VOL. XXVIlT      V|^~UP        INDIANAPOLIS, IND., JUNE 25, 1892.
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NO. 26
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN
United States -Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau. Weather Orop Bulletin
ofthe Indiana Weather /Service, in co-operation with the Agricultural Experiment
Million al Purdue University, ending Tuesday June 21,1892*.
The rainfall was abont average but
badly distributed, as over many fields no
rain fell and excessive rain, on others,
nnmerousthunderstormspassing over the
State the last; few days of the week; the
temperature was excessive every day and
tha sunshine abont average; these conditions were very favorable to growing
crops and the planting or cultivating of
corn, as rain fell only on few days; corn
is all planted in most sections and there
is bnt little to be planted In others, most
inthe northern portion; that which had
been planted earlier, under good cultivation, is growing rapidly; in the southern
portion, the wheat harvest has commenced ; it will begin the next week in
the central huid noithern. portions; oats,
rje, clover and.grass are In fine condition
and in localities, some clover has been cut;
tree fruit is less promising as much has
fallen ofl.
SOUTHERN POBTION.
"Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The weather
conditions during the week have been
--m-__e_lrab_e; vegetation is forward and
oflnxnriant growth; wheat is^ready for
the harvest, the first was cut on the 14th;
barley is also .eady for cutting; rye,
though less important, is used extensively
for feed; early potatoes are doing well
and have not suffered from the ravages of
insects; the fruit prospect islessfavora
ble; apples are predicted a failure; cherries are scarce; peaches ancl blackberries
promise to be abundant; apiarients regard
the honey crop below the average, notwithstanding the industrious working of
bees; white clover was abuudantbut the
long spell of cool and dry weather is probably the cause; chestnuts were in bloom
on the 13.h; thunder storm on the 14th.
Rainfall, 0.94.
Worthington, Greene Co.—A few fields
of wheat are ready to harvest; most of the
c_u has been planted and it is growing
well, bnt it is foul and needs cultivating
badly.   Rainfall, 2 50.     -
Marengo, Crawford Co.—Clover cutting
has begun; the wheat harvest will commence next week; the very hot weather
nt-s been favorable for wheat ripening and
it seems to mature well; corn is growing
very rapidly; oats and grass will soon
need rain; the daily average in temperature was 79 degrees.   Riinfall, trace.
Troy, Perry Co.—The weather during
the past week was dry and warm; corn
has a good stand and is doing well; wheat
»s being harvested with prospects foi
_<>od yield, especially on high ground,
Wnere itis In excellent condition; clover
*nd grass are doing well; no rain fell here
bnt all around us.
°ea(mla Springs, Warrick Co.—Wheat
ntting commenced on the 15th inst.;
'is ripening fast and the weather was
■"> ror harvesting and to make the corn
oau ' i-?to U showlnS some rust and late
!-__. "lbe sl">rt; hay will be good but
,f»»t is falling ofl badly.   No rain.
New Albany, Floyd Co.-It has been
cr_I^Wm durinS the PMt weekend
«©m? begin  in  about a week; the
ttada ?.8ood one; some clover has^een
lar_*.. ,aycr°P Promises to be very
cror.4i-??e8COnUnno to Ml off Md the
da-T.---Vw V6ryshort' ^e rains the last
(Crowini W6ek were^y beneficial to
RP°wing wops.   Rainfall, 1.12.
WaV1cuCt*ot0n;.Glb80n Co-The »™t wheat
M «">»«. tbe 16th. inst.; wheat Is ripen-
ing quite fast and all will be ready to cut
this week; _ome fields have rust and some
smut, but in the main it is in good condition ; some corn in the river bottom is not
planted yet; clover is being cut with a
fine yield; on nine days now, the ther-
mometer has beon above 00 degrees.
Riinfall, 0 95.
Mt. Vernon, Posey Co.—High temperature prevailed during the past seven days;
clover hay saved in gocd condition; wheat
harvest commenced on the lGth inst., will
have a fall crop.   Rainfall, .77.
Seymour, Jackson Co.—Daring the past
seven days there has been a marked, and
most encouraging improvement in
weather conditions; generous sunshine,
and copious showers Saturday night and
Sunday morning, placed the soil in splendid condition for the growth of crops; although ths young corn is still "short,"
it would be difficult to recognizs this as a
backward season, and ten mpre days of
such weather will remove the last trace of
tardiness; hay harvesting is in progress,
and wheat harvesting will be "on" within
five days; these crops are above the average, both in quantity and quality of yield;
the noxious insects, here earlier in the
spring, have disappeared; altogether the
outlook Is now very promising. Rainfall,
.95.
NORTHERN   PORTION.
Wairsaw, Kosciusco Co.—The week closed
with a fine'-shower -which softened the
ground baked by continuous sunshine;
corn is doing nicely and making vigorous
growth; they were plantlog corn still this
week; the acreage will be about 20 per
cent short,soma farmers planted only one-
half they intended to plant; all first planted hadjto be replanted;with warm weather
and sunshine wheat will be ready in ten
days; it has been much damaged by the wet
weather; low, und rained fialds are almost
worthless; some smut but no midgets
made their appearance; the apples have
nearly all dropped off.   Riinfall, 0 20.
LaPorte, LaPorte Co.—The heat and sunshine have brought forward all crops rapidly on the sandy uplands, but on the
clay and flat lands, the excessive moisture
bas delayed and prevented planting and
has killed wheat, oats and grass. RainfaU, 1.95.
Hatches Mills, LiPorte Co.—Corn is
growing nicely and we are plo*ving it as
fast as we can between thunder' showers
whenever the ground dries off sufficiently;
bat very little replanting of corn has been
done this spring except where it was
drowned ont by too much rain; where
there was less rain there is an extra good
stand; there were fire thunder showers
this week.   Rainfall, 2 00.
Michigan City, L .Porte Co.—Rain, temperature and sunshine were beneficial to
growing crops; strong wind on several
days damaged trees and ths wheat crop.
Riinfall, 2.70.
Columbia City, Whitley Co.—The past
week has been unusually warm, both day
and night; there w;as no rain until Friday
night and Saturday; this fair weather gave
the farmers an opportunity to finish
planting and the corn is now nearly all
planted; earlier planted _. up and growing finely; oats Is doing well; wheat also.
Rainfall, 0.98.
Logansport, Cass Co.—The excessive
warm weather the past week, has been
very beneficial to all crops; planting Is
done: corn and grass arj growing very
fast; wheat In low and flat lands begins to
show material damage by the wet weather.
Rainfall, 1.34.
.Point Isabel, Grant Cj.—The past seven
days have been very beneficial to all growing crops and to all farm work. Many
fields of corn look well, while others have
not been planted long enough to have
come up; wheat, where it was not
drowned out, looks well and a good yield
is anticipated; meadows are very heavy.
Rainfall, 0.27.
Haw Patch, LaGrange Co.—Corn is
nearly all planted but the acreage is small
for the county; early planted corn is doing
well; but a small amount of oats was
sown; wheat Is not improving; there will
be only 75 per cent of last year's crop; all
tree fruit will yield but a light crop;
strawberries of fine quality and great
quantity are in market.   R tlnfall, 1.19.
Angola, Steuben Ca.—One whole week
of very favorable weather for growing
crops and planting; much corn was
planted but not all; that which was
planted in time Is being worked and doing
well.   No rain.
Marion, Grant Co.—The past week was
warm; the temperature rising to a height
of 90°; wheat and oats look well; the fruit
crop, however, will be short; and corn has
been greatly damaged by the heavy rains
of the past week.   Rainfall, 1 83.
Lifayette, Tippecanoe Co.—Corn is
nearly all planted in this locality; wheat
and pastures look well; strawberries are
are abundant and of excellent quality; apples and cherries will be very scarce.
Rainfall, 1.15.
CENTRAL PORTION.
Irvington, Marion Co.—The weather
during the week, except the last few days,
was dry with high temperature; tbe rains
since Saturday were very beneficial and
crops are in fine condition; the apple crop
will be almost an entire failure. . Rainfall, 0 39.
Cambridge City, Wayne Co.—Pair
weather prevailed; with occasional rains
on few days only; the fair daya were utilized to remove the weeds from the corn
fields; corn looks well and Is doing woll;
the rains softened the ground which had
begun to bake.   Riinfall, 111.
Mauzy, Rash C*.—The weather was
very hot during the week; corn is growing rapidly; wheat will be ready to out
next weak; some clover is cut for hay;
cherries are ripe; Itis but a light crop;
strawberrtes yielded a half crop. Rainfall, 1.23.
Franklin, Johnson Co.—The weather
was unusually hot and crops have grown
wonderfully fast the past seven days; corn
generally looks well and Is all the way
frona jast planted to 30 Inches high; wheat
is turning yellow and some will be cut
scon; some fisld* will yield heavy but the
larger portion Is but thin on the ground;
oats is jast heading and will be a fair crop;
clover Is being cut and turns out well;
timothy is rather light; considering the
wet season; the temperat ranged from
70 to 99 degrees.   U ilnf-H',   .72.
R xskvllle, Parke Co.—aigh temperature
and excessive moisture have furnished all
the requisites for growing crops; corn is
doing finely; wheat is ripening and the
harvest will begin on or absut the 24 th,
Inst.   Rainfall, 1 Gl
Ashboro, Clay Co.—The dry weather
during the past week has Improved all
crops; corn planting Is nearly done; rye
is almost ready for cutting; wheat ls turning; the apple crop will be light; the trees
being badly affected with leaf blight; but
the foliage of pears seems to be free from
blight; raspberries are ripening; if the
next two weeks are favorable, Clay county farmers will have but Uttle cause to
grumble.   No rain.
ConnersvUle, Fayette Cj.—Warm, dry
weather prevailed during the past week;
on the 17th, a maximum temperature of
92° in the shade was recorded; rain on
Saturday night was baneficial to wheat,
cornj small fruits and vegetation generally.   Riinfall, .99.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Bureau.
Per C. F. R. Wappenhans,
Local Forecast Official, U. S. Weather
Bureau Assistant.
Washington Letter.
From onr .tegular Con espondent.
One member of the delegation of Congressional mourners which accompanied -
the remains of the late Col. L. L Polk,
president of the Farmer's Alliance, from
this city toRilifgh, North Carolina, last
week, was Representative Stackhouse, of
South Carolina. Wednesday morning of
this week a joint Congressional committee
started from Washington for Ssuth Carolina, In charge ot the remains of the late
Representative Stackhouse, he having died
suddenly of heart disease early Tuesday
morning. Col. Stackhouse has been a
prominent member of the Farmer's Alliance from Its beginning, and he served
several terms as president of the State organization before he was elected to Congress. He was the sixth member of the.
Fifty-second Congress to die, and nearly
every one of them died suddenly.
Representative Johnson, of Ohio, has an
idea that our present method of electing
Congressmen does not give the minorities
In the several districts of a State exactly
the showing to which he thinks them entitled. So he has Introduced a bill providing for the election of Representatives
in Congress by proportional representation. Under It aU candidates for the
House would be voted for by all the
voters in the State, and any body of electors may In convention assembled nominate any number of candidates not to
exceed the total numbor of seats to which
the State is entitled to in the House, and
cause their names to be printed on ballots. Electors would be entitled on their
ballots to one vote each for as many persons as the State is entitled to seats, and
they may cumulate their votes on a less
number of persons as they may choose. It
is diflicut to see where the improvement
would come in under this blU. The party
caucus would make It certain that every
State would send a solid delegation to the
House, thus absolutely shutting out the
minority representation which is possible
under the present system of electing Representatives by districts.
A Uttle flarry was created hereby a few
offhanded remarks made by Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, when asked what the
Chicago convention would do with the
silver question. He said: ''Bah! They
will do jast the same as the republicans.
Why, the gold-bugs would send a million
dollars, or two millions if necesary, to buy
up the whole convention."
Senator Morgan did not try to get a vote
on the free coinage bill this week, as he
hod said he would, but he made a speech
In its favor, in which he warned the Chicago convention in advance that if it suppressed a declaration favoring the free
coinage at the bidding of any man that
man would In tarn be suppressed by the
people. This was a direct slap at Mr.
Cleveland.
Senator Peffer in presenting a petition
from Kansas asking that Congress take
action to stop the lynchlngs which are becoming so frequent, said that the practice
was growing in all parts of the country.
—north, south, east, and west, and he
hoped the Judiciary committee, to which
the petition was referred, wonld promptly
report on the subject.
Needed Legislation.
editors Indiana Farmer:
My Idea of the legislation" needed Is to
pass the appropriation bills and then
repeal every act of the last Legislature and
adjourn. Jas. McCmntcck.
Newton Co.
—That would not suit our law makers,
at all. It would not give them any chance
to display their eloquence and zeal for
party.—Eds.
Peru reports the highest stage of water
in the Wabash river known for ten years.,