People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1896 — Stale Crop Reports. [ARTICLE]

Stale Crop Reports.

NORTHERN PORTION. Porter county—Heavy rains and storms, no serious damage; corn maturing rapidly; thrashing progresses slowly; some plowing for wheat; apples falling badly; corn crop large and well filled, will not be out of danger from frost before September 15th. LaPorte county—Heavy rains; corn looks extra good;some millet hay made; plowing for wheat. Elkhart county—Corn growing nicely, but not yet out of danger from frosts; millet hay mostly made; tomato yield light. LaGrange county—Thrashing mostly done, yield light, quality medium; pears ripe; grapes turning; potatoes poor in quality and yield. Steuben county— Corn has matured considerably, some fields almost ready to cut; little plowing done for wheat; heavy crop of peaches. DeKalb county—Ground in fine condition for fall plowing, which progresses rapidly; corn maturing rapidly and some fields ready to cut, crop heavy. Kosciusko county -r-Oats thrashing completed and good yield, quality poor; large acreage of potatoes destroyed by rot; large crop of tomatoes ripening; farpa work retarded by rain. Fulton county—No rain; corn much damaged by wind aud hail last week; corn maturing nicely and most will be out of danger from frosts by September Ist; millet a good crop; thrashing about all done; potatoes rotting in grourd; apples falling badly. Whitley county—Week favorable for farm work; most wheat and oats thrashed; corn where not damaged by rain doing finely; buckwheat promises heayy crop; little plowing done yet; apples falling badly. Allen county Corn maturing rapidly, some is tn good shape now, but the fodder is too green yet, will be out of danger in about two weeks; plowing has begun. Adams county—Good week for farmers; ground still very wet; not much plowing done; corn much blown down by winds and damaged some; bottom lands overflowed. Miama county —Weather cool; wheat thrashing almost completed, inferior quality; corn fine crop, but some damaged by winds; tomatoes good, with small acerage; plowing delayed. Cass county —Corn crop continues improving and will l;e a large crop, will be out of danger from frosts in about a week; clover seed not very good; pastures never better. Carroll county— Cool weather, with light showers: corn maturing quite rapidly; plowing for wheat pushed, but some ground little wet; potatoes and cabbage rotting on lowlands; millet harvest progressing rapidly aud good crop; melons good size, but poor quality. Benton county—Corn stilt looking well, blown down in places, will be out of danger from frost in two weeks; oats thrashing about half completed and quality not very good, being damaged by rains; potatoes and pastures good. Grant county— One or two light touches of frost, but no damage reported, except in lowlands; thrashing progress ing; oats poor, too much rain. Jay couniy—Heavy rains, large quantities of peaches and apples blown from trees; potatoes rotting very badly; corn looks well except on lowlands. Lake county —Corn still in good condition; unusual growth of all vegeta tion; crop of corn will be large if there is no frost before Sep tember 20th.

H. A. HUSTON.

Director.

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