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

CONCERNING CROPS.

It is said by those who travel much through the country that Newton will make over half a crop this year.—Kentland Democrat. In view of the short hay crop many farmers are sowing corn to be cut up for fodder. Some sow it thickly in furrows 16 inches apart and others sow it broadcast.—Monticello Herald. Hay is worth $25 a ton in Indianapolis and it threatens to go higher. But there may be plenty of hay yet. A number of years ago a spring drouth visited Indiana and the grass , was all killed. Later in the season heavy rains occurred and in October farmers cut as fine a crop of hay as was ever cut.—Ex. Nearly every farmer has a different theory regarding the oats crop. A majority seem to agree however, that the yield will be from twenty-five to thirty-five bushels per acre. Some fields will do much better, and will produce from fifty to sixty bushels per acre. Corn is looking fine and all that is needed is a good rain to insure a big crop.— Kentland Enterprise. In view of the scarcity of hay that will be put up this season a number of farmers in different localities are drilling or sowing a few acres of corn to be cut lor feed. Corn fodder made in this manner is said to be a splendid substitute for hay, and could, no doubt, be profitably grown, by many who will otherwise find themselves short of feed.—Delphi Citizen. The country over, there never was a much nicer or evener prospect for a good corn crop than there is just now. Last week's growth has been something bordering on the remarkable. Wheat is largely in the shock and makes a better showing than what we were led by reports to believe it would be. Oats are still quite green and healthy in appearance but in a number of fields a man will have to add a sack to the rear end of his reaper instead of a table in which to catch the heads as the straw is so short it cannot be bound into a decent sheaf. Winamac Republican. The appearance of the oat fields has improved wonderfully in the past two weeks and the present indications are that there will be at least a good two-third crop. Corn looks fin'e and gives promise of a heavy y ield.—Morocco Courier.