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VOL. XXX. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. JULY 20. 1895. NO. 29. WEATHER OROP BULLETIN. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Orop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service im Oo-operation With tshe Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Monday, July 15, 1896. Central Station at Indianapolis, July 15. Oood rains at the beginning and lo -al rains at the end of the week were exceedingly beneficial in the southern portion and in few lcc untitles of the central and northern portions, but especially in the northern portion rain is muoh needed yet to save the c.rn and other growing orops; the greater part of the week, moderately warm, fair weather was fauorable to harvesting and threshing; the nights were cool and in a few c _unt.es of the northern portion light hoar frost formed on a few nights; corn in the southern and central portions is growing rapidly and it stands well and promising a large crop; but ln the northern portion lt needs rain; in many fields it wilts and is rolling; wheat threshing from the shock continues with a yield of less than an average; rye threshing continues with fair yield; oats are ripening fast and ths harvest has begun in many oountiee; in some fields, being too short for the binder, it U mowed and raked; haying continues and timothy is housed rapidly; both crops are short; tomatoes, melons and beaus aro fairly well; early potatoes are a failure nearly everywhere; there are plenty of tops but few small potatoes ln a hill; millet ls growing fast except in the northern portion, where It has been too dry; tobacco is starting up nicely, but the tobacco worm is doing injury earlier than usual; in some counties water is still scarce; apples, pears and plums are abundant. SOUTHERN PORTION. Fair weather favorable to harvesting prevailed during the week, and the rains at the b9glnnlng and local rains at the end of the week were exceedingly benefiolal and refreshed and improved everything; oorn is growing vigorously and in some oounties promises the largest crop for years; It Is tasseling in many fields; in. most localities it has been "laid by;" early potatoes are a failure, but 1 .to potatoes promise better; in Spencer and Switzerland oounties they sre all planted, but In Floyd oounty plan Urg la not finished yet; clover, pasturage and meadows are Improved by the rains; tomatoes and melons are in good oondltion in Knox and Jackson oounties; a large acreage of buckwheat has been sown in Jennings county; tobacco is starting up nicely in Ohio county; In some counties the tobacco worms are beginning to damage earlier than usual; apples, pears and flams are abundant; wheat threshing from tbe shock contlnunes; in ' many counties threshing has ended; the average yield in Jackson county is from 3 to 25 bushels per aore, in Floyd oounty from 8 to 30 bu«hels>, in Ohio county from 10 to 25 bnshels, In Spencer county from 5 to 30 bushels and the bushel weighs from 53 to 60 ponnds; oats Is ripe ning fast and the harvest has begun and in some counties it is nearly ended; the heads are well filled, but the straw is short; in Greene oounty in some fields the oats was mowed and raked for feed; haying continues and timothy is rapidly being housed; the crop is bettor than expected in Jefferson county; in Dearborn county they cnt a halt a ton to the acre; millet ls growing fast; springs and wells are low and stook water is scarce in Dearborn county. CENTRAL PORTION. The rains were moie scattered at the be ginning and ending of the week and in some localities rain Is needed; but still oorn is in excellent condition; it is tassell- lng and shooting in many fields and in some oounties the early planted has been "laid by," promising a very good crop everywhere. Oats are most everywhere ready to cut and in some oounties the harvest has begun; in Franklin and Vigo counties it is mowed with the mowing machine; the heads are well filled, but the straw is very short; in Rash oounty the crop ls fairly good; rye is in sheck everywhere and threshing has oommenoed, a fair orop; in Delaware oounty the yield is poor; meadows and pasturage are still dry in some localities; young olover Is grow Ing nicely; haying <■ mtinues and timothy ls being cut ln Franklin and Decatur counties the cutting is nearly done; both are a poor crop; early potatoes are no good, but late potatoes promise better; apples, pears are a large orop; tomatoes, melons and beans are in good condition; wheat threshing continues with a yield below average; ia Johnson county the average is from 3 to 25 bushels per acre; in Marlon county from 10 to 12 bushels. In Henry ooun'y from 2 to 10 bushel; in Ktndolph oounty from 5 to 20 bushel; in Hamilton oounty from 3 to 5 bushel; stock water is still scarce in Kindolph oounty. "NORTHERN PORTION. The rains were badly distributed in most localities no rains fell; in Warren, Tippecanoe and "Warrick couotits gord rains fell and improved vegetation; warm days prevailed In Stark, Marshall and Clinton counties, the temperature fell low enough on two nights to form light hoar frost in locslitiee; while In some oounties oorn is still in very good, promising oondltion; In most fields it begins to suffer for rain; lt is rolling and turns yellow ln Laporte, Marshall, Elkhart, Allen and Tipton conntiee; oats is ripening, it is a fair crop in Allen, Whitley, Porter, Carroll, Adams and Tipton county; in St Joseph and Kosciusko oounties some fields are mowed for haj ; In Warren county, while it is in bloom in one part of a field it Is ripe ln the other. Haying continues a short crop in Carroll county, they out two to four acros to the ton; grass is suffering and pasturage ls brown; early potatoes are poor and few to the hill; late potatoes promise bettor; gsrden truck is poor; wheat threahing continues everywhere; the average Is ln White oounty from 4 to 20 bushels per acre; in St. Joseph from 4 to 20 bushels; in Allen from 8 to 20; In Elkhart from 8 to 20; in Adams from 6 to 22; in Marshsll from % to is and in Jay county from 4 to 10 bushels; chinch bugs doing damage In Warrick and Cass counties; wells are low and stock water is scarce in Cass, Whitley and Miami counties. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Servioe. Per O. F. R, Wappenhans, Weather Bureau, Assistant Director. Scarlet Clover as a Oatch Crop. Editors Indiama Farmsi: There has been so muoh said and written about the many merits of scarlet clover that it is well-nigh a hopeless task to at tempt to add anything new. The nitrogen gathering power of this class of plants is perhaps the greatest Bingle factor in modern agricultural development; at the same time, we must not let our appreciation of this fact lead us Jrom a proper application of its functions. It is not enough that nitrogen from the exhaustless stores of the atmosphere may be oollected almost at wlll, but the cheapest and most effective procedure Is making use of this power al • ready engages attention. Most, if not all, farmers know that the clovers leave the soil richer in nitrogen after cropping than it was before, but comparatively few know that the soil is richer in nitrogen only,and that the mineral elements, potash and phosphorlo sold, must, as now, be supplied from outside sources It Is impossible that there ever be discovered a method by means of which the mineral elements can be secured other than by direct application —as at present. There is no potash or phosphorlo acid in the atmosphere. Th« analyses of plants show a striking similarity of composition. The nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid bear certain definite relations to each other; If the normal proportions of one of these principal elements is lackirg, the development ls measured by the deficient faotor. A plant may grow in a medium, having ample supplies of two of the three chief elements, but the growth, so far as economic value ls concerned, will inevitably be measured by the missing element. In manuring for a olover sod for next year's uses, remember that the plant can store up nitrogen for itself, but must have ample supplies of minerals to do so. If potash and phosphorlo add are misslng,clover can no more store up nitrogen than an ordinary weed. Whileonthlssubjeot.lt is as well to make note of the relative quantities of the two minerals required, as indicated by the natural selection of the plant itself. Chemical analysis shows tbat for every 100 pounds of phosphoric add assimilated, from 200 to 300 pounds of potash are required, depending upon the kind of nitrogen gatherer grown. It ls not meant by this that the potash applied must always be fr< m two to three times the quantity of phosphoric add, as the latter is not so readily available in the soil; but the potash should always exc*scd the phosphoric acid, and may be made safely ln all instances quite double the quantity. This brings us to the true value of the nitrogen gatherers. It is practically impossible to prevent losses of fertilizing material at those seasons of the year when under ordinary cultivation,! he soil is bare. The chemical process of the soil and the plant have been bard at work arranging the fertilizing principles into useful forms, but;a cessation of the work means a rapid dlssapatlon of the g-*od work by drainage and other causes. The fall and winter rains exhaust an unprotected soil almost as badly as a heavy cropping. It is the function of the "catch crop" to remedy this evil; and there are few, If any, plants equal to soarlet clover for this purpose. The seed is sown in August in the growing oorn, or with any olean cultivation orop, and by October the soil is protected by the growth from the dissipation of rains or;the conversion of the minerals into Insoluble forms. The seed is not expensive, and the benefit of the green manuring alone is un- qnestionaDly great. It would be folly to attempt to grow a useful catch crop unless the soil is well covered with young nlover,and It ls equally folly to expect to get suoh a stand without properly feeding the plant. There is no royal road to fertilization. The minerals must be supplied to enable the plant to grow and store up nitrogen. Perhaps the very best time to apply same is when the land is being prepared to sow the grass seed. The potash as kainit or muriate may be mixed with acid phosphate and the mixture sown broadcast and harrowed In. To each hundred pounds of acid phosphate 200 pounds of kainit or 50 pounds of muriate should be added, and the whole thoroughly mixed together. S. Peacock. Greater Industry and Closer Economy Editobs Indiana Faihu: In your issue of June 15th appeared an article on the cause of agricultural depression upon which I would like to question so as to help us few who are reasonably well satisfied with things as they are, to keep on our easy road. Does our friend Cory ever recollect a time when no one grumbled? Is not 50 cents abuahel enongh for corn? Are hogs too cheap or cattle too low? Can't they all be raised at a profit? Does he reoolleot that we used to pay |250 for a bindei? We get a bettor one now for f 100. Sewing machines, organs, wag ons, buggies are less than half what we used to pay, while the products of the farm are as high as they were then, with the exception of wheal? Don't you remember we used to go horseback or ln a big wagon to ohurch? Now everybody has a buggy or carriage. Organs and pianos were the property of the rich only; now anybody can have them, The same with sewing machines and many other o onveniences of medern times. These all oost something and if we want them we must pay for them. I say the farmer is getting lazier every day. He don't work one half of the daytime In a year. He used to work from daylight till dark and a good while after dark, winter and summer, and In all kinds of weather. Now, how is it? In the winter lis does his stock feeding and then loafs; maybe cuts a little firewood, but most generally hires that done. In the spring he wakes up, gets a little hustle on him, plants his oorn too soon, so the cutworms can eat it up. He knows bitter but thinks he'll "chanco it" any how. Daring the summer he gets out between 6 and 7 o'clock ln the morning, quits for dinner about half dast ten, and if it is not too hot goes ont ab tut half past one, and if it ls too warm don't go out at all; quits work about six o'clock, hltohes up to the buggy and drives to town in the evening; talks with the loafers on the empty dry goods boxes; hears them talk of hard times, about free silver and other vagaries. On tho way home he thinks be Is a terribly long-suffering, muoh abused farmer, but a good night's rest does away with all that, aud at the year'.* end he is one year older, has laid by a little, and resolves he worked most too hard the past summer. And so en from year to year, and at the present ratio I expect In a few years to see the farmers the laziest mortals in existence. Of course we must bave cur queer people to keep things from getting monotonous. It seems that some people expect free silver would have prevented the drouth last summer out west, and would have killed the cutworm and Hessian fly this spring ln India its; and I don't know but what they think it would bring rain here where needed most. If we take care of what we have, and don't buy what we don't need, and don't lose too muoh tluis talking free sliver, bloated bondholders and monopoly, I think the Indiana farmer will do fairly well- -**v. Carroll Co. White and Yellow Corn. Whether the yield of corn is affected by color, and whether the white or yellow varieties prodnce the greater yield, has always been a matter of dispute. In order to seoure definite information ln regard to this the Mississippi Experiment Station has made 138 tests with 45 varieties of dent oorn. As a result of this work the 75 tests with 25 white varieties have given an average yield ot 43 bushels per acre, while the 63 tests with the 20 yellow varieties have given an average cf only 38 2 bushels per sore. These total averages coincide very closely with the partial results published in several of the annual reports, and whioh were as follows: In 1890 the yield of 17 white varieties was 44 6 bushels per sere, while 15 yellow varieties gave 37.1 bushels. In 1891, 25 white varieties yielded 37 5 bushels, while 18 yellow varieties yielded 34 9 bnshels per acre. In 1892 the yield of 11 whlto varieties was 45.2 bnshels, while the same number of yellow varieties gave only 40 5 bushels per acre. In 1893 and 1894 the tests were continued with 22 white varieties yielding 42 7 bushels, and 19 yellow varieties yielding 39 1 bushels per acre. During each year of this work the two varieties giving the heaviest yields were both wbite,though not always the same varieties.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1895, v. 30, no. 29 (July 20) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA3029 |
Date of Original | 1895 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Coverage | Indiana |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. XXX. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. JULY 20. 1895. NO. 29. WEATHER OROP BULLETIN. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Orop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service im Oo-operation With tshe Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Monday, July 15, 1896. Central Station at Indianapolis, July 15. Oood rains at the beginning and lo -al rains at the end of the week were exceedingly beneficial in the southern portion and in few lcc untitles of the central and northern portions, but especially in the northern portion rain is muoh needed yet to save the c.rn and other growing orops; the greater part of the week, moderately warm, fair weather was fauorable to harvesting and threshing; the nights were cool and in a few c _unt.es of the northern portion light hoar frost formed on a few nights; corn in the southern and central portions is growing rapidly and it stands well and promising a large crop; but ln the northern portion lt needs rain; in many fields it wilts and is rolling; wheat threshing from the shock continues with a yield of less than an average; rye threshing continues with fair yield; oats are ripening fast and ths harvest has begun in many oountiee; in some fields, being too short for the binder, it U mowed and raked; haying continues and timothy is housed rapidly; both crops are short; tomatoes, melons and beaus aro fairly well; early potatoes are a failure nearly everywhere; there are plenty of tops but few small potatoes ln a hill; millet ls growing fast except in the northern portion, where It has been too dry; tobacco is starting up nicely, but the tobacco worm is doing injury earlier than usual; in some counties water is still scarce; apples, pears and plums are abundant. SOUTHERN PORTION. Fair weather favorable to harvesting prevailed during the week, and the rains at the b9glnnlng and local rains at the end of the week were exceedingly benefiolal and refreshed and improved everything; oorn is growing vigorously and in some oounties promises the largest crop for years; It Is tasseling in many fields; in. most localities it has been "laid by;" early potatoes are a failure, but 1 .to potatoes promise better; in Spencer and Switzerland oounties they sre all planted, but In Floyd oounty plan Urg la not finished yet; clover, pasturage and meadows are Improved by the rains; tomatoes and melons are in good oondltion in Knox and Jackson oounties; a large acreage of buckwheat has been sown in Jennings county; tobacco is starting up nicely in Ohio county; In some counties the tobacco worms are beginning to damage earlier than usual; apples, pears and flams are abundant; wheat threshing from tbe shock contlnunes; in ' many counties threshing has ended; the average yield in Jackson county is from 3 to 25 bushels per aore, in Floyd oounty from 8 to 30 bu«hels>, in Ohio county from 10 to 25 bnshels, In Spencer county from 5 to 30 bushels and the bushel weighs from 53 to 60 ponnds; oats Is ripe ning fast and the harvest has begun and in some counties it is nearly ended; the heads are well filled, but the straw is short; in Greene oounty in some fields the oats was mowed and raked for feed; haying continues and timothy is rapidly being housed; the crop is bettor than expected in Jefferson county; in Dearborn county they cnt a halt a ton to the acre; millet ls growing fast; springs and wells are low and stook water is scarce in Dearborn county. CENTRAL PORTION. The rains were moie scattered at the be ginning and ending of the week and in some localities rain Is needed; but still oorn is in excellent condition; it is tassell- lng and shooting in many fields and in some oounties the early planted has been "laid by," promising a very good crop everywhere. Oats are most everywhere ready to cut and in some oounties the harvest has begun; in Franklin and Vigo counties it is mowed with the mowing machine; the heads are well filled, but the straw is very short; in Rash oounty the crop ls fairly good; rye is in sheck everywhere and threshing has oommenoed, a fair orop; in Delaware oounty the yield is poor; meadows and pasturage are still dry in some localities; young olover Is grow Ing nicely; haying <■ mtinues and timothy ls being cut ln Franklin and Decatur counties the cutting is nearly done; both are a poor crop; early potatoes are no good, but late potatoes promise better; apples, pears are a large orop; tomatoes, melons and beans are in good condition; wheat threshing continues with a yield below average; ia Johnson county the average is from 3 to 25 bushels per acre; in Marlon county from 10 to 12 bushels. In Henry ooun'y from 2 to 10 bushel; in Ktndolph oounty from 5 to 20 bushel; in Hamilton oounty from 3 to 5 bushel; stock water is still scarce in Kindolph oounty. "NORTHERN PORTION. The rains were badly distributed in most localities no rains fell; in Warren, Tippecanoe and "Warrick couotits gord rains fell and improved vegetation; warm days prevailed In Stark, Marshall and Clinton counties, the temperature fell low enough on two nights to form light hoar frost in locslitiee; while In some oounties oorn is still in very good, promising oondltion; In most fields it begins to suffer for rain; lt is rolling and turns yellow ln Laporte, Marshall, Elkhart, Allen and Tipton conntiee; oats is ripening, it is a fair crop in Allen, Whitley, Porter, Carroll, Adams and Tipton county; in St Joseph and Kosciusko oounties some fields are mowed for haj ; In Warren county, while it is in bloom in one part of a field it Is ripe ln the other. Haying continues a short crop in Carroll county, they out two to four acros to the ton; grass is suffering and pasturage ls brown; early potatoes are poor and few to the hill; late potatoes promise bettor; gsrden truck is poor; wheat threahing continues everywhere; the average Is ln White oounty from 4 to 20 bushels per acre; in St. Joseph from 4 to 20 bushels; in Allen from 8 to 20; In Elkhart from 8 to 20; in Adams from 6 to 22; in Marshsll from % to is and in Jay county from 4 to 10 bushels; chinch bugs doing damage In Warrick and Cass counties; wells are low and stock water is scarce in Cass, Whitley and Miami counties. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Servioe. Per O. F. R, Wappenhans, Weather Bureau, Assistant Director. Scarlet Clover as a Oatch Crop. Editors Indiama Farmsi: There has been so muoh said and written about the many merits of scarlet clover that it is well-nigh a hopeless task to at tempt to add anything new. The nitrogen gathering power of this class of plants is perhaps the greatest Bingle factor in modern agricultural development; at the same time, we must not let our appreciation of this fact lead us Jrom a proper application of its functions. It is not enough that nitrogen from the exhaustless stores of the atmosphere may be oollected almost at wlll, but the cheapest and most effective procedure Is making use of this power al • ready engages attention. Most, if not all, farmers know that the clovers leave the soil richer in nitrogen after cropping than it was before, but comparatively few know that the soil is richer in nitrogen only,and that the mineral elements, potash and phosphorlo sold, must, as now, be supplied from outside sources It Is impossible that there ever be discovered a method by means of which the mineral elements can be secured other than by direct application —as at present. There is no potash or phosphorlo acid in the atmosphere. Th« analyses of plants show a striking similarity of composition. The nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid bear certain definite relations to each other; If the normal proportions of one of these principal elements is lackirg, the development ls measured by the deficient faotor. A plant may grow in a medium, having ample supplies of two of the three chief elements, but the growth, so far as economic value ls concerned, will inevitably be measured by the missing element. In manuring for a olover sod for next year's uses, remember that the plant can store up nitrogen for itself, but must have ample supplies of minerals to do so. If potash and phosphorlo add are misslng,clover can no more store up nitrogen than an ordinary weed. Whileonthlssubjeot.lt is as well to make note of the relative quantities of the two minerals required, as indicated by the natural selection of the plant itself. Chemical analysis shows tbat for every 100 pounds of phosphoric add assimilated, from 200 to 300 pounds of potash are required, depending upon the kind of nitrogen gatherer grown. It ls not meant by this that the potash applied must always be fr< m two to three times the quantity of phosphoric add, as the latter is not so readily available in the soil; but the potash should always exc*scd the phosphoric acid, and may be made safely ln all instances quite double the quantity. This brings us to the true value of the nitrogen gatherers. It is practically impossible to prevent losses of fertilizing material at those seasons of the year when under ordinary cultivation,! he soil is bare. The chemical process of the soil and the plant have been bard at work arranging the fertilizing principles into useful forms, but;a cessation of the work means a rapid dlssapatlon of the g-*od work by drainage and other causes. The fall and winter rains exhaust an unprotected soil almost as badly as a heavy cropping. It is the function of the "catch crop" to remedy this evil; and there are few, If any, plants equal to soarlet clover for this purpose. The seed is sown in August in the growing oorn, or with any olean cultivation orop, and by October the soil is protected by the growth from the dissipation of rains or;the conversion of the minerals into Insoluble forms. The seed is not expensive, and the benefit of the green manuring alone is un- qnestionaDly great. It would be folly to attempt to grow a useful catch crop unless the soil is well covered with young nlover,and It ls equally folly to expect to get suoh a stand without properly feeding the plant. There is no royal road to fertilization. The minerals must be supplied to enable the plant to grow and store up nitrogen. Perhaps the very best time to apply same is when the land is being prepared to sow the grass seed. The potash as kainit or muriate may be mixed with acid phosphate and the mixture sown broadcast and harrowed In. To each hundred pounds of acid phosphate 200 pounds of kainit or 50 pounds of muriate should be added, and the whole thoroughly mixed together. S. Peacock. Greater Industry and Closer Economy Editobs Indiana Faihu: In your issue of June 15th appeared an article on the cause of agricultural depression upon which I would like to question so as to help us few who are reasonably well satisfied with things as they are, to keep on our easy road. Does our friend Cory ever recollect a time when no one grumbled? Is not 50 cents abuahel enongh for corn? Are hogs too cheap or cattle too low? Can't they all be raised at a profit? Does he reoolleot that we used to pay |250 for a bindei? We get a bettor one now for f 100. Sewing machines, organs, wag ons, buggies are less than half what we used to pay, while the products of the farm are as high as they were then, with the exception of wheal? Don't you remember we used to go horseback or ln a big wagon to ohurch? Now everybody has a buggy or carriage. Organs and pianos were the property of the rich only; now anybody can have them, The same with sewing machines and many other o onveniences of medern times. These all oost something and if we want them we must pay for them. I say the farmer is getting lazier every day. He don't work one half of the daytime In a year. He used to work from daylight till dark and a good while after dark, winter and summer, and In all kinds of weather. Now, how is it? In the winter lis does his stock feeding and then loafs; maybe cuts a little firewood, but most generally hires that done. In the spring he wakes up, gets a little hustle on him, plants his oorn too soon, so the cutworms can eat it up. He knows bitter but thinks he'll "chanco it" any how. Daring the summer he gets out between 6 and 7 o'clock ln the morning, quits for dinner about half dast ten, and if it is not too hot goes ont ab tut half past one, and if it ls too warm don't go out at all; quits work about six o'clock, hltohes up to the buggy and drives to town in the evening; talks with the loafers on the empty dry goods boxes; hears them talk of hard times, about free silver and other vagaries. On tho way home he thinks be Is a terribly long-suffering, muoh abused farmer, but a good night's rest does away with all that, aud at the year'.* end he is one year older, has laid by a little, and resolves he worked most too hard the past summer. And so en from year to year, and at the present ratio I expect In a few years to see the farmers the laziest mortals in existence. Of course we must bave cur queer people to keep things from getting monotonous. It seems that some people expect free silver would have prevented the drouth last summer out west, and would have killed the cutworm and Hessian fly this spring ln India its; and I don't know but what they think it would bring rain here where needed most. If we take care of what we have, and don't buy what we don't need, and don't lose too muoh tluis talking free sliver, bloated bondholders and monopoly, I think the Indiana farmer will do fairly well- -**v. Carroll Co. White and Yellow Corn. Whether the yield of corn is affected by color, and whether the white or yellow varieties prodnce the greater yield, has always been a matter of dispute. In order to seoure definite information ln regard to this the Mississippi Experiment Station has made 138 tests with 45 varieties of dent oorn. As a result of this work the 75 tests with 25 white varieties have given an average yield ot 43 bushels per acre, while the 63 tests with the 20 yellow varieties have given an average cf only 38 2 bushels per sore. These total averages coincide very closely with the partial results published in several of the annual reports, and whioh were as follows: In 1890 the yield of 17 white varieties was 44 6 bushels per sere, while 15 yellow varieties gave 37.1 bushels. In 1891, 25 white varieties yielded 37 5 bushels, while 18 yellow varieties yielded 34 9 bnshels per acre. In 1892 the yield of 11 whlto varieties was 45.2 bnshels, while the same number of yellow varieties gave only 40 5 bushels per acre. In 1893 and 1894 the tests were continued with 22 white varieties yielding 42 7 bushels, and 19 yellow varieties yielding 39 1 bushels per acre. During each year of this work the two varieties giving the heaviest yields were both wbite,though not always the same varieties. |
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