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VOL.- XXVIII. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., JULY 15, 1893 WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.. Department of Agriculture United States Weather Bureau. Crop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Co-operation With the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Tuesday, July 11, 1893. Rain fell only in very lew localities in very small quantity; excessive temperature and much sunshine prevailed. Although too dry for corn and potatoes, the weather was beneficial to crops and favorable to harvesting and farm work in general. Wheat threshing has commenced in the southern and central portions, and the wheat cutting- in the northern; the yield is reported good both in quantity and quality. The hay harvest is ended and an exceedingly heavy and good crop has been secured in the best condition. Oats are ripening fast; in some localities the harvest has commenced. Corn and potatoes are still in very good condition in most fields, but they need rain very soon to insure a good. Tobacco, in the southern portion, never stood better, promising a big crop of good quality unless early frosts prevent it. Fruit is scarce. SOUTHERN PORTION. Vanderburgh Co.—Another week of splendid growing weather, although very dry; corn is in fine condition; wheat threshing has commenced and measures out well per acre; late potatoes are all planted; fruit of all kinds is scarce; no ••fain."'" ■ - — -- - — Harrison Co.—The past week has been very favorable for harvesting and curing wheat in shock; corn is growing rapidly and it is in good condition; wheat threshing has begun; no rain. Jackson Co.—Very favorable weather conditions for growth and harvesting of crips; wheat threshing is in progress; yield exceeds an average in quantity and quality; oats an unusually heavy crop; are ripening rapidly; corn prospect excellent, and yield of hay very heavy; melon crop very promising; general crop outlook could hardly be improved; no noxious insects. Kainfall at Seymour, 0.10; no rain at Brownston. Switzerland Co.—The season continues favorable to all crops; wheat is all cut and ready for threshing; potatoes are unusually fine in shape and quality; tobacco is of a most luxurious growth and by our most reliable farmers predicted as the finest crop ever gathered unless frost should cut it down. Rainfall, 0.20. Warrick Co.—Stacking and threshing • wheat is the order now; the plowing of corn continues also and corn grows nicely; oats are ripe. Rainfall, 0.36. Crawford Co.—Farmers have commenced stacking wheat; the hay harvest proceeds; the sun is shinning very hot and may burn some hay; no rain. Posey Co.—Wheat threshing has commenced; most of the corn is laid by; early potatoes are very good; the peach crop is fair; all kinds of vegetables in the market. Rainfall, 0.09. Greene Co.—Wheat is all harvested and threshiDg will begin; wheat is good except on wet lands; the prospect for a good corn crop was never better, except on wet lands, where the stalk is still curdle. Rainfall, 0.02. Franklin Co.—The past week has been very hot and wheat is drying rapidly; much of the upland wheat is injured by black rust; corn is making a fine growth, and early potatoes are a good crop. Rainfall, 0.40. ■. Jeflerson Co.—The weather was the best for growing crops this week; wheat is all cut and some has been threshed; the yield is fine; corn never looked better; hay and clover are saved in best condition. Rainfall, 0.27. Dearborn Co.—Wheat is in shock; oats are most too green yet; the timothy harvest has begun; corn is growing rapidly, but much of -it is behind the time of the year, as very little is laid by yet. Rainfall, 0.55. Sullivan Co.—A good week for farm work; clover is savedin good condition; timothy looks fair; wheat has been cut in good condition; the yield will be about average; oats look well, but the average is small; corn is in good condition; fruit looks well; berries are ripening; no rain. Dubois Co.—Corn is growing fine; early potatoes are in good condition; oats are about one-half harvested and wheat threshing has commenced. Rainfall, 0.00. Gibson Co.—Timothy is being cut in good condition; wheat threshing has commenced; corn looks well, is growing rap idly and is ih good condition; no rain. Perry Co.—The weather has been dry and warm; corn and potatoes look well, but need rain; peaches are ripe and a good crop; plums are ripening, a fair crop, but blackberries are a failure; no rain. Decatur Co.—The weather was very warm; the wheat is all cut and in shock; some fields are injured by rust, yet the. general crop is good; a good crop of hay has been secured without rain; threshing of wheat will begin this week. Rain- fall'021. ' ' Owen Co.—Wheat is all cut and threshing will commence this week; the crop is about average both in quality aud quantity; corn is growing very rapidly; oats and grass will" be about an average crop; no rain. Lawrence Co.—The average temperature and sunshine beneficial to all crops; light rain on the Sth and 9th; harvesting about over; wheat crop splendid, some hay cut. Rainfall at Bedford, 0.22. Pike Co.—High temperature and excessive sunshine beneficial to all crops; high temperature prevailed all week; wheat all harvested and threshing has begun, heads poorly filled and grain shriveled 80 per cent of last years crop in this county; oats being harvested, large acreage and prom ises heavy yield, corn in fair condition but needs rain: At Petersburg, no rain. CENTRAL PORTION. Marion Co —No rain fell and hot sunny weather prevailed; wheat is all in shock and threshing has commenced; the crop is good; oats are ripening; corn and potatoes are in good condition but need rain soon. Johnson Co.—Wheat is nearly all in shock; most of it is good; oats is in good condition but little only was sown; corn generally looks well and the fields are clear of weeds; the weather was hot and dry. Rainfall 0.30. in good condition; wheat is nearly all in shock; early sown oats are excellent. Boone Co.—The drouth injured pasturage, potatoes and corn on clay ground; much wheat remains to be cut; so far the hay and wheat crop have been harvested in good condition both in quality and quantity are satisfactory. No rain. Montgomery Co.—Average temperature and abundant sunshine beneficial to crops; good weather for hay making and wheat harvesting. At Ladoga, no rain. Clay Co.—High temperature and very much sunshine beneficial to all growiDg crops, especially corn; a good week for farm crops; wheat all cut and an average crop; oats harvest commenced this week; corn looking well; haying well on the way. At Ashboro, no rain. NORTHERN PORTION. Tippecanoe Co.—The corn still continues to grow at a splendid rate but the ground is getting very dry and the dryness must soon show on the corn. No rain. week the great bulk of it will be cut; the wheat is of excellent quality; early oats beginning to show a few ripe grains; all of it headed out and looks well, at Goshen no rain. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R.- Wappenhans, Weather Bureau Assistant Director. t&zxxzxixX Mzxtys. DeKalb Co.—Splendid growing weather prevailed; corn and potatoes are in good condition and the fields are clean; the wheat harvest will commence next week and the crop promises a yield above the average in quantity and quality; the hay harvest is completed with an abundant! Don't, fool with indigestion. Take Beecham's Pills. Six men were convicted of white-capping in the Federal Court of Birmingham, Ala. Kansas has increased the taxable value of railroad property from §51,000,000 to 502,000,000. ' " ' Dullness in the iron trade has caused the shutting down of tlie mills at Joliet, 111., and Milwaukee, Wis. Eleven thousand persons are reported to have been drowned in the swollen rivers in China. Crops of all kinds were destroyed by rain and hail in the Schuylkill valley in Pennsylvania. The discovery near Fulford, Colo., of a yield of good quality; cherries are abun- very rich aud extensive ledge of gold dant; apples will be short. Rainfall 0.25. Newton Co.—Corn is' growing finely; early potatoes are injured by the drouth; oats are doing well; cloudy days and cool nights prevented injury to it; hay is put up in good condition; rain is needed. No rain. Wayne Co.—The wheat harvest is nearly all finished; threshing will begin about the 13th; timothy, which is light on account of grub worms will soon be harvested; the corn is very uneven in many fields owing to grub worms and late start; rain is needed for growing crops; no tree fruit. Rainfall 0 27. Union Co.—Corn is growing nicely since the rain and hot sunshine; wheat is nearly all harvested, yielding a good average; the prospect for potatoes is good; fruit generally is a failure. Hendricks Co.—Another week of sunshine; the wheat is about all cut; there is some rust in it; that which is good is well filled. No rain. Fayette Co.—Fine harvest weather; wheat is nearly all cut; corn is deing well. Rainfall 0.20. Randolph Co.—The weather was favorable to farm work; corn is growing rapidly; a large crop of clover has been saved Steuben Co.—Favorable weather ' prevailed; corn is well worked; haying is nearly done; wheat is ready to cut; the quality and quantity is good; no rust. Pulaski Co.—Wheat is nearly all harvested in splendid condition; large heads well filled; oats stand excellent; corn is clean and doing remarkably well; a large crop of good clover is safely in; potatoes, the largest and finest crop in years. Rainfall 0.31. Allen Co.—The drouth in the northern part of the county is hurting corn and potatoes; on Sunday a hail and wind storm passed over the southern part doing some damage. No rain in the southern part in the northern part rainfall 0.50. Cass Co.—The very high temperature during the past week has been injurious to garden truck and potatoes; havesting is progressing, but few are done cutting; wheat and hay promise a fair yield. Rainfall 0.03. * LaPorte Co.—A heavy crop of hay of good quality is being cut; it wai good growing weather and corn is in fine condition; wheat is getting ripe and some has been cut; oats and early potatoes are suffering for rain; bees are not doing well, many died this spring after the warm weather set in. Rainfall at Hatches Mills.0.50, at LaPorte 0.10. LaGrange Co.—Hay has been saved in splendid shape; green and good and large crop; the wheat harvest has commenced; the crop is light but the heads are well filled and plump; the berries are small; no apples. Rainfall 0.25. Porter Co.—No wheat has been cut yet; it will be ready for the harvest the com- ming week; most of the apples; peaches and pears have fallen off. Rainfall 0.40. Klkhart Co,—Average temperature and much sunshine beneficial to vegetation; very little rain and that only in small areas and in few localities; nothing is suffering yet on account of drouth, except potatoes; clover and mixed hay all made; a big crop; some wheat is cut, but this quartz has caused great excitement in that section. The International Y. P. S. C. E. Convention was held at Montreal, Canada. The societies all over the world have enrolled 1,577,040 members. Pomeroy, Iowa, w as completely demol ished by a cyclone last week. Fifty people were killed, 75 fatally hurt and 200 more or less injured. Every tree and house in town was leveled to the ground. Seven cows died last week in Connecticut from hydrophobia. They were bitten about a month ago by a mad dog. The same dog bit a man and boy, and great fears are entertained that will also succumb to the poison in their systems. There is danger that the man will go insane. THE MIDDLETOWN FAIB. Arrangements are now getting in shape for the 23d annual meeting of the Middle- town fair, Harvey county, which will be held August 8, 9, 10 and 11. Everything points to a big success. The premiums have been increased in many classes and numerous attractions aro provided. The value of the rotation of crops is that it enables us to keep up and increase the fertility of the soil. Practically there is no such thing as wearing out the soil, but it may be reduced so tnat cultivation is no longer profitable. Rotation is one of the best means for preventing this; and do not forget that in rotation clover is the sheet anchor. Among the farm implements of comparatively recent invention which it pays every considerable farmer to own we would name the manure spreader, the potato planter and the corn harvester. If you do not have sufficient use for these to warrant you in buying them alone, see if one or two of your neighbors will not join you in their purchase, and so procure a complete outfit, for your collective use. There is a double reason for the popularity of the chrysanthemum. It is not only among the most beautiful flowering plants we poss*ess,but the fact that it blooms late in the season, after most of the other out-door plants have finished blooming, greatly enhances its value. We have it now in such variety of form nnd color that one may have an excellent floral display without the aid of any other flower.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1893, v. 28, no. 28 (July 15) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2828 |
Date of Original | 1893 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL.- XXVIII. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., JULY 15, 1893 WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.. Department of Agriculture United States Weather Bureau. Crop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Co-operation With the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Tuesday, July 11, 1893. Rain fell only in very lew localities in very small quantity; excessive temperature and much sunshine prevailed. Although too dry for corn and potatoes, the weather was beneficial to crops and favorable to harvesting and farm work in general. Wheat threshing has commenced in the southern and central portions, and the wheat cutting- in the northern; the yield is reported good both in quantity and quality. The hay harvest is ended and an exceedingly heavy and good crop has been secured in the best condition. Oats are ripening fast; in some localities the harvest has commenced. Corn and potatoes are still in very good condition in most fields, but they need rain very soon to insure a good. Tobacco, in the southern portion, never stood better, promising a big crop of good quality unless early frosts prevent it. Fruit is scarce. SOUTHERN PORTION. Vanderburgh Co.—Another week of splendid growing weather, although very dry; corn is in fine condition; wheat threshing has commenced and measures out well per acre; late potatoes are all planted; fruit of all kinds is scarce; no ••fain."'" ■ - — -- - — Harrison Co.—The past week has been very favorable for harvesting and curing wheat in shock; corn is growing rapidly and it is in good condition; wheat threshing has begun; no rain. Jackson Co.—Very favorable weather conditions for growth and harvesting of crips; wheat threshing is in progress; yield exceeds an average in quantity and quality; oats an unusually heavy crop; are ripening rapidly; corn prospect excellent, and yield of hay very heavy; melon crop very promising; general crop outlook could hardly be improved; no noxious insects. Kainfall at Seymour, 0.10; no rain at Brownston. Switzerland Co.—The season continues favorable to all crops; wheat is all cut and ready for threshing; potatoes are unusually fine in shape and quality; tobacco is of a most luxurious growth and by our most reliable farmers predicted as the finest crop ever gathered unless frost should cut it down. Rainfall, 0.20. Warrick Co.—Stacking and threshing • wheat is the order now; the plowing of corn continues also and corn grows nicely; oats are ripe. Rainfall, 0.36. Crawford Co.—Farmers have commenced stacking wheat; the hay harvest proceeds; the sun is shinning very hot and may burn some hay; no rain. Posey Co.—Wheat threshing has commenced; most of the corn is laid by; early potatoes are very good; the peach crop is fair; all kinds of vegetables in the market. Rainfall, 0.09. Greene Co.—Wheat is all harvested and threshiDg will begin; wheat is good except on wet lands; the prospect for a good corn crop was never better, except on wet lands, where the stalk is still curdle. Rainfall, 0.02. Franklin Co.—The past week has been very hot and wheat is drying rapidly; much of the upland wheat is injured by black rust; corn is making a fine growth, and early potatoes are a good crop. Rainfall, 0.40. ■. Jeflerson Co.—The weather was the best for growing crops this week; wheat is all cut and some has been threshed; the yield is fine; corn never looked better; hay and clover are saved in best condition. Rainfall, 0.27. Dearborn Co.—Wheat is in shock; oats are most too green yet; the timothy harvest has begun; corn is growing rapidly, but much of -it is behind the time of the year, as very little is laid by yet. Rainfall, 0.55. Sullivan Co.—A good week for farm work; clover is savedin good condition; timothy looks fair; wheat has been cut in good condition; the yield will be about average; oats look well, but the average is small; corn is in good condition; fruit looks well; berries are ripening; no rain. Dubois Co.—Corn is growing fine; early potatoes are in good condition; oats are about one-half harvested and wheat threshing has commenced. Rainfall, 0.00. Gibson Co.—Timothy is being cut in good condition; wheat threshing has commenced; corn looks well, is growing rap idly and is ih good condition; no rain. Perry Co.—The weather has been dry and warm; corn and potatoes look well, but need rain; peaches are ripe and a good crop; plums are ripening, a fair crop, but blackberries are a failure; no rain. Decatur Co.—The weather was very warm; the wheat is all cut and in shock; some fields are injured by rust, yet the. general crop is good; a good crop of hay has been secured without rain; threshing of wheat will begin this week. Rain- fall'021. ' ' Owen Co.—Wheat is all cut and threshing will commence this week; the crop is about average both in quality aud quantity; corn is growing very rapidly; oats and grass will" be about an average crop; no rain. Lawrence Co.—The average temperature and sunshine beneficial to all crops; light rain on the Sth and 9th; harvesting about over; wheat crop splendid, some hay cut. Rainfall at Bedford, 0.22. Pike Co.—High temperature and excessive sunshine beneficial to all crops; high temperature prevailed all week; wheat all harvested and threshing has begun, heads poorly filled and grain shriveled 80 per cent of last years crop in this county; oats being harvested, large acreage and prom ises heavy yield, corn in fair condition but needs rain: At Petersburg, no rain. CENTRAL PORTION. Marion Co —No rain fell and hot sunny weather prevailed; wheat is all in shock and threshing has commenced; the crop is good; oats are ripening; corn and potatoes are in good condition but need rain soon. Johnson Co.—Wheat is nearly all in shock; most of it is good; oats is in good condition but little only was sown; corn generally looks well and the fields are clear of weeds; the weather was hot and dry. Rainfall 0.30. in good condition; wheat is nearly all in shock; early sown oats are excellent. Boone Co.—The drouth injured pasturage, potatoes and corn on clay ground; much wheat remains to be cut; so far the hay and wheat crop have been harvested in good condition both in quality and quantity are satisfactory. No rain. Montgomery Co.—Average temperature and abundant sunshine beneficial to crops; good weather for hay making and wheat harvesting. At Ladoga, no rain. Clay Co.—High temperature and very much sunshine beneficial to all growiDg crops, especially corn; a good week for farm crops; wheat all cut and an average crop; oats harvest commenced this week; corn looking well; haying well on the way. At Ashboro, no rain. NORTHERN PORTION. Tippecanoe Co.—The corn still continues to grow at a splendid rate but the ground is getting very dry and the dryness must soon show on the corn. No rain. week the great bulk of it will be cut; the wheat is of excellent quality; early oats beginning to show a few ripe grains; all of it headed out and looks well, at Goshen no rain. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R.- Wappenhans, Weather Bureau Assistant Director. t&zxxzxixX Mzxtys. DeKalb Co.—Splendid growing weather prevailed; corn and potatoes are in good condition and the fields are clean; the wheat harvest will commence next week and the crop promises a yield above the average in quantity and quality; the hay harvest is completed with an abundant! Don't, fool with indigestion. Take Beecham's Pills. Six men were convicted of white-capping in the Federal Court of Birmingham, Ala. Kansas has increased the taxable value of railroad property from §51,000,000 to 502,000,000. ' " ' Dullness in the iron trade has caused the shutting down of tlie mills at Joliet, 111., and Milwaukee, Wis. Eleven thousand persons are reported to have been drowned in the swollen rivers in China. Crops of all kinds were destroyed by rain and hail in the Schuylkill valley in Pennsylvania. The discovery near Fulford, Colo., of a yield of good quality; cherries are abun- very rich aud extensive ledge of gold dant; apples will be short. Rainfall 0.25. Newton Co.—Corn is' growing finely; early potatoes are injured by the drouth; oats are doing well; cloudy days and cool nights prevented injury to it; hay is put up in good condition; rain is needed. No rain. Wayne Co.—The wheat harvest is nearly all finished; threshing will begin about the 13th; timothy, which is light on account of grub worms will soon be harvested; the corn is very uneven in many fields owing to grub worms and late start; rain is needed for growing crops; no tree fruit. Rainfall 0 27. Union Co.—Corn is growing nicely since the rain and hot sunshine; wheat is nearly all harvested, yielding a good average; the prospect for potatoes is good; fruit generally is a failure. Hendricks Co.—Another week of sunshine; the wheat is about all cut; there is some rust in it; that which is good is well filled. No rain. Fayette Co.—Fine harvest weather; wheat is nearly all cut; corn is deing well. Rainfall 0.20. Randolph Co.—The weather was favorable to farm work; corn is growing rapidly; a large crop of clover has been saved Steuben Co.—Favorable weather ' prevailed; corn is well worked; haying is nearly done; wheat is ready to cut; the quality and quantity is good; no rust. Pulaski Co.—Wheat is nearly all harvested in splendid condition; large heads well filled; oats stand excellent; corn is clean and doing remarkably well; a large crop of good clover is safely in; potatoes, the largest and finest crop in years. Rainfall 0.31. Allen Co.—The drouth in the northern part of the county is hurting corn and potatoes; on Sunday a hail and wind storm passed over the southern part doing some damage. No rain in the southern part in the northern part rainfall 0.50. Cass Co.—The very high temperature during the past week has been injurious to garden truck and potatoes; havesting is progressing, but few are done cutting; wheat and hay promise a fair yield. Rainfall 0.03. * LaPorte Co.—A heavy crop of hay of good quality is being cut; it wai good growing weather and corn is in fine condition; wheat is getting ripe and some has been cut; oats and early potatoes are suffering for rain; bees are not doing well, many died this spring after the warm weather set in. Rainfall at Hatches Mills.0.50, at LaPorte 0.10. LaGrange Co.—Hay has been saved in splendid shape; green and good and large crop; the wheat harvest has commenced; the crop is light but the heads are well filled and plump; the berries are small; no apples. Rainfall 0.25. Porter Co.—No wheat has been cut yet; it will be ready for the harvest the com- ming week; most of the apples; peaches and pears have fallen off. Rainfall 0.40. Klkhart Co,—Average temperature and much sunshine beneficial to vegetation; very little rain and that only in small areas and in few localities; nothing is suffering yet on account of drouth, except potatoes; clover and mixed hay all made; a big crop; some wheat is cut, but this quartz has caused great excitement in that section. The International Y. P. S. C. E. Convention was held at Montreal, Canada. The societies all over the world have enrolled 1,577,040 members. Pomeroy, Iowa, w as completely demol ished by a cyclone last week. Fifty people were killed, 75 fatally hurt and 200 more or less injured. Every tree and house in town was leveled to the ground. Seven cows died last week in Connecticut from hydrophobia. They were bitten about a month ago by a mad dog. The same dog bit a man and boy, and great fears are entertained that will also succumb to the poison in their systems. There is danger that the man will go insane. THE MIDDLETOWN FAIB. Arrangements are now getting in shape for the 23d annual meeting of the Middle- town fair, Harvey county, which will be held August 8, 9, 10 and 11. Everything points to a big success. The premiums have been increased in many classes and numerous attractions aro provided. The value of the rotation of crops is that it enables us to keep up and increase the fertility of the soil. Practically there is no such thing as wearing out the soil, but it may be reduced so tnat cultivation is no longer profitable. Rotation is one of the best means for preventing this; and do not forget that in rotation clover is the sheet anchor. Among the farm implements of comparatively recent invention which it pays every considerable farmer to own we would name the manure spreader, the potato planter and the corn harvester. If you do not have sufficient use for these to warrant you in buying them alone, see if one or two of your neighbors will not join you in their purchase, and so procure a complete outfit, for your collective use. There is a double reason for the popularity of the chrysanthemum. It is not only among the most beautiful flowering plants we poss*ess,but the fact that it blooms late in the season, after most of the other out-door plants have finished blooming, greatly enhances its value. We have it now in such variety of form nnd color that one may have an excellent floral display without the aid of any other flower. |
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