WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Of the Indiana Weather Service in co-operation with the United States Weather Bureau
for the week aiding Saturday, Sept. 12,
1891.
Hardly any rain fell during the past
week; the temperature was deficient, the
nights were cool, and there was much sunshine; under these circumstances, corn is
maturing only slowly. By special inquiry
it is ascertained that a few fields will be
safe from frost within a few days, most
of it after September 20th: but about 40
per cent, some of it planted May 20th, is
still green and milky, and unless very
warm and dry weather continues, thsse
fields will be subject to danger from more
severe frosts until October 1st; plowing
for wheat still continues in some sections
ofthe State; none or little sowing has
been done yet; the melon crop is large
and fine and the clover  crop a good yield.
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The past week
has been decidedly unfavorable to maturing crops; com and tobacco which need
dry, warm weather, were deprived of
these conditions from the 3d to the 6th,
during which dates 1.52 inches of rain fell;
general gloom prevailed, and for three
days not a ray of sunshine became visible, but clear sky, lower temperature at
night, warm and genial by day followed.
Tobacco and corn ripening fast, and gathering of both have commenced. The potato crop is of best quality, but not large
the yield of peaches, pears, apples and
grapes is said to be without precedent.
Rainfall, 1.52.
DoGonia Springs, Warrick Co.—Although the sunshine is favorable to corn,
the nights are too cool for good corn
weather, it matures very slowly, and only
a few fields are out of danger from frost.
Hulling clover seed is the order, of the
day; the crop is turning out q lite well.
Some rye sown for pasture has corns up;
a few fields of wheat have been sown.
There are many grasshoppers in this
*  county.   Rainfall 0.05.
Seymour, Jackson Co—The weather during the past week has been favorable, in
general, to all crops, except corn, which
has matured only slowly; AU other crops,
and live stock are in prime condition;
Considerable wheat has been sown, and
the bulk of tbe crop; a larger area tban
unsual, will be in the ground within the
next .two weeks. The melon season is
most over, the crops large and fine. No
noxious insects.—Rainfall, 1.84.
Washington, Green Co—Not more than
fifty per cent of the corn crop is safe from
frost, but most of the remainder will be in
a few days if the weather proves favorable;*
the temperature is too low for corn to ripen
rapidly; Plowing for wheat is well advanced, but little has been sown as yet.-—
No rain.
Troy, Perry Co.—The weather during
the past week has been favorable; Cool
nights and warm daj s; Corn will be safe
from frost within a few days; Farmers are
sowing wheat with the ground in splendid
condition.
Mount Vernon, Posey Co.—Wheat sowing will commence within ten days; a
large acreage will be planted; potatoes are
very good, selling at 50 cents per bushel;
wheat 90 cents; corn 57 cents per bushel.
No rain.
Marengo, Crawford Co.—The weather
has been too cool for corn to mature rapidly and it is still in some danger from frost;
The ground is in good condition to prepare
it for wheat sowing; apples are dropping
off badly.   RainfaU, 0 80.
Princeton, Gibson Co.—Most of the corn
is out of danger of being injured by frost;
eral health is good.   No rain.
CENTRAL PORTION.
Sheibyville, Shelby Co.—Rain fell all
day on the 5th, since then we have had almost continuous sunshine; wheat sowing
progresses rapidly; corn is maturing well;
stock and pasturage are in good condition.
Rainfall, 1 55.
Indianapolis, Marion Co.—Dry weather
prevailed with cool nights and sunny days;
corn is maturing slowly; many fields
are quite green yet down to the ground;
these will not be safe from frost till October 1st to 5th, while most will be safe after
the 20th; plowing for wheat is nearly done,
and sowing has commenced. Rainfall,
0 32.
NORTHERN PORTION.
Angola, Steuben Co.—At the beginning
of the week it was too cool for the maturing of corn but the latter part has been
warm ar and more favorable to corn; another week will put it beyond injury from
frost; pasturage is improving; farmers
have begun to sow wheat, and nearlv half
of it is put in, but the ground is getting
rather dry and rain is needed. Some early corn was cut but most of it will be cut
next week.   Rainfall, 0.18.
Marion, Grant Co.—The weather has
been very favorable to farm work, which
is progressing nicely.   Rainfall, 0.58.
Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. The nights
have been a little too cool for the rapid maturing of ccrn, during the past week, but
if frost does not occur for ten days, the
corn will be out of danger, some is being
cut. Plowing for wheat is well under
way.   No rain.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per. C. F. R. Wappenhans,
U. S. Weather Bureau. Assistant.
Nebraska.
Editors Indiana Farmer;
As the season of "Harvest Excursions"
is on, and some of my brother Hoosiers
are no doubt contemplating a visit West
and are interested as to the finest and best
section of the West, that they may see at
first and thus save the cost of running
around, and conscientiously believing that
whoever comes West and settles elsewhere
makes the mistake of his life, to such this
article is respectfully and cheerfully
dictated.
This is the evidence of one nine years
in the West, and having traveled over
most all this western country can truthfully say that Nebraska, especially south
of the Platte river, surpasses all others.
Being situated in the center of the great
corn belt—far enough north to escape the
dreaded hot winds of Kansas, yet far
enough south to grow all kinds of fruits
and escape the rigorous winters of the
Dakotas, with a general lay in most parts,
of a level, yetrolling enough to drain well
with numerous little creeks and rivlets
with railroad facilities by the main lines
and branches of the B. <_ M. Co., in every
county in the south Platte section with a
climate as fine as any country in the
'world with apeople the majorityof whom
are an industrious and enterprising class
of farmers, all of which is destined to
make this the finest and most productive
country which the sun in its circuit shines
upon. While corn is considered "King",
averaging 70 and sometimes running as
high as 100 bushels per acre, yet rye, oats,
barley, and spring and winter wheat are
extensively grown, the latter going aa
high as 43 bushels per acre; oats go way
up in the hundreds.
Men all over the State are getting rich in
the dairy business, timothy, clover and
blue grass grow luxuriantly and produce
good yields, hence stock raising as a rapid
and profitable employment is an absolute
soil  is  also found to be
certainty.    The soil is
the greater portion of the wheat ground is' peculiarly adapted to the growing of beets,
ready for seeding; late potatoes look fine;' and sugar manufactories are springing up
fruit of all kinds Is abundant and the gen- all over the State.   A plant costing over a
half million dollars is in operation at
Grand Island. In fact, any branch of
farming in this territory to the industrious is sure to bring its profitable returns.
While many are accumulating wealth in
above mentioned branches of farming
there are many others just as successful
in the growing of fruit. Fifteen hundred
bushels of apples per acre have been
grown, with a net profit to the owner of
$600 per acre. It any one doubts this
write E. F. Stephens, of Crete, Nebraska,
who will no doubt be glad to give you any
information on fruit culture. Small fruit
does even better, and more profitable returns are reparted. 'Your correspondent
when visiting Indiana is invariably asked
if the winters are not very severe in Nebraska? This seems to be the prevailing
opinion, and the idea could not be more
erroneous, considering our latitude. It is
usually very fine till about Christmas, and
then we usually have about two months
cold weather, but dry. The last three
winters, however, were exceptions, and
were unusually fine. The winters here
are not as disagreeable as they are in Indiana.
Now, my dear Hoosier, if any of you are
in want of a quarter or half section of as
tine land as lays out of doors visit this sec
tion of Nebras-ka traversed by the B. <&
M. Railroad. Do not turn your back on
the West till you have seen the growing
capital of Nebraska, which has grown
from 13,000 in 1880 to 60,000 in 1890, and the
growing cities of Hastings, Minden, Hpl-
drige and Grant, which have sprung up
in the meantime.
Your correspondent is not working up
excursions, neither have I any land to
sell. I do not ask anyoneto leave Indiana
and come West; that is not the intention
of this article, but it is addressed to those
who have made up their minds to visit the
West. Those I beseech to come and see
and learn for themselves something of the
great productiveness and the superior advantages of Southern Nebraska, as a country where the greatest variety of success-
f al farming can be profitably maintained.
Having jnst returned from a trip through
Kearney, Phelps, Gasper, Perkins, Chase,
Harlan, Franklin and Webster counties, I
found the earth simply groaning under the
weight of the largest yield of corn, oats,
wheat, etc., ever known in the history of
any country, and this is what seriously
impresses me as to the great possibilities
of this country, in the very near future.
I hope the many readers that peruse this
article will not consider it as idle talk,
dealing in exaggeration, but in a serious,
honest and candid manner, with no pecuniary motive to prompt it. While a
great share of this land is farmed by industrious farmers, still a large per cent is
owned by non residents or occupied by a
class of people who are indolent, shiftless,
and indifferent. This later class will sell,
and you can buy a good piece of land,
with some little improvements, for from
510 to ?15 per acre.This say in Kearney and
Phelps .counties, which is in the center of
the garden spot of Nebraska. As you go
west, you can buy still cheaper in proportion. So you, who are coming, come
to the El Dorado of the West. Fine cities
and fine improved farms is an index of
the superior natural resources of a country. See the finely improved farms occupied by those who only a few years ago
left Indiana ina "prairie schooner," which
contained all their earthly possessions,
and this consist of principally wife and
many children. Those most fortunate,
perhaps, would have in addition to wife
and many Children, a little coop tied on
behind containing two hens and a rooster.
Numbers of these same children are now
attending one or the other of our six universities of Lincoln, and the parents are
riding "n picnics and churches in fine sil
ver trimmed surreys. Take advantage of
the harvest excursions which leave Chicago, I believe, on Sept. 15th and 29th, and
I pledge you that to those who have not
seen the south Platte country in Nebraska, there is something yet in store.
Lincoln. M.' M. Starr.
■Keeping Apples in Winter.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We have about two hundred bushels of
apples to put away for the winter and have
no place to put them other than a large
deep stone cellar, the walls of which are
never dry. Now what I want to know is,
—Would you risk them keeping in this cellar?
Again, it has been suggested to barrel
them up in good tight barrels and roll them
into the barn for the winter. Can you tell
me if this would do? Does it hurt apples
to freeze? Of course, I mean if they are
not exposed to the light until after the
frost is out.
Please answer these questions through
the columns of your paper at the earliest
opportunity and oblige a reader.
Shelby Co.        Arthur G. Bowers.
A close damp cellar or a warm one, is a
poor place to store apples. You had much
better put them in your garret, even if
they may be frozen there. L*st them thaw
out in the dark and undisturbed and they
will be but slightly injured if any. We
adopted this plan of storing apples several
years ago and  our exp8rienc9  has been
very   ttatiftfetotory.     Ustrrolivg   t_em    will
help to keep frost out, and if they get
faozen will keep them dark while thawing
out. If your barn is large and you can
store the barrels in the middle and bank
them up with hay or straw, thick and deep
they will keep sound and good. Don't
store them near the wall.
Legislate Against Weeds.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I think we need stringent laws in regard
to noxious weeds. I know of no other
way to secure protection. It is an outrage
for a man to have to de3troy thistles ann ual-
ly on his premises, only to be restocked
as frequently with seeds from other
premises. Thistle seed may rliat hundreds
of miles when carried high up into the
atmosphere. Farmers wh i are raising so
many thistles certainly do not seriously
consider what wrong they are inflicting
upon others.
Then so much grass seed is poluted with
the seed** of noxious weeds. Often in buy-,
ing hay, you pay for many pounds of
weeds. Perhaps we had better have the
Golden Rule taught in our public schools
so as to quicken public conscience.
But if we can get proper laws with
penalties, thatjwill go straight to the sensa-
tive part. This nuisance is growing rapidly. I have fought sour dock more in three
past years than a man should be required
to do in a life time.        D. L. Thomas.
Kushville, Ind.
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Good Times in Ohio.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have lived in Logan county, Ohio,
over fifty years, and the largest and
best crop of wheat was harvested in
county this year I ever saw heie. The greatest yield to the acre, and the quality the .
best. The prospect for a full average crop
of corn was never better at this time of
year. The season all the way through has
been very good for crops of all kinds, and
for sowing them. The wheat crop is pretty
near all threshed and a great amount has
been sold. One mill in Bellefontaine has
taken in since harvest, over 100,000 dollars worth. The prices are good, 98 cents
and 11.00 and the crop is moving. '
Prices are looking up in real estate, and
the farmers have a smile on their faces
that has not been seen there for
several years before. O. Fawcett.
Logan county, O.