The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-04
Corn good and
Potatoes are rotting. G.

Potatoes are rotting. Corn good and
large acreage. =,
Rush County-The corn crop viii
be good; oats very poor. Wheat will
not average much more than one
fourth of a crop. Hay is very badly
damaged.
SCOTT County-The corn crop or
high lands looks we'll. All the low
lands are drowned out. Crops win bs
one-third short. Wheat, one-tenth Of
a crop. Oats were good but not ovel
half saved The hay crop is only me.
dunn, and much damaged. Potatoes
are fine, but rotting in the ground.
Shelby County-Crops are badly
damaged. Corn one-half. Oats 8
failure. Wheat two-thirds lost. The
hay crop is failure. Shocks of whea
are floating down the river. Wheat
and -four are advancing. Potatoes ar
plenty.
Steuben County-Wheat is , fail
average crop, and saved 10 good con
dition. Oats will yield large crop
Corn is better than for some years
Potatoes will be an excellent crop
No fruit
st. Joseph County-The wheat is
about all harvested, and the crop is
far better than the most sanguine OF
our farmers expected. The average
yield not less than twelve bushels
per acre. Oats is an unusually good
crop this season. Potatoes cover more
ground this year than ever before, and
the yield will be larger. Corn also
never looked better, and the acreage
is large. S.
Sullivan Countryside half the
wheat crop ia in the field and spelling
Corn on low lands is drowned entirely
out. The grass crop is standing in
the field and badly damaged.
Tippecanoe County-The oats crop
is down, with no prospect of saving
The wheat is moulding and sproutiDg,
Potatoes have commenced to rot. Hay
is badly damaged. Corn Is doing we'll
except in low places.
Upton County-All low lands are
submerged. Wheat will be almost a
total loss, and oats badly damaged.
It is impossible to estimate the dam
age to corn, but it will be heavy. The
early potatoes are rotting.
Union County-Whea almost to-
tai failure; rotting in the field and
barn. Oats blown down and almost
ruined. Timothy light, dead ripe,
and net cut. Corn throughout the
county heavy. Flax light. No frnit.
Vanderburg County-Al the crops
have suffered, but the hay crop is the
worst damaged. The corn crop ON the
river bottoms will be nearly failure
About one-third of the wheat is spoil
ed. Tobacco rs badly damaged. g.
Vermillion County-Owing, to SO
much rain lately, the prospects for
good crops are aos very fattering.
Vieo County-Tbere will be only
one Eth of a crop OF wheat. Oats is
yet unhurs. Most of the hay is uncut
and greatly injured Corn is uausu-
ally fine On the uplands, but ruined in
all low places There will not be
over halt crop Of it.
Wabash County-Wheat is still In
the shock, and seriously damaged by
rain. Oats aud fax are lying on the
ground and in bad condition. The
prospects for AL crops are poor.
Warren County-The wheat crop is
much below the average in quality
and quantity, and sprouting in the
shock. Corn is weedy, though if the
frost don't iHjure It ii will make a
heavy crop Oats is badly damaged
and bat little saved In good order.
The Wabash bottom is badly over
flowed
Washington County-Wheat is a
failure. Oats a heavy yield, but not
one third saved ON account of contin-
uous rain. The same is true of the
grass crop The corn prospect is very
good and the area large. No fruit.
Wayne County-IIalf a crop of
wheat, badly damaged IN the shock;
will not yield more than three to four
bushels Corn, cats and fax never
promised better previous to the rains.
but are now out, lying fat and rotting.
Corn. full crop, save where broken
on the hills and inundated on low
lands.
White County-Wheatis sprouting;
much is uncut and abandoned Oats
will be less than ene-fourth Of crop.
Corn is yellow, muddy and standing
in the water in low places. Potatoes
in low ground are rottlng.
Whitley County-Wheat we'll filed
and an average product, but in bad
condition from the wet weather. Corn,
splendid. Glover comparative fail
ure. Timothy, ETC., very hne- Oats,
fine. Fruit, almost failure. Pota-
toes, good. a
Wells County-The wheat crop is
damaged by the wet. Flax is badly
fallen and damaged Oats are very
fat, and where green full Of army
worms, not oue-third Of a crop Corn
has splendid prospects on high ground
and ditchea land.
Marion County---In some portion.
the wheat is in stack. but not less
than four ffths is still in shock, a
large portion of which has sprouted
and is ruined. Hay and oats are fiat.
and only an immediate cessation of
rain can enable farmers to Secure
halt crop. One week more will utter
~ ruin these products On high
ground the corn has been titled, and
presents fair appearance, but along
the flats on White river, Eagle and
Fall creeks the damage is irreparable
Crawford County---A bout half a
crop of wheat, with corn in good con-
dision.
Dubois Countrywide one third
of last years yield, but the quality
thus far saved is excellent.
Elkhart County---About one third
OF the wheat is in the stack; the, re-
mainder partially damaged, and corn
! In good condition. Hay and oats
looking well.
Jasper County---Wheat was badly
winter killed. and. in many instances,
hardly the seed will be secured.
Ohio County---Corn is looking well,
but wheat will not be more than half
crop.
Orange County---Farmers utterly
discouraged. The only hope for halt
a cror is rood weather and that i'm
mediately.s