Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. [ARTICLE]

WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.

United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Crop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service ‘n Co-oper-ation with the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Monday, May 21. 1894. The warm weather the first half of the week and numerous good rains continued to be beneficial to crops, but from Friday the temperature fell to almost freezing during the nights and great injury to the crops was only prevented by continuous cloudy weather; snow in the northern portion and rains in tho southern; on Thursday hail and strong wind did injury to wheat, fences and trees in many localities; wheat is heading now nearly everywhere; it is very rank; clover and ry» are in bloom and pasturage in most excellent condition; fruit is falling off; tho planting of corn is not finished yet everywhere; because of frequent and in some localities very heavy rains but little planting could be done; the Hessian fly and cut worms still are doing much damare in some fields; light frosts occurred in few localities on the 18th. 19th and 30th. Patents have been awarded residents of Indiana us follows: A. F. B lease, Hammond, vehicle dashboard and fender; C. R. Jenne, Fort Wayne, clamp sketching :amera; C. P. Thomas. Evansville, powder box; J. J. Wood, Fort Wayne, switchboard and high tension circuits; J. J. Wood, Fort Wayne, electric current Indicator.