Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — CROP SUMMARY IN INDIANA [ARTICLE]

CROP SUMMARY IN INDIANA

The corn crop as a whole did not turn out as well as was anticipated, although what is good will be cribbed and the poor quality used for ensilage. In the north part of the state frost damaged the crop very materially, while in the south part the greatest damage was from heat and storms. Complaint from all sections has been received of poorly filled and small, chaffy ears.Husking is progressing very rapidly and will be practically completed within the next two weeks if the weather continues favorable. The wheat crop is the smallest for many years and will not grade above number three for the whole crop, notwithstanding that there were some sections that produced an excellent grade. The oats crop is considerably short of last' year, and while it is of splendid color, the extreme heat at the filling period caused it to be very light weight per measured bushel. Tobacco is not grown very extensively in this state, but the counties that do produce it report a splendid crop this year, both weight and color being exceptionally good and the crop put away in the best of condition. The early potato crop was a fairly good one, but the late potatoes were almost a failure. Blight, bugs • and frost being the agencies contributing to the disaster. . Hay was about the only full crop produced this year, it being one of the largest and best ever raised in the state. The total production of apples, compared with a favorable year, is very low. Very few of the farm orchards had any at all, but the commercial orchards in nearly all cases report a good crop, and some of them the largest crop ever raised. The quality is unusually good except in a few sections. The late varieties are raised much more extensively than the early and nearly all of them are marketed, either at the orchard or through cold storage houses. The number of trees remains about the same as the cefisus reported, although many large orchards have been set out since that time.