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\ VOL. XXIX. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. MAY 12, 1894. NO. 19. WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Orop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Oo-operation With the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Tuesday, May 7 189£. Exoessively warm weather, much rain and, moderate sunshine were very beneficial to vegetation in general. All crops are in a most promising and advanced condition. Wheat and clover are blooming in some localities of the southern portion. Oats, rje and grass are growing rapidly. Potatoes have come up. Although interrupted by occasional rains, much corn wai planted during the past week; in some localities the planting is completed, or nearly so; in the central portion, in some fields, corn is almost high enough to be plowed. Fruit continues blooming; some blossoms are falling off. Live stock is in good condition on good pasturage. Sheep shearing progresses; the clip is very good. In the southern portion cutworms have made their appearance in localities, and in the central portion potato bugs. SOUTHERN PORTION. Gibson, Posey and Pike counties —Rains and warm weather advanced all planted crops; wheat never looked more promising; pasturage and live stock are doing well; corn planting is advancing rapidly, with the ground in good condition. Dubois, Spencer and Warrick counties.— This week has been an excellent one for work and for the advancement of crops; wheat never looked better at this season; rye and grass are growing rapidly; plowing and planting of corn progresses rapidly; in Dubois county fruit will be scarce; no peaches at all, and corn planting is held back because of cutworms. Orange, Perry, Harrison and Floyd counties.—Good growing weather prevailed, but rain is need in Perry county; whpat, oats, clover and grass are growing nici ly; much plowing and corn planting is (1 ne. Scott, Washington, Clark and Jefferson counties.—Warm, sunny weather and showers advanced all vegetation; wheat, oats, grass and clover look well; wheat is booming in Washington county; in Clark county wheat is from 14 to 16 inches high; there are plenty of strawberries and raspberries; potatoes stand well and meadows are remarkably fine; strong wind on the 3d did some damage. Dearborn, Jennings, Bartholomew and Jackson counties.—The weather was all that could be wished, warm with showers except in Jackson county where less Tain fell; wheat is coming on wonderfully and never promised better; although corn planting had been interrupted by rains the work is well advanced; oats, clover and pastures are doing nicely and there will be apples, cherries and gooseberries in Jackson county. Knox, Daviess, Greene and Lawrence connties.—Perfect weather conditions prevailed for the growth of crops and farm work; wheat is growing fine; it is jointing in Knox county; oats is doing well; corn planting is progressing; in some localities rains interrupted it; in Greene county cutworms are doing much damage and farmers delay corn planting in consequence. CENTRAL PORTION. Vigo, Clay, Owen and Morgan counties. —Warm weather with showers prevailed; wheat grass and gardens are looking well; late sown oats are growing nicely; corn planting progresses rapidly; it is nearly done in Morgan county; in Owen county the planting was interrupted by rains; apples in that c aunty will yield at least half a crop; fruit trees and berries promise a fair yield in Morgan county. Shelby, Johnson, Rush and Decatur counties.—The weather was beneficial to all crops; wheat, oats, grass, potatoes and garden plants are growing nicely; stock and pasturage are in fine condition; in Shelby county clover and oats show that they have been injured; in Johnson county oats and grass have a good start; May cherries are scarce but grapes are growing rapidly; corn planting advances rapidly; in Rush county it is nearly done and corn is coming up well; fruit is dropping off. Franklin, Union, Randolph and Wayne counties.—The warm weather with occas ional showers caused the growing crops to advance rapidly and wheat, oats and grass never looked better at this time in May; the ground was fine for planting and corn planting is done in some localities and nearly so in others; it cannot be remembered in Randolph when corn planting was done so early; fruit is still in good condition; pears and cherries promise a fair crop, apples less so. Madison, Fayette, Hancock, Delaware and Henry counties.—The warm weather and recent rains benefited all crops; wheat, clover, oate, etc , are growing nicely and look well; corn is nearly all planted, some is coming up; a large acreage of potatoes has been planted in Madison county and sows and pigs are doing remarkably well; pears are falling off in Hancock county and the crop will not be as large as anticipated. Marion, Hamilton, Boone and Hendricks; c junty.—The frequent rains during the week advanced all crops; wheat in Hamilton and Boone counties is getting very rank; the fruit prospect is very good; there will be plenty of strawberries in Marion and Boone counties; the rains delayed corn planting but nevertheless it is nearly done from five to six weeks earlier than last year; the earlier planted corn is coming up nicely, in Boone county it is nearly high enough to be plowed. Montgomery, Putnam, "Vermillion and Parke counties.—Unusual fine weather pre vailed, high temperature and frequent rains and a^l crops including fruit except peaches in Montgomery county, are in most promising condition; corn planting was delayed in localities in Montgomery county by heavy rains. NORTHERN PORTION. Lake, LaPorte, Starke, Porter and Pulaski counties.—Warm weather and light and heavy showers were very beneficial; wheat and rye never looked better at this time of the year; all oats are coming up; none were injured as feared; early potatoes are up in places; peaches, cherries and pears are all alive; apples and cherries bloomed very heavily; corn planting progresses; sheep shearing has begun in La- Porte county. Marshall, Fulton, St. Joseph, Elkhart and Kosciusko counties.—The warm and occasional sunny weather and the rains were very beneficial; wheat, oats and rye are in a fine promising condition; fruit trees are in full bloom; peaches seem to be injured in Marshall and Fulton counties; plowing and planting was delayed by rains except in Fulton county. Noble, Whitley, Allen and Starke counties.—Fine rainy weather caused everything to grow nicely and to be in best condition; wheat is growing very rank; pasture has been seen seldom in such fine condition; plowing and planting corn progresses; the earlier corn commences to sprout nicely; fruit trees are in full bloom. Adams, Jay, Blackford and Wells counties.—The favorable weather the past week benefited all crops; corn planting is nearly finished in Wells county; stock is in fine condition on good pasturage; potatoes are coming up; apple trees in Adams county are in bloom, promising a full crop; sheep shearing has commenced. Huntington and Grant counties.—Warm and showery; all crops in fine coundition; there is a fair prospect for fruit, especially pears in Grant county; corn planting progresses; that planted 10 days ago is coming up. Carroll, Cass and Miami counties.—Some rain and warm days, good weather for all growing crops; wheat, oats, clover and timothy are growing nicely and look well; potatoes are coining up; stock improves with the growth of grass; there will be more fruit in Cass county than expected; much corn has been planted. Clinton, Tipton and Howard counties.— All crops are in fine condition; wheat and rye look splendid the latter commences to joint in Clinton county; early potatoes are up and doing well; oats look well; corn planting is nearly done, that which was planted early is coming up nicely in Tipton county some fields are being cultivated; cherries promise a fair crop; apples are more promising than a few weeks ago; strong winds on the 5th did some damage in Tipton and Clinton counties. Tippecanoe, Benton and White counties —With favorable weather and rains, wheat, oats and grass are growing rapidly; corn planting was delayed by rains; cattle is in good condition. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, .leather Bureau, Assistant Director. Salaries, Professional j,Fees and Prices Editors Indiana Farmer: The Indiana Farmer of April 21 con tained an editorial which was said to have been inspired by a paper published in some Eastern exchange, entitled "Plain Facts." The question is very pertinently asked in this editorial why the salaries of public officials and the fees of doctors and lawyers have not declined in a corresponding ratio with the prices of farm products. My attempts to answer will involve additional questions in the same line. Why has there not been a decline in the commodity of labor which has been employed in the manufacturing, mining, trade and transportion? The statistics of Mr.'Atkinson shows that the wage earners in these industries, in 1893, received 60 per cent better wages than they did 25 years ago. Their hours of labor have also been reduced by legislation in almost every State in the Union in the same time. The wages of all these laborers enter into the expense account of the farmer each year in a greater degree than do the fees of lawyers and dectors and the salaries of officials. A suit of men's clothing from the shelves of the merchant costs as much to day, quality considered, as it cost 15 years ago. A ton of anthracite coal costs about the same. The salesmen who are employed in handling these articles receive better pay than they did 15 years back. It costs jnst as much to ship a car load of wheat or stock to a seaboard market now as it cost in 1880, and local possenger fare is the same. Meantime the average price of agricultural products has declined one-half during the period named. The wages of the industrial laborers in manufacturing, mining, trade and transportation, have been advanced and maintained, and special legislation in their interest has been effected through the medium of their organizations; not by the generosity of politicians or the philanthropy of their employers. In the same manner a combination of capital regulates the price of the output of the factories and mines, and controls the railroad traffic. Lawyers and doctors are organized for their professional and personal benefit. While the "fee bill" of physicians, and, perhaps, of lawyers, for whom I cannot speak knowingly,is not under absolute control of the organizations, it is, nevertheless, among the subjects of discussion at their meetings, and is, to some extent, regulated by the action of the medical societies of the country and cities. One hundred and twenty-six medical colleges in the United States are grinding out 5,000 doctors each year, and there are already 100,000 at work. Doctors are increasing at the rate of 20 per cent annually, while the population is only increasing about 3 per cent. This, in the absence of organization, should certainly keep the medical fees on a par with food. But the organizations do not entirely obviate competition in charges, more especially in the early years of the physician's life, and beyond what is regarded as a reasonable limit, never. The charges of the general practitioner who is older and well established, depend somewhat upon his merits and the ability of the customer to pay. In this case the fees are rather arbitrary, and frequently in the line of the specialist they are exorbitant and even intolerable. The honorable physician will not, intentionally, prostitute his calling for mercenary ends. He may, in the present depressed state of prices, sometimes overestimate the capacity of his customer to pay. The most contemptible man who infests the medical profession, and the one who is most dangerous to the public, is the advertising charlatan, the professional "fake" and bombast. He it is who gets . money from poor sufferers without consid- _ eHation, by delusions and falsifying. There are many of them, too, among the graduates of regular medical colleges. ■ This is true because the medical profession still has a residue of medieval dogmatism, which infuses some of its members with an air of superiority, and leads them to believe that they really are better than anybody else and that only cheap doctors will do eheap work. If I mistake not a large number of such men may be found engaged in the practice of "specialties" In most of the cities and towns to-day. They should be sought out and sat down upon by the public. I do not think that an equlibrium of prices, such as to meet the demands of justice, would shade the fees of the country doctor very much. It was his experience which inspired the poetical strain: * God and the doctor we alike adore When we get sick, and not before; When we get well both are slighted, God forgotten and the doctor requited." The high salaried officials all over the country have preserved their unearned allowances from the war era up to this date by close organization and the corrupt use of money. It is to the shame of our political institutions that these venal influences have prevailed over tho legislative bodies for so many years, while the groans of the tax-ridden people have been growing louder and louder. I believe that we are entering an epoch of low prices which is to abide permanently, and that there must be a readjustment of values in every industry, line of business and profession. Organizations of the industial classes and legislative enactments of a demagogical character will be met on all hands to oppose the estalish- ment of uniformity and fairness in prices. In the contlict and the transition following the farmers will be, or have been, the first to suffer. They will suffer the longest and the most severely, because they are unorganized, and consequently a helpless prey to all other industrial and professional classes. L N. Davis, M. D. Farmland.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1894, v. 29, no. 19 (May 12) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2919 |
Date of Original | 1894 |
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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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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | \ VOL. XXIX. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. MAY 12, 1894. NO. 19. WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Orop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Oo-operation With the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Tuesday, May 7 189£. Exoessively warm weather, much rain and, moderate sunshine were very beneficial to vegetation in general. All crops are in a most promising and advanced condition. Wheat and clover are blooming in some localities of the southern portion. Oats, rje and grass are growing rapidly. Potatoes have come up. Although interrupted by occasional rains, much corn wai planted during the past week; in some localities the planting is completed, or nearly so; in the central portion, in some fields, corn is almost high enough to be plowed. Fruit continues blooming; some blossoms are falling off. Live stock is in good condition on good pasturage. Sheep shearing progresses; the clip is very good. In the southern portion cutworms have made their appearance in localities, and in the central portion potato bugs. SOUTHERN PORTION. Gibson, Posey and Pike counties —Rains and warm weather advanced all planted crops; wheat never looked more promising; pasturage and live stock are doing well; corn planting is advancing rapidly, with the ground in good condition. Dubois, Spencer and Warrick counties.— This week has been an excellent one for work and for the advancement of crops; wheat never looked better at this season; rye and grass are growing rapidly; plowing and planting of corn progresses rapidly; in Dubois county fruit will be scarce; no peaches at all, and corn planting is held back because of cutworms. Orange, Perry, Harrison and Floyd counties.—Good growing weather prevailed, but rain is need in Perry county; whpat, oats, clover and grass are growing nici ly; much plowing and corn planting is (1 ne. Scott, Washington, Clark and Jefferson counties.—Warm, sunny weather and showers advanced all vegetation; wheat, oats, grass and clover look well; wheat is booming in Washington county; in Clark county wheat is from 14 to 16 inches high; there are plenty of strawberries and raspberries; potatoes stand well and meadows are remarkably fine; strong wind on the 3d did some damage. Dearborn, Jennings, Bartholomew and Jackson counties.—The weather was all that could be wished, warm with showers except in Jackson county where less Tain fell; wheat is coming on wonderfully and never promised better; although corn planting had been interrupted by rains the work is well advanced; oats, clover and pastures are doing nicely and there will be apples, cherries and gooseberries in Jackson county. Knox, Daviess, Greene and Lawrence connties.—Perfect weather conditions prevailed for the growth of crops and farm work; wheat is growing fine; it is jointing in Knox county; oats is doing well; corn planting is progressing; in some localities rains interrupted it; in Greene county cutworms are doing much damage and farmers delay corn planting in consequence. CENTRAL PORTION. Vigo, Clay, Owen and Morgan counties. —Warm weather with showers prevailed; wheat grass and gardens are looking well; late sown oats are growing nicely; corn planting progresses rapidly; it is nearly done in Morgan county; in Owen county the planting was interrupted by rains; apples in that c aunty will yield at least half a crop; fruit trees and berries promise a fair yield in Morgan county. Shelby, Johnson, Rush and Decatur counties.—The weather was beneficial to all crops; wheat, oats, grass, potatoes and garden plants are growing nicely; stock and pasturage are in fine condition; in Shelby county clover and oats show that they have been injured; in Johnson county oats and grass have a good start; May cherries are scarce but grapes are growing rapidly; corn planting advances rapidly; in Rush county it is nearly done and corn is coming up well; fruit is dropping off. Franklin, Union, Randolph and Wayne counties.—The warm weather with occas ional showers caused the growing crops to advance rapidly and wheat, oats and grass never looked better at this time in May; the ground was fine for planting and corn planting is done in some localities and nearly so in others; it cannot be remembered in Randolph when corn planting was done so early; fruit is still in good condition; pears and cherries promise a fair crop, apples less so. Madison, Fayette, Hancock, Delaware and Henry counties.—The warm weather and recent rains benefited all crops; wheat, clover, oate, etc , are growing nicely and look well; corn is nearly all planted, some is coming up; a large acreage of potatoes has been planted in Madison county and sows and pigs are doing remarkably well; pears are falling off in Hancock county and the crop will not be as large as anticipated. Marion, Hamilton, Boone and Hendricks; c junty.—The frequent rains during the week advanced all crops; wheat in Hamilton and Boone counties is getting very rank; the fruit prospect is very good; there will be plenty of strawberries in Marion and Boone counties; the rains delayed corn planting but nevertheless it is nearly done from five to six weeks earlier than last year; the earlier planted corn is coming up nicely, in Boone county it is nearly high enough to be plowed. Montgomery, Putnam, "Vermillion and Parke counties.—Unusual fine weather pre vailed, high temperature and frequent rains and a^l crops including fruit except peaches in Montgomery county, are in most promising condition; corn planting was delayed in localities in Montgomery county by heavy rains. NORTHERN PORTION. Lake, LaPorte, Starke, Porter and Pulaski counties.—Warm weather and light and heavy showers were very beneficial; wheat and rye never looked better at this time of the year; all oats are coming up; none were injured as feared; early potatoes are up in places; peaches, cherries and pears are all alive; apples and cherries bloomed very heavily; corn planting progresses; sheep shearing has begun in La- Porte county. Marshall, Fulton, St. Joseph, Elkhart and Kosciusko counties.—The warm and occasional sunny weather and the rains were very beneficial; wheat, oats and rye are in a fine promising condition; fruit trees are in full bloom; peaches seem to be injured in Marshall and Fulton counties; plowing and planting was delayed by rains except in Fulton county. Noble, Whitley, Allen and Starke counties.—Fine rainy weather caused everything to grow nicely and to be in best condition; wheat is growing very rank; pasture has been seen seldom in such fine condition; plowing and planting corn progresses; the earlier corn commences to sprout nicely; fruit trees are in full bloom. Adams, Jay, Blackford and Wells counties.—The favorable weather the past week benefited all crops; corn planting is nearly finished in Wells county; stock is in fine condition on good pasturage; potatoes are coming up; apple trees in Adams county are in bloom, promising a full crop; sheep shearing has commenced. Huntington and Grant counties.—Warm and showery; all crops in fine coundition; there is a fair prospect for fruit, especially pears in Grant county; corn planting progresses; that planted 10 days ago is coming up. Carroll, Cass and Miami counties.—Some rain and warm days, good weather for all growing crops; wheat, oats, clover and timothy are growing nicely and look well; potatoes are coining up; stock improves with the growth of grass; there will be more fruit in Cass county than expected; much corn has been planted. Clinton, Tipton and Howard counties.— All crops are in fine condition; wheat and rye look splendid the latter commences to joint in Clinton county; early potatoes are up and doing well; oats look well; corn planting is nearly done, that which was planted early is coming up nicely in Tipton county some fields are being cultivated; cherries promise a fair crop; apples are more promising than a few weeks ago; strong winds on the 5th did some damage in Tipton and Clinton counties. Tippecanoe, Benton and White counties —With favorable weather and rains, wheat, oats and grass are growing rapidly; corn planting was delayed by rains; cattle is in good condition. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, .leather Bureau, Assistant Director. Salaries, Professional j,Fees and Prices Editors Indiana Farmer: The Indiana Farmer of April 21 con tained an editorial which was said to have been inspired by a paper published in some Eastern exchange, entitled "Plain Facts." The question is very pertinently asked in this editorial why the salaries of public officials and the fees of doctors and lawyers have not declined in a corresponding ratio with the prices of farm products. My attempts to answer will involve additional questions in the same line. Why has there not been a decline in the commodity of labor which has been employed in the manufacturing, mining, trade and transportion? The statistics of Mr.'Atkinson shows that the wage earners in these industries, in 1893, received 60 per cent better wages than they did 25 years ago. Their hours of labor have also been reduced by legislation in almost every State in the Union in the same time. The wages of all these laborers enter into the expense account of the farmer each year in a greater degree than do the fees of lawyers and dectors and the salaries of officials. A suit of men's clothing from the shelves of the merchant costs as much to day, quality considered, as it cost 15 years ago. A ton of anthracite coal costs about the same. The salesmen who are employed in handling these articles receive better pay than they did 15 years back. It costs jnst as much to ship a car load of wheat or stock to a seaboard market now as it cost in 1880, and local possenger fare is the same. Meantime the average price of agricultural products has declined one-half during the period named. The wages of the industrial laborers in manufacturing, mining, trade and transportation, have been advanced and maintained, and special legislation in their interest has been effected through the medium of their organizations; not by the generosity of politicians or the philanthropy of their employers. In the same manner a combination of capital regulates the price of the output of the factories and mines, and controls the railroad traffic. Lawyers and doctors are organized for their professional and personal benefit. While the "fee bill" of physicians, and, perhaps, of lawyers, for whom I cannot speak knowingly,is not under absolute control of the organizations, it is, nevertheless, among the subjects of discussion at their meetings, and is, to some extent, regulated by the action of the medical societies of the country and cities. One hundred and twenty-six medical colleges in the United States are grinding out 5,000 doctors each year, and there are already 100,000 at work. Doctors are increasing at the rate of 20 per cent annually, while the population is only increasing about 3 per cent. This, in the absence of organization, should certainly keep the medical fees on a par with food. But the organizations do not entirely obviate competition in charges, more especially in the early years of the physician's life, and beyond what is regarded as a reasonable limit, never. The charges of the general practitioner who is older and well established, depend somewhat upon his merits and the ability of the customer to pay. In this case the fees are rather arbitrary, and frequently in the line of the specialist they are exorbitant and even intolerable. The honorable physician will not, intentionally, prostitute his calling for mercenary ends. He may, in the present depressed state of prices, sometimes overestimate the capacity of his customer to pay. The most contemptible man who infests the medical profession, and the one who is most dangerous to the public, is the advertising charlatan, the professional "fake" and bombast. He it is who gets . money from poor sufferers without consid- _ eHation, by delusions and falsifying. There are many of them, too, among the graduates of regular medical colleges. ■ This is true because the medical profession still has a residue of medieval dogmatism, which infuses some of its members with an air of superiority, and leads them to believe that they really are better than anybody else and that only cheap doctors will do eheap work. If I mistake not a large number of such men may be found engaged in the practice of "specialties" In most of the cities and towns to-day. They should be sought out and sat down upon by the public. I do not think that an equlibrium of prices, such as to meet the demands of justice, would shade the fees of the country doctor very much. It was his experience which inspired the poetical strain: * God and the doctor we alike adore When we get sick, and not before; When we get well both are slighted, God forgotten and the doctor requited." The high salaried officials all over the country have preserved their unearned allowances from the war era up to this date by close organization and the corrupt use of money. It is to the shame of our political institutions that these venal influences have prevailed over tho legislative bodies for so many years, while the groans of the tax-ridden people have been growing louder and louder. I believe that we are entering an epoch of low prices which is to abide permanently, and that there must be a readjustment of values in every industry, line of business and profession. Organizations of the industial classes and legislative enactments of a demagogical character will be met on all hands to oppose the estalish- ment of uniformity and fairness in prices. In the contlict and the transition following the farmers will be, or have been, the first to suffer. They will suffer the longest and the most severely, because they are unorganized, and consequently a helpless prey to all other industrial and professional classes. L N. Davis, M. D. Farmland. |
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