The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-23
Predicts That the Yield Will
Not Be as Large as Was
Hoped for, Judging by the
Appearance of the Stand.
FLY is NOT WORKING
BUT JOINT WORM is.
Strawberry Season May Be
Lengthened Several Days
As Many of the Plants Were
Very Late in Blooming.
(Bv Walter S. RatliH.)

Farmers are considered a class not
time they appreciate good crops.
They have been more or less guessing
the entire season and until now have
been in rather a discouraged mood.
The backward spring retarded farm
operations considerably, which with
the plentiful number of copious rains
has left the work of the farmers at
least two weeks later than usual.
The wheat crop is considered to be
very important one in crop rotation
aad many obligations entered INTO by
the farming class are made depend
ent often on the time of ripenlng and
yield of the crops. of wheat. This yeaT
most fields have looked well from the
beginning but it will be surprising to
many that although the fields are
green and the plants seem to be well
headed, there will not be the yield
that was expected. This is attributed
largely to the wheat not standing
thick enough on the ground as it is a
we'll known fact N>at where from
any cause whatever the stand is not
sufficient, the yeid will not only be
light but the grains will be imperfect
and of but little value for flour. So
far the black smut or rust has not
been so very bad, while the red rust
that is so much feared at harvest
time has not developed to any alarm
ing extent so far. although the wealth
er has been very favorable to It's
growth.
Little Fly at Work.
From an examination of growing
wheat there seems to be very little
fly at work, while the joint-worm COM
monlv known as the Isosomo, is very
numerous. These latter named in
sects are causing most OF the faiieh
grain at present, which will interfere
with the development of the grain on
the stem. So far there has been no
evidence of the serious pest of the
west in this section. known as the
green bug, and if it does exist 1t mas
not been fully determined from re-
ports from the various counties OF the
state.
The corn prospects are far more
satisfactory IMAM lWO Wooho "So- -
mast few hot DAYS have enabled the
farmers to carefully cultivate ineif
fields of growing corn Galich has gwen
them a good chance to protect the
growth of tne weeds which are so
numerous during such seasons as
this. 1t is not expected that the corn
will be plowed more than three tunes
before harvest which is quite unusual
as most corn has the lay-by ploWlng
before the machine enters the harvest
field.
Some farmers have been moving III
their meadows already so as to secure
fresh hay for their farm animals, the
price of old hay being sc great that the
barns throughout the country are
nearly depleted and recourse Will
have to be soon made to the mead
ows. Where timothy and alphai1a
were sown together the results Lave
been most satisfactory and this COM
bination makes fine hay for the farm
ers' animals But very few clover
fields are to be found in the country
and they too are not very rank and
will not yield more than one half
what they usually do.
Oat fields appear to have reddish
bue which is due TO the colored leaves
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