The Indianapolis journal., 1883-03-24

BOONE COUNTY.
THoRNTowN, March 22-Your correspond
ent has been in several counties recently,
and thinks that the weather of the past two
weeks has been very disastrous to the grow
ing crops. On old clay fields it looks worse
than have seen it for ten years, l have ex-
amined the wheat in Carroll, Cass, Clinton,
Tippecanoe, Pulaski and Boone countless
and base my opinions on these observations.
LEBANON, March 22.-I am satisfied that
the wheat is damaged 25 per cent. OF the
old crop, 10 per cent is on hand.
JAMESTOWN, March 22.-Wheat crop is
damaged from 25 to so per cent.
CARROLL COUNTY.
DELPHI, March 23.-Our best wheat Judges
say that Carroll county cannot possibly
make more than half crop, and good farm
ers are, by some, refused credit upon the
prospect of their uncertain harvests.
CLAY COUNTY.
BRAZIL, March 22.-We find the wheat
crop somewhat damaged. Some say it is
ruined, while Others are more hopeful and
predict fine crop if weather is favorable.
Much of the old crop is on hand,
CLINTON COUNTY.
CoLFAx, March 22.-The growing wheat
here is said by farmers to have been damaged
to the extent of 25 per cent. Fifteen per
cent. of the old crop is still undisposed of.
FRANKFoRr, March 22-The growing wheat
crop Judging from the reports of the farmers,
is badly damaged on the dry lands, and will
i not average half a crop Estimate that one
fifth of the old crop is on hand.
FOUNTAIN COUNTY.
CovINGToN, March 22.-From what we can
hear from the farmers, the crop is damaged,
they think, badly. No doubt but that it is
badly damaged, but to just what entent it is
impossible to learn, as the ground is still
badly frozen.
HuLsBoRo, March 22-We think here that
one-third of the crop is winterkilled. The
old crop is pretty nearly all disposed of.
VEEDERsBURG, March 23.-I hardly think
we will have half crop. 1t is badly frozen
out. One-ifth of the surplus.
HENDRICKS COUNTY.
CoATEsvILLE, March 23.-Farmers report
the new crop very badly damaged; some say
more than half the crop is lost. Ten per
cent. of the 80 crop is left in stock.
AMo, March 22.-The crop is damaged
about one-fourth in the opinion of our
farmers.
HENRY COUNTY.
KNIGHTsTowN March 22.-From the best
information 1 can obtain, 1 would place the
growing crop at 40 per cent. less than last
year. Prospects have not looked worse at
this season in ten years.
JOHNSON COUNTY.
FRANKLIN, March 22.-Dont think there
is more than one-eighth to one-fourth old
crop of wheat on hand. The present dry
cold weather is certainly doing much TO in
jure the growing crop.
WHITELANp, March 22-Wheat is badly
damaged. Think so per cent. fair estimate.
Here and there it looks well, but in many
fields not green spear can be seen. Amount
of old crop on hand not over 5 per cent.
EDINBURG, March 22.-Wheat is damaged
at least 10 per cent, possibly more. Twenty
per cent. of the old crop is on hand.
KNOX COUNTY.
OAKrowN, March 22.-The prospect in this
section for the winter wheat is very discour-
aging. There is very little old wheat in
farmers hands.
MADISON COUNTY.
ANDERSON, March 22.-Present advices
about the growing crops are very discourage
ing. Still too early for reliable data. Il
favorable spring may brighten the prospects,
which are now decidedly gloomy. OF the
old crop we still have IL per cent
PENDLEToN March 22.-Two-thirds of the
wheat looks we'll, but the rest is badly in
jured
MARION COUNTY.
CUMBERLAND, March 22-Farmers report
many fields entirely dead. If the dry weather
continues a few days much of it will be
plowed under. Old crop is pretty well sold
off.
REPORTS from the farmers about Indianap-
oils correspond with the general tone of these
dispatches.]
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
WAYNETowN, March 22.-One-half of the
crop is killed. and the balance seriously dam
aged. The weather is unfayorable. One
half crop is the most that may be reasonably
expected One-tenth o. the old crop is on
hand.
DARLINGTON, March % Tho only point on
which the farmers differ is as to the ex tent OF
the damage TO the crops, Some hold tha it is