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THE CROPS.
jy \ielcl of Wheat, Oats, Etc., and
Condition ofthe Other Crops,
Stock, Etc , on September 1, 1884.
jjMIXA   HAS   «^07.835   BUSII-I.*   OF
WHEAT.
ffe present very full reports of the yield
ed condition of the crops to Sept. 1st,
?0i our special reporters in Indiana,
■ inois and Ohio. The wheat and oats
.^ are now pretty definitely deter-
.;-,<*! tor the year, in the winter wheat
saH*.
Wheat.—We are  indebted to the Indl-
m Bureau  of Statistics  for the  area in
;;jjna.   That is  found   to  be 2,973,857
^ Our own  reports  show  that the
j cage per acre in this State is 15 bushels.
-v;< would make the   wheat crop of Indi-
ci for 1SS-I, 44,607,855 bushels.   Our own
^.irts from Ohio do not differ materially
.'in those of the Ohio Board of Agricult-
•.idtliat State, which puts the wheat
,-of Ohio at 10M bnshels per acre, and
..'entire crop at 43,1)82,960 bushels.   The
,„ in Illinois it  ia believed, will fall a
Js below this,   both in the' average per
rt, and in the.aggregate production.
tits,—The area in Indiana was 776,013
-m, the average  per  acre 33 bushels.
•:< would make the entire crop 2.r>,60S,429
,hels.  In Ohio tlie yield per acre is 31.2,
| the entire  crop   23,893,663  bushels.
anis averages above this per acre, and
• segregate crop is also much larger.
fnR.w—Indiana  has  3,098,177  acres  of
-5 growing this year.   In most sections
■it State the weather has been too dry
■nature the crop well, and therefore the
•Jition is reported at 75 per cent of an
-.lie crop.   In Ohio  and parts  of Illi-
i the same has been true ot the season,
j tho dry weather has cut the condition
jpcrop down to  78 per cent    in Ohio
'.s>per cent in Illinois.
•i\\s-This is not   extensively grown
litter State.   Tlie area in  this State,
shut iS,7(!5 acres, and average per acre
<*1 about nine bushels.   The table of
-■?*!& by States, given elsewhere, will
i the yield per acre  this year,  so far
'ported, but  many counties  did not
rtoa the flax crops.
mER crops.—We refer to the large
lor Tndiana, and the table of aver-
by States for Illinois and Ohio, for
'reduction and condition of the other
:«.
'.»ill be noticed that the per cent of
Stion of live stock is reported in all
Area States pretty high, and not dif-
"? greatly from the condition at the
-date last year.
AVERAGES BY STATES.
-' following is the reported average
Action and  condition  of  the given
by States:
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• 6
5
15
75
Si
8
78
1.6
59
18
25
SS
9S
91
to
14
80
35
8
55
1.7
6s
20
23
96
8>
85
80
111
78
3"
7 0
. Mi put <>f condition	
47
1 6
70
'•ft
s% wliei barley jier acre _
77
(W
I"rein of condition _
MS
s. ;'<wit of condition „
86
80
INDIANA—AVERAGES BY COUNTIES AND DIVISIONS.
The following table gives the averages in per cents, etc., compared with a full average
area and condition at same date in other years, and not ot any particular year:
Indiana Counties.
Northern lMvlaion
-Adams...	
Allen-	
Kenton -	
Carroll	
Cass	
DeKalh	
Klkhart...	
Fulton	
Huntington	
Jasper	
Kosciusko	
l-nttrange	
Lake	
.Laporte „	
Marshall _	
Miami	
Newton „.,
Noble-	
Porter. ,	
Pulaski.	
Htarke	
St. Joseph	
Kteuben......	
Wabash	
Wells	
While.-	
Whitley	
Average	
Ontral IHvlBlon
D)ackr.;rd	
-Boone  	
Clay	
Clinton-	
Delaware	
Fou n tai n	
Oram	
Hamilton	
Hancock _	
Hendricks... ,
Henry...:	
Howard	
Jay	
Job n son	
Madison..... ,
Marion _ , ,
Moii tgomery„„	
Morgan...... ,
Owen _	
Parke	
Putnam ,
Randolph ,	
_lush	
Shelby <;.	
Tippecanoe	
Tipton	
Union	
Vermillion	
Vigo	
Warren.	
Wayne	
Average	
rNoiiLthern Division
Bartholomew	
llrown	
Clarke ....
Crawford	
Daviess	
Dearborn-	
Decatur	
Dubois	
Fayette	
Floyd-	
Franklin _	
Oihson	
Greene	
Harrison _ ......
Jackson 	
Jefferson _	
Jennings.	
Knox.	
Lawrence	
Martin „	
Monroe	
Ohio	
Orange 	
Perry.	
Pike	
Posey.... «	
Ripley	
Scott	
Spencer ;	
Sullivan	
Switzerland.,™	
Vanderburg	
Warrick	
Washington	
Average..
►sft
O-*
O
fo
85
100
'JO
75
80
85
80
80
SO
70
75
70
85
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85
75
40
75
75
50
!«J
65
75
SO
80
85
100
75
65
80
75
100
90
80
85
00
60
75
10U
20
95
85
85
65
65
60
75
60
1110
7;
75
90
30
75
50
75
7S
110
80
.40
30
80
95
60
70
60
50
60
65
35
K
100
80
75
40
75
80
75
O
75
100
ll»
75
5(1
90
100
80
80
80
100
75
66
60
75
70
100
100
75
9>
70
70
70
65
75
90
80
50
80
90
100
100
III
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CO
60
50
100
IOO
00
70
75
GO
90
100
80
80
100
80
100
80
80
90
no
70
60
50
Go
80
70
100
70
70
60
80
80
80
1.6
1.5
2.0
2.0
1.0
2.5
1.7
1.5
2.0
1 5
1.
1.8
1.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.2
1
1.7
1.5
1.8
2.0
1.1
1..'
1.5
1.6
1.5
2.0
2.0
2.5
2.0
2.0
1
1.8
1
1.5
2.5
1.0
1.5
1.5
2.0
2.0
2.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1
2.U
i.:i
1.5
l.-j
2.0
1.8
1
2.0
1.5
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
1.2
2.0
1.5
1.0
1.7
3.0
1.3
1.2
1.0
1.7
1.0
1.6
1.7
1 0
1.7
1.8
1.5
Co
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90
1011
30
1UI
40
80
30
45
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90
50
52
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65
65
25
25
50
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100
100
100
100
100
90
100
75
100
100
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90
90
100
100
95
90
1110
90
80
100
Ml
100
lill
90
95
90
100
100
100
100
100
100
80
90
100
Hill
100
100
100
HKI
100
100
100
50
100
85
90
90
100
110
100
loo
100
IOO
100
IOO
100
100
90
1110
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100
100
120
100
II"
80
100
90
90
95
100
90
IOO
100
100
100
100
100
1(10
75
100
100
100
90
90
100
Kill
100
100
100
DO
100
100
100
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100
ioo
100
100
100
100
90
60
100
IU)
100
100
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100
IU)
1UI
100
1011
100
100
90
100
100
100
1110
1110
IU)
100
100
IOO
100
80
100
Ml
100
1110
1UI
98
100
IU
100
90
105
90
100
90
100
1UI
1UI
100
100
111)
100
1110
90
100
95
90
90
9(1
100
91)
95
100
90
100
95
95
80
95
90
100
90
90
90
90
100
100
ltt)
60
100
75
100
100
1UI
100
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100
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90
911
100
100
90
90
Ml
100
75
100
90
IU)
90
90
90
100
90
100
90
91
90
100
100
1UI
90
90
75
90
100
100
10(1
100
125
95
100
60
95
100
95
100
90
75
90
90
75
90
100
90
90
85
90
95
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80
75
80
90
100
100
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IU)
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
90
100
100
100
100
100
90
90
80
90
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100
100
IU)
100
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100
100
100
100
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95
9.5
100
95
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100
9)
100
100
95
100
100
IOO
1U1
90
100
100
100
100
95
80
100
100
100
100
100
130
90
100
90
90
95
90
95
95
90
90
95
100
90
100
95
90
75
100
100
100
The apple crop promised much better
early in the season, but in July the apples
fell off tho trees badly, and it will be
noticed that the per cent in this State is
lower than in either of the others.
Thick and Thin Seeding.
Prof. Lazenby, director of the Ohio
Agricultural Kxperiment Station,in bulletin No. 6 has the following interesting
facta regarding thick and thin seeding:
Tables 1 and 2 present the  result of two
series of tests in "thick and thin seeding.
Each series contained four plots of one-
sixteenth of an acre each. The treatment
was alike in every respect, except in the
amount of seed used. The land was aU
prepared in the same manner, and at the
same time. The plots were sown September 22. Velvet chaff was the variety of
wheat used.
Plots 8 and 9 were harvested June 20.
All of the remaining plots were harvested
June 27.
The amount of seed used varied in the
odd numbered plots from two to eight
pecks per acre. In the even numbered
plots the range of variation was from
three to nine pecks per acre. In each
series the amount of seed was increased at
the rate of two pecks for each plot.
TABLE I.
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Number ol plot.   .      _£      °Eso£„;      og
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1   2 pecks.   19.6 1,817 62 I lis.
3    4 pecks.   33.7 3,607 62 His.
5     6 pecks.   37.6 4,532 62 lbs.
7    8 pecks.   .'W.O 4,832 63..'
TABT,K II.
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The ripening of the wheat in tho different plots was quite uniform throughout.
There was a difference of about one day in
favor of the thicker seeding. The quality
ofthe grain was also very similar. The
thin seeding yielded the largest kernels
and the lightest weight por measured
bushel. Increasing tho quantity of seed
diminished the sizo of the individual kernels, but gave a somewhat heavier weight
per bushel. Tho quality of the straw as to
firmness was somewhat variable and tho
difference in weight, as shown by the
tables, are quite marked. Plot No. 7,
where 8 pecks of seed wero sown per acre,
yielded over two and one-half times as
much straw as plot No. 1, whero only two
pecks of seed were used.
Although the plots which received the
least seed were the most exposed, the number of plants winter-killed was proportionately tho largest in those more thickly
seeded. The development ot the root was
larger in proportion to tho top, and they
appeared stronger where the plants were
thin on the ground. This experiment,
together with the tests of former years,
lead to the following practical conclusions:
The condition of the soil and exposure,
the quality of seeds as regards vitality,
size of individual kernels, capacity of variety for tillering, liability of injury from
insects and other enemies, are all factors
to be considering in deciding the amount
of seed to use. The richer the soil, and the
more perfect the seed-bed, the less the
amount of seed required. When all the conditions are at their best three or four pecks
of seed per acre would be ample. This is seldom or never the case; hence more seed is
usually required. Under ordinary conditions from four to six pecks per acre will
give the best results.
Hot oil for buggy wheels is a "delusion
and a snare." I gave it a thorough trial.
It did no good. I want to hear from the
man who recommended it to know if he
ever knew of it being successful, or was
that statement based on imagination only.
Fisher's, Ind. J. W.
Perhaps your wheels had been painted
before being soaked in hot oil. In that
case the oil could  not penotrate the wood.