People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — CROPS OF INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

CROPS OF INDIANA.

Occasional rains and warm weather continued. Too much rain has fallen in localities of the central and southern portion; it prevented cultivation of corn, caused wheat to sprout in shock and lodged oats. Corn continued to grow rapidly; in some fields it is tasseling. Oats are an excellent crop; it has headed, and is turning. Potatoes are in fine condition. Tobacco is doing splendidly. Gardens are in fine condition, and vegetables are growing rapidly; beans have been planted, and some are com - ing up. Melons and fruit are plentiful; peaches and apples are falling much. The blackberry crop is immense. The wheat and rye harvest and haying continued; wheat and rye are nearly all in shock, and thrashing has begun. A fine crop of timothy is being cut, and clover is being cut and housed. Pasturage is in fine condition. Chinch bugs are still doing damage to corn.

NORTHERN PORTION. Lake county—Corn looks well, and is being weeded and cultivated; oats heavy, and many pieces badly lodged and being cut for hay; wheat and rye poor; potatoes fine; pastures good. Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph and Elkhart counties—Except in a* few localities, wheat and rye harvest about completed, and much in shock; rust did not damage wheat as much as was expected; condition of oats continues fine; corn in excellent shape, and week has been more favorable for its cultivation; hay making has begun; fine early potatoes in market; much oats has headed out; raspberry crop of fine quality; fruit continues good. Steuben, DeKalb and Noble counties—Wheat, rye and hay harvest in full blast; oats are headed, and some turning; wheat of better quality than was first expected; corn is fine, and weather has been favorable. Kosciusko and Marshall counties—Wheat harvest about completed, and thrashing and hay making will be general next week; quality of wheat only fair corn and potatoes never better gardens in fine shape. Pulaski and Fulton counties—Wheat harvest in progress, and potatoes were never better; gardens in fine shape; fine timothy is being cut; some wheat being thrashed, and is poor; rye only fair; corn is growing nicely; considerable millet being sown in Fulton county. Whitley and Allen counties —Favorable week, with some rain; wheat harvest in progress, and qualify seems only fair; oats fine, but rank in localities; corn very fine; meadows generally good, and clover is being fruit continues good; potatoes excellent. Adams and Wells counties—Rains have re. tarded farm work and hay making; oats very tall, but vigorous, and some is badly laid by rains; farmers cutting wheat and hay when opportunity offers; ground very soft; meadows in good shape; fly and rust have injured quality of wheat; potatoes excellent; corn doing well, but cultivation retarded by wet weather. Miami, Cass and Carroll counties—Rains have hindered wheat harvest somewhat, but most of it is completed, and thrashing will be general next week—quality poor, but some is better than expected; oats, hay and all grasses fine; corn is growing very fast, and has been kept remarkably clean; in some localities rye thrashing has begun; gardens fine, and stock doing well. Benton county—Wheat is generally all harvested, and quality good in localities; heavy rains have laid meadows and oats, some of which have raised; corn, potatoes and gardens in fine condition. Grant county— Wheat harvest about completed, rye same—quality of grain is generally good; oats are the finest in years; meadows good; corn excellent. Jay county—Rains have retarded farm work in localities, nevertheless the wheat and hay harvest is on whenever opportunity offers; rye- harvested; oats look well.

H. A. HUSTON,

Director.

It is not developing very plainly where Warner. Bryan and Patterson are trying to lead the people’s party. They were smart enough, however, to have some of our guns spiked at a time when they ought to have been in action. Voting for a promise of free silver Is not voting for free silver. Remember the democratic party has defeated ten free silver measures and is not la the habit of redeeming its promises. The people’s party is the only party that means what it says.