Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1883 — Indiana Crops. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Crops.

The Indiana Farmer, in view of the failure of the Bureau of Statistics or State Board of AgricuVure, has collated information from every county in Indiana relative to the condition of the crops during the month of March. It makes ;the following average: Per rent. Wheat, acres 100 “ condition - 78 Bye, condition ....... 85 Barley* rendition.., 81 Clover, condition 91 Timothy, condition, , 95 Honea, condition , 100 Cattle, condition .. 99 Sheep, condition.... . 97 Hogs, condition ; 98 Peach buds alive M Apple buds a1xv0........«•»••••.... .m...... 88 Wheat in producers’ hands 17 Wages of farm hands per month sl7 The large flouring mill of Dye A McKinsey, at Colfax, was burned to the ground last Tuesday night, involving a loss of SIO,OOO. Insurance for half its vslue.