The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-07-24

5000; prospect of large yield and fine crop.
Corn: Acreage, $1,000; slight increase;
yield of forty bushels per acre; per cent.
greater than last year. Potatoes: About 2
crop good quality excellent; yield large.
Fruits: Peaches good, apples light. There
will be at least 10000 tons No. hay in this
county.
PurNAM-Wheat: Acreage 10000 an in
crease of % per cent, averaging twenty
bushels per acre, % per cent. increase in
yield; quality as good, If not better, than
ever known. Oats: Acreage 5000; small in
crease on last year; prospects never better
for yield and quality. Corn: Acreage 5000;
little backward, owing to cold weather and
heavy rams this spring, but the warm sun OF
the past three weeks has made it grow rapid
ly, so that IT will compare fayorably with
previous seasons. Potatoes: A decrease OF
% per cent in acreage; prospects very good,
best for many years. Fruits: All kinds very
fair, prospects best for many years.
RANDoLPH-wheat: Acreage, IL, 775, an in
crease of % per cent; will average seventeen
| bushels per acre, with an increased yield OF
| % per cent. Oats: Acreage, IA, 466, an IN
4 crease of 10 per cent; a very large yield, and
of an extra quality. Corn: Acreage, $1,000,
a shade less than last year; crop in good con-
/ dition; prospect for large yield Potatoes:
/ A small increase in acreage; prospect for a
good crop fattering. Fruits: Poor prospect
| for all kinds except berries.
! RUsa-Wheat: Acreage, $4,000, one-third
greater than last year; will average eighteen
bushels per acre; the yield will be one-third
! greater per acre, and of a much better quail
/ ity. Oats: The yield will be greater than
has been known for years. Corn Acreage
/ not as large as usual; condition about same
as last year; il drought does not interfere,
the yield will be average Potatoes: Acreage
about same as last year; prospect good.
/ Fruits: Not many peaches; an abundance of
apples, pears aud plums; grapes scarce on
account of June frosts.
SHELBY-Wheat: Acreage, 36,373; an in
caease of 20 per cent. over last year; will
average IA bushels per acre; % per cent.
| better in yield and much heavier grain.
Oats: Acreage, 3,lS6; prospect for very
1 large crop. Corn: Acreage, II ,5S3; an in
crease of 10 per cent over last year. The
condition of the crop is good and the pros
/ poets are for fully as good il not better yield
| than last year. Potatoes: About the same
/ acreage as last year; condition excellent and
/ prospect of unusual fine yield in quantity
and quality. Fruits Apples in fair condl-
ton. Peaches not so good; will be small
] crop; will be only indifferent crop OF plums,
grapes and other fruits.
ST. JOsEPH-Wheat: Same acreage as last
year; will average twenty bushels per acre;
yield 10 per cent better Oats: Acreage
about the same, but much better yield.
/ Corn: More planted than last year, and the
crop good. Potatoes: Same acreage as last
year, with prospect for big crop. Fruits:
Ali kinds in good condition, and prospect
or large yield.
SrEUBEN-Wheat: Acreage, 30, 900, an in
crease of 80 per cent over last year; will
average eighteen bushels per acre, yield of
80 per cent. greater than last year. Oats:
Acreage, 10000; large crop. Corn: Acreage,
10000, an increase of % per cent; excellent
prospect for a large yield. Potatoes: An in
crease of 80 per cent. in acreage; fiatteriDg
prospect for a good crop. Fruits: Fair, but
not the best.
SULLIvAN-Whest: Acreage 1851, an in
crease of 25 per cent. over last year; will
| average Is bushels per acre, a much better
yield and quality than last years. Corn:
Decrease OF per cent. in acreage; prospects
favorable for average yield. Potatoes:
An increase OF 20 per cent. In acreage; pros
poets favorable for q large and good crop.
Fruits: Large crop of all kinds, larger than
usual and better
Wheat: Shows an increased
acreage of % per cent; will average 10 BUSH
els per acre; the yield will be 20 per cent.
greater than last year. Oats: Acreage 1000;
prospect for large and fine crop. Corn
Acreage 10000, same as last year; condition
promising prospect for large yield. Pota-
toes about the same acreage as last year; the
crop promises TO be unusually good and
large; no bugs TO do any harm. Fruits: An
abundance of apples and pears, but few
peaches.
TIPPECANoE-Wheat: Acreage, 46, 500 twice
as large as last year; will average 20 bushels
per acre; regarded as the largest yield since
1864 Oats: Acreage, 1000; promises to be
fair crop. Corn: Acreage, $4,000, about
the same as last year; magnificent prospect
for large yield. Potatoes: Slight increase
in acreage; best crop known for several
years. Fruits: Fair; berries good; other
fruits average crop.
TnToN-W heat shows an acreage one-half
larger than last year; will average % bushels
per acre, with an increased yield of go per
cent. and so per cent. better grain. Corn:
An increased acreage of 75 per cent; condi-
ton of crop good. and prospect for very
heavy yield. Potatoes: About same acreage
as last year; condition OF crop good, with fair
prospects. Fruits: Apples full crop; peaches
pears and grapes only fair, being injured by
frost wbe in bloom.
UNIoN-Wheat: shows an increased acre
age of % per cent. over last year, averaging
20 bushels per acre; yield 20 per cent. better
than last year. Corn: Acreage 80 600, q
slight increase over last year; the condition
better than known for some time; prospect
very good. Potatoes: About same acreage
as last year; condition of crop good, and
promises a fair yield. Fruits: All kinds
tirst-clsss, excepting peaches, which are
scarce.
WAsmNGToN-Wheat: Shows an increased
acreage of 20 per cent. over last year, aver
aging Is bushels per acre, being an increase
OF 10 per cent. in the yield. Oats: Usual
quantity and of the best quality. Corn
There is about 10 per cent. increase in acre
age, and prospect for good yield, equal to
last years crop. Potatoes: A decrease OF 5
per cent. in acreage; condition good. and
prospects excellent; early are now maturing
Fruits: All kinds plenty, and of the best
quality. There will be large yield of hay.
fax, millet and beans.
Observation-Disclosures: Acreage, 20 900, an
increase of 20 per cent. over last year; aver
age, 600 bushels TO the acre: the yield is 10
per cent. less than last year. Early wheat is Of
inferior quality, but that harvested later is
better. Oats: Acreage $3.50: crop above the
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