•*» developing for two or three years
r;th great success. Why, one factory
''--fonii* made a million and a half
-. '4 of beet sugar last year. They can
■their beets and put them in pits in
pxrad. when tbe cold weather comes
-■-A nuke them into sugar at their
^instead of being forced to make
' s? in 3 few days or weeks, as is the
•*_- sorghum. The whole western
**r.hof San Francisco is waking up
-■• reject of beet sugar and  theD?T
I'-fst has been requested byasub-
"tf sericulture of California and by
» „ _*-__„-, ..ii   Washington   to j
Jubject. I expect to leave for California
abont the first of September to give the
subject some close attention."
"Then, do you propose  to give up sorghum as a bad job?"    •
"By no means. On the contrary, sorghum may be very successfully grown
as far north as a line running through
southern Pennsylvania,. southern Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, northern Missouri'
and Kansas, while beet sugar, I think,
may be successfully grown and .manufactured as far south as a line running
through Massachusetts, northern New
York, northern Ohio and Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and along down tbe
western coast as far south as San Francisco."
THE DEMAND FOR WHEAT.
The State Department is of opinion that
the  foreign demand  for wheat  this year
will be as great as in any  preceding year.
It has received some  carefully gathered
figures  from its- representatives abroad,
and arrives at the conclusion  that, whatever the  cause of  the present depressed
condition ofthe  wheat trade of Europe,
the calculations thus obtained from these
representatives force  the belief  that lhe
tock of wheat now on hand in Europe, is
so small that the demand must be fully as
great as in the average year.   Secretary
Frelinghuysonaays tbat "the most liberal
allowance for the wheat out-put necessary
to the  world's  consumption shows  that
the United  States should be  drawn.upon
during the  present year  for  188,000,000
bushels of wheat.
TnE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The Department of Agriculture is contemplating an exhibit at the New Orleans
Cotton Centennial Exposition. Nothing
definite has yet been arranged in regard to
it nor will there be unless Congress shall
make an appropriation for this purpose.
Various' States of this country and of
Mexico and Central America will, however, it is understood, give much attention to the subject, and it is hoped that
Congress may be. persuaded to appropriate a sum to be used in making a display
worthy of the Department of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C, May 15.
f-ia "Oregon and   Washington
''•thorough investigation   of  the
a-fDIANJL.
Crawford Co., May 17.—Wheat in good
condition. Farmers backward about corn.
Meadows coming out finely.       j. m. J.
Henry Co., May 17.—Wheat splendid.
Pasture good. Good prospect for apples.
Some corn to plant yet. yy_ j)
Randolph Co., May 17.—Farmers planting corn. Weather cool and several good
white frosts, but no damage.      W. J. D. a
Cass Co., May 17.—All kinds of vegetation look well. Backward wheat growing
healthily.   Corn generally planted.
F. B. H.
Gibson Co., May 17.-Wheat looks fine.
Good weather for corn planting, but few
are done yet. Colorado potato bug very
plenty. E j
—Kosciusko Co., May 17.-Good wheat
oats and grass weather, but too many
frosts fur corn. Abont one-half of the
corn to plant yet. E. N I
Greene Co., May 17.—Wheat growing
nicely and prospect much better. Corn
planting going' on rapidly. Some hog
cholera. W. B. S.
Montgomery Co., May 17.—Outlook for
wheat not favorable. Corn planting has
been delayed by wet. Fruit, except tender kinds, promising.    ' D. N. J.
Warrick Co., May 17.—Farm affairs
have improved this week. Corn planting
progressing. Tobacco plants looking first-
rate. Pastures good. Wool selling at 20c.
Road working is one "order of the day."
J. P. W.
Spencer Co., May 12.—Corn planting
just begun. AVheat looks well. Barley
frozen out badly. A very large crop of
late potatoes will be planted. Plenty of
fruit except peaches. F. II. H.
Switzerland Co., May 17.—Wet weather continues to retard corn planting; not
more than one-half put in. Wheat looks
promising. Myriads of caterpillars have
appeared. Their especial object is to devour the foliage of gooseberry, currant
and raspberry bushes. C. G. B.
' White Co., May 15.—Farmers very
busy plowing for corn and planting. This
has been the best week to work for some
time. We will mako a big effort to raise a
good corn crop here. Prospect for apples
good. Regard the Farmer the best paper
for the farmer. J. M. M.
Harrison Co., May 17.—Wheat looks
fine; oats looks well, most of it. Some
corn planted and is coming up badly; too
wet. Prospect good for full crop of apples.
But few pears left. Most of plums and
cherries killed; will be plenty of blackberries and raspberries. Stock looking well;
horses high; business brisk in our little
town. 1.1.. F.
Grant Co., May 14.—Corn planting is
progressing finely; rain has made it late.
A full average crop being planted. Wheat
some injured by wet weather on low flat
land. Where it is underdrained it is doing
splendidly. Apples and cherries plenty
yet on the trees. A sharp frost early in
the week killed beans and other garden
truck to some extent; not severe enough
to hurt fruit. J. M. E.
LaPorte Co., May 16.—Heavy frost last
night; froze water in pails and wash-
dishes and nipped potatoes that were up,
but not much of the garden corn. Corn
planting about half done. Wheat looking
"rather sorry," and the owners thereof
ditto. Grass and pastures starting nicely.
Strawberries and apples in blossom, also
some pears and cherries, and I much fear
that strawberries will be killed by the
frost. Mrs. B. A. D.
frosts. We have as fine a country here as
ever man beheld; everything is on the
boom at present. Farm and city property
have doubled in the last year.     J. M. C.
CONDITION OP THB WEATHER IN THE STATU
Or INDIANA, FOR.THB WEEK ENDING FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY- 16.;
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MABIOBf COUNTY A. AHD H. SOCIETY'S
MEETING.
The May meeting of this society will be
held next Saturday, the 31st, on the vegetable farm of Colonel A. W. Johnson,
president of the Street Railway Co., ot the
city. It will be ah out door ba*kot meeting. The Colonel will provide seats in a
grove, and will furnish free transportation
by street car to all the members of the
society. Street cars leave the corner of
Washington street and Virginia avenue,
every hour, as the court-house clock
strikes the hour. Members can obtain
certificates of membership by calling at
this office.
A pic-nic dinner, an inspection of a
vegetable farm where stable manure is
used without stint, an essay by a lady
member, and a paper on California by
Mr. Kingsbury of this paper, are on tho
program.
MISSOtTBI.
Jefferson Co., May 19.—Season very
late and wet. Wheat, oats and grass very
fine. Some corn now being worked and
some still planting. Apples promise a full
crop. Pears and cherries half a crop.
Peaches and plums entire failure.
H. E. B.
KAJVIsJAjjV.
Labette Co., May 16.—We are having
most delightful weather at present. The
spring has been very cold and consequently farmers are very backward with their
crops. Most all corn had to be planted
over. There will be plenty of small fruits,
all but peaches; they were killed by late
Catalpas.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Of my Catalpa trees grown from one paper
of seed sent me Irom the Farmer offlce
two years ago, the largest now is one and
one-half inches in diameter and about ten
feet high. We have 27 trees growing
vigorously, though some are quite small,
they being too much shaded. We find
they grow best in open ground. J, S.
Johnson Co., Ind.
Pays Best of All.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I herewith inclose amount for advei Using, lean recommend the Indiana Farsi-
er as one of the very best advertising
mediums. I take a large number of agricultural papers, and advertise in several of
them, and they are good and pay me, but
the Indiana Farmer pays me best of all.
Yours truly,"
Thorntown. James Riley.