WKATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Department of Agriculture United States
Weather Bureau. Crop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Oo-operation
With the Agrictdtural Experiment Station
at Purdue University, Tuesday, June 13,
1893.
But little rainfall on one day and warm
temperature; above normal during the
latter part of the week and much sunshine, were very favorable to farm work
and beneficial to all vegetation. Much
corn planting was done and nearly all is
planted except in a few localities where
the low lands are still too wet. Wheat is
ripening fast and harvesting will begin in
some fields withinu a week with a fair
yield. All other crops, oats, rye, potatoes,
clover, grass, etc., continue in most promising condition. Corn is coming up and
growing fast under good cultivation. Cutworms are doing injury in some localities
and the Hessian fly and smut in some
wheat fields. Tree fruit is not more
promising than last week, but berries continue to yield and promise an abundant
crop.
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Jackson Co.—Continued favorable weather conditions have rapidly advanced all
crops, and farmers have made good progress with their work; corn planting is
completed and melon planting is under
way; wheat is beginning to ripen and harvest will be well under way within a
week; the prospect for an abundant crop
is very-promising; clover hay is a tine
crop and the yield of timothy will be
good; no noxious insects; general crop
outlook fairly good.   Rainfall 0.33.
Jefferson Co.—The past five days of sunshine . and fair weather have been very
beneficial to wheat, rye, clover, hay and
corn; in a ride through the county I noticed that these crops never looked better.
Rainfall 0.31.
Warrick Co.—Sunshine and temperature
were very favorable to all growing crops;
much corn was planted yet.   No rain.
Vanderburg Co.—The weather was favorable and encouraging to farmers; corn
planting is done and that which is up
looks well; the upland wheat is well headed
and grass never looked better; clover is
about ready for the" harvest and will yield
a big crop.   Rainfall 0.50.
Decatur Co.—The weather has been
glorious; the stand of corn is especially
good; early potatoes are in full bloom and
promise a good crop; May cherries are ripe
with a fair crop; strawberries which
yielded a fair crop are nearly all gone. No
rain.
Perry Co.—Heavy rains on Sunday and
Monday delayed corn planting but the
favorable weather of the latter part of the
week has been very favorable and bene-
ticial and farmers were busy planting;
wheat and clover continue in good condition.   RainfaU 1.00.
Greene Co—The weather during the
week has been favorable; corn is looking
remarkably well, the late planted is coming on rapidly; there is some damage in
sod lands by cut worms; oats is looking
well; the wheat harvest will soon be here.
Rainfall 0.19.
Franklin Co.—The ground was in good
condition to work since Wednesday and
corn is about all planted; some fields had
to be replanted; the crops are growing
nicely; wheat is nearly all headed; apples,
pears and peaches will yield only a small
crop.   Rainfall 0.50.
Dubois Co—The weather has been fair
_or a few days, so farmers could plow and
plant corn; it will all bo planted next week
weather permitting; wheat and oats are
looking well.   Rainfall 1.00
Posey Co.—The weather has been favorable to farm work; the wheat harvest will
commence the latter part of the coming
'week.   No rain.
Owen Co.—Tho warm, dry weather during the past week has been very favorable
to corn and wheat; com is clean and growing rapidly; farmers are more interested
in the price for wheat than the quantity.
No rain.
Gibson Co.—The past week was one of
continued sunshine and very beneficial to
all crops; much corn was plowed on high
lands, but in low lands it still is too wet
tor cultivation; w_*«*t i„ ripening fast.
Jfe4nfaU0.90. ". -     "
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Dearborn Co.—Corn is all planted, except in few bottom lands, and coming up
nicely; wheat is filling well; potatoes are
blossoming; oats are growing fine; the
clover harvest has commenced; timothy is
not doing so well because of too much
rain.   RainfaU 0.30.
Clarke Co.—Corn is not yet all planted
and weeds are in the fields; wheat and
most meadows look fine; apples are scarce.
Rainfall 0 20.
Bartholomew Co.—The weather has been
very favorable and farmers were busy
cleaning out the corn fields; clover harvest
will commence this week.   Rainfall 1.00.
Sullivan Co.—A week of fine sunshine;
corn about all planted; most up in fine
condition; wheat and grass look well;
there was more farm work done this week
tban any week of the season.
Floyd Co.—Fine growing weather prevailed and corn is making rapid progress;
wheat will be harvested in about ten days
and a splendid crop is promised; clover
harvest has begun; this crop, also, is in
fine condition; the apple crop will be almost a failure, but peaches are in good condition.   RainfaU at New Albany, 1.21.
Jennings Co.—The ground is in good
condition and corn which is being worked
is doing fairly well; an average crop of
clover is being cut. Rainfall at Butler-
vUle, 0.27.
Switzerland Co.—The weather during the
past seven days, with the exception of the
4th and 5th, has been delightful and beneficial to all crops; wheat is ripening fast
and some has matured for harvest; tobacco
is coming up slowly; strawberries and
cherries are abundant and cheap. RainfaU
at, "v. .»,•/, a.ara. _y  -_■--■ ... - . - ~
CENTRA!. PORTION.
Marion Co.—The weather was very beneficial to all growing crops; corn is growing
and wheat is ripening rapidly; berries are
not very abundant.   Rainfall, 0.16.
Hendricks Co.—It was fine growing
weather dnring the week; corn is growing
nicely; wheat is headed out and promises
a good yield; clover and timothy are in
fine condition.
Randolph  Co The weather  the  past
week was favorable to farm work and the
corn fields are in good shape although there
are some complaints of bad stands and
trouble from webworms; wheat looks well
and is heading strong; oats, potatoes and
grass are doing weU.   RainfaU, 0.06.
Fayette Co.—AU growing crops are doing well, but need rain.   Rainfall 0.04.
Union Co.—After seven weeks of rain
we had six clear, warm days, which had a
grand effect on wheat; corn is all planted;
a light rain now would be very good to
help the corn up through the hard ground.
Wayne Co.—Corn good except where
late; slightly injured by grubs; -• wheat
headed out; too rank only on rich
grounds; potatoes in bloom; grass was
never better; cattle and hogs in good condition and good supply* poultry healthy;
four car loads were shipped from Cambridge City on Saturday.   RainfaU 0.04.
Clinton Co.—The past week was decidedly the best of the season for farm work
and the somewhat delayed work has been
caught up and all are correspondingly
happy; there was a light rain on Saturday
only.
• Clay Co.—The weather has been favorable and farm work advanced; corn planting is about finished with a good stand;
wheat is in blossom; with continued fair
weather for one week will make above an
average yield.   RainfaU 0.75.
Montgomery Co.—Weather conditions
during the past week were favorable for
corn, but strawberries are in need of rain.
Rainfall at Ladoga 0.30.
NORTHERN PORTION.
Tippecanoe Co.—Wheat is well headed
but smut prevails in many fields; corn is
doing well.   No rain.
Steuben Co.—The weather during the
week was very beneficial to crops and
very favorable to planting corn; the corn
which has come up looks weU and the
prospect for a fair crop is good; one year
ago scarcely any corn had been planted at
this date.   Rainfall, 0.25.
Kosciusko Co.—The weather was very
beneficial to crops; wheat is in bloom;
clover In fine condition; oorn is doing well
with good cultivation; tree fruit is almost
an entire failure but small fruits promise a
fair crop; potatoes and «dl garden truck
aro doing; well; there we no j-*o$»to bugs.
. Klkhart Co.—There were local showers
in the forepart of the week with cool
weather; the latter part was warm; all vegetation ls growing rapidly; a great deal of
wheat shows the effect of the Hessian lly.
Newton Co.—Warm and dry weather
permitted farmers to work in the cornfield
all week.   Rainfall, 0.01.
Starke Co.—The weather was very good
for farm work and corn looks better; oats
and grass are in good condition; peaches
and apples are falling off.   RainfaU, 0.12.
Cass Co.—Higher temperature prevailed
and all crops were never more promising;
cherries and berries were damaged by hail
in places.   Rainfall 0.50.
LaPorte Co.—This has been a good week
for farm work, and fine growing weather;
corn is looking better, wheat grows and
clover is heading; oats in good condition;
peaches and apples are falling off. Rainfall at Hatches Mills, 0.12; at Michigan
City, 1.25, and at LaPorte, 2.50.
LaGrange Co.—There has been an abundance of moisture and warmth during tho
past week; corn needs working badly;
clover is large; wheat, oats aud corn are
doing well.   Rainfall at LaGrange 1.50.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per C. F. R. Wappknhans,
Weather Burea uAssistant Director.
GB0WING CLOVES.
Before tile drainage became general lt
was the belief that clover was easily winter
killed.    Many .farmers  were shy  about
growing clover on that account.   Exper-
louw Xiao f_i\. »» it, _ru v. cr~m, ._!->» l. i_ et Y .. jr
hardy plant. It flourishes' in high northern latitudes where the temperature goes
much lower than here. One of the chief
reasons why clover so often winter kills is
that it is on undrained land. The seed
wiU catch and grow all right until winter,
but when the land is filled with water the
plants will soon be thrown out by the
freezing and thawing. If you have sown
clover on wet land this spring, and want a
gooa crop, it would be the part of wisdom
to drain it before winter.
The roots of the clover plant penetrate
deeply. They are affected also by the stagnant water of the undrained, saturated
soils with heavy clay subsoil. Like any
other crop clover flourishes most on well
drained lands. It is the great recuperative
plant for soils with exhausted mineral
wealth at the surface. Clover brings this
up and introduces from the air the nitrogen, which combined, produces vigorous
crops of grain following it. Itis profitable
as a crop from the start, and a valuable one
to follow with others.
FIELD FEAS.
A good many more field crops of peas
are being grown than a few years ago.
They are one of the earliest to harvest,
and so early that they may be foUowed by
other crops. This is the more practicable
because peas are to some extent a renovation crop, and do not exhaust the land.
The vines, when turned under, supply
much good fertilizing material, and, the
cultivation having kept the weeds down,
the land is in good condition for working.
Late cabbage and potatoes are two convenient crops to follow after the peas.
Millet and buckwheat may also follow.
The ground is in good condition when the
pea crop is removed'.
ALWAYS IN OBDEB.
To build a storage room for farm tools is
always in order when the farm has none.
Those who began tho season with bright,
weU-preserved implements got the start of
aU others. When they are wanted another season take time to prepare them.
When you find the iron and steel work
rusted and the woodwork cracked, you
will think that a shelter might have been
profitable, and you wUl think right. No
matter how rough a shed you may have
to put up with, have at least such a one as
■win protect these valuable aids In your
wort, from, the wind, the gvra »n4 rain,
THE AEMY W0BM.
This has appeared in some sections of
tho southwestern part of the State, in
Greene county especially in some corn
fields. This worm is of a brown color,
sometimes with marbled and shining
head, with a few short hairs on the body
and longer, straggling ones on the head.
For protection against them in corn and
grain fields, the best experience recommends the plowing of a double furrow in
advance of its work around the field not
ravaged by it. The steep side of the furrow must be next to the side of the advance, so that when the worm attempts to
crawl over it the loose dirt will cause it to
fall back -into the furrow. The plow
should be run twice or three times in the
furrow, and renewed if the loose ground
is washed down by rains. If the soil is
hard and offers a compact surface the
worm will crawl over the ridge. The
ground should be friable and loose to trap
him and roll him back into the furrow.
Sometimes when they get over, the second
furrow has to be made to head them off.
When rolled into the furrow dry straw
may be thrown on them and set fire to destroy them.
When they appear  on   meadow  lands
they  may   be   destroyed   by   running  a
heavy roller over it a few times.   A small
pressure bursts their skins and kills them.
If meadows are uneven perhaps it may require several times rolling to catch au of
them.   The best time to roll is whUe the
worms are up among the blades feeding.
The hogs will destroy them rapidly when
the crop  is removed,  and chickens and
turkeys will also consume them.   Let the
black birds alone in the fields also, as they
eat and destroy them.
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THE BOLL WOBM.
This pest did a good deal of damage during tho cool May weather in some sections
of the West. It is one of the worst pests
in the South. There it is the great enemy
of the cotton growers, and is claimed never
to have been seen in the North until
brought- up on the early sweet corn
shipped for sale. No very effectual method
of combating them has bean discovered,
and we would recommend this matter to
our experiment stations as one weU worthy
the^r careful attention.