The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-04
THE CROPS.
GREAT DAMAGE BY RAIN

GREAT DAMAGE BY RAINS
wheat Spr0uting I'm the shock and
Oats ROtt1ng ON the Ground.
Betto@ Land. Generally Inundated
The SOuthern and Central
Couns1es the Greatest
THE indianapolis Journal Of the
31st ultimo contains special dispatches
from eighty counties Of this State,
dated the previous evening, giving an
account Of the condition of the crops
up to that date, which we condense
and transfer to the columns Of the
Palladium, as follows:l
Adams County-Wheat is an aver
age crop, although somewhat injured
in the harvest-6eld by wet weather.
Oats will be large crop, but lying
down considerably. Corn looks fine,
and bids fair to be very large crop.
No fruit.
Allen County-The wheat crop is
below an average this year, though a
good plump berry. Heavy rains have
done a great deal of damage to oats
and corn. The latter in low lands is
badly killed, and the former being of
rank growth was fattened to the
ground by rains. The crops of both
will be above an average. however.
Potatoes are excellent. No fruit.
Benton County-Corn is good. Oats
and grass are good, but the weather
has been SO bad that they could not
be harvested. Wheat is light, and
the wet weather has prevented the
securing of the same.
Blackford County-Wheat is half
crop, but growing in shock. Oats
good, but down badly. Flax never
better, but growing in the boil. Corn,
hall crop. Potatoes on high ground
are excellent, on low ground failure
Hay is good.
Boone County-The heavy rains
here have done great damage to crops
1t would be impossible to estimate
the loss to this county. Wheat has
sprouted in the shock, aud corn will
not make over one-half crop.
Cass County-Wheat is very good.
There Is large crop of oats. Oats
are down, and the weather being wet,
are difficult to save. There will be
an abundant crop of potatoes, but rot
ting, on account of wet weather. A
very heavy crop of corn and growing
we'll. A heavy crop of hay, with a
prospect of fair weather to save it.
Clark County-One-fourth Of the
hay crop is uncut, and the standing
crop too ripe, even under favorable
weather, to make good hay. The
ground is too soft to work upon. Oats
are almost entirely lost. Wheat is
badly sprouted in the shock. Pota-
toes are rotting in the ground. Corn
badly lodged, but not much damaged.
Clay County-Wheat is sprouting
in the shock, and we will have but
half a crop. Corn in lowlands has
been destroyed; uplands. good Oats
and grass are injured, and will not
yield over half a crop.
Clinton County-Wheat is nearly
all in the shock. About half crop
is produced, and much of that will
necessarily be spoiled before it can be
saved. Corn promises not more than
half q crop. Oats and grass are
abundant, but if the rain continues
much longer they will spoil on the
ground
Dearborn County-Corn excellent,
though damaged by the floods in the
Big Miami bottoms. Many hundred
acres are swamped. Of wheat, what
the frost left, the rain has destroyed.
Hay two-thirds of a crop. Potatoes
never better. Oats half a crop; the
the army worm in some parts Of the
county is destroying the oats.
Decatur COunty-Wheat and oats
are damaged by being blown down:
Small streams are overfowing and
have washed considerable grain away.
The remainder left is in damaged
condition. Potatoes and cabbage are
rotting in the low lands.
Dekalb County-Wheat harvested
very nearly; an average crop. White
wheat injured some by rust and wee
vii. Oats very good but lodged ana
down badly. Corn and vegetables ex-
cellent. Very little fruit
Delaware County-White river is
higher than it has been for years.
Considerable wheat is being carried
away by the flood. Bottom land is
from SIX to twenty inches under wa.
ter. The wheat il nearly all spoiled
Large crops of fax, oats. hay and corn
damaged.
Fayette County-The crops in hay
and oats almost total failure. Wheat
mostly in the shock, and scarcely a
fourth of crop will be realized. Corn,
some bottom fields entirely destroyed.
Wet weather causes it to shoot badly
and is injuring it. Potatoes, prospect
fair if the wet weather ceases.
Floyd County-Wheat and oats
sprouting in the shock. and grass rot
ting ION the ground. Continuous wet
weather is preventing harvest. Pota-
toes are rotting. The low lands are
overlooked, and high lands too wet to
work.
Fountain County-Wheat half an
average crop. some spelling In the
stack and sprouting in the shock.
Corn prospects good. River bottom
corn is partially under water. Oats,
a good crop, but none saved on ac-
count of rain. Hay good, but too
much rain to be saved.
Franklin County-Whea very poor.
Not more than one fourth of a crop
will be saved. Oats viii, nearly all be
lost; one fifth oe the crop may be saw
ed. Barley is in the same condition
as oats. Hay. half a crop will be
saved; in bad condition. Corn is very
good.
Fulton County-The crop prospects
are good. Some wheat is greatly dam
aged by late, rains. For corn, grass
and potatoes there were never better
prospects.
Gibson County-Wheat, two thirds
of crop, half of which is ruined by
the rains. One week more Of rain
will destroy the whole. Corn, half
crop. but little grass or oats.
Greene County-More than one
third of the corn in White and Eel
river bottoms has been destroyed by