The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-27
THE CORN CROP.
No Marked Change from Last Week-Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan Report Best Averages

CHICAGO. Sept 26-The following crop report
will appear in this weeks issue of the Farmers
Review: The weather has continued unusually
favorable for the growing crop of corn, and the
bulletins from some of the Iowa, Wisconsin and
Illinois counties indicate a slightly more favor
able outlook than was deemed to be possible one
month ago. The crop has certainly not gone
backward, as a whole. during the past four
weeks, but the reports as to the yield continue
to show the yield per acre will be considerably
below the average The reports of correspond
ents from twenty counties in Illinois estimate
the yield by bushels per acre, and show range
of twelve to forty bushels. The lowest averages
are reported from Williams Wayne. Stephenson,
Madison, Christian and Boone counties, where
the yield is placed at from twelve to twenty bush
els. In Wabash, Stark, Pulaski, 30 Daviess
johnson. Greene, Fulton and Coles the yield is
estimated at from twenty five to thirty bushels
Tn Crawford. Efingham, Kankakee, Macon Nc
Donough and Woodford the yield is placed at
thirty five to forty bushels
In the State of Iowa the averages follow very
closely those of Illinois. In tweRty-one counties
reporting this week the lowest estimate Is twelve
bushels, for Fayette county. and the highest
forty bushels for Grundy, Pottawatomie, Win
nesheik and jackson counties. In Davis, Ring
gold Wayne, Warren and Washington counties
the yield is estimated to be eighteen to twenty
bushels; in Gage and Tama counties, twenty hv Q
bushels; in Buchanan. Greene and Winnebago
counties, thirty bushels; in Adar, Cherokee.
Cedar. Emmett. Osceola and Palo Alto counties
thirty five bushels.
In Nebraska the lowest average is twenty-five
bushels, in Butler ard Otoe counties. For
Boone, Cass, Gage and Hamilton counties the
average is placed at thirty bushels; in Richard
son county. forty bushels; in Buffalo county
forty five bushels; in Thayer comfy, fifty bush
els, while the average in Red Willow county is
placed at from fifty TO eighty bushels.
In the State of Missouri the lowest average is
indicated in Shelby county, where the pros
pective output is nine bushels; in Harrison, Put
nam and St Francis counties, fifteen to eighteen
bushels; in Cole, Hickory and Webster counties,
twenty bushels; in Butler aud Pettis counties,
twenty-five bushels; in Howard and Vernon
counties. thirty bushels and in Gentry county
thirty-five bushels.
In the State of Kansas the lowest average is
fifteen bushels reported from Jefferson county,
and the highest forty-fve bushels, IN Ellis
county.
In Wisconsin the average ranges very low in
some of the counties, with majority of the re-
turns, however indicating twenty to twenty i've
bushels.
In Dakota the returns range from twenty five
to forty bushels, though in Clarke county the
yield is placed at four to ten bushels
In Minnesota the average ranges from twenty
to thirty bushels.
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan report the highest
averages. In Indiana reports from eighteen
counties show general average of thirty-eieht
to forty bushels to the acre. Pike. Morgan,
Montgomery, Henry. Clay and Carroll counties
reporting forty to fifty bushels. The lowest
average reported this week is Elkhart county,
which is placed at twenty-six. In Vermillion.
Martin and Lagrange counties the average is
thirty to thirtyfve bushels.
In Ohio the general average of the counties
reporting this week is from thirty-two to thirty
SIX bushels. None of the counties report a less
average than twenty-five bushels
In Michigan the smallest is twenty-five bush
els, reported from Emmett and Huron counties
In Berrien, Barry and Dryden counties the aver
age is placed at forty bushels: in Ingham county
it is placed at seventy bushels. The recent rains
have saved vast extent of pasturage and
hrightened meadows over wide area