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VOL. XXI. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUG. 21,1886. NO 34 glxe fjfarm. Postal Card Correspondence. INDIANA. Henry Co., Aug. 14.—Grapes ripening; they are abundant; corn heavy and rank; wheat and oats nearly all in. W. D. Rush Co., Aug. 14.—The rain Is helping late planted corn, which is looking well; ground ln fine condition for plowing for wheat. E. K. Cbawford Co., Aug. 14.—Weather has been hot and oppressive: some showers, but only local; some are plowing for wheat; health not bo good as usual. J. M. J. Hanoook Co., Aug. 14.—There is a prospect for a heavy corn crop in this county; there wilt be a large acreage of wheat sown this fall; hogs are dying in some localities. S. S. B. Greene Co., Auk. 14.—It has been too dry for plowing fallow land; a good rain last night however has moistened the land, and farmers are plowing again. W. B. S. Washington Co., Aug. 24.—Wheat selling for 60 and 65 cts. per bu.; some plowing done; trees breaking under the load of apples; plums plenty; plenty of tomatoes also. O. M. M. Cass Co., Aug. 14.—Heavy hail storm three miles east on the night of the 11th, some damage; oorn crop greatly improved by the recent rains; prospect for a heavy crop. T. B. H. Jefferson Co., Aug. 14.—Abundant rains; pastures in fine condition; a narrow belt along the Ohio seems to have enjoyed timely rains which can be said of only small areas this season. F. L. M. Warrick Co., Aug. 14.—Clover seed is ripe and being cut; breaking for wheat is in order now; a hail storm recently damaged tobacco considerably, and also used some corn pretty rough. J. P. W. Floyd Co., Aug. 16.—Threshing mostly ever; yield above an average crop; hay and oats a splendid crop; potatoe. prove to be a good crop; as "tater" digging is on hand; some have commenced plowing; weather warm and cloudy. B. F. M. Jasper Co., Aug. 16.—The past five or six weeks very little rain fell; upon sandy and clay land) the corn was badly damaged by drouth; most of the pastures were Bhori, ar:-,^vJ-ylnK up; » copious shower fell on the f3th, which will revive grass and the oorn; prospects good for an average crop of oorn. I. B. W. LaOranoe Co., Aug. 14.—Ground too hard and dry to break; only a few light showers since the 22d of June; no rain in July; corn a small crop; pasture is dried np; people have commenced feeding the cattle; apples are plenty and not wormy; wheat run from two to 15 bushels to the acre; oats an average crop. J. P. C. Switzerland Co., Aug. 14—The hot and dry weather has been relieved by grateful showers and thunder storms on the 12th and 13th; corn continues in good condition notwithstanding the absence of rain; tobacco is diversified, some good and others bad, but the crop promises to be an average; apiarists report the honey crop short and of only moderate good quality. C G. B. Delaware Co.—As I see no correspondence from this corner of this county I though 1 would write a card; wheat about all threshed, with a bountiful yield; it is making on an average of 21 bushels per acre; corn looks fine but will not have a full crop; oats makes about 35 bushels per acre; the potato crop Is only tolerably good, not as good as last year; not a great many apples on account of bad trees. J. H. -flNNOI'RI. Miller Co., Aug. 13.—The weather is entirely too dry for corn. We had the very best prospects for corn up to the 1st of of July, and since then we have had but little rain, and in consequence the crop will be short; we will have enough to feed but none to sell. Wheat, oats and hay gave us very good crops. The dry weather has cut down the feed in the pastures, and quite a number are feeding, in order to keep up a steady gain. Everything the farmer has to sell is low, wheat 60 cents, corn 50, oats 25, potatoes 25, hay $8 per ton delivered. Stock, considering the season, is in very good condition, and farmers generally have feed sufficient to winter what they have if necessary. N. J. S. s m » f| K fi _ _ J. „ for balance of year for ___?) vCDTS tue ,n<nana Farmer. Tell your neighbors. to-day commissioned William A. Banks, of Laporte county, and Samuel Hargrove, of Pike, trustees of Purdue university for the term of three years from August 24, 1880. On the night of the 9th John Morris, of LaGro township Wabash oounty was attacked by three men, at the covered bridge over the Salamonia river, who knocked him down, and secured |35. They gave him a severe beating, and left him senseless in the road, where he was picked up several hours later. Three valuable horses were stolen on Monday night the 9th from the pasture of Frank Deckert residing 15 mile, west of Columbus. From the description given by persons who saw them, and by Mr. Deckert, they are almost positively known to be DeBro, Bruno and Hatfield, three of the notorious crooks who broke jail at Columbus recently. jllatje fjLeiYrs. Grandmother Bethiah Hancock, of Richmond will be 100 years old If she lives until Sept. 9. Burglars entered the post-office at New Paris, Elkhart county, and made off with about #65 worth of goods, cash and stamps. The annual reunion of the old brigade composed of the Eighth, Eighteenth and Twenty-second Indiana Infantry and First Battery will be held at Wabash, Oct. 19. Captain David Buskirk, the largest man In Indiana, died at his home in the north part of Monroe county last week. He was seven feet tall in his stockings,and weighed 400 pounds. The tobacco crop in the southern part of the State was severely damaged by hail last week. In some places the leaves were torn to shreds. A disease kown as pink-eye has broken out in an aggravated form among horses in Kokomo and vicinity. Twenty head are afllicted with this malady in the livery and feed stables of Sipe Bros. A large roller tlouring-mill is to be erected in I.'gonier, at a cost of $25,000. The parties come from Wauseon, O. A store-house, with a capacity of 80,000 bushels of wheat will also be erected. Robert Thompson's steam elevating grain warehouse, at Lima, LaGrange county, burned with its contents, consisting of 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of wheat owned by individual farmers of that county. The large barn of Westley Miller, near Goshen, together with the entire crop of wheat, farming implements, etc., was destroyed by fire, on Wednesday, making a heavy loss. No insurance. Incendiary. Upon the recommendation of the state board of agriculture, in accordance with a law approved March 9,1875, the governor THE FAIRS. THE HENRY COUNTY FAIR. The managers of this fair, held last week at Newcastle, congratulate themselves on the best exhibition ever given by the society. The attendance throughout was unusually large, and the entries in all departments were up to the full limit of the capacity of space, pens and stalls. Although a large number of new stalls had been made many horses were unprovided for and were taken to livery stables till called for In the show ring. The finest animal ln this class we saw here, and one of the handsomest general purpose animals we have seen anywhere was Wild Wagoner, a stallion recently purchased in Kentucky by Messrs. Hyatt and Berry, of Knightstown. He will be shown at the State fair and further mention will be made of him in our columns at a future time. Mr. Orville Boor, of New Castle, showed a yearling grade Clydesdale stallion of extra size and with many promising points, and a filly but little inferior. Among so many fine animals it Is impossible to go into particulars. Take it all in all the horse display at this fair is seldom surpassed. Shorthorn herds from Messrs. Thos. Wilhoit, of Middletown, 13 head, E. S. Frazee, of Rush county, and W. Mason, of Wabash, 11 head, comprised the stock in this class. All the cattle were in fine condition, and many of them of superior excellence. The hog and sheep pens were all filled, and by animals that would be a credit to any fair. R. H. Cooper, one of onr readers at Cadiz, had just taken first premium on a Shropshire buck, and some seconds on Southdown yearlings and two year-olds, when we passed his pens. Our agent, T. C. Phelps, of Greensboro, showed us six red ribbons, having taken that number of first premiums on his Cetswelds at this fair. The fruit display was good, both in variety and quality. Vegetables and grains were not largely represented but the quality was good in all varieties. An interesting display was made of the garden products grown by the orphan boys at the Home in Spiceland. There was a large collection, also, of relics and curiosities. Several displays "of . machinery were made, the patent paling and wire fence machines outnumbered all the rest, however, there being no less than eleven on the ground. Among them was one called the Tom Thumb, from its small size. It seemed to have all the necessary strength, however, and Is offered at the remarkably low price of f3 complete. The proprietors, Messrs. Williams <fc Jones, of Wayne Co., Ind., are not small in their boast, for they challenge any of the higher priced machines to put up mere, and as durable fence as they can. It is simplicity itself, and can be worked by any one with five minutes practice. A novel churn called The King, made In Ohio, seemed to us about as near the thing, as any we had seen. It will probably be at the State fair. The same remarks will apply to a new self-operating gate, and a combined fodder cutter, corn sheller and feed mill, recently patented, and made at Richmond. There were 375 entries in the poultry department, and the exhibit was excellent. The Ceurier of New Castle Issued a dally edition daring the fair. The editor calls the fair the largest connty fair in the State. Well, it is one of them. The New Ross fair last week enjoyed a good attendance. All the departments were full, which was largely due to the fact that the managers of this association have always paid every premium in full, even if they had to take money from their private means. Last year the receipts were $500 short of the premiums, and the deficit was at once made up. Such pluck as this deserves to succeed. The Clinton County fair at Frankfort Aug. 30 to Sept. 3, promises to be one of the largest and best exhibitions ever held in that part of the state. The citizens of surrounding counties are invited and expected. Casualties from lightning are remarkably numerous just now. In the telegraphic columns of the Daily Journal of Tuesday, the 17th, are nearly a dozen items giving accounts of deaths and damage from electricity in this State, during the storms of the preceding day and night. Near Monon the barn of D. T. Detrick was struck and destroyed with contents. At same place the house of David IVeauchamp was struck, and the bed on which he slept was torn into splinters, but no one killed. A tornado swept over a portion of Randolph oounty and the barn of Joseph Ruby was torn to pieces and two horses killed. Near LaPorte the large barn of John Lowey was struck and burned with 1,000 bushels of grain and hay. Insured in Ohio Farmers. Near Somerset, Wabash oounty, the barn of William Harvey was struck and burned. Loss $ 2,000, insured for f 1,000. At LaGro the barn of Judge Robert Lowry was struck and burned, with horse, vehicles, grain and hay; $1,000 loss. The new jail in Kokomo was damaged by lightning to the amount of $300. It had nine prisoners, bnt none were hurt. Just over the line in Darke county, Ohio, a tornado and thunder storm did great damage to dwelling houses, barns, orchards, etc. The bad weather prophets who said there would be heavy storms between August 16th and 24th have hit it this time.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1886, v. 21, no. 34 (Aug. 21) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2134 |
Date of Original | 1886 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
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 |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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VOL. XXI.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUG. 21,1886.
NO 34
glxe fjfarm.
Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
Henry Co., Aug. 14.—Grapes ripening;
they are abundant; corn heavy and rank;
wheat and oats nearly all in. W. D.
Rush Co., Aug. 14.—The rain Is helping
late planted corn, which is looking well;
ground ln fine condition for plowing for
wheat. E. K.
Cbawford Co., Aug. 14.—Weather has
been hot and oppressive: some showers,
but only local; some are plowing for
wheat; health not bo good as usual.
J. M. J.
Hanoook Co., Aug. 14.—There is a prospect for a heavy corn crop in this county;
there wilt be a large acreage of wheat sown
this fall; hogs are dying in some localities.
S. S. B.
Greene Co., Auk. 14.—It has been too
dry for plowing fallow land; a good rain
last night however has moistened the land,
and farmers are plowing again.
W. B. S.
Washington Co., Aug. 24.—Wheat selling for 60 and 65 cts. per bu.; some plowing done; trees breaking under the load of
apples; plums plenty; plenty of tomatoes
also. O. M. M.
Cass Co., Aug. 14.—Heavy hail storm
three miles east on the night of the 11th,
some damage; oorn crop greatly improved
by the recent rains; prospect for a heavy
crop. T. B. H.
Jefferson Co., Aug. 14.—Abundant
rains; pastures in fine condition; a narrow
belt along the Ohio seems to have enjoyed
timely rains which can be said of only
small areas this season. F. L. M.
Warrick Co., Aug. 14.—Clover seed is
ripe and being cut; breaking for wheat is
in order now; a hail storm recently damaged tobacco considerably, and also used
some corn pretty rough. J. P. W.
Floyd Co., Aug. 16.—Threshing mostly
ever; yield above an average crop; hay and
oats a splendid crop; potatoe. prove to be
a good crop; as "tater" digging is on
hand; some have commenced plowing;
weather warm and cloudy. B. F. M.
Jasper Co., Aug. 16.—The past five or
six weeks very little rain fell; upon sandy
and clay land) the corn was badly damaged by drouth; most of the pastures were
Bhori, ar:-,^vJ-ylnK up; » copious shower
fell on the f3th, which will revive grass
and the oorn; prospects good for an average crop of oorn. I. B. W.
LaOranoe Co., Aug. 14.—Ground too
hard and dry to break; only a few light
showers since the 22d of June; no rain in
July; corn a small crop; pasture is dried
np; people have commenced feeding the
cattle; apples are plenty and not wormy;
wheat run from two to 15 bushels to the
acre; oats an average crop. J. P. C.
Switzerland Co., Aug. 14—The hot
and dry weather has been relieved by
grateful showers and thunder storms on
the 12th and 13th; corn continues in good
condition notwithstanding the absence of
rain; tobacco is diversified, some good and
others bad, but the crop promises to be an
average; apiarists report the honey crop
short and of only moderate good quality.
C G. B.
Delaware Co.—As I see no correspondence from this corner of this county I
though 1 would write a card; wheat about
all threshed, with a bountiful yield; it is
making on an average of 21 bushels per
acre; corn looks fine but will not have a
full crop; oats makes about 35 bushels per
acre; the potato crop Is only tolerably good,
not as good as last year; not a great many
apples on account of bad trees. J. H.
-flNNOI'RI.
Miller Co., Aug. 13.—The weather is entirely too dry for corn. We had the very
best prospects for corn up to the 1st of
of July, and since then we have had but
little rain, and in consequence the crop
will be short; we will have enough to feed
but none to sell. Wheat, oats and hay
gave us very good crops. The dry weather has cut down the feed in the pastures,
and quite a number are feeding, in order
to keep up a steady gain. Everything the
farmer has to sell is low, wheat 60 cents,
corn 50, oats 25, potatoes 25, hay $8 per ton
delivered. Stock, considering the season,
is in very good condition, and farmers
generally have feed sufficient to winter
what they have if necessary. N. J. S.
s m »
f| K fi _ _ J. „ for balance of year for
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