Estimated  Yield  of Wheat and  Oata
Condition of other Crops and Live
Stock in the Central West.
The month of June closed with an excess of dry weather throughout the West.
In some quarters the dry weather somewhat cut short the well-matured wheat
berry, and in such sections it is reported
shrunken. Oatsandcorn up to the 1st of
July had not suffered seriously for want
of rain, though in some sections of the
three States it was feared that oats would
be short on account of continued dry
weather. Corn was not damaged, ami is
in clean aud good condition for growth.
Reporters in the three States wero requested as harvest was going on, togivo
estimates by .bushels per acre on wheat
and oats,and as will be noted in the tables,
these estimates are given.
WHEAT.
In Indiana the average bushels per acre
in the Northern division are given at 13,
Central division 14, and Southern division
11 bushels. Average for State 13 bushels.
The average area for the State was given
in our April report at !>:! percent. On this
basis,taking 2,900,307 acres as shown to be
about the average area, it would make the
cropof Indiana :!7,703,9f»l bushels. Of course
this is only appoximate, as the estimates
are sometimes found to be too high, or too
low, when threshing begins.
In Ohio and Illinois the average per acre
is put at 12 bushels in Ohio, and 13 in Illinois. In Ohio the area in April was reported at 98 per cent, and in Illinois at 93.
OATS.
The table of averages by States, show-
tolerably even estimates in the three.
Oats was not harvested, and continued
dry weather might change these estimates
considerably.
CORN.
To the end of June corn was in better
condition in nearly all sections than for
several years past at the same date. The
crop is more advanced, and promises a
better and earlier maturity than for several years. With seasonable weather on
to maturity the corn crop will be better
and larger than for five years past.
TIMOTHY  ANIWI.oVLIS.
The hay crop will be lighter than last
year by a considerable, as the grass is
thinner than usual. Cloverin comparison
is better and heavier as a hay crop.
APPLES AMI PEACHES.
It is conclusively shown that thc cold
weather in April did far more harm to the
apple crop than was supposed, as the fruit
has fallen badly. A few counties report a
fair crop, but as a rule it will be short.
New England an.l New York, according
to the national bureau reports alone will
have full apple crops. Peaches where
there are trees will be plenty, but except
in a few favorable localities there are no
trees. In some Ohio river counties there
will be heavy peach crops.
For the other crops, "and condition of
live stock we refer to the tables of averages given.
A VK RAG US BY  COUNTIES   AND DIVISIONS.
The following table gives the bushels
and averages in per cents compared with
a full average area and conditional same
date in other average years, and not of
any particular year:
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14
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105
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Allen     	
15
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Benton	
50
100
1.10
80
L'arrotl	
Vt
36
100
IKI
100
["ass	
15
IS
96
100
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DeKalb 	
14
50
120
110
IKI
Elkhart	
14
40
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Fulton 	
12
30
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100
90
Huntington	
li
46
96
96
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Jasper	
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12
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90
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10
40
105
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90
Marshall _
11
35
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Miami    	
1-
40
100
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1(1
40
100
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Noble    	
15
45
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80
80
Porter    	
8
25
75
60
40
Pulaski 	
12
35
100
90
Starke	
10
35
105
100
IKI
St Joseph	
12
35
106
90
90
Steuhen 	
15
30
120
100
100
Wabash	
12
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100
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Wells                	
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60
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White
12
40
100
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7
40
100
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100
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1-
30
101
92
88
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Blackford	
15
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85
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Boone  	
14        8
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Clav	
13       25
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Clinton	
Hi         4.
90
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Delaware
1-       :«
90
95
75
Fountain
II       32
96
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Hamilton	
15       H
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Hancock 	
n    36
100
70
90
Hendricks	
13       26
90
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Henry
16       X
100
90         OO
Howard	
18
30
80
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Jay	
John-nil	
10
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75
I'll           100
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80
Madison	
12
26
100
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Marion
11         X
90
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13      ;«
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Morgan	
12       Si
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86
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14         i"i
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1..       8
95
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12         4U
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Tippecai	
17         4.
81
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Union	
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26
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Vermillion	
14
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14
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loo       90
Wayne	
IK
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A ?erages     	
14,       32
91
89       87
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Bartholomew	
12
26
95
90
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Brown	
15
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Clark	
12
36
75
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Cfaw ford	
12
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71
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Daviess	
1
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Dearborn 	
9
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101
Decatur	
15
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90
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Dubois	
9
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75
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Floyd
12
21
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Franklin	
13
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101
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Gibson 	
11
27
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i Ireene 	
14
4-
95
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Ml
Harrison    	
12
31
91
91
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Jack -'.n   	
10
II
85
a
90
Jeffrrt .-ii	
11
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IK
100
Jennings	
S
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Id.
80
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Lawrence	
II
36
95
Martin	
14
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Monroe	
14
9
91
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26
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106
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95
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11
36
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91
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75
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12
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96
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REMARKS OK REPORTERS    -ISlll \\ \.
Benton Co.—Weather dry;.harvest  will
be at least one week earlier than last year.
Fulton Co.—Wheat injured by  bessian
tly and blat'k rust.
Miami Co.—.'rapes rotting on vine;
plenty of raspberries.
Stark Co.—Farmers feel jubilant over
crop prospects.
Kosciusko Co.—Wheat will be mostly
cut this week; weather warm; good harvest weather.
Jasper Co.—Just now we need rain;
crops beginning to sutler.
Decatur Co.—A heavy crop of oats ex-
pected ; no fruit of any kind, except blackberries and raspberries; pasturage drying
up for want of rain ; wheat all cut by the
Fourth.
Scott Co.—Apples all fell off; no rye or
barley raised.
Franklin.—Weather dry; potatoes will
be cut short l.y drouth.
Monroe Co.—Very dry; corn, potatoes
and grass suffering badly.
Washington Co.—Owing to the continued drouth, oats and grass will be short.
Tipton Co.—'Tis hard to estimate the
amount of wheat to the acre.
Ripley Co.—Wheat will be less than ex-
pected a month ago; apples nearly all disappeared.
Jackson Co.—The rust and fly damaged
the Wheat   considerably;   .-orn and
need rain.
Payette c<>.—No rain of any consequence
for 20 days.
Dearborn Co.—No rain f..r three weeks;
corn and early potatoes suffering.
Jefferson Co.—Oats uncertain—drouth
may lessen ; apples a nominal crop.
Shelby Co.—Weather very dry for past
three weeks.
Grant Co.—Wheat headed very heavy;
corn never looked better; horses marked
down; wheal catting commenced. A new
railroad line located from Richmond to
JoneaJboi".
Madison Co.— Fly in wheat; all harvested.
Tippecanoe Co.—Drouth is cutting crops
short.
Delaware Co.—Wheat damaged some by
an insect not a weavel.
Warren Co.—Needing rain badly.
Vanderbnrg Co.—Still warm and dry.
Warrick Oo.— No rain for three weeks.
Brown Co.—Too dry for anything to
grow.
Elkhart Co.—No peaches to amount to
anything.
Bartholomew Co.—Rain much needed;
pastures failing; -n being damaged.
Wells Co.—Farmers are feeling vary good.
I H- Kail. I"... - Hat her dry ; best hay Weal h-
er; wheat will all be cut by July 8.
Daviess Co.—Crops badly damaged by
dry weather.
Spencer Co.—Weather very dry and
warm.
Knox Co.—Very dry at present.
Crawford.—Suffering from drouth; fruit
not very plenty.
Jennings Co.—Several horses died this
spring; apples a failure; wheat nearly all
stacked    ten days   early'.
Cass Co.    Wheat in shock.
.   I.a(!range.—Wheat   harvested;   quality
good.
Onion Oo.—Drouth will cut potato crop
short.
Jay Co.—Corn needs rain ; wheat a failure.
Howard Co.—Having dry weather, cutting corn short.
Randolph Co.—Wheat fair; corn good;
needing rain.
Wayne lo.-Most all wheat in this section is in the shock, aud in fair condition;
all clover haying is past, and timothy will
be cut immediately; pasture and oats drying up, and need rain; corn is "rolling
ii])" and Buffering from the drouth;  roads
dusty.
ILLINOIS.
"Effingham Co.—Very dry; crops suffering for rain; haying about half done; bugs
damaged oats and timothy, and are now
in corn.
Wayne Co.—Chinch bugs likely to ruin
our corn.
Edwards Co.—General prospect good;
very dry.
Shelby Co.—Tho drouth is hurting us
materially.
Wabash Co.—Wheat is shrunk, caused
by fly and chinch bug.
Madison Co.—Hogs still very scarce;
milk cows in line demand.
De Witt Co.—A number of horses ill
north part of this county have been in
quarantine on account of disease.
Cumberland Co.—Last half of month
very dry; early potatoes an.l jiastures
badly hurt, wheat all cut and stacked,
some threshing done; chinch bugs injured wheat a little and are now attacking the corn.
I 'i-awford I 'o.—All crops need rain badly.
Gallatin Co.—Needing rain; no wheat
harvested.
Scott Co.—Wheat all cut, and being
threshed.
OHIO.
Hocking (So.—WeatheY is tine; wheat all
in shock.
Fayette I '...--Everything drying up for
want of rafn ; about half the wheat crop in
shock.
Putnam Co. -Not much barley sowed;
wheat ripe; some tly; no rust.
Hi-own Co.—Wheat harvest about over,
which is unusually early, but the grain
will not be as good as last year.
Auglaize Co.—Corn is small on account
of wet weather.
Miami I '<>.—Suffering for rain; wheat all
in sli.Mtk.
["airfield Co.—Weather warm antl dry;
wheat cut in good condition.
Lucas Co.—Very few peaches; all crops
Improved since rain.
Allen Co.—Apples all killed by frost.
Licking Co.—Harvest over.
Jackson Co.—Past ten days very dry,
injuring corn.
AVERAGES BY STATES.
Bo. wlieut per acre .estimated
Bo. mils per adv. estimated
Corn, |nTr..ni iif condition....
cii iv er, pec coot uf condition.
Ti ii o >t h y .per ceo t of condition
Apples, [►»• r ceotof full crop...
Peaches, per cent of full crop
Bo. rye per acre, estimated...
Bu. barley per acre .estinuileil
Horses, per cent of condition
Cattle, per cent of condition..
Hogs, per cent of condition...
Sheep, per cent of condition..
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64
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94
98
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There are several nice, healthy boys
from six to eleven years of age at the Colored Orphan's Home, this city, for whom
gootl places in the country are desired.
There are also two small girls there wanting homes. Mrs. Jane Trueblood, 347 N.
Delaware street, would be glad to give particulars to any who desire to learn regarding these children.
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