The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31
INDIANA CROP REPORTS.
CONDITION As REPORTED BY THE
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Wheat Excellent in Quality and Yield
Corn Better Than Three-FOurths-
Reports by COuntieS-As Compared
with Reports from Other States.
BrREAU OF LIE sEl7TINEL.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct.


| The report of the statistician Of, the
agricultural department for October says:
! The wheat crop Of Indiana is excellent
! both in quality and yield.
| Rye and oats are up to the average.
Corn for the state is better than three
! fourths of an average crop Of good quail
ity
Potatoes are not a satisfactory crop.
| Those grown on lowlands yield fairly well
| but are not up TO the standard in quality,
| while on high or sandy soil they are, in
many localities, nearly or quite failure.
| Particularzing, the following reports
| from county agents on the corn crop are
| given:
Parke-Out Of danger from frost and
| maturing in good shape. Tippecanoe-
| On black soil the condition is good, but on
clay lands there are many stalks without
( ears and it may be called a failure. Much
! IS badly blown down and damaged by
! rotting on the ground, which will render
| il unmarketable. A large acreage was cut
up for fodder. Whitley-Difficult to eSti-
mate Some fields on low black lands are
| fine. some on high lands practically a
| failure. on the whole it has come out
| better than was expected. September was
| favorable, and about all has ripened up
well and is generally sound. St. Joseph
! Improved since last report, the weather
| conditions having been favorable. Some
localities viii have a full average crop.
| Clinton-Maturing in good shape, with no
| damage from fros;s HOward-A very
spotted crop. Some portions are excellent
| in yield and quality, while on worn and
! clay lands it is quite light. on the whole
! ii is only little below the average. Lake
| In full average condition and promises
a yield Of from sixty to seventy bushels
| per acre in some places. Lawrence
! Somewhat better than was expected
! MariOn-Fery uneven. Some IS fair and
even good, but much is extremely light.
/ In some localities, where showers came
! just in 'the nick of time" ii is very good
/ Frequently u great variation is observed
/ in the Same field which is difficult to ac-
| count for. MOntgomery-Much better
! than was indicated by last report. Sep
! tcmber was unusually favorable. Nor
! S3n-The crop may be rated as good. bad
and Indifferent Average quality poor
! Uni0n-Maturing satisfactorily. WarTiCk
! improved by late rains. DecatUr-The
| true condition is difficult 10 estimate. Bot
! toms and black lands VIII yield a fairly
! good crop. while on uplands, which COM
prise more than half the area planted, it
VIII BE- practically a failure; much viii
not Yield five bushels of nubbins, even,
to the acre. Dub Olson river and creek
i bottoms and on fresh lands tle crop did
very Wan while on Upands and all old
/ lands the failure was such as to reduce
! the average 10 20 per cent. Some has
] baal cut up for fodder. Hamilton
I
! crop. H3nc0ck - full crop, n0twitn-
| standing the drought. Misunderstanding
| September rains made an Improvement
! Of seven points in the PROSPECT. The crop
| Is drying out IN good shape and will be
Of good quality J3y-cut short by
! drought. but ali sound ana we'll ripened.
| Much better than was EXPECTED Newton
n ,aI,,. Phnted impr2yed Euring the past
! snort others will be full average. Allen
| s lI'iou-lV DAMAGED III tha pxfraf,1a
! drought. C7rroll-AboveNh average of
| 1893 the comparison bel pg made with
that crop. Fayette-Shott in yield per
| acre, but generally Of spund quality.
| Wayne - Cut short byls the extreme
/ drought. Putnam-Nearly all out and
! generally Well mltured Cfrant-ImprJved
! by late rains and is mach better crop
| than was anticipated. Adnns-A portion
| OF the crop Is as good rs my ever grown
| in both yield and quality. Ion clay lands
! il Is rather Light. BlacSfDrd-Has ma
| tursd well, there having ,bsen but little
! frost t. oct. /. Fulton Smewhat bet
! ter than was expected. Switzerland
| Falls below earlier eXl pec ATOMS. Good
| in som portions Of thck cOInty. in others
very Indifferent, rains tavag been local
/ only. Clay-Llte rain1 hzNe completed
| one Of the finest crops liver grown i'm the
| county. Lap3rte-The Iaather conditions
Of September have bee j very favorable
! and the crop VIII be 'of good quality.
| Frdnklin-BeyOnd danger fipm frost and
! ripaning i'm the most satisfactory manner
| In comparison with the dorm crops of
| O.her states i'm the corn belt Indiana
] stands very well. The average Of the
| crop is placed at IS. rankhtg even with
| Illinois and exceeded only by Tennessee.
with IS, California with "a and Tennes-
! see with so.
on wheat Indiana and Ohio show the
| largest yield of any OF the hea.-prOduc-
| ing states, their average rate of Weld
| being 1914. The average quality for the
fry il 1T
quality with 100. Washington next with
| 80 and Indiana third with IS. Illinois and
Missouri following with 81. Reports from
| county correspondents in Indiana on
| wheat show:
Howard-A great crop. The Yield was
never better and quality a full average
| Lake - Unusually good. The yield in
| some instances goes as high as from
| thirty-five u forty bushels per acre
| Morgan - Almost without precedent in
| yield and quality. Steuben-Of good
| quality generally, though from some por-
| tons of the county smut Is reported,
which will lower the grade. Whitlay-A
remarkably fine crop in yield and quail
! ity. Very little poor wheat seen. and our
estimate of twenty bushels per acre is
| possibly too low CEnton-A remarkably
| fine yield, none reporting less than TWEEN
~ bushels per acre and MANY giving
| thirty and thirty-five. Crawford-Above
the average, and the only crop that
escaped damage from drought FOun-
| tain-About $4,000 bushels still in stack
and supposed TO be rOtted. Newton-Thts
| IS not considered a wheat county and
only a small area is sown. the crop of
this year, however, is exceptionally fine
Delaware - An extra fine yield and of
| good quality. Floyd-Many farms in the
county will yield over thirty bushels per
acre, but the acreage was not large and
the figures given, twenty-five and a half
bushels, represent a fair average: quality
excellent. Grant Has made an
unusually fine YIELD, many re-
porting from thirty to forty
bushels per acre. and none less than if-
teen. Adams-Where carefully cleaned
will grade No. >, though more than half
the crop goes upon the market as No. 8
Blackford-The largest yield ever mar
vested in the county Jay-A remarkably
| fine crop throughout the county Pike
Would be a very good aVer3 &c as to quail
ity but for the fact that smut is reported
in some localities, which will lower the
grade 10 per cent Switzerland - Yield
good and quality excellent. Franklin
Yield unusually high and qrallty excel
lent.
On oats Indiana takes third place in av-
erage yield, with 32.3 being SURPASSED
only by MOntana with 40.1 and Illinois
with Sol The range in yield is from &c
in South Dakota to Montana's figures
The quality CT the crop ranges from 20
in Nebraska to 104 in Wyoming Iowa
comes next highest with 80 and Indiana
third with So, while Illinois with 90. Min
nes0ta with o. and Wisconsin with %
follow after.
Last year in October Indiana ranked