People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — CROPS OF INDIANA [ARTICLE]

CROPS OF INDIANA

U. 8. Bureau, Indianapolis.

Warm, fair weather prevailed, with few scattered local showers; fine weather for young crops and harvest work. Crops are, on an average, in fine condition throughout, the state. NORTHERN PORTION. Porter county —Very dry; farmers making hay and threshing wheat; so far oats will be a big crop; corn doing well. Elkhart county;—Corn is looking fine, prospects for large crop; oats being cut; young clover growing finely; good rain on 9th; wheat being threshed rapidly, quality good; corn doing well since this week; potatoes fine and plenty. LaGrange county—First of week very hot, rain on 9 th; oats ready to cut and good crop, effected somewhat with rust; wheat thrashed, good quality, but poor yield; corn tasseling; pastures short; blackberries fine quality; plowing for wheat commenced.

Steuben county—Rain helped pastures; corn looking fine; wheat very poor, both in quality and quantity; rye reported poorly filled. Noble county—Wheat threshing in full progress, yield average, but of light weight; oatsdn fine condition and ripening rapidly; crops need rain; corn fine and doing well. Kosciusko county—Corn in tassel; oats will be harvested next week, good prospects for large crop; rain much needed for corn, potatoes and pastures; quality and quantity of wheat yield poor. Marsh all cou n t y—W heat threshing almost completed, quality poor; hay fair crop; prospects for Oats, corn a u d potatoes good.

Allen county—Wheat harvested oats crop heavy, some smut; corn doing well; hay near ly all cut; potatoes good. Fulton county Weat her cool, rain on 10th; corn looks ■well, beginning to tassel and shoot; oats harvest commenced; hay about all made; weather dry. Benton county—Wheat all cut and threshed, good quality; oats not as good as expected; potatoes and all other crops good. Carroll county—Wheat threshed, some poor; corn doing well and beginning to tassel; potatoes and all vegetation doing well; hay crop good; good apples, pears and peaches. Cass county —Wheat threshing almost completed; oats heavy; hay secured in good condition, rain needed.

Miami county—Weather cool and dry; oats turning and will soon be ready to cut; wheat mostly threshed, poor yield; corn continues to grow; timothy cut, good crop; grape vines loaded; rain needed. Wabash county—Rains Thursday benefited corn and oats; thrashing has commenced; hay making will soon be pushed. Huntington county—Weather cool; wheat thrashing progressing, yield poor; rain needed. Wells county—Good hay leather; rain Wednesday benefited corn and other growing crops; oats ’heavy and much of it down; wheat air cut, some threshed and poor crop. Adams county—Plenty of rain and sunshine; vegetation made rapid growth; timothy about all cut; oats ready, promises large crop. Grant county—Wheat thrashing progressed rapidly; rye and few oats harvested; corn is tasseling and late corn waist high. Jay county—Timothy hay good; oats good, fine weather. Lake county—Haying in full blast, with splendid weather and light showers, crop good; oats o good crop and some fields down; corn doing well; potatoes a big crop; fruit, a fine crop,

H. A. HUSTON,

Director.