VOL. XXVIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.  AUG. 26, 1893.
NO. 34.
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Department of Agriculture United States
Weather Bureau. Crop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Oo-operation
With the Agricultural Experiment Station
at Purdue University, Tuesday, August 22
1893.
Dry, warm, sunny weather with cool
nights continued, but a little rain fell on
the 16th doing good to crops and pasturage only temporarily; corn is suffering
much in most fields; it is almost too late for
rains to be beneficial to early planted corn
but late planted may still recover; tobacco
is advancing but slowly; wheat threshing
still continues in some counties, while in
others it is finished with a good yield; pasturage is dry and in bad condition, and
some are cutting hopeless corn for fodder;
grapes are in good condition; the ground
is too hard and baked for plowing; wells
and cisterns are becoming empty; black-
weevels are in some stacks of wheat and
grasshoppers are numerous.
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Jennings Co.—The continued dry
weather has completely dried up all garden
vegetation in this section;the streams have
ceased to run, wells have failed, and for
the first time in the knowledge of the
oldest inhabitants have the large and
flowing springs, that are so numerous in
this county, nearly dried upjmany farmers
have to drive their stock to the streams
for water; the corn crop is seriously damaged and only in the low lands will there
be any corn to speak of; the fruit crop is
almost a complete failure. No good rain
has fallen for eight weeks and everything
is simply perishing for want of water.
Greene Co.—Generous rains fell on the
16th and benefited corn and pastorage and
put the ground in fair condition for plowing, which is now progressing rapidly;
the days have been warm and the nights
cool; melons are abundant and of fair
quality; wheat threshing is about over and
farmers are very well satisfied with everything but the price.   Kainfall 1.21.
Jackson Co.—The dry weather of the
past week has been very damaging to corn,
pastures and late vegetables; on some bottom lands the corn is still in good condition but on uplands, with the most favorable conditions hereafter, not more than
half a crop can be expected; streams, wells
and cisterns are failing and plowing for
wheat is delayed by the hard, dry soil;
melons are a good crop; grasshoppers are
doing some damage.   Kainfall 0.05.
, Switzerland Co.—Another week of delightful weather prevailed with cool and
refreshing nights; a severe thunder storm
and rain on the 16th; the fruit prospect
continues discouraging and peaches, pears
and apples dp not approach one-fourth of
'a crop and that imperfect; potatoes are
good and promise a fair crop. Kainfall 0.45.
"Vanderburg Co.—Another week of sunshine, with warm days and cool nights; it
is four weeks since we had rain enough to
lay the dust; pastures are getting very
short; farmers are feeding their stock; in
many places water is scarce and stock has
to be driven some distance for water; seed
clover is being harvested; the ground is
too dry for fall plowing; corn and late potatoes are suffering for rain.   No rain.
Dubois Co.—Corn needs rain; the early
planted is too'far gone to be benefitted by
it but the late corn has good color and rain
would make half a crop yet; pastures are
dried up; no plowing for wheat has been
done yet; the ground is too hard and dry;
hulling clover has commenced and is turning out well.   Kainfall 0.15.
Perry Co.—The week has been dry and
warm with southerly winds; corn and
other crops are suffering greatly; corn in'
new ground is badly fired; grapes are fine
and will yield a good crop; it is too dry
for plowing.   No rain.
Jefferson Co.—The condition of crops
has not materially changed; the ground
continues dry and plowing is retarded;
good rains fell on the 16th in the northern
counties but the western portion is suffering.   Rainfall 0.47.
Dearborn Co.—The continued dry
weather is injuring corn and the crop will
be light; tobacco is growing but little; but
little plowing is done; the ground is too
hard; wheat is being threshed slowly and
yields well; pastures are drying up. Rainfall, trace.
Posey Co.—Early-planted oorn is safe
for a fair crop; late-planted corn, potatoes,
turnips and pastures need rain; there will
be a fair peach crop, but a light apple
crop; much plowing has been done.
Rainfall, 0.11.
Johnson Co.—Little rain fell here on the
16th, but not enough to do much good
temporarily, and corn is still suffering
much from the want of rain; potatoes and
grapes are short and drying up; clover is
being cut and threshed; the yield will be
moderate*   Rainfall, 0.10.
Rush Co.—Water is scarce and the
ground is dry and hard; the cool nights
are of much good to corn which looks well
and is beyond dangei from drouth.
Boone Co.—The drouth continues; some
fields of corn seem to stand it well and
some withering now; pastu.es are brown
and garden produce is drying up; but little plowing has been done; the ground has
not been wet more than two or threo
inches since the beginning of June. RainfaU, trace.
Randolph Co.—Light rains fell on the
16th which did a great deal of good, but it
was  not enough  to  help the farmers in
continues, although the ground is very
hard.   Rainfall, trace.
Whitley Co.—The past week has been
marked by warm days and cool nights; a
good rain fell on Wednesday which revived the dead-pastures; farmers are selling sheep and cattle because there is no
pasture for tbem; there is no corn except
on low grounds and that only part of a
crop; but little plowing for wheat could be
done.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per C. F. R. Whitenhenl,
Weather Bureau, Assis.ant Director.
7. if^1-*-.
THE INDIANA BUILDING AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
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Big Threshing.
Editors Indiana Fabmeb:
Mr. W. W. Groves, a neighbor, threshed
from 6 a. m. to 11 a. m., 2,008 bushels oats.
In the full day he threshed 3,428 bushels
by half hour of sundown, and moved and
set three times. The theshing was done
on the farm of Dan Leisty. The oats
gained four bushels to the 100 pounds by
weight at Otterbein.
Who can beat it? Don't all speak at once.
Colburn. W. H. Albaug n.
Warrick Co.—But little plowing could
be done; blackweevels are in the stacked
wheat and grasshoppers are quite numerous and eating corn blades, etc.; cabbage
worms are plentiful; nearly all apples
have fallen off; peaches are scarce. No
rain.
Bartholomew Co.—Continued dry weather; farmers are trying to plow, but the
ground is very hard; pasturage is dried
up; plover seed is being threshed; some
fields yield from two to three bushels to
the acre, while others yield from one-
half bushel to three pecks per acre; a
great deal of corn is dry enough to cut up.
Decatur Co.—Another dry week; on
Wednesday it rained just enough to lay
the dust for a few hours; our creamery is
closed for want of milk, the result of the
drouth; late corn, millet and pastures
would be greatly benefited by a good rain;
farmers are much discouraged at the prospect, wheat being a drag on the market at
47 cents.   Rainfall, 0.02.
Sullivan Co.—The weather was very
pleasant; a light rain on the 17th helped
the corn and grass, but all are suffering
for rain; wheat and hay is coming in
freely; the melon crop is large and moving slowly only; the potato crop is light;
some plowing has been done.
Floyd Co.—Continued clear, dry weathor
with c6ol nights; pastures aro drying up
and water getting scarce in many places.
No rain at New Albany.
CENTRAL PORTION.
Marion Co.—Fair, warm days and cool
nights continued; a light rain fell only on
Wednesday; some corn fields are in poor
condition, while others may recover with
good rains; pastures are dry. Kainfall,
0.2S.
plowing wheat; but little ground broken
yet; corn doing well in most places. RainfaU at Farmland, 0.25.
NORTHERN FORTION
Tippecanoe Co.—Weather conditions
have been decidedly more pleasant during
the past week, but the crop outlook has
not been bettered to any appreciable extent; the light rains were followed by
cooler weather, and as there has been con-
sierable dew the extreme dryness has not
been felt so much as formerly; plowing
for wheat is mostly finished, with the
ground in fair condition.   Rainfall, 0.13.
Allen Co.—Crops are in bad condition;
there is but half a crop of clover seed;
pastures are burned up and farmers are
feeding their stock; some corn has been
cut for fodder; plowing for fall wheat is
in progress.   No rain.
Kosciusko Co.—The drouth still continues; stock water is very scarce; threshing is about completed; some plowing has
been done on Ught ground.  Rainfall, 0.20.
Steuben Co—Dry weather continued
during the past two weeks; corn is suffering severely in the vicinity of Angola; in
some localities it is said that the crop wiU
be an entire failure; in other portions of
the county it is reported that corn and potatoes are in excellent condition; the
ground is too dry to plow for wheat, and
farmers will be compelled to sow corn
ground; pastures are dried up, but stock
is in good condition.   Rainfall, 0.18.
La Porte Co.—The drouth continues unbroken; there was a sprinkle on the 10th
inst. however; in many fields corn is dried
up; in some fields, however, it is earing
well, according to soil, location and cultivation; on good sandy soil it is in better
condition than clay; plowing  for wheat
Italian Inns.
Italian life is, even in small villages, all
out-of-doors. The kitchen of an Italian
inn, no matter of what degree, has always
a warm hearth and its larder is more plentifully stored than a pubUc house in England of the same discription, says the
Youth's Companion. The only faults—
someone may think that it is a long and
rather complete"Ust—are noise.dirt and universal disorder and confusion.
They never know what rooms they have;
they bawl out to each other, the landlord
to the landlady and the latter to the
waiter, "Try Fo. 57 or 46!" tUl they at last
find you a bed-chamber.
In the morning there is knocking at
your next door neighbor's, or by mistake
at your own door, to ask whether it be
not you who are to be off by the early
coach at 6; or may be it is the waiter, officiously waking you up to inform you that
"it is only 4 and you have stiU two hours
for your slumber."
You always seem to catch them at the
wrong moment, always find them unprepared, as if theirs were anything but an
open house, and a traveler the most un-
looked for thing in the world. Their cordial greeting and friendly bustle help you
to overlook the discomfort that every
traveler is sure t j experience, and the
abundance of the table is on the plane
with the inn keeper's appetite; he is ever
ready "to eat and let eat."
The Best Grass for Pasture.
What are.the best grasses for a permanent
pasture for this State, and the amount and
best time to sow? Will it do to sow the
seed with wheat this faU? Please answer
in Farmer,and oblige
Hamilton Co.      An Old Subscriber.
—We don't know of any pasture grass
better than blue grass. It is as good a grass
for the purpose as anyone need want.
Some farmers think it improves it for
cows and sheep to mix some white clover
with it. It wiU do best if sown alone, that
is not with wheat. Sow either in spring
or fall. If it gets a good start this faU it
will get through the winter without damage and make a good growth next spring
and be ready for use in the faU. Sow about
12 pounds of seed per acre. Have the
ground thoroughly pulverized, and arrange to have a good shower fall on it
within a day or two of sowing, if possible.
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The late Mrs. Dinwiddie, ofRushviUe,
bequeathed a farm of 160 acres on which
to build an asylum for .worthy homeless
boys. She also left $40,000 in money, bank
stock, etc., with which to endow the institution. -