The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
INDIANA CROP REPORTS.
The Yield of Corn, Potatoes, Buckwheat, Hay,
Tobacco, Sorghum, ETC.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.


WASHINGTON Nov. 18.-The crop report, Just
issued at the Department of Agriculture, for the
month of November contains the following from
Indiana on the yield of corn:
Wayne county: But little gathered. Decatur:
Much is chafy, but is good crop Floyd: Has
all ripened. Howard: Very little has been gath
cred; has not matured we'll as was expected,
and was damaged from 10 to 10 per cent. by
grasshoppers. Jay Much better than was ex-
pected. LaGrange: Farmers generally dis
appointed in the quality of their corn after husk
ing; latter part OF August was too cold Madi
son: 10 per cent. is soft or moldy, caused prob
ably by warm rains in August. Vermillion:
Weather fine; crop ready for the cribs. Warrick:
Injured in localities by the wet weather in Sep
TENDER and October Allen Injured 10 per cent.
by frost. Carroll: Injured by erasshoppers and
dry rot. Greene: Best ever raised small per
cent spoiled by dry rot Hamilton: In
jured by grasshoppers. Marion Is not
denied number of rotten ears. Orange:
Somewhat injured in sections by wind-storms.
Parkc: Considerable rotten corn. Posey: Gath
ering not very far advanced. Boone Crop is
rlpenlng slowly, not dry enough to GRID, except
on creek bottoms. Fulton: On low lands con-
siderably injured by early frost Harrison: Out
of danger of frost Some complaint of dry rot.
Brown: Far above an average, and even the
late crop will get hard. Cass: Well matured.
Fayette: Drying out nicely. Frankiin: Too
ported chatfy and the end of the ear is defect
i've. Scott: About all out of the way of frost.
Switzerland: Better than for number of years.
Huntingdon: Ready to crib. Lake. Has had
large growth of stalk, but owing to cold weather
in August and September is not we'll matured.
Porter None husked yet. Twenty five bushels
is an estimated average. Fall has not been
favorable, and consequently much is shrunken
and chaffy. Union: Will be chaffy. Daviess:
Crop in both yield and acreage larger than ever
before Wabash. as we'll
was expected. Bartholomew: Largest and best
ever grown in the county. Warren: Some of
the late planted is I'M lund. Whitley: More
soft than in 1884. White: Badly injured by
unfavorable weather and frost. Sullivan: A
great deal of rot. Spencer: Damaged by
drought Morgan: Not husking as well as ex-
pected; more dry rot than usual DeKalb: Very
large portion is soft and unfit for crib. Whole
season was unfavorable.
Of the potato crop the following is reported
DeKalb county: Light crop. Brown: Crop
good Wayne: Late ones cut short by dry
weatherln June. In parts of Virginia. North
Carolina. West Virginia Kentucky. Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas,
the crop has been shortened for want of rain
earlier or later in the season. In some cases
there has been loss in quality from second
growth, caused by an excess of rain after
period of drought; but in general there is little
complaint of excessive wet, except as cause of
rot In few localities in Ohio, Michigan and
the Northwest, there has been some loss from
early frost. In some parts of Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Kentucky. Indiana, Illinois and
Minnesota the crop has been materially dimin-
ished and in a few localities almost destroyed by
bugs, the damage from this cause falling chiefly
on the later varieties. The sweet potato crop
in ln~-ana is reported very fine and large.
Buckwheat was injured by early frost through
out the State.
Following are the returns printed on the In
diana hay crop:
Brown county, Timothy and clover were
good Cass Well saved White: Injured by
wet weather in harvest time"
The State shows development in the culture
of tobacco, as the following reports show:
Brown county: Both in yield and quality is
fine; has the finest web and smallest fiber ever
seen. Wayne: Not cured. Warrick: Housed
in good condition and is nearly cured up
There was but light report on sorghum:
Decatur county: Makes good syrup Black
ford Good and more grown than usual. Shelby:
Averages go gallons per acre. raised Oh sandy
loan; one crop on heavy clay land made 40 gal
Ions per acre:
Following are some of the notes received from
the Indiana agents of the Department of Agri-
culture:
slightly above that of 1879 The quality will be
considerably lowered by the amount of soft corn
in the northern division of the State; reports
of soft corn from the southern countie4 Complaint
comes from the counties of Montgomery, Boone,
Clinton and Hamilton of the corn being badly
injured by dry rot or fungus having the appear
ance OF mold The stalks remained green and
seemed to be In good growing condition up to
the time of the first frost THAT being a very Sc
we're one) followed by several very warm days,
which had the effect to cause a partial fermenta-
ton of the saccharine matter in the stalks, re-
sulting IN an unnatural flow of moisture to the
ear which found its way through the cob and
grains. producing the mold fungus, causing
the to rot
Irish potatoes will be near a full crop. The
tobacco crop will be about an average one.
Buckwheat has fully matured and will be above
the average in quality. The hay crop has been
large. o.