The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-26
THINKS WHEAT REPORTS
ARE TOO PESS|MIST|C
Optimistic Martinsville Miller Says
Morgan County Will Have
Nearly an Average Crop.
OTHER REPORTS BULLISH

! Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| MARTINSVILLE, Ind, April 25.-Amos
| Thornburgh, head of the Thornburgh Mill
ing Company. of this city. is inclined TO
think that too pessimistic view has been
taken Of wheat crop conditions in Morgan
county. Mr.. Thornburgh says: My OBJ
| servation of the wheat crop in Morgan
| county is, that aside from the damage by
| overflow, which is considerable, there will
| be very nearly an average crop as COM
pared with the last ten years. and that
great many farmers are blowing their
! wheat for other crops that will not pro-
/ duce any better results. Last week l saw
| wheat being plowed that under favora BILE
! circumstances would make more than aver
! age, say fifteen TO eighteen bushels. Out
side OF Morgan county l know but very
| little, except what l gather from the re-
| ports by the state statistican and your
report in Mondays Journal But l verify
believe and hope that they will be found
! TO be too pessimistic.''
| RENSSELAER,, Ind, April 25.-The fact
/ that Jasper county is not a wheat-growing
county makes the fact of wheat's success
/ or failure OF comparatively little impor-
| lance 10 the farmers. Probably not more
/ Than one farmer in twenty, take the county
over, tries to raise any wheat at all. James
| Yeoman, of Newton township, is the wheat
/ king OF Jasper, and he has but forty acres
| in the grain. What little there is promised
We'll month ago, but the alternate uhaw-
| have caused great deterioration. 1t is not
| likely that half crop will be raised by
| any grower in the county. Jasper county
gives its attention largely to oats. and all
| indications point to bumper crop in this
cereal, so that the loss in wheat will not
| be felt.
LAPORTE, Ind, April 25-The winter
| wheat crop in Laporte county, according
| to the reports received from the various
townships by millers, elevator men and
grain dealers in this city. is as near total
| w he s1a1f c he afaCf
complete failure in the history OF Laporte
county The most conservative estimates
| by those in touch with the situation is
that the yield will be less than per cent.
which is less tnan the seed wheat sown
! last fall. The old clover crop will be less
than two-thirds of the usual yield. The
work on all crops is from three to six
| weeks late Farmers are planting more
corn than usual in anticipation of a hot
and dry summer.
| NOBLESVILLE, April 25-Representative
| farmers from all parts of Hamilton county
report most discoura ging crop reports.
| Their estimate wheat is from one-tenth
TO one.half a crop. A conservative esti-
| mate for the county is one-fourth of a
| crop. The dry freezing weather of two
weeks past did great damage to the wheat,
but recent warm rains have frightened the
| prospect to extent. Much of the
wheat land is being plowed up and put in
other crops, although much of it is left on
! account of the stand of grass.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 25.-"Tippe-
| over 20 per cent of that of last year"
| said one of the most prominent grain men
in the city to-day A small acreage was
| planted this year and the cold weather has
| killed nearly all of it. Oats planted
some farms are up and seem to be thriving
| and unless more cold weather comes the
| prospects for good crop of this grain will
| be good. There Will be larger acreage of
corn than usual. owing to the failure of
| the wheat crop.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April 25.-The
frV
| outlook for the wheat crop and there will
| be decrease of at least 30 per cent in
| Floyd, Crawford, Harrison. Washington
ana Clark counties. Incessant rains and
| cool weather have greatly retarded farm
work and the farmers are several weeks
behind in their planting, and in some cases
| have not yet begun. Grass is short and
garden planting, usually finished by this
| time, has not been started
MUNCIE, Ind, April 25.-Wheat pros
poets in Delaware and adjoining counties
are the most discouraging in many years.
| Farmers of this county do not expect more
| than from 30 to 40 per cent. of a crop.
| Muncie grain dealers say that 70 per cent.
of the ground sown in wheat will be plowed
/ up and planted in oats. The prolonged
winter. the severe spring without snow.
| are responsible for the almost complete
failure of the wheat crop.
| VINCENNES, Ind, April 25.-All crop re-
ports will be poor this year in Knox coun-
| ty Indiana and Lawrence county Illinois
1 W
| yield, according TO the most reliable esti-
| mates, one-third to one-half crop. Prac-
| tically all the wheat that was covered by
/ high water is killed. Corn is expected to
| yield much heavily than usual.
| Drowned-out wheat fields will be planted
with corn. All farm work is from two to
| three weeks late.
| CONNERSVILLE, Ind. April 25-The
prospect for wheat in this city was
| never poorer. Conservatively speaking not
more than % per cent. of crop can be
| expected. The extreme cold weather and
| heavy rains are the causes of the trouble
in the highlands. while high waters
| washed out the lowlands Many of the
| fields will be planted in corn.
| BATESVILLE, Ind, April 25-The crop
| conditions in this vicinity not very en-
| couraging. The wheat prospects do not
/ point to more than half crop. Much of
| the wheat acreage in the lowlands will be
| plowed up and put into corn. The late
| spring has retarded farm work two or three
weeks The outlook for fruits and berries
| is good.
RICHMOND, Ind. April 25.-Spring work
| is about two weeks behind the average in
| fairly begun. Wheat and rye are mostly
| gone. About 90 per cent. of the wheat
! fields will be plowed up for oats or corn.
| Rye is almost as bad.
COLUMBUS Ind. April 25-Conservative
| farmers saw that there will not he over
sixty-five per cent. of a wheat crop this
year in this county, that is taking the
| average years crop. Thousands of acres
of wheat in this county were almost ruined
| by the recent floods.
| ELKHART, Ind. April 25.-The extreme
! and long continued cold of the asst winter
practically a total failure. Local dealers
| in farmers supplies have been told by
farmers not to purchase any t1ine for har-
vesting.