Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-19
lcor.sposespes Of State ssntire'.l
Tne state gafr and Agrteeu'
Prospects IN Northern
Pert ~ ayne and sts surfoo"s'

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- FoKr wATxE, Isp August IL, 1900.
Enron srxrrxsI: Your subscriber left indi-
.n.noIis Yesterday at 1870. and, after isy over
of three hours and halt at Peru, rescned this
vooaix cits at early chicken cfosing-l A u =
e. route on an agricultural tour OF course ve
must say something in regard 70 the crops IN
general. aud Port Wayne and The State Fair IN
particular
Along the p I Railroad il decidedly exten-
.ize in acres bot a fev good farmers With whom
conversed, say which il true) that the yield IN
this section vill fall greatly below an average
Weld. bot the crop cut the hrst OF July was
shove The annual average, and the osmage oy
the late excessive rains have made The ehaage
alluded TO: snd furthermore. / am told, snd
f,o,, nx o.n observation, based on several
year. of practical and theoretical farming. be
iieys. that the pbest crop of this year might
have been saved By ample provisions made by
| farmers ia the vay Of the erection OF common
Gus barns and granaries 10 store the gram after
it's harvested. Then. again, the sheas crop
vas cut the first Of July. and badly shocked 10
round heaps, where il still remains without nav
ing been opened or moved for the purpose OF an
| ing: but eaere the grover Was thriity la1mei'
| (or stayed 81 home instead OF ioanog 49, -,
| ard used prooer industry, the crop has oeen sen
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| ia fully squsl to any former years
AZ, Eiitor. you know farmers are strange
| elias. of people: as. for example, last JANUARY
thew reported the wheat crop DESTROYED oy oeihe
..d,o,e out" By frost; aud then. IN March, u
90. all being devoured By the fJ eating the
root, and Young rendfils. then, when the gran
/ bey,n to form il was all blasted. rusted, aDt
| finally vas devoured by the wee'il; but when tn
b.,ve.t came il Was found that the crop vas %
i 10 tn al
grain A larger crop Of wheat we have som'
| right to make the sssertion.l was never har
vested in Indiana True the vet weather hs
since greatly injured the wheat crop. 10 yield sn'
quantity, but IL is said that industrious iarmer
have secured good crop, Of fair quai, desplI
tbs annual eroaksrs
Oats are abundant and OF fair quality. vhic
mus, cause a reduction in prices.
/ CORN.
weh.ye travelled over the route from your CIT
to Fort Wayne. slmost monthly during the last te
years and can say TO the best OF our belief tina
there are now more acres OF fine corn growInl
than have been planted along the same rost
during the wears OF 1869 and 1864. and goo
| farmers say the same thing. The corn il IN
usually large we'll coIored. fully cared and N
contingency can now arise TO affect the cor
| crop. except frost, and even that must come be
fore the lst Of October, 10 do any damage Thl
being true. Indiana must produce the isrges
corn crop ever raised.
/ FORT wAYsK.
/ Fort Wayne 10 a live town, Calhoun street
from the Railroad TO the Depot is drained with
large sewer six feet in diameter, Into whic
other streets ere also drained BY small sewers
into the river under the canal. Large and fin
buildings are being rapidly erected. while Ca
houn and Columbia streets are being paves I
the distance Of nearly . mile with the celebrs
ted Nicholson or Chicago psvement-~hich
think can describe. First the street s grade
aud then covered with sand. as with US in boulc
ering then the surface is covered With inch GA
boards thoroughly saturated with hit coal Ia
then the boards are covered with white oak. b'
ing pieces OF three inch plank sawed SIX inchs
long and set on end with crevice of one inc
between each tier Of oak plank set on en-
The interstices between the plsnks are the
filed n with coarse gravel and heated coal II
and the whole surface similarly covered. tn
cost is So IS per square superficial yard. al
must make a very durable street In drvn
over the same is is widely different from OF
boudered noisy streets, in this. that the sound {
wagons. drsys. &c. is apparently mufled and
40 source of annoyance.
The Fair ground is q beautifully undulatin
piece OF ffty-sx acres Though the people he
were Only required 10 prepare thlf'y sctes, :,
they have 30 far violated their contract with ii
Board Of Agriculture as to prepare and BIT Z
I fifty six acres Of as fine ground for the purpos
, intended as can be found anywhere.
TnE TRAcK-We say il is the best time tras
in the West being fifty feet ia width and oil
and half miles in length.
Q Altogether. Fort Wayne isa live town Al
I county. They have a 6ne Court house. Ci
Hall. and other public buildings. in value wor
az much ss half of all the public buildings, DO
State and County, in Marion.
t Nov. Mr.. Editor. il you'll publish what hs
written, WON'T write apym now.
Il Respectfully, yours.
l. ID. Ii.