VOL. XXIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., AUG. 10,1889.
NO. 32
OKOP EEPOETS,
The Three Central Western States.
Wehave pretty lull reports Irom the three
great Central Western States on the year's
yield of wheat, oats, eto, and condition ol
the crops and live Btock. The estimates
were made by our reporters on the yield
from the threshing machines. Oaly a
part of the wheat and oats lay et threshed,
but the reports by counties are made by
estimating the whole acreage by that run
through the machines. The wheat fields
that were thin on the ground in many instances yielded surprising crops. The
green wheat insect that alarmed so many
in Jane seems to have effected only the
late wheat. Fields in Johnson county are
reported as yielding 45 bushels per acre,
La Orange as high as 46, one field is reported, while Wabash, Allen, Kosciusko,
Carroll, Hancock, Madison, Elkhart and
Jackson counties report single fields
yielding 25 to 40 bushels per acre. The
grain is generally good, though in several
localities the wet weather has damaged
the crop before it could be threshed.
WHEAT ACREAGE AND YIELD OF THE
THREE STATES.
Acres. Bnshels
Indiana  2,774,800 40,900.300
Ohio  2.669,800 40,-98 560
Illinois :. :  2,449,300 39,188 800
- We have already stated that these ' are
the estimates by counties in the three
States, made on the whole area on the
basis of that part already threshed. Of
course the figures may vary when the
whole crop has been run through the
threshing machine, but as the threshing
so far done is scattered over the several
counties, it is fair to presume that the
figures are very nearly correct, as the reports are by intelligent farmers themselves.
As showing some of the counties reporting the great yields, Hon. Kobert
Mitchell, of the State Board of Agrioulture, who Is known as a very successful
farmer, gives the average yield of wheat
in Gibson at 30 bushels per acre. The
following counties report the greatest
average yields:
Av. bu. per acre. Ar. bu. per acre
Gibson  80  Wabssh  25
Elkhart _... 25  Jasper „ 18
Allen  2! La Orange  18
Kosciusko 20  Hancock 18
Huntington  20  Shelby.-. 18
Decatur „_ 20  Tipton  18
Crawford.-. 20 Floyd „ 16
Jackson  20   Hamilton  16
Scott „ 18  Montg mery » 16
Carroll 16  Clark 18
Miami _ 16
Oats, lt will be seen, is not a large crop,
though fair. The excessive rain seriously
interfered with the harvest, and hence
the crop was not as well saved as usual.
Corn has surprised all by its growth.
The early cool dry weather retarded it
greatly, but when the early June rains
came, followed by a good many, hot days
together, the plant fairly bounded in
growth, and now promises to mature a
good crop if rain shall be but moderate,
and dry weather comes a little later on.
It will be seen tbat the three States stand
in condition at 90 for Indiana, 93 for Ohio
and 90 for Illinois.
The hay crop ia also far better than it
■was supposed It could be on June 21st.
The rains came in good season and a fair
crop is harvested.
Clover seed is only estimated by the
present condition of the crop, and only a
few reporters ventured to do this.
Flax seed ia a fair crop, so far as reported, but only a few counties report on this.
The fruit orop is fair, though quite a
number of the reporters state that apples
are falling badly before maturity. Peaches
in abundanoe where there are trees.
Live stook, it will be noticed by the table by States are reported lnfair condi
tion, horses,  cattle and sheep well up In
the nineties.
AVERAGES BY STATES.
Indiana. Ohio. Illinois
Wheat, average bu. per acre 15.14 15.20 46
Corn, per cent of condition... 90 »3 9)
Oats, average bu. per acre... 30 34 32
Flax, average bu. per acre  8 50 8 8.40
Clover, bu. seed per acre - 3.60 3.40     8.83
Timothy, tons hay per acre. 1.50 1.75 1.70
Apple, per ct. of condition  78 80 8J
Peaches, per ct. of condition. 75 76 74
Bye, average bu. per acre..:... 21 .   21 23
Barley, average bu. per acre 26    • 58 27
Potatoes, per ct. of condition .', M 80
Horses, per ct. of condition.. 98 96 95
Cattle, per ct. of condition  99 98 97
Hogs, per ct. of condition  91 9J 90
Sheep, per ct. of condition.... 96 93 97
REMARKS OF REPORTERS—INDIANA.
Kipley Co.—Wet season, but wheat in
good condition; also most hay; oats will
be damaged.
Morgan Co.—Wet season and plenty
weeds in corn.
Vermillion Co.—Lots of rain last two
weeks.
Delaware Co.—Corn was not tended well
but doing well now.
Harrison Co.—Wind has blown corn
down badly, and plenty of rain.
Jackson Co.—Crops damaged by wet
weather.
Bartholomew Co.—Wheat damaged by
rain, about one third threshed.
Hamilton Co.—Grub worm has damaged the corn much.
Scott Co.—Wet weather damaged;wheat.
Dearborn Co.—Hay and grain saved generally in poor condition; rained each week
In July.
Benton Co.—Oats poorly saved and early
corn very uneven.
Washington Co.—On account of wet
weather, oats in bad oondition.
Montgomery Co.—Wheat grades No. 3;
with dry weather clover seed will be good
crop.
Hancock Co.—Apples falling badly.
Carroll Co.—Wheat sprouted some in
shock.
Miami Co.—Very wet and corn not well
tended.
Dacatur Co.—Wheat sprouting in shock.
LaGrange Co.—Rye on upland large
crop, fielding as high as 30 bushels per
acre, and rye on low land taken by army
worm. Potatoes big .crop; apples and
peaches plenty.
Porter Co.—The green wheat louse injured wheat 50 per cent.
Randolph Co.—Some extra good wheat
and some poor.
Parke Co.—Stock greatly improved and
in excellent condition.
Owen Co.—Wheat damaged by rain;
corn doing fine.
Kosciusko Co.—Wheat yields from 10 to
35 bushels per aore.
Wabash Co.—Corn on sod much damaged by grub worms.
Fayette Co.—The grub worm is damaging corn.
Allen Co.—Wheat, oats, rye and flax are
the best crop in 20 years here; some wheat
fields went 40 bushels per acre; live stook
in fine oondition.
Crawford Co.—-Ul crops fine this year.
Rash Co.—It has been so wet will have
short corn crop; not as muoh hog cholera
as usual thia Beason; pastures good.
OHIO.
Butler Co.—Wheat averages good, and
quality fine; corn promising good crop
but weedy.
Miami Co.—Wheat and oats extra good.
Logan Co.—Full average wheat and oats
crop; corn will be a good crop also; live
stock in very fine condition.
Van Wert Co.—Oats orop promises excellent.
Richland Co.—Crops generally fair to
excellent, and Uve stook in good condition.
Licking Co#—Pastures very fine.
Huron Co.—Big crop of whortleberries
this year.
ILLINOIS.
Shelby Co.—Wheat and oats turn out
better than expected.
Macoupin Co.—Wheat is a big yield and
fine quality; the outlook for bountiful
crops was never better.
Edgar Cx—Cjrn a splendid prospect.
Lawrence Cj.—Too much rain; corn
fine.
Clay Co.—Big wheat crop; very wet.
Da Witt Cj.—Wheat yield large; too wet
to make good hay.
Jasper Cj.—Corn very promising.
Montgomery Gi —Peach trees loaded
with fruit, but crop is stung viith insects.
Sangamon Co.—Corn fine but weedy.
Vritten for the Indiana Farmer.
Be Warned ln Time.
by A. b. c.
In conversation with a mill owner' recently I remarked that an English syndicate was trying to buy all the large mills
in Minneapolis and St. Louis. Hesaid:
"I wish they would; they would keep the
price of flour up." How can the producing classes bs blinded by the false claims
of combined capital in the light of past
experience? The farmer may think that
it the price of flour goes up the price of
wheat will also; but he'll be disappointed
It is not my purpose to go into details to
prove this oy the acts of  combined capi-
taliato   In tlio  jpoab.     _*_'!    -trltxr ivcnZ   sussss*
know.
All these combinations and trusts that
were organized for the sole purpose of getting rich off the oonsuming classes can be
broken up. It only needs combined efiort
to do lt. Sugar aud coflee are not essential to our well being. Our forefathers
were hardier than we on a plain diet.
The high price of flour will afl'-ct the
day laborer more than the farmer, but the
farmer and the day laborer can mutually
benefit one another if the laborer will
procure a hand mill and grind his flour
from wheat which he buys ot the farmer.
Indiana and Illinois Fairs.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Mr. Gillham, in bis letter to the Farmer, draws wrong conclusions from what
was agreed on as to time of holding the
fairs. The following was the order agreed
on, and the report of the committee of the
National Association of Fair Managers:
The many arguments in favor of the formalton of
circuits of fairs are so famll.ar to the managers ot
fairs that it is unnecessary to repeat them in a report. The commUtee, after consultation with the
representatives of the various assocl -tions present,
begs leave to recommend the following circuits of
theState and District fairs for 18?: Western Circuit: Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois,
St. Louis, Omaha, Western National, Kansas City,
Middle Circuit: Ohio, Toledo, South Bend, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, St. Lonls.
ChabIjES F. Mltus, Illinois,
Festos J. Wadb, St. Louis,
R. M. Lockkabt, Indiana,
Committee.
Now the motion I made at the last meeting was exactly as follow*., to which Mr.
Gillham assents, viz;
"That the fairs of the Central Circuit be held in
same order ln which they have been held heretofore
previous to the year iSSS "
And so Indiana fixed the fair "ln the
same order" as had been agreed on, for
it was very well known to all that the St.
Lonls fair date is fixed by rule to begin
the first Monday in October, and as October comes in on Tuesday this year, the St.
Louis fair is put a week later than usual,
leaving the week before open to the Illinois fair. If they had selected the week
thus left open to them, then they would
have complied with the National State
Fstlr Managers orders and in accordance
with my motion to hold the fairs "ln the
same order" as had been agreed on. The
Illinois Board seems to have deferred to
the St. Louis Jockey Club, rather than
have complied with the agreement. .
Princeton, Ind.      Robebt Mitchell,
Letter from Montana.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
The Milk river oountry is settling rapidly ; both from the Eiat and West scores are
coming in. Parts of Oregon, Idaho and
Washington have had a great drouth and
this has driven many settlers to this great
valley, where rain and grass has been abundant, and grass very fine, and crops excellent. There will be a gre it deal of hay
out here In the valley and on the bench
lands. Chinook Is about the center of
great rains, and for a hundred miles the
ground is saturated with water to mature
grass and crops. Some of the wheat and
oats is so heavy that they are lodged,
while others are lighter, but good. Fifty
families from one place have taken claims
20 miles east of Chinook and will move
here in Saptembei*. The town of Chinook
is becoming a great bnsiness center for a
trade of this whole oountry, and has Improved and built up rapidly. The Bame is
true of Glasgow, 130 miles east of this, and
the town and surrounding oountry are
settling up fast. The new Indian agency
contracts for building, 40 miles east of
Chinook have jast been let, and $50,000 are
to be spent on them by the government.
Great fl _cks of sheep and herd of cattle
have gone to the Bear Paw mountain bench
lands, jast south of here, where the grass
la very flne for grazing. This great valley
will Boon bs a very rich and prosperous
countryv.     B. W. R.
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Letter from Central Illinois.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
When a small boy does well we think it
right to give him a word cf praisa. Men,
even old and wise men are often no less
encouraged and made glad by a kindly
recognition of their efforts to do good.
The agricultural and live stock papers
generally ire commending the action of
Hon. J. M. Ki.sk in providing for the
frequent issue of Bulletins giving briefly,
in plain words, the more useful and practical parts of the larger aud more scientifically written reports of the Djpartment
of Agriculture.
In order that thess documents may
have a wide circulation and reach the
parties most likely to appreciate them the
Hon. Seoretary of Agriculture has arranged for securing lists of the leading
stock growers In each county. As a rule
the live stock men pay most attention to
one particular class of animals, to horses,
or cattle, or sheep, or swine. The design
is to group them acoording to the class in
which they are most interested, selecting
so far as possible one man for each class
ln each township, or at least in different
parts of the county.
Much valuable information gathered by
the D -partment of Agrioulture will thus
be promptly placed in the homes of those
especiallj interested in ihe matter presented in each particular report, and the
several editions will circulate almost entirely among those to whom they will be
of the most value. A good scheme this,
one which the farmers and live stock
breeders will most heartily approve.
Tae recent fl irry am mg swine breeders
in the matter of express rates has blown
away. The old rates are restored and now
the pigs can travel by express at merchandise or single rates. _
The wheat crop in Central Illinois Is not
yielding as well as last year and the oorn
is not fulfilling the high promise of two
weeks ago. Oats have averaged well and
the hay crop, red clover in particular has
been heavy, though owing to frequent
rains it has not all been put up in the best
oondition. Stock hogs are more plentiful
than usual and hog cholera very scarce.
A large number of letters addressed to
veterinary surgeons and others throughout the State, fall to discover any serious
diseases among hogs this summer.
Phil. ThbiftqSs