People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1896 — State Crop Reports. [ARTICLE]

State Crop Reports.

No rain fell and cool sunny weather prevailed. Corn is maturing fast and much of it is cut and in shock, and within a short time all of it will be safe from frost; there was a light frost in localities on Thursday, but did no damage; in some localities, because of great numbers of chinch bugs, the sap is drying up too fast; the corn crop will be very great. Tobacco is nearly all housed in good condition, Potatoes on uplands will yield a big crop, in lowlands many are rotting. Tomatoes are ripening slowly; in some counties the crop is short, in others it is 'arve. Buckwheat progresses well. Beans are. a poor crop in lew fields only; in most localities the crop is good. Pumpkins are abundant. The cucumber crop is very large in some counties.

Cabbage in general is in good condition; in some fields it has been spoiled. Peaches and grapes are abundant, and apples in the northern portion. The millet crop is fine. Thrashing is all done except in the northern portion. Fall plowing progressed rapidly, with the ground in good condition in most fields. Clover seed thrashing continues: the yield is fair. Pasturage. and stock are in good condition except sheep. NORTHERN PORTION. Porter county —Warm days and cool nights are maturing corn very fast, tip ends of ears are not well filled; potatoes will be Fight yield, owing to wet weather; apples largest in many years; ground covered with de-

caying fruit; wheat plowing in progress. St. Joseph county Wheat plowing has been pushed rapidly; corn has matured rapidly, one more week of such weather will carry it beyond danger from frosts; some late planted on low ground might be injured; potatoes not keeping well; apples plentiful. Elkhart county—Have had a little frost, but no damage; about half the corn crop past harm by frost, and not much damage could be done the other half, a little in shock. Steuben county —Week rather cool; corn needs from one to two weeks more to be safe from potatoes not rotting so badly; considerable plowing for wheat; some corn cut; thrashing not done yet, DeKalb county—Corn is maturing rapidly, some are cutting and in a week nearly the entire crop will be ready for harvest; plowing progressing slowly; fall pastures good. Kosciusko county

—Very damaging storm on 23d, leveling forests, uprooting orchards, uproofing buildings, leveling fences and corn fields, torrents of water fell; but little plowing done; numberless flies; hogs healthy; plenty of grass. Allen county—Light frost Thursday morning, but no damage; thrashing goes slowly, poor quality; oats the same; corn mostly out of danger of Hosts, some ripe and already cut, some late pieces not ripe yet; corn will be good. Fulton county— Much damage to corn by wind and rain storm, on 22d; good yield of corn, however; preparation for seeding goibg on* slowly; grapes beginning to ripen; pickle crop largest ever raised; except sheep, stock is doing well; corn cutting has commenced. Adams, Wells and Huntington counties—Plowing for -wheat, and some grain sown; corn ripening rapidly, some cut and much almost ready to cut; thrashing about finished; nearly all the corn safe from frost, and that in Huntington promises largest yield ever raised; upland potatoes good crop, lowland rotted; hogs healthy; plenty of fruit. Miami county—Bad windstorm on 22d leveled corn and fenecs and blew down much timber and orchards; farmers cutting corn, some feeding it to hogs; farmers now busy repairing fences, etc. Cass county — The immense corn crop nearly free from frost; plowing for wheat; some com is down; potatoes being dug. Caroll, White and Benton counties—Thrashing about completed; corn doing well with good weather, and will be out of danger in another week; farmers plowing for wheat. Jay county —Corn not maturing very rapidly on account of cold nights, most of corn very soft yet; plowing progressing very rapidly.

H. A. HUSTON,

Director.