Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1874 — The Corn Crop of 1874. [ARTICLE]

The Corn Crop of 1874.

The Agricultural Bureau of the Government estimates the corn area for the present year to be at least 2,000,000 acres greater than that of the last year. In lowa this gain is 300,000 acres ; in Missouri the same; in Illinois 200,000; in Indiana 200,000 ; in Kansas 170,000 ; Georgia almost as largo an increase as Alabama ISO,000; Mississippi 120,000; Texas 200,000. The same authority reports the condition of the corn crop generally good in the . West, but very variable elsewhere. Only Massachusetts, of the Eastern States, 1 ’ennsylvama, of the Middle States, Maryland, South Caroli na L Florida, Georgia an d Tex as of the Southern •Stated,’ report average crops. The following per centagc above an average is given: South Carolina .01 per cent., Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan and Kansas, .02 ; Maryland and lowa, .04 ; Illinois, .05 ; Texas, .00 ; Indiana and Nebraska, .09. It will be seen from this that the prospect for corn in Indiana is only equalled by that of Nebraska and excelled by no other State. This report as respects Indiana is. in entire harmony with the reports we have from our own correspondents throughout the State. With the exception of some of the counties in the southern part of the State, where the drouth has prevailed, the prospect for a large yield was never better. The increase in the area of corn in this State may be largely attributed •to the new life and spirit infused into the farming community by the “Grange Movement.” And the benefits of this movement ai;e not only seen in increased acreage, but also morg thorough culture. Farmors taken a greater pride in their farms, crops and stock this year than ever before, and for this they will find abundant reward.— lndiana Farmer.