VOL. XX.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUG. 1,1885.
NO, 31
THE CROPS.
i   From  Onr  Correspondents  antl  Other
Sources.
As is our custom, we will not attempt to
secure estimates on the actual yield of
wheat on the basis of tho threshermen's
report till later in the season, when the
data will be fuller and ■ reports on the
amount threshed can be had upon which
to base the yield for the year. We give
below, ho wo ver,  the reports so  far as we
- have them to date from the threshers and
others. In nearly every instance .we find
that the yield per acre is a little above the
previous estimates. One reporter from
Boone county, Ind., states that a 60-acre
field of wheat which was estimated at 16
to 18 bushels per acre, threshed out a little
above30 bushels peracre. A 40-aere field
in Hendricks county estimated at eight
bushels made 12 peracre. An 80-acre fold
in Johnson connty estimated at six bushels made ten per acre. Similar reports
come from Gibson, Shelby and Henry
counties.   Our correspondents  state that
-the wheat was thin  on the  ground and
• hence1 the.JQW(ar'erttm*{e9y*ti]ay;in these
■> cases the exeess * in yield was m ade"" lip'T)^
the well-filled heads and heavy berry, the
wheat weighing heavier than expected.
There are, on the other hand, an equal
number of counties in the central find
southern sections which report threshed
fields at only five to eight bushels per acre
.   only, but nearly agree  that the grain is
fine, weighing  better than  expected and
that the yield will be a little above previ
ous reports.
.-"'-' INDIANA.    ■   "
Reports from 16 counties state that the
yield of wbeat will be 15 to 20 per cent better than heretofore estimated.
In 18 counties the yield was 10 to 12 per
cent higher than estimated.
Corn is reported in good condition for a
large crop. Many local rains are reported
from nearly all quarters, but complaint
comes from other places that rain is needed
badly to make the corn crop.     ,   ?
Oats and hay fine in all sections, and
hay well saved.
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The reports on wheat from Ohio are not
so favorable. Nearly all of'our correspondents stato that the yield will be
about as heretofore estimated, a few fields
threshed Indicating this situation.
Corn promising fine, though needing
rain in many sections.
Oats and hay crops good.
ILLINOIS.
One reporter, near Shawneetown, in the
extreme south, reports the wheat far better
than expected, yielding from the machine
10 to 16 bushels per acre. In other southern counties correspondents state tbat
while the grain is good the yield will be
very low per acre. In more northern
sections the yield is about as heretofore
estimated in some counties and 10 to 12
percent bettor in others, so far as threshing has revealed it.
Corn in good condition. Many local
rains of late, but other sections needing
rain.
WHEAT CROP OF INDIA, 1884-5.
The following is the latest and most re
liable information in regard to the wheat
crop in India for the current year. It is
from the Agricultural Department of the
Government of India:
"The harvest being now completed, it is
possible to estimate with some approach
to accuracy the area under wheat and the
outturn during the year 1884-5, In the
Provinces of the Punjab, the northwestern
Provinces and Oude, the Central Provinces,
Bombay and the Berars, which, taken together, comprise in ordinary years nearly
three quarters of the total area of wheat
cultivation in India. For the remaining
one-fourth which is contained in Bengal
and in the Native States of tho Rajputana
and Central India Agencies, Mysore,
Kashmir, and the Baroda, the figures are
less trustworthy, owing to the absence of
any organized agency for testing area or
outturn.
"The normal area under wheat during
tbe last few years in India is believed,
according to the latest estimates, to be
about 26,000,000 acres, of which the average
ontturn Is estimated roughly at 7,135,000
tons. The whole area cultivated in tbe
year under review, which was exceptionally favorable for, -wheat, la estimated, to
&sv**b©en.*«r«^^
with a yield of about 7,7J3,T>30 tons. The
following table compares the actual area
and outturn of the Provinces enumerated
above, vylth the area and outturn of average years:''
Acres,
Punjab-...*..._ .....7,000,000
North westernProvinces
and Qnde .'. 5,500,000
Central Provinces 4,000.000
Bombay „....l ,600,000
Berara   700.000
,. Total .". .18,900,000      19,868,489     6,500,900
"With regard to the prospects of the
several provinces, the reports for April
have added little to the information given
in the previous months, from which the
conclusion may be drawn that the wheat
harvest has on the whole yielded a fair
average outturn. There is, however, reason to fear that injury has recently been
caused to the wheat on the threshing
floors in the Punjab, where the wheat harvest Is later than elsewhere, by the abnormal rain which has fallen in May.
"The following table shows tho countries
to which the wheat was exported. The
increasing exports to the Mediterranean
are worthy of notice, and are understood
to be due in a great measure to the suitability of Indian wheat for macaroni:
1881-2.
Cauntr ea. Tona.
United Kingdom...'ia l«31
Belgium ......131.361
Prance „ .265,403
Holland 35,619
Italy _ 17,966
Egypt  45,954
Othtr countries.... 28,012
THE CORK WEB WOBM.
Acres.
Tons,
7,181,400
2,857,099
5,298,036
2,100,000
3,700,000
817,857
2,670,000
590,183
819,057
135,770
1882-3.
1881-4.'
1881-5.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
828,758
525,413
372,249
72,914
129.678
86,934
178,385
169,895
165,748
28,912
9,8*7
4,6.*7
8,806
22,270
35,0 ti
39,977
165,299
H0.575
19,438
25,636
■ 17,530
Total .....993,176      707^20   1,017,824      792,714
On the 14th ult. lightning killed five hogs
for Richard Goldsmith and a fine four-
year-old mare for Seth Loomis, of Noble
township, and two horses for John Troy,
of Union township, Laporte county. It
burned the latter'a stable. Mr. Loom is
was insured with the Ohio Farmers.
Lightning also struck a fence on the farm
of Jno. Fultz, in Lincoln township, and
killed 22 out of 53 sheep that lay near it.
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Editors Ind ana Farmer:
I send you a cut of the corn web-worm.
The cut also illustrates the method of
work oh corn./Of course it is too late to
do anything with Itthis season, but I wish
to learn »of localities whe**e it has been^U
w.ork Uittpresent.Beasori, in order talit*>>w'
where to expect it next spring. ■
This is the insect mentioned by rne in
my note in the Farmer of July 4th. It is
known as Omnibus zeclits. I find it has
done considerable damage*- in the State,
and I hope yon will urge your readers to
report, either to you or me, any localities
where they know it has been doing any
injury. F. M. Webster.
Lafayette
The description given by Prof. W. in the
Farmkr of July 4th is as follows:
The adult insect is a moth, probably of
the genus Crambus, the larvso of which affect corn somewhat as the cut worm does.
They may be easily known by their being
found about hills of corn in a loose cocoon
»r sack of .silken threads, like spider web,
covered with loose bits of the soil, just below tbe surface. The worms retire to
these and remain therein when not feeding.
DEATH OF GENERAL GRANT.
Demonstrations of Respect at the
Capitol.
From out regular correspondent:
The National flags are at half mast over
all the Government offices in honor of ex-
President Grant deceased. The Departments were closed on Thursday noon out
of respect for the illustrious dead, and on
the day of hia interment they will be
closed again. If, as is expected, he will
be buried at Arlington or Soldiers Home,
there will be the grandest funeral pageant
ever seen in Washington. The President
and his Cabinet will attend his funeral,
and Mr. Blaine, though he and General
Grant were not friends, will bo at the
grave, where all enmities are buried. The
remains will probably lie in state in the
rotunda of the Capitol, where they will be
viewed by thousands who were familiar
with his face in life.
Gen. Grant's death was generally known
in this city beforo nine o'clock on Thursday morning. The President was among
the first to receive the sad intelligence.
He was sitting in his library persuing the
morning papers when an alarm was
sounded on the executive telephone. Col.
Lamont who at that moment arrived at
his desk, answered  the call,  which came
from the office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company. The news that Gen.
Grant had died was immediately conveyed to the President. He appeared
deeply moved and expressed his unbounded sympathy for the General's
family. A few minutes later the President received a dispatch from Col. Fred
Grant, stating that his father had died at
eight o'clock. The President thereupon
sent a dispatch of condolence, which was
transmitted to Mrs. Grant. By nine
o'clock nearly all the daily newspapers
had issued extras, and the church bells
throughout the city were tolling. Flags
upon the White House and all the public
buildings and many private establishments were displayed at half mast. A
messenger was detailed to notify all the
Cabinet officers that a special meeting of
the Cabinet would be held at eleven
o'clock, to take action in regard to Gen.
Grant's death. When all were assembled
around the cabinet table the President
formally announced the death of General
Grant and read a copy of hia < dispatch to
Mrs. Grant. A proclamation which had
previously been prepared at the State Department,"- was submittea*' approved and
imiK*;dl*>'jJly afterward issued.
At dawn of day 13 guns will be'fired,
and afterward, at intervals of 30 minutes
between the rising and setting ofthe sun,
a single sun, and al the close of tho day a
national sainte of 33 guns. The officers of
the army will wear crape on the left arm
and on their swords, and the colors of the
battalion of engineers of the several regiments of tho United States corps of cadets
will be put in mourning for tho period of
six months. It was the universal opinion
that the interment ought to take placo
here. Soldiers' Home and the Arlington
Cemetry have been suggested as appropriate places for his final resting place.
Col. Wilson, commissioner of public
buildings and parks, called on the President this afternoon in relation to draping
the front of the White House. When he
concluded his Interview with the President he stated that the building would bo
draped "just as General Grant would do
it himself, were he in the White House.
I have told the designer tovmake an elaborate and artistic job of lt." The decorator
waa at the White House late in the afternoon and laid out his work under the
personal direction of Col. Wilson, The result is that the White House has been
handsomely draped, the emblems of
mourning being equal to those on the
White House at the time of the death of
President Garfield. They are over and
around the windows and door facing north,
and the great pillars of the portico at the
north entranceare also covered with black.
Lou Sheptery, of Tippecanoe county,
aged 12, inspired by a boyish freak, concealed himself in tho weeds in front of a
mower. He was caught by the machinery
and horribly cut up, there being 51 separate cuts on bis body and limbs.
The sixtieth anniversary of the marriage
of Rev. W. C. Wilmore and wife was celebrated Jnne 21 at his residence near Winchester. He is on« of the leading citizens
of the county. One hundred. and ten persons were present, 73 of whom were relative.