The Indianapolis journal., 1883-06-11

TOIteu IN lnS ground, out JDe feplant0P Is
all done, and the weather now promises fairly.
1 Pike county, in the southwest reports a
slightly increased acreage. and though the
weather has been unfavorable until recently,
| farmers are now looking for q good crop.
| The first planting came up well. Fountain
county has increased its acreage, and the
present outlook is very fair. Some OF the
earliest corn was cut by frost, but repanting
has made up for all such damage. The sea-
son has been backward until recently.
Orange county reports good outlook, though
! the season is later that last year, There is a
| good stand of corn all over the county and
there is no reason to doubt that it will ma
ture before frost. Wabash county crop has
been retarded by bad weather, but is now up
we'll A little replanting had to be done on
account Of the poor quality of the seed. Per-
| ry county increased its acreage 10 per cent,
and has good prospect for an average yield
per acre. Little complaint is made in regard
to the weather. Parke county presents
| prospect for at least an average crop. The
| acreage is increased about 10 per cent. The
| corn ground is in fine condition and the
stand is good. In Whitley county the out
| look is not as good as at this time last year,
| but this weather if it continues, will bring
it out all right Newton county gives
an increased acreage, but the crop
| has had many drawbacks, among
them hard frost on May %,
which has kept it back. The stand is now
| up the second planting, and the prospect now
is very good.
Out of sixteen counties in Ohio, five re-
port an increased acreage ranging from to
80 per cent, and three report decrease in
acreage of from to Is per cent Every
county reports damage from cold and wet,
but in all but one county the past week of
favorable weather has produced change
which gives promise of at least an average
yield. But one reports apprehension in re-
gard to corn being able to mature before
frost A Sandusky county farmer writes
| that he has frequently seen corn planted as
late as the middle of June ripen before frost.
G. +. Newton, of Holmes county. who fur
nlshes the government reports fIcm his sec
| ton, says that though on all low lands the
growing plant looked yellow a week ago, a
good, healthy appearance now characterizes
it. Bad seed and cold weather necessitated,
in some localities, replanting, but the late
planted looks WELL He estimates that the
acreage in his State is increased over last
year about 10 per cent, and, that with con-
tinuation of the present favorable weather,
the yield will be increased that amount.
| This would make the yield for 1883 between
95,0 900, 900 and 100000 900 bushels In Wayne
county one-half the ground had to be re-
| plduteui OWlllS 10 the poor Seeu ana Iue uH-
| favorable weather, but the late planting is
now ell up and it, as well as the early plant
ing, looks well. The most unfavorable re-
port comes from Lorain county The
cold, wet weather hindered planting
SO long that many farmers gave up
the attempt to plant late. In Clark
county most of the seed planted was brought
from Nebraska and its failing to come up is
alleged to be due as much to the poor quality
of the seed as to the bad condition of the soil.
A large proportion of the ground was re-
planted.
ILLINOIS.
From thirty-one counties in Illinois evenly
distributed throughout the State the reports
show great unanimity as regards the general
outlook. Thirteen counties give an increased
acreage of from to 80 per cent; five coun-
ties give decrease of from to 25 per cent,
and the remainder reported about the same
as last year, In nearly every county where
an increase in acreage is noted it is on ac-
count of the plowing up of ruined winter
wheat fields In every county more or less
replanting has had to be done, and thirteen
counties report that from 25 to so per cent
had to be replanted. The past six days has
made great change in the appearance of
the growing plant, which on low ground
| everywhere had come to look yellow. Lee
county reports prospect OF the largest yield
| ever known i'll this county, with acreage the
same as last year. About 30 per cent had to
be replanted owing to the cold and wet, but
the second planting is up and looking finely
since the warm weather set in. In Etfing-
| ham county so much had to be
replanted so late that farmers are apnrehen-
| siVe of frost before maturity. Previous to
the setting in OF the good weather the pros
pect was the gloomieSt ever known in this
| county, but this is now changed. In Jasner
/
| but so much roted in the ground that
acreage will now foot up about the same as
last years. Some replanting was done so
| late as June ), but the farmers have little
hope OF this coming to maturity. Marshall
| county reports about the same condition OF
affairs as Jasper. Both counties it is be
| believed however, will give an average yield
Kane county reports large increase III acre
| age, and, despite the backwardness of the
season, will give, at least, an average yield.
Kankakee county had a poor outlook for
corn crop up to a week ago, but good GRO p
is now expected. Tazwel county, which is
| in the center of the n-belt, now gives
promise OF more than average yield, the
| average being materially increased. The
outlook, though was very bad before the
late warm spell. Five counties of the thirty
one report damare by frost-Bond White,
Pike, Douglass and Champaign. In Douglass
| county the corn was cut to the ground all
over the county, but has been replanted, so
that the actual damage by frost will amount
to little. Clark county plowed up
more than half the ground sown TO
winter wheat and planted corn increasing
the acreage of the latter fully SO per cent
The general appearance OF the plant is good
| Logan county reports the outlook for corn at
the present time as so per cent. better than
at this time last year. Brown county gives a
decreased acreage, and the poorest outlook
for a crop of any
KENTUCKY.
A dozen counties in Kentucky with but
two exceptions, report an increase in corn
acreage. The effect of the unreasonable
weather was not so forcibly felt in Kentucky