People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — STATE CROP REPORT. [ARTICLE]

STATE CROP REPORT.

From The IT. S. Weather Bureau at Purdue Idiversity. WEEK ENDING MONDAY, JULY 1 CENTRAL PORTION. The weather is quite favorable. and good rains fell at the beginning and light local showers at the end of the week. The wheat harvest continued; in some counties catting is ended, others will finish next week; thrashing began in Vigo, Decatur and Marion counties; the quality is good, but crop is light, but better than expected; in some favorable fields in Marion county it is about 25 bushels per acre; in some fields the shocks stand far apart; most grains are plumb and the heads well filled, but some are shrunken. Rye is a fair crop most everywhere. Oats have been improved; io some fields the crop is maturing fast: it is short but the heads seem to be well filled; in Decatur county it is ready for cutting. Corn is in excellent condition, stands well, is, of a deep green color and well cultivated; the late planted is just coming up, but early planted in, Johnson county is as tall as a man can reach; in Wayne county, in rich fields the corn is ••laid by.” The rain came too late for timothy; in some fields it lengthened some after the rain: in Decatur county it is ready to cut, but in general it is a poor crop. Old clover is all cut and housed; a fair yield; new clover is growing nicely. Pasturage has improved a little but is still very short. Gardens and vegetables are improved and in better condition. Late potatoes are better than the early, which were much injured by bugs; in Johnson county they are in b'oom. Watermelons and sweet potatoes are growing out vines well. In Owen county rain is needed, and stock water is scarce. Plums, apples and pears are abundant. Chinch bugs are doing injury to corn in Putnam, Owen, Vigo, Franklin and Decatur counties.

NORTHERN PORTION. The rains were badly distributed and light; good rains fell only in very few localities, and rain is needed in many. Wheat in some counties is cut and in shock, but in most counties harvesting continues; the crop in general is below average; the heads are well tilled, but the plant stands thin in many fields. Oats have been helped a little by the rain, and a better yield is expected. but it is short yet. and in some fields maturing slowly. Rye is a fair crop, but there is not much. The old clover crop is light; young clover is small, but growing well. Grass and pasturage have been improved in some localities, but where no rain fell pasturage is dry. Haying is well under way; in most localities it is the lightest and poorest crop for years. Timothy, in Whitley county, is drying without heading and not worth cutting. It has been too dry for gardens and vegetables, and these are not in very promising condition. potatoes jn ' general are in fair condition'; in Carroll and Kosciuski counties they are wilting and need rain . Apples’ are in good condition; grapes in Noble county; late cherries are a good crop in Elkhart county, and small fruit, cherries and berries are plentiful in LaGrange county. Grasshoppers are injuring oats in Noble county, and

chinch bugs are doing much damage to corn in Elkhart and Tippecanoe counties.