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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. tf r I £^~?_, J "S 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. *>■ • . 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. -
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1893, v. 28, no. 34 (Aug. 26) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2834 |
Date of Original | 1893 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
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 |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | 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. tf r I £^~?_, J "S 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. *>■ • . 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. - |
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