People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — STATE CROP REPORT. [ARTICLE]

STATE CROP REPORT.

From The I*. S. Weather Bureau at Purdue University. WEEK ENDING MONDAY, SEPT. 2. Cooler, generally . cloudy ; weather and numerous rains i were most beneficial and improved everything in all parts of the State. The early planted corn or that on poor land had matured too fast and “fired." and rain came too late to be of benefit; in some counties some of it has been cut, but the late planted corn and the corn on favorable ground, especially the replanted, will undoubtedly be improved by the rains, and in general an excellent crop is still promised everywhere, especially if heavy frosts will be delayed until after the middle of September. Pasturage and meadows are beginning to show green again, promising, with more rains in the future, a good fall pasturage. Tobacco, only raised in a few of the southern counties in larger crops, ripened too early to be heavy, and much has been housed: that still remaining out is improved by the rains and looks well. Clover is nearly all cut and threshing continues, although interrupted during the rains; the yield is fair. Potatoes in the central and southern portions are not very promising, but in the northern" portion the crop promises to be fair. Tomatoes. in general, promise a good crop: in some counties they are late and subject to injury by early frosts. Beans are in good condition. Fall plowing has been resumed after the rain, and most of the fields are ready for sowing wheat; the sowing" will begin soon; rye is being sown nearly everywhere. Apples and pears are in great abundance, and cider making has begun in some localities. CENTRAL PORTION. Cooler, cloudy weather predominated, and good rains fell nearly everywhere, -improving growing crops, and the ground for plowing and seeding. Corn, in general, is in good condition, promising a large crop if not injured by frost within two weeks: the late corn is helped by the rains, the ears will fill better, but the rain came too late for the early planted, which matured too fast, especially in Rush, Union and Randolph counties, where some of the corn is cut for fodder. Clover is. nearly all cut, but in some counties the rains prevented threshing, especially in Parke, Henry, Madison and Johnson counties; the yield of seed is good, especially in Rush and Madison counties. Melons, cabbage, beans and vegetables are in good condition. Potatoes do not promise a good crop; in some fields rain improved the late planted. Early tobacco in Wayne county is not in good condition. In general the tomato crop is large and in fine condition; it is improved by the late rains. Pasturage has been improved by the rains and begins to turn green again nearly everywhere. Fall plowing is nearly done, and wheat sowing will begin soon, with the ground in good condition. Rye has been sown and is coming up in many fields, helped by the rains. Stock, in general, is in good condition; in Johnson county it is still being fed. Many hogs are dying in Rush county. Stock water is still scarce in Rush county; many wells are drilled from one to two hundred feet deep. NORTHERN PORTION. Cool, cloudy weather prevailed. with numerous local rains nearly every day of the week, and growing crops were much improved, except early corn, which had become too dry; some in Warren, Kosciusko and Elkhart counties has been cut; late corn is in good condition, and promising large and good crops if not injured by early frosts within two w’eeks. especially in Carroll, Starke, Elkhart, Cass. Marshall, Adams. Tippecanoe and Kosciusko counties. Not much clover has been cut yet in several counties, and newly sown clover is germinating well in Whitley county. Late potatoes are doing well, promising a fair crop in Mar shall. Carroll, Elkhart and La Porte counties. Buckwheat is in good condition in Adams county. Tomatoes promise well in Starke county; they are late’ and subject to injury by frost. Cabbage, beans and melons are in good condition: melons are scarce in Grant county. Pastu rage and grass in general much improved by the rains and growing green again. Fall plowingprogresses; in some counties they are done; the ground is in excellent condition for seeding.

Rye is still being sown inMiami, Cass and Starke counties: in LaPorte and other counties it is all sown; wheat sowing has commenced in Warren county. Apples are very abundant in Wabash and Kosciusko counties; apples are so plentiful that the fruit has no value; the trees are heavily laden and hundreds of bushels. lie on the ground. Stock is in good condition, but stock water is still scarce in Cass, Grant and Elkhart counties.