VOL. XXVH.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., AUG. 13,1892.
NO. 33
WEATHER CBO-   BULLETIN'
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau. Weather Orop Bulletin
ofthe Indiana Weather Service, in co-operation with the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Purdue University, ending Tuesday Aug. 9, 1892.
Average temperature and much sunshine prevailed during the week; the rainfall was insufficient at most stations and
badly distributed, especially so in many
localities in the southern portion of the
State where the want of good rains is injuring growing crops; in the central and
northern portions better rains fell much
to the benefit of corn, etc., but it retarded
late haying and threshing; corn is growing and maturing fast but needs good
rains everywhere; potatoes and tobacco in
tbe southeastern portion threaten to be a
failure unless good rains come soon; plowing for wheat has commenced.
SOUTHERN PORTION.
C.lumbns, Bartholomew Co.—The
weather during the past week has been
favorable       to farm      work       and
growing crops; wheat and oats are nearly
all threshed, yield and quality an average;
the drouth in some localities has damaged
the corn; farmers are breaking for wheat.
Rainfall, 0.76.
'-"*WoirlS__§6S_f^WBne Co.—The temperature and sue shine were beneficial to all
growing crops as well as to wheat threshing; corn and pasturage need more rain;
corn is doing well, yet some of the nights
have been rather too cool for its rapid
growth, and there has been an insufficiency of rain. Oats is threshing out
well and the g-aln is fair; the hay crop is
large and has been secured in good condition; apples and grapes continue falling
off.   Rainfall, 0 29.
Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The prospect
for crops in general is very discouraging
in this county; corn and potatoes are suf
faring for want of rain; potatoes will be
very small and affected by rot; the crop
will be short and result in scarcity of this
great staple; wheat is all threshed and
much of it sold at the reduced price of 65
cents per bushel without any prospect for
improvement; the tobacco, the most important crop will be a failure, and as a
large amount ot last years crop is still unsold, it will bring high prices in the spring;
pasturage, notwithstanding the drouth, is
better than usual at this season; the potato bugs are becoming very numerous. No
rain.
Princeton, Gibson Co.—Wheat is nearly
all threshed in good condition rendering a
splendid yielded; corn has been suffering
for want of rain, but on Saturday very
heavy rain fell reviving everything; there
ls much sickness about.   Rainfall, 1.75.
.Jasper, Dubois Co.—Rain fell on Friday
night doing much good in some localities;
it was badly distributed, along the river
bottoms, mnch fell, but in the hilly portion of this county it is still very dry;
wheat is graded No. 2, selling at 65 cents
per bushel;  corn 50 cents.   Rainfall, 0.03.
Troy, Perry Co.—A light rain Friday
morning revived corn which Is much
damaged by drouth; farmers say with
favorable;weather corn will make half a
crop.
DeOonia Springs,Warrick Co.—Generous
rains (.95 on the 6th; 1.48 on the 7th) were
beneficial to breaking for wheat "and for
the corn, but injurious to the wheat that
is in shock, and to the threshing of
wheat; there are very many young grasshoppers in the stubble fields. Bainfall,
2.47.
: Mount Vernon, Posey Co.—The copious
rains during the past seven days were
fe-O-Qfiiil&l to the growth of corn and pas
tures ; farmers are preparing wheat ground
for a new crop.   Rainfall, 2.07.
New Albany, Floyd Co.—During the
past seven days, corn and garden vegetables have suffered for want of rain: but
little ground has been broken for wheat,
and it is now too dry; peaches and plums
are still rotting badly; and apples;are
scarce and of poor quality.   Rainfall, 0.32.
CENTRA*. POBTION.
Indianapolis, Marion, Co.—Warm weather continued with moderate rains in some
localities heavier in others; corn, under
the conditions has grown very rapidly and
stands well: wheat and oats Is now nearly
all housed; pasturage is in excellent condition.   Rainfall, 0.55.
Veedersburg, Fountain Co.—Tne rains,
temperature and sunshine were very beneficial to corn and other crops and also
favored threshing; hail and high winds
did much damage to corn, etc, about five
miles northwest from here on August lst.
Cambridge City, Wayne Co.—The
weather was fair and beneficial
to crops and the good condition of the
crops uoiitiaues: a little rain would help
corn and it would also make plowing,
which is now being done, easier. Rainfall, 0 07.
Franklin, Johnson Co.—Cool weather
and pleasant all the week; except on the
third, when the thermometer reached 95
degrees; on the 6th, we had a soaking
rain; much wheat is yet unthreshed and
still In shock because of local rains; plowing for wheat has commenced; corn is
growing slowly In some fields it is not
more than knee high and very weedy,
early planted corn is in roasting ear.
Rainfall. 0 60.
Ashboro, Clay Co.—The weather conditions in the past week were favorable and
every thing is improved thereby; harvest-
is over and fall plowing has commenced.
RainfaU, 0 97.
NORTHERN   PORTION.
Warsaw, Kosciusko Co.—Another week
of dry scorching winds Injuring corn In
some fields was broken by local showers
which did much good; plowing is pushed
vigorously; the ground is becoming
cloddy and hard; the wheat yield is very
discouraging, low in quantity and price;
the yield was 8 to 20 bushels per acre, listing mostly No. 3; farm help is scarce and
hard to secure at any price. Rainfall,
0.10.
Point Isabel, Grant Co.—Frequent
showers in the last week have been very
beneficial to corn and other growing
crops; corn is doing well and the lateness
of the season is the only thing to prevent
a fair crop; the frequent rains have delayed threshing a great deal; on some
farms wheat has been injured; dry
weather is needed that the rest of the
wheat can be threshed; breaking for
wheat has commenced; the ground is in
good condition for plowing and a large
crop will ba sown if the season continues
favorable; the blackberry crop is very
large; apples and other fruit are very
scarce.
Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.—The weather
was generally favorable; rains, slightly
hindered threshing and late haying
Rainfall, 0.60.
LaPorte, LaPorte Co.—The temperature
dnrlng the week was below normal with
almost continuous sunshine and several
showers, but which was rather badly distributed ; these conditions were favorable
to all farm work; rain is now - muoh
needed to aid corn and pasturage, also to
soften the ground for fall seeding. Rainfall, 0.12.
Angola, Steuben Co.—Owing to the continued dry weather, pastures are drying
up and but little plowing can be done;
the corn crop will be short, if the dronth
Is not soon broken; harvesting is nearly
ended; there Is a fsir crop of oats. Riinfall, 0.16.
Haw Patch, -LaGrange Co.—Plowing for
wheat is in progress, but the gronnd is
very hard and dry; the excessive sunshine
was beneficial to the ripening of oats; although there has been much thunder and
lightning the rainfall was Inappreciable.
Rainfall, trace.
Hatch's Mills, LaPorte Co.—The weather
has been hot, dry, aud dusty; corn and
potatoes need rain very much; oats nearly
all cut and in shock; there is much complaint of small shrunken grains in the
wheat that is being threshed, and; in many
fields, the yield is not up to the general
average; so far as heard from wheat yields
from 15 to 23 bushels .per acre. Riinfall, 0.2G,
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per C. F. R. Wappenhans,
Local Forecast Official, Assistant Director. TJ. S.  Weather Bureau.
World's Fair Notes.
A solid gold brick, weighing 500 pounds
and wortn ?iou,uu_, win De exmmtea in tue
Mines and Mining building at the World's
Fair by a Helena, Mont., mine owner.
Chicago now has a poplaution of 1.500,000
according to an estimate based on the can
vass made for the city directory j ust issued.
This is an increase of about 300,000 over the
school census of 1890.
A very fine collection of tropical plants
including some of the largest specimens
will be sect from Jamaica to the World's
Fair. The arrangements f.r their transportation have already been made.
An effort is being made to have the cotton mills of G>orglj make a file exhibit at
the World's Fair. It is believed that such
exhibit would greatly stimulate the investment of capital in cotton mills in the
South.
The chair in which Thomas Jefferson sat
while writing the Daclaratlon of Independence is now owned by the Philosophical
Society, Philadelphia. It is reported that
this interesting relic will bs exhibited at
the World's Fair.
The food fish of Wisconsin, which ls one
of the best fishing grounds in the Union,
are to be shown in a fiae exhibit at the
World's Fair. Tae State commisloners have
appropriated ?3,000 to defray the expense
of preparation of the exhibit.
Labor asks that the World's Fair be open
on Sunday. The labor organizations of the
country are fast putting themselves on
record to that effect, and there can be no
question that the working masses are practically unanimous In favor of an open
Fair.
It is proposed and ably supported, that
something be done at the time of the
World's Fair, presumably under the auspices of the World's C ingress Auxiliary,
to bring about throughout the world the
universal adoption of a decimal system of
weights, meaursements and coinage.
The World's Fair commission for Peru
has asked government aid to enable it to
make an exhibit of living animals of
of that oountry. It has suggested the importance of the matter to all breeders, especially of the animals peculiar to that region, such as llamas, alpacas paco-vicunas
and others, and there is no doubt that a
creditable exhibit will be sent to Chicago.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the
Board of Lady Managers, who has recently
returned from a European tour, reports
that the women of Europe, particularly of
Great Britain, France, Germany and Bel-
glum, are deeply interested in the World's
Fair, and are working hard to make the
woman's branch of it a splendid success.
The women's commissions, which have
been formed in these countries, include
many of the most distinguished and honored women known at court. The outlook
is most promising for a great exhibit of
women's industrial, educational andcharl-
table work, from both this country and
from abroad.
The Ohio State Arch to .logical and Historical Soolety will exhibit at the World's
Fair, among many other interesting articles, a collection of specimens of old colonial and State bank money. It has already
gathered several hundred specimens.
One of the most Interesting is a Mormon
bill bearing- the signature of J. Smith, the
originator of the Mormon faith.
The Washington State building at the
World's Fair will show to some extent the
forest resources of the State. The foundation alone will contain 171 log?, some of
them 120 feet long and 42 inches in diameter at the small end. The superstructure
of the building will contain, besides heavy
timber, fine finished woods, showing the
grain and structure of the woods, and a
complete exhibit of shipbuilding mate-
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The tide of publio opinion is unmistakably turning strongly in favor of keeping
the World's Fair open on Sunday, provided
a "silent' Fair be assured. The Exposition authorities have never had any
Idea of keeping the machinery running on
Sunday and everything going at full boom
as on week days, and since they have so
declared themselves, the demands for
Sunday closinghave greatly diminished ln
number.
Bit Proof Corn Crib.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
In your last issue I see your suggestion
for rat proof corn-crib which is good. As
I have had a little experience in rat proof
corn cribs, I will give my way of making
one which I think just as gocd as yours
and perhaps a little better, and perhaps a
little cheaper. Six years ago I built one
and set it on common rough rocks just
one foot high, and there has never been a
rat in it yet, and the extra expense did
not exceed two dollars.
Floor with good seasoned planks jointed
close and lined with one-half inch strips
six inches wide, floor fitted close on sills,
and reaching ont to outside of sills, a
regular timber frame. Two feet from bottom of sill Is;a joist 4x4 inches reaching
clear around crib, except the door, 3 feet
wide. This two feet is planked up closely
with well seasoned lumber, reaching half
way on 4x4 joist. Here a strip of tin 4
inches wide reaches clear around, except
door, which is closely fitted. From the
center of the 4x4 joist strips 1x3 inches,
one inch apart reaches the top, and I have
a rat proof crib. The crib should be separate and apart from other buildings, and
never allow boards or anything to be set
against crib as that makes a way for rats
and mice to get in. In a brief way I have
given a plan that I think can be easily understood. The value of corn wasted in
poorly constructed cribs every year far
exceeds the expense of rat proof cribs.
Clean bright corn always commands a
good price. An old adage is anything
that is not worth taking good care of is
not worth anything at all. Many farmers
meet great losses every year by not having good granaries, to say nothing of the'
amount saved by keeping wheat and oats
for better prices. h. B.
Worthington.
To Prevent Wheat From Molding-.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
A few slack burnt brick put in wheat
that is damp will take up the moisture
and save from must or mold. Farmers
that have damp wheat should try It, say
one brick to every six or eight bushels.
Farmer.