VOL. XXV.       va I89u
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DEC. 18, 1890.
NO. 50
THE CROPS IN DECEMBER.
Reports From the Farmera ln All
Sections.
IVOIA > A.
Noble Co.—Tho growing wheat crop is
an average one in acreage, and the condition is aa nne as ever seen at this season.
M. O.
Vigo Co. The wheat crop in this county
is 20 per cent above average sown, and is 10
per cent better than the usual highest condition for the season. I never saw a better promise. W. K.
Steuben Co.—Wheat a full average acreage and at the top in condition. It enters
winter very tine.. F. M.
Whitley Co.—I nevor saw wheat in better condition at this season, and the crop
ls a big one for acreage. B. J.
Harrison Co.—Corn, after all, turn? out
a fair crop here. The area and condition
of wheat, ia the best for years. J. W.
Marshall Co.—This year's whoat crop
here, will weigh out over threo-fourths of
an average crop. The growing wheat is as
good as I ever saw it, with large  acreage.
F. I.
Hamilton Co.—The season was nover
finer tor -u.vln.fc* tho corn, wlilch. iM a pretty
good crop after'all. The wheat acreago is
above an average and the condition is perfect. J. H. Uray.
Bartholomew Co.—Wheat 110 for aroa
and 100 condition, I never saw it look
better. A. P. li.
De Kalb Co —There could bs no better
prospect for wheat, and the acreage is above
an average; farm work well dono and ready
for winter. L. S. U.
Owen Co.—The wheat arc* is 120 and the
condition 110 for this county; that means
a big crop if the winter and spring turn
out fair. J. II. Katon.
Kosciusko Co—The early sown whoat is
very rank growth; the area sown is large
also. Corn has turned out a pretty good
crop and is round. B. A. E.
Adams Co.—The growing wheat crop is
a large one, and loons the best I over saw
it. J. W.
Porter Co.—We have a full average
acreage in wheat and it looks very fine;
winter rye also looks well. J. B. R.
Huntington Co.—Considerable winter
rye is grown here. Both wheat and * rye
are large acreage and both are in very fine
condition. M. 1\
Posey Co.—This connty will grow a big
wheat crop next year from present appearances. We are above the average in acres
and at the top in condition. Corn
made a better crop than at first supposed. K.  J.
- Hancock Co.—Wheat promises very fine
and there is a good acreage. Our corn
crop is a good deal bigger and better than
expected.   Hay §9 per ton.
E. C. Taylor.
Rush Co.—The corn crop is of better
quality this year than last, price 40 to 48
cents. Winter wheat is lookiDg fine and
above the average acreage. Rye about
same as wheat in condition.
Geo. W. Reeve.
Wayne Co.—Wheat everywhere looks
unusually well, and acreage large.
J. C. Ratliff.
Jennings Co.—Hay is 58 on track per ton
and fca in stack. Wheat is an average crop
sown and looks fine. Roads in fine condition. A. B. CORYELL.
Parke Co.—There has never been a better wheat  prospect than at present with
one exception. Outside blades are brown
aud I find Hick eggs deposited at the
roots much like the shape of an egg. I
will report if it turns out  disastrous.
Jno. W. Saoe.
Putnam Co.—All tho rye raised in the
county was sown and more too. Both
wheat and rye look better than usual.
Thos. E. Taliiott.
Tipton Co.—We nover  had a nicar prospect for wheat than now, and the acreage
is largo.   Corn is better than we expected.
Samuel Loi-cks.
Warren Co.—The corn crop proves to be
a pretty good one. Wheat a large acreage
and looks excellent. Phil Aiiell.
Benton Co.—The bulk of corn crop is
not so great as last year, but quality is
enough better to make it equal last year's
iu pounds of sound oorn. Whoat acreage
an average one and condition excellent.
M. V. Bowman*.
Clay Co.—Wheat acreage 115 and condition 120. J. W. Cooi-hii-kr.
Ripley Co.—Everything lovely, except
pork is too low for price of corn. Full
average wheat crop and nevor better looking. John Bennett.
Henry Co.—Wheat crop 120, and the
condition is 100. Hay fS per ton. Big
crop of rye sown and looks well.
' "T. C. PiiKr.rs.
Hendricks Co.—Corn better than expected. Wheat crop full average and the
condition is 110. II. A. Smith.
Jay Co.—I have beon a resident of this
county since 1853 and never .aw tho
wheat look so line, the county over. The
prospect  for   ryo  is   equally   as   good.
X. II.
Clinton Co.—Winter wheat is a full
average acreage, and 110 in condition.
Seth SriIANIIE.
Montgomery Co.—TIi9 quality of corn
wai never better. Tj the industrious, intelligent farmer the outlook was never
better. There ,is a great revival of the
sheep industry.   Wheat looks fine.
J. A. Mount.
Allen Co—Winter wheat and rye never
were looking better than now in this
county. The fall was tho most favorablo
one for 20 years for fall sown grains. Cattle, sheep and hogs doing well.
A. M. Taylor.
Miami Co.—Corn is better than expected.
Large wheat acreage ani looking well.
J.C.
Deeatur Co.—There is a fair wheat acreage and it looks well. J. E.
Eikhart Co.—Wheat looking splendid
and a big area sown this season.
C. B.
Jasper Co.—The corn crop, proves a good
one, better than expected. We had a large
hay crop. B.
Franklin Co,—Wheat is 110 for acreage
and the same in condition. Corn was a
fair crop. , P. II.
Sullivan Co.—Corn was not so good as
expected, but cribbed in good condition.
Wheat full average area and condition.
Late pastures bett9r than for years.
M. Ellis.
Wabash Co.—Wheat looking splendidly.
I hear of no fly or insect pests in it. Fall
rains have mado good late pasture.
E. W. Powell.
Howard Co—Corn cribbed in good condition. Wheat a large acreage and flne as
I ever saw it. Eli Carter.
Switzerland Co.—Wheat looking fine.
Corn was a short crop and poor quality.
H. M. D.
Jefferson  Co.—Wheat,  looking   well.
Hay  was a good  crop, and  corn a  little
more than half. S. E. O'Neel.
Randolph Co.—Wheat is in extra line
condition, and so is rye. One field of
wheat sown last of August, is now in joint.
lam 01 years old, born in this country, and
never saw tho like before. Corn was poor.
Pigs of only 50 pounds are being shipped
and sold. S. T. Botkin.
Clarke Co.—Wheat, a full average in
area and condition.
T. J. Swartz.
Johnson Co.—Stock of all kinds in good
condition. Wheat, vory fino and large
acreago. • J. B. Miner.
Union   Co.—There is  some   lly  in   the
wheat and   the grub is  in patches.   Moro
rye sown than usual and it looks well.
Alex McI)oi:<-al.
Greene Co.—Wheat is looking very fine
and so is rye. L. A. Green.
Jackson Co.—Wheat never appeared better at this date, with full acroage.
W.   I).  BuIIALL.
Fayette Co.—A great deal of  the <*orn is
light and chally.   Wheat is  looking well.
S. S.~M_.iu.ii--h.ld.
Newton Co.—The corn crop was good,
and quality is very „fino. Wheat looking
well. Sheldon Smith.
Fulton Co.—Wheat aroa above an average, and ls looking vory lino.
L. W. Siii'i.tox.
OHIO.
Marion Co.—Wheat enters winter
In lino condition with a good acroage.
Corn was about half a crop. 10. C. R.
Pick way Co.—For timo of yoar the whoat
looks as fino as I over saw it and there
was a full crop Bown in this county.
I). Wai.i-ho.v.
Miami Co.—We had about .1 ot a wheat
crop. Tho growing crop is an averago one
inaroa,andlookso*tcollent. J. lt.C.
• ireono Co.—Many hogs aro selling
poorly fattened on account of high corn.
Wheat looking lino. A. E. J.
Richland Co.—Wheat promises very fino
at this date and enters winter with a good
growth for protection. A full crop was
sown In most of this section of Ohio.
P. Albert.
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Clinton Co.—The average of wheat here
is much larger tban last year and it looks
excellent. In a fow localities there is
some appearance of lye. Hogs about all
sold. J. B. Elmer.
Brown Co.—Thore Is some complaint of
fly in the wheat, but generally It looks fine
with big crop now. E. R. W.
Ford Co.—Hogs mostly marked not so
fat as usual, as corn is high. Wheat looks
well. J. J.
Randolph Co.—Wheat enters the winter
months in good shape. Hogs went to
markot light this year, as corn was scarce
and high. L. A. Braden.
Pike Co.—The Hessian fly has appeared
in spots in the wheat. Hogs are marketed
light and many pigs going to market.
J. W. R.
JlICIIK'.t-V.
Lenawee Co.—There is a full usual average of wheat here and it looks very fin 3.
J. W. Walter.
Allegan Co.—We had a good wheat crop
here, nearly the usual yield. The growing crop is a full one and looks very fine.
R. B. S.
Genessee Co.—Wheat in excellent condition, and a good acreage.    J. W. Short.
urlay, by a lone ro'jbor. Ho only got
oue package of $850, and the officers got
him, and he is now in jail.
An express car c-n th      corg    Pacific R.
R. *n as robbed near Indianola,   Miss., Sat-
BIO  BEEVES.
Adams Earl, of Lafayette, Ind., a few
days ago sold a car coad of Hereford beef
cattle weighing over 1,000 pounds each at
$5.00 per hundred.
Wm. Trailor, Iowa, sold a bunch of high
grade beeves weighing 1,500 at $5.55.
An Illinois cattleman sold to a party in
Chicago ten grado Christmasbeevesat $5.50.
They weighed 1 ,000 each. This kind of cattle-
growing is not a bad business. It seems
that tho demand for really good beeves
ls not supplied as theso prices show.
EXrOSTS OF LIVE STOCK.
While the exports of cattle and hogs havo
largely increased, thatof sheep has. greatly
diminished. The reason for tho latter is
plain to bo seen. Tho permanently increased price anddeinamlforsheepis keeping thisHtockathomi*. Tlio general feeling
is that the United Statos is taking a now
start at_\vool and mutton growing. And
the fact is leili/.ed that we shall need 50,-
000,000 mote sheep in thia country before
wo eau begin to supply our own wool demand. Wo can send plenty of cattle and
hogs to Kurope, but we can't spare the
sheop.
GOLD THIS WAY.
There aro pretty gocd -ligns, indeed the
very best, that gold will soon start to How
back from Europe to this country. Do-
maud sterling exchange was lower in
New York last week than it has boen in a
year. Sight sterling bills were quoted at.
?l SH. When tho quotation is below *?1 85
gold invariably (lows this way from Europe.
Tho ?1 85 rato ls tho pivotal rate, when it
don't pay to import or export gold. Itis
tho great How of gold to Europe to pay
heavy bills on iraporle.l goods that makes
closo times in America. It would boa
groat thing for the country if all the
people would be willing to wear and use
our cbeipor American-mado goods and
keep more of tlio gold at homo. A year of
that would bring prosperous times to all
classes in this country.
FEES ABB SAL ABIES.
The duty of prime importance devolving upon the Legislature of the State, soon
to assemble, is the proper adjustment of
salaries of county and other officers. Tho
voica of the people is unmistakable on
on this subject. Some of the Slates have
already provided for salaries instead of
fees for this, and it seems to be wise.
They require all fees to be paid into the
public treasury. It is simply an outrage
that fees and salaries are left so large to
public ollicers, that they are enabled to pay
out large sums to procure nominations and
elections to offii-e. There are scores of
officers who draw from the public double
and frequently threo times the amount
of money they could possibly earn in any
other calling. There is no reason for this,
and the time has come for putting an end
to it.
Tho Indiana Farmer intends to faithfully report weekly the movements and
action of the coming Legislature and the
soveral members thereof on this and all
other questions, in which the people are
so vitally interested. Important reforms
havo been pushed asida too long already,
and this matter cannot be put off any"
longer. The people are willing to allow
fair pay for the performance of public
duties, but not three or four times over.
Indeed in many of the large counties five
to ten times over-pay. It is time a halt
was called, and tho legislature Is expected
to respond promptly.
Waiiasii College, at Crawfordsville,
was given $50,000 by the will of the lato
D. II. l-'ayerweather, a millionare leather
dealer of New York.