VOL. XXXII. ^jSBt^J       INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. SEPT. 18. 1897.
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NO. 38
INDIANA CROP STATISTICS
Condition   of  Agtlcultnre   and   Live
Stock
[From Bulletin Ko. 2 Indi.na Bureau of Statistics,
J. B. Conner, Chief.]
The tabular statements by oounties
are made np from the reporta of town-
si ip assessors respecting areas of the various crops named, numbers and condition of live stock, and the losses of the
latter by disease. The assessors of every
township in the State, 1,014 In number,
made very full reports on all theae Items,
and represents the returns of over 200,000
farmers.
The yield of the wheat orop of 1897 was
obtained from carefnl reporta made to
the Barean by the threaherman in all
the townships of the State. The threshing waa not all oompleted when these returns were made, bnt the reports come
from different sections in eaoh township
of the State. The Bureau availed itself
ot various other sources of Information
in regard to the yield of wheat, and while
the figures given are neoesaarily an estimate, aa the yield of crop alwaya Is, it Is
believed to be a fair one, and muoh in excess of what lt was believed It would be
early in the season.
The wheat area was reported July 1st,
and, as it will be noticed, is considerable
below that of former years, showing conclusively that a considerable area was
plowed np early in the spring when the
winter damage to the plant appeared.
There are several instances reported
where farmers plowed np parts of fields
and, stopped by the spring rains, the remainder waa left, and yielded from 12 to
16 bushels per aore. This wonld indicate
that hasty aotion eliminated 100,000 to
150,000 acres from the area, aa it Is something more than the larger figures less
than the area reported sown last fall.
. WHEAT AREA AND YIELD
The averaage area In wheat for the paat
five years was 2,631,992 acrea. That of this
year, after apart was plowed np in the
spring was only 2 479.077. The yield
of wheat this year averages 15 23
bushels per aore, or a total yield for the
State of 37,769875 bnshels. In quality it
is very high, mnch better for the whole
State than in several years past. The
plant headed and filled perfeotly, and it
was due to this fact that the crop is so
muoh larger than anticipated. Estimating the usual 4% bushels per capita for
home consumption, and 4,500,000 bushels
for seeding the average acreage, there
will be left of this years orop for exporting 22,344,875 buahels, and by October will probably be worth over $22,000,-
000.
Rush oounty reports over 1,000.030 buahela of wheat, being larger than that of
any other oounty. Several other counties show large yields, aa will be seen in
the accompanying table.
THE WHEAT AREA FOR 1898.
Under the stimulus of the assurance
that foreign demand for the present orop
will draw down the American surplus
lower than for many years past, an Immense area Is being sown this fall. By
the end of September, all reporta agree
that the aoreage to the orop for 1890 will
be the largest the State ever had. With
a very close consumption of the present
year's surplns, it is believed that the
next crop will open at a good prloe,
whatever may be the fact aa to pricea
later on, when the result of the later harvests of other oonntrlea shall appear.
COBN AREA AND CONDITION.
By the tabular statement it will be noticed that the area to corn ls about 100,000
aores greater than la previous years,
reaching to 4,101,665 acres. It waa believed
In the early part of the season that the
orop would be a poor one, but the late
epring rain., and the very high temperature ln parts of Jnne and July gave the \
Plant a rapid growth, and now the orop
promises to be a fairly good one exoept
on the heavy olay lands ln a few sections
of the State. It is too early to estimate
the yield, but the reports indioate that it
will be large with the exceptions mentioned.
TnE OTHER CROPS
The Bureau has no estimates on jields
of oats and other crops, but the reports
indicate that oats, timothy hay, and ol<*-
only a comparison with last year, but
that the shortage in beef cattle ls over
50,000 head.
Allen County ls firat ln number of milk
cowa, with 11,002, Marlon County next,
with 10,016, and Lake County third, with
9,632.
Sheep and Wool.—The reports show another decrease in the number of sheep
There are 57 929 lees than   laat   v«ar, and
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tility, lt will be seen by the chart, was ln
the central counties of the State. The
loss ln the whole State was 21 71 per cent,
valued at $-.306.71-. The great bulk of the
hog crop of Indiana is produced ln the
oentral counties, and in the Wabash and
White river valleys, and hence the chart
shows the greatest loss in these. The
present indications are, that swine disease will be less prevalent and less destructive for the remainder of this year,
bnt it ls likely to spread farther to the
south and northeastern parts of tbe State.
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THIS ILLUSTRATION SHOWS WHERE SWINE DISEASE  WAS   MrrST FaTAL-FOK   YEAR
ENDING JULY 1, 1897—SHOWN IN FER CENTS   _IY COUNTIES
ver are very good. The area to these will
be noted in the several tabular statements
by connties, and State comparisons with
other yeara by the totals at the footings.
LIVE STOOK,
Horses and Mules.—There is a large de.
orease in the nnmber of horses sinoe
laat year, being leas by 28,5S6. Marion
county with the largest nnmber, haa
14,423 and Montgomery stands next with
12,473 The nnmber of horses dying in
the State during the year ending July 1,
1897, waa 21.208, about 1,000 less than laat
year.
Posey county stands first in nnmber of
mules, reporting 2,793. In the whole
State there was a decrease of 3,632 mules
since last year. During the year ending
July 1,1897, 2,138 died.
Cattle.—The reporta show a decrease of
milk cows of 13,543 since last year. Milk
cows, of course, include all the cows on
the farm, and does not indicate a falling
off In dairy cows, for that interest ia not
diminishing bnt increasing. The low
price of farm bntter during the year ia
the explanation of this decrease.
It will be noted that there is a healthy
thongh not large, Increase ln beef cattle,
being 3,422 over tast year. Patnam County stands flrst in beef cattle, with 12,095
head, and Hendricks next, with 11,494
But lt mnst be borne ln mind that this ls
198721 less tban ln 1S95. a decrease of 225
per cent, ln the two year*. The numbsr
of lambs deoreased 50,724 since last year,
and 80,081 since 1895. There were 18,144
aheep killed by dogs dnring the year ending July 1,1897, which waa less than in
former years. The sheep dying for the
year numbered 74.998, being 29,690 more
than laat year. Steuben county reports
the most sheep, 26369 head, and Noble
county the most lambs, being 16,024
The wool clip was 387,720 pounds less
than last year, and 616,600 less than ln 1895,
due, ot course, chiefly to the decrease in
the nnmber of sheep.
Swlne —The nnmber of hoga reported is
1,411,919, againat 1,472 332 last year, a fall
ing off ln number of 60.3S3 since last year
But there is an inorease in pigs, over last
year, of 121,513.
The number of hogs dying for the year
ending July 1,1897, was very large, being
899,452, against 581.260 for the previous
year.' This is a very great increase. In
order to show tula most graphically, the
bulletin containa a map of the State by
counties, shaded, to show where swine
disease was most fatal. Thia shows that
in 30 counties the lose by disease was 0 to
10 p6r cent; in 18 connties, 10 to 20 per
cent; in2) counties, 20 to 30 per cent; in
15 counties, 30 to 40 per cent, and In nine
oounties, 40 to 50 per cent   The chief fa-
Wheat
Counties, acres.
Adams - - 21,917
Allen - - 37 518
B'rthol'm'w 47,727
Benton - - 1.2
Blackford - 13 521
Boone - - _9,h03
Brown - - 7,7I_
Carroll - - 401^9
Cats - - - 39b70
Clark - - 18,703
Clay - - - 17,186
Clinton - 38131
Crawford - 7.S73
Daviess - Z* 907
Dearborn - 20,190
Decatur - 33 5'i8
DeKalb - 2.. ..73
Delaware • _."> s_l
Dubois - - 3.!766
Klkhart - 45 730
Fayette - 2.,314
Klojd - - 5 142
Fountain - 27,293
Franklin - 26 221
Fulton - - 39 571
Gibson - lil 976
Urant - - 2.>,9i8
Greene - 18 636
Hamilton - 3S.i 51
Hancock - 28 763
Harrison - 34 499
Hendricks - 29,557
Henry - - 3S.29
Howard - 29,r06
Huntington 26(65
Jackson - 30.42.
Jasper - - 2,707
.lav - - - 19 267
Jefferson - 14,931
Jennings - 15.332
Johnson - 39,132
Knox - - 51288
KosciUBko - 47,-25
Lagrange - 41,822
Lake - - 8U9
L-porte - 44,593
Lawrence
-Madison
Marlon -
Marshall
Martin -
Miami -
Monroe
Wheat Wheat Corn
av. bu. prod,   aores.
- 10,586
■ 30516
• 27.875
• 40,893
■ 10,648
■ 34,240
        •    10,789
M'ntg'mery 38,(>39
Morgan
Newton- -
Noble - -
Ohio - - -
Orange - -
Owen - •
Parke - -
Parry - -
Pike - - -
P.rrter - -
Posey - -
Pulaski- •
Putnam
Randolph -
Kipley - -
Rash- - -
So.tt - - -
Shelby - -
Spencer -
Starke - -
Steuben
St Joseph -
Sullivan   -   	
Switzerland 10053
Tippecanoe 33,118
Tipton - - 20,333
Union - - 17.912
Vanderburg 29 336
Vermillion 17,019
Vigo - -
Wabash
Warren-
Warrick        	
Washington 19,804
Wayne - - 35 0C6
Wells - - 21904
White - - 20 007
Whitley   -   22178
21,469
7,458
41491
6031
11,253
11,130
24 753
10,696
30 659
8,218
66,110
16 064
19,207
3_837
22,635
54,903
8817
00 832
41.731
5411
25,456
48,767
29 808
24 476
29 378
11,903
43 927
14
14
12
10
11
10
12
19
19
14
12
16
10
12
12
11
15
15
15
19
18
11
12
10
17
15
15
10
20
19
10
15
19
18
19
11
10
11
20
12
18
16
15
11
12
13
11
16
17
15
13
16
15
15
14
10
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10
16
10
16
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9
13
16
13
16
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12
16
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16
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20
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13
15
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3T6,S38
6_.>,252
572,7-4
1,820
148 764
477,808
92,904
76-781
757 5i0
262 082
2.6,232
010 090
78 730
431 604
212 352
»W,.<>88
38:»,59.->
3X7,315
51)6,310
508 h70
•i'i. 652
71.938
3_7,576
4I95:>6
672,758
929 OU
333 770
2)8 970
761 OS I
515 3-7
551,984
413,355
739 651
5_2 108
495,_35
331,675
27,1(70
211,937
293,680
183 984
710 076
82.6.8
7i7 375
585,508
9 708
579 7C9
116 446
488 2.6
473,875
613 395
138,424
547.840
19 r, 835
670,*>85
301,566
74,580
539 383
66 340
■ 20_,554
111300
390048
183,656
398 567
74.550
859 430
257 024
219 691
526 392
218,985
1,043157
105 804
973312
751158
61,932
330 928
032 738
476 828
149 142
529 838
315 661
340 898
586,720
221,037
318,188
440 670
154,739
790..86
257,452
676,514
306.656
260,070
35J848
33,439
50.519
50384
1011510
18 3u9
77,576
18.431
56 984
53,006
21,719
.6,491
70,461
19 366
52,656
19,933
43 1.9
26,915
55 298
27 935
38 797
24 351
11,769
67,549
32,1*94
43.5_7
62,921
5.3,11)5
54,i;.;
64 217
43 565
_6,'_.>8
53 430
67,618
50,497
43,486
42 .75
72262
45 206
29 508
27 933
5(1309
61.89.
51848
33,277
37,345
52 493
28,177
66,786
45,428
44,614
20,785
48 588
2lil07
82,366
43 913
70,228
33,925
7,001
27,922
23.(95
49,724
25,005
30,398
37,151
48,354
49,201
47,331
09,315
35,158
68 532
16,382
67,836
38,419
20,090
26,785
37 8S0
55136
10,201
100,973
52316
22338
25.C50
40,685
57,611
39 3(38
61,683
38691
42 124
52,732
44,632
100,393
28,134
Totals, 1897.2479077 15 23 37.769 875 4101665
TotalB, 1896. 2,862 236   8 58 24 574,853 4.005.690
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