The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-23

THE INDIANA STA
barely up; grass has already been cut short %
per cent; wheat failure in many places.
Glorious rain last night; will be great aid 10
oats, grass and corn.
Ohio.
RISING Sun, May 2O.-wheat good in river
bottoms, not good on hill lands; meadows poor;
other crops backward; fruit prospects good;
frost hurt nothing but garden vegetables.
Putnam.
GRERNCAsTLE, May 20-We have had TWEEN.
ty-four hours of steady cold rain. Most corn
planted, up, destroyed by frost on Monday
night Prospect for wheat glooIt enough;
about one-fourth crop is the estimate. Early
corn, beans, potatoes, tomatoes were
cut by frost, and the greatest destruction pre-
vailed among grapes, which were very promis-
ing. Apples, peaches cherries, plums raspber-
ries, Strawberries and blackberries are safe.
Pike.
PETERSBURG, May 20.--Wheat fair; some
complaint of chineh bugs; corn and gardens be-
ing destroyed by cut worms fruit crop is going
TO be very good. Recent frosts did no harm 10
fruit; had nice rain, and oil depends now on
warm weather.
POsey.
Nj. VERNON, Max 20.-Condition of wheat
not very good, having been injured by drought
will fall off fully one-third. Corn prospects
very tattering. Prospects for fruit fair; not
much injured by cold and frost
Parke.
ROCKVILLE. May 20-Wheat very bad
Corn in good shape. Fruit not hurt in bot
toms, and only occasionally on uplands. Pros.
poets all around, wheat excepted, very good.
Pulaski.
WINAMAC, May 1S.-Wheat looks well gen.
orally; will make Jhree-fOurths yield; prospect
for fruit most excellent, no injury by frost:
oats never better.
Randolph.
WINCHESTER, May 20.-Wheat In this county
very thin on the ground and general prospect
not very fattenng; prospect for fruit good,
not injured by frost as yet; condition OF spring
crops fair; corn all planted, and some already
up and promises we'll; recent frosts have done
but little damage; oats doing we'll
Rush.
RUsHvILLE, May 20-COm planted early and
coming up well; wheat very short, and the
poorest prospect Rush county has had for many
years; large acreage OF oats sown, and prospects
favorable; late freezes did not iniure the fruits
garden vegetation damaged.
Ripley.
OsGOoD, May 20.-Wheat about half crop;
oats and corn look fair; the fruit favorable for
a full crop, except Tor pears, which the frost
has injured to some extent.
Scott
SCoTTSBURG, May 2O.--Wheat and grass in
good condition; oats damaged by dry weather;
corn injured by the cut-worm; good prospects
for fruit; beans, potatoes etc, injured by frosts
Some complain of injury TO grapes, but it is be-
lieyed they will come again il Killed.
Steuben.
ANGOLA, May 20.-Spring seeding quite
wheat not over one half crop;
fruit prospects goOd-uninjured by late frosts;
a less average than usual OF spring crops; hay
about one-third usual yield; small fruit best for
years
Spencer.
ROCKFORD May 20.-Crops injured by cut
worm; prospects for all fruit, especially
peaches, are splendid. Recent cold and frost
had no effect on vegetation.
st. Joseph.
SOUTH BEND, May 20-Good crop of wheat
on sandy soil, but failure on clay; altogether
only about two-thirdS crop; fruit prospects
good; recent frost did no apparent injury to
either vegetables or fruit.
Starke.
KNOX, May 20.-The wheat crop promises
more than an average. But little corn planted,
and a heavy acreage expected. Potatoes doing
oil oofc 60 f,-,,sk
harm.
shelby
SHELBYvILLE, May 20-The wheat will pan
out about 40 per cent; fruit, so per cent; hay
30 per cent. The frost damaged the corn in
that were above ground were damaged 30 per
cent.
sullivan.
SULLIVAN, May 20.-Wheat and oats about
of a crop; prospects of fruit good;
recent cold and frOsts have not damaged vege-
tation; have just had a splendid rain that will
brighten prospects for corn.
Tippecanoe.
LAFAYETTE May 2O.-Wheat failure, and
but little sown; oats looks fine, with a large
acreage; corn will have very large acreage;
fruit in fair condition; vegetation delayed by
cold.
Upton.
TIPToN, May 20.-Wheat looks uncommonly
bad; more acres of corn than any preceding
year, but owing 10 cold rain it is little back
ward fruit somewhat damaged; injury by frost
not much.
Vanderburgh.
EVANSVILLE, May 20-Until recently il has
been very dry in this locality, but this week we
had fine rains which almost insures an average
crop of both wheat and oats. The corn is all
planted and most of it up though it viii be
necessary to replant some on account of being
cut by worms. There has not been enough
frost or cold weather to iniure the fruit, which
all promises well.
NermiIiion.
NEWPORT, May 2O.-Oats and grass good;
wheat hah-nnt more than nne-fOnrth crnn.