VOL. XVIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, DEO. 8,1883.
NO. 50.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER,     j
In tlio State of Indiana, Week Ending
Friday Night, Not. .10, 1883.
The weather the pant week has been exceptionally pleaaant for the season and baa favored the gathering of corn which would
otherwise have been entirely lost.
REMARKS  Or  REPORTERS.
Cass Go—Rivera stilt high. Good fall
weather and favorable for wheat. Winter
not yet apparent. *THos. 11 Hki.m.
Clinton Co.—Average temperature of week
8 degrees higher than ufttame week a year
ago. E. II. Htai.kv.
Crawford Co Zodiacal llght25th and26th.
Very   beautiful  weather most of the week.
Ground soft yet. J. M. Johnson.
Franklin Co.—Winds have changed from
N Wtol#J dally, and at night the reverse.
Hecent high water destroyed much corn.
Those who cap are getting In their crop as fast
as possible. A. W. Butler
Green Co.—Rivers began receding the 25tli.
Much corn destroyed. Highest bar. 23.1(9, low
est 29.23. .       W. 11. Sqi'IRK.
Gibson Co.—Four mornings and evenldga
In succession have noticed a peculiar red cast
to the sky. •• •-. Elisha Jones.
Harrison Co —Have noticed sbootlng stars
and meteors. Wheat looks green and covers
the ground. Maoqie Hudson.
Henry Co.—From 21th to 27th observed
strange red light In Wands W, with haziness
about sun In the daytime. Mean barometer
80.17; extremes 30.60 and 29.78. Mem rel.
hum. 00.4; extremes IM and 42. Mean dew
point81.2°; extremes 57° and 17". Prevalllog
wind 8 W. W.Dawson.
Howard Co.—Corn In bad condition aad
but little gathered. Thanksgiving tlie warmest for years.        Dr. J. McLean Moulder.
Jennings Co.—Have noticed peculiar redness of sky before sunrise and after sunset
nearly all week. J. P. Copk.
Kosciusko. Co.—Corresponding week last
year; highest temp. 30°, lowest 12°, mean 21.4";
3 clear, 1 fair and 3 cloudy days, with 6 inches
snow. E. M. Idle,    j
Lawrence Co.—Have had  clear weather
from Tuesday.   Wind ls   S   W.   Unusually
heavy frosts Wednesday and Thursday nights
Ava N. Burto-n.
Miami Co.—Pink light in sky morning and
evening from 26th to 29th. We have had 58.9C
inches rain In past 11 months.
D. M. Adams.   I
Monroe Co.—Average velocity of wind for
last six days 65.9 miles per day. Storm of
short duration Monday; wind Mbnday 132
miles. After sunset Wednesday and Thursday sky remarkably red for an hour. Sky
hasy. H. B. Wylie.
Montgomery Co.—Weather from 25th to271b
clear and warm, with beautiful sunsets.
Sam D. Symmes
Randolph Co.—8olarhaloon27th. Weather
fine and December pleasant as May ls sometimes. W. J. DAVISSOX.
HUSH Co.—Range of bar. on 28th .58 inch;
thermometer for same day ranged 32°.
Elwood Kirkwood.
Switzerland Co.—Extreme variation of
temperature characterises the week. Weather
cooler Blnce the 27tb than before.
Chas. G. Boi^rner.
Vanderburo Co.—Rainfall during Nov.
7.15 inches. W. McK. B1.AKE.
Wabash Co.—Mean temp, of Nov. 43 1°, being 3 8C above mean for last eight years. Four
splendid solar coronas during week.
Dr T. C. Hunter.
Warrick Co.—Ground too soft to gather
corn much. Jas. P. White.
Washington Co.—Heavy thunder day and
night of 26th. W. W. May.
Wayne Co.—Temperature for Nov.'83, max.
68°, min. 9°, mean —.7°. Rainfall 6.48 Inches.
Farmers gathering corn and plowing sod.
J. M. Gh-ys.
Wells Co —Weather moderate. Wheat
growl ng nicely. Cattle doing well on pasture.
Farmers despondent on account of failure of
wheat and corn crops. N. GRKENriELD.
condition  or  weather in Indiana roR
WEEK ENDING FRIDAY, NOV. 30.
Indiana.
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Allen. ! 68
Cana _   M
Clark 1 M
Clinton 58
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Franklin ' 60
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Henry .; 61 | 2s  l*i.»
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Jar. I 65 ! 10 41A
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Miami -' m
Mi.nrne ; CS
Montgomery, a*.
Morsran _ no
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Riiab  60
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Vandei-burg-i 70
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ls hardly tit to crib. Yet there is some good
corn where they had good seed. Wheat.most
of it, was pretty good; oats and potatoes good.
Fruit rather scarce. There Is a great deal of
stock raised and shipped from this township.
C.
•MISSOURI.
Miller Co.—We are still having considerable wet weather. We have also had a short
spell of cold weather, with killing frosts.
Farmers are pushing corn gathering before
cold weather sets In. Pastures have been
good later than usual. Winter wheat looks
well considering the time sown. Some fall
plowing has been done. Continued wet
weather has retarded this work considerably.
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Washington Co.—The warm weather ls
bringing out tbe wheat. The sowing waa
very late. W. W. M.
Tijton Co.—The rains have damaged corn;
none dry enough to crib. Wheat looks finely.
Clover crop short on account of wet weather.
Hogs not plenty; some cholera. J. 8. V.
Brown Co.—The water was two feet higher
week before last than ever known beforsj.
Washed off half the corn on the bottoms and
damaged the rest so lt ls not at to feed only
to hogs. Also washed the Iron bridge off the
piers. _. II. M.
Jay Co.—The early frost cut tbe corn crop
abort about one-half, and lt seems that cholera ls trying to damage the hog crop to the
same extent. Wheat was only about half (s
crop; growing wheat doesn't look well on account of late sowing that was caused by dry
weather. Other crops good and prices moderate. Horses and cattle doing well aud commanding good prices. J. G.
I.aPobte Co.—Rainy or pleasant most of tbe
fall, with not a flake of snow until Nov. 14,
when we had about \_ inch of snow.slnce that
day some rain but no snow. Corn poor and
soft and mostly "pulled" tofeed to stock hogs,
very Uttle husked tn the northern end of ihe
county, but what little there is, is mostly
done; corn some better In middle and southern part. Mrs. B. A. 1).
Elkhart Co.—Corn ls a light crop and of
poor quality. FuU acreage of wheat sowed,
but Is being badly damaged by lly; have
counted as many as 15 to the stalk. Stock of
all kinds plenty and In good condition. Of
our brick yards three miles east of Elkhart,
one owned by John Boss turned out 3,000,0X1
bricks, and the yards of Samuel Thornton,
1,500,000. Elkhart ls building a three-story
brick opera house. C. II. S
Kosciusko Co.—The past season has been a
rather poor one here on farmers. Last spring
was very wet and cold, and a great many of
us did not have good seed corn and had to replant It,' sts lt got a late start. After harvest
came very dry weather and we had very early
frost, which damaged tho corn so some of lt
OUR WHEAT 8UBPLUS AND FOREIGN C0M-
PETITIOH.
The rapid Increase of wheat production In
East India and its Importation by the European countries which are tbe principal buyers of our surplus, admonish the farmers of
this country that the home market must be
looked to more for the disposition of that
cereal. During the first five months of 1882,
the shipments of wheat to Europe from India
waa 8,102 500 cwts, and for the same period of
this year It was 13,720,917 cwts, belne more
than double that of last year. Tbe low price
abroad Is partly explained by this supply
from India. That country ls said to be capable of Immense expansion In wheat production, and may at no distant day furnish
the surplus to Europe for tbe most which
uow goes from this country. In view of this
contingency lt ls fortunate that manufacturing Industries are developing so rapidly in
America, aud so greatly increasing from year
to year the demand on our bread productions.
The farm and the factory aro independent,
and this diversified Industry must solve the
question of our highest conditions of prosperity. We have the natural resources and
facilities for producing on the farm and In
the factory all that we need, and of exchanging one for the other.
a ram on account of his beavy fleece. I took
a sample of his wool from the shoulder, and
compared lt with a sample I took from him
at the same place last year In October. The
sample last year ought to bave been the longest, having one month longer to grow. But
the comparison showed that the wool this
year was nearly twice as long as it was last
year.
Atthe State fair at IndlanapoUs this year I
saw several premiums given to sheep tbat I
am confident had from 10 to 12 months growth
ot wool on them. The rules of the fair said
"that all sheep would be excluded from competing for premiums that had been stubble
or otherwise Improperly shorn, or shorn prior
to April 1." Uow shall exhibitors prepare
their sheep for exhibition next year? If they
shear close after the flrst of April, they will
get no premiums. If they stubble shear and
get a heavy fleece, and the oUlcers bf the. fair
enforce the rnles, they will be excluded from
competing for a premium, orlfthe Judges
can tell the difference between six and 10 or
12 months growth they would not be Ukely to
get a premium. The Judges In the Bheep department ought to be capable of telling
whether the sheep has five or 10 mouths
growth of wool on them, and they ought to
be well posted in the mutton qualities of the
different breeds, aa that ls now, and will be
In the future, the most profitable part of
sheep husbandry. There Is a use and demand
for all the different breeds, and tbey ought to
be encouraged by our fairs by giving each
breed a separate class. Then Judges would
not be governed by prejudice, or previously
formed opinions. There ls another mistake,
I think, that Judges in the sheep department
make; that is, giving too much weight to
fineness of fiber. Tlie most important point
ls, how mnch. money will the fleece sell for In
tbe market, A 10 pound fleece at 30 cents ls
worth more than a bIx pound fleece at 85
cents. Sol. Wright,
Ghent, Ky.
Reform in Agricultural Fairs.
Editors Isdlana Farmer:
The fairs for 1883 are now in the past. The
larger portion of them were more successful
than usual. It is now a good time for farmers,
and especially breeders of thoroughbred
stock, to point out the mistakes In the past,
and try to have them so managed In the future as to give better satisfaction to tbe exhibitors. These falrsare intended principally
to benefit the farming community,and should
be so managed as to give tbe greatest encouragement to that Industry. The greatest difficulty the officers ot these fairs have to contend with is tbe selection of competent Judges
in the stock department. They should be
men that are not only competent, but men
tbat will place the premium where it belongs
regardless of ownership. I have seen a great
many premiums given on aecount of the
ovrner Instead of tho animal. Atone of the
fairs that I attended tbls year, I heard one of
the Judges say to an exhibitor, "We have got
them on the little ewe." Tbe little ewe got
the ribbon, but lt ought to have been tied on
the owner. If possible the ludges ought not
to be acquainted with the owner of the stock.
They should be well posted in regard to the
stock they Judge. A man may be a competent Judge of one breed, but a very poor
Judge of another breed in the same class. For
this reason the thoroughbred breeds should
not compete with eacb other./ As a general
rule, the men selected for Judges have decided
In their own minds which ls the best breed,
and when two or three different breeds are
shown In competition, the premiums goto
the breed that a majority of the Judges have
previously decided is the best breed.  One of
the greatest mistakes made by  Judges In the i Kansas 	
sheep classes, is giving premiums to lmprop-1 Nebraska..™!
erly shorn sheep.   At one of the fairs I at-1
According to the annual report of the Commissioners of Internal Revenue the quantity
of whisky in the country on the Istof October,
18.83, was HG.000,000 gallons, or about equal fo
2%gallonspercapltaof our population. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, the
consumption of grain In the production of
spirits was 27,000,000 bushels.
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The Chicago Board of Trade was lately reported to have turned over as much wheat
in one day as the whole State of Illinois harvests in a twelvemonth. Its speculative
hogs outnumber two to one the live hdgs of
the United States, and lt ls safe to say that
the Board raises Ave bushels of grain to every
one that Is produced by the farmers of the
West.
Tbe largest and best yields of corn this year
are to be credited to the Missouri Valley, and
to that section of tbe country lying west ef
the Missouri River which forty years ago was
believed to be a useless and mocking desert,
and from which the explorers sent out by tha
Government thought that settlers ought to
be excluded by law on the ground tbat If
they went there they mnst perish from utter
inability to raise enough of anything to keep
soul and body together.
.   em   .
The following shows the number of swine
In the stateB mentioned, as returned for taxation, In the early part of the current year,
compared with 1882— understood to represent
all ages excepting In Iowa, where stock less
than six months old ls not Included:
Ohio	
In—ana........
Illinois	
Iowa....	
Missouri	
tended this year I saw the premium given to
1883.
 -1,654,923
  -,428,262
 .2,684,202
 .1,895.044
  -.382.210
  1,393,968
 „  879,118
Total..
 14,327,722
1882.
1,818,75
1.731,646
2,681,136
2,002.611
2.878 134
1,223 68!
725,000
14,985,881