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
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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.
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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.