The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-28
STORM CAUSES
LITTLE DAMAGE
TO CROPS HERE
Rain Will Be of Benefit to
Wheat Crop Will
No; Suffer.

Tho heavy rain and wind storm
Thursday night did not materially
damage the crops in Wayne county
according TO j. c. Kline, county agri-
culture agent though there was some
damage in other parts of the state.
Presidents of some of the township
registered mems clubs reported to Mr.
Kline Friday morning that the wind
levelled the wheat and corn, but that
it was not thought there would be any
loss to the grain yield. The wheat
stalks will Undoubtedly come out
straight again after they are dry. the
county agent said, and the corn will
develop as the stand was not high
enough to break the stalks. At mat
ter Of fact, Mr.. Kline said. the rain
was of considerable benefit to the
corn crop this week, following in the
wake Of the frost last Saturday night
which nipped the blades and part Of
the stalks in many of the fields that
happen to lie in the lower farmlands.
Wheat that was suit while it was
still green may suffer to some extent,
as the moisture is likely to cause the
stalk to get mouldy or sprout. This
can be stopped, Mr.. Kline said, ii the
farmers will remove the caps and let
the sunlight get into the grain 1t is
also advisable to spread the stalks
apart in the shock in order that they
can thoroughly dry. Ripe wheat that
has already been gathered did not suf-
fer at all as result of the wind and
rain.
Several more fields Of wheat to be
used for seed next spring was Sc
lected by the county agent and s. w.
Taylor, of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, in a tour OF in
spection in the northern part of the
county Thursday afternoon and Fri
day.
Frost Caused Damage.
A report was received at the county
agents Office from Purdue University
Friday morning in which the total
damage from the frost last Saturday
night was estimated at S10,000,000 in
Indiana. OF this amount about 3d.
100000 damage was suffered by corn
alone, moro than 125,00O acres being
tatolly destroyed. Most Of this loss
was suffered in the northern part of
the state where thousands of acres Of
corn was nipped at the base of the
dreds Of fields entirely destroyed.
Garden truck suffered a damage of
about 100000, the agriculture expe-
riment station at Purdue reported.
]. c. Kline, the county agent, re-
ceived letter from his father, James
Kline, Thursday, stating that he had
lost so acres Of corn as a result of
the frost Mr.. kline's farm is located
in La Grange county and he said in
his letter that his garden truck was
also entirely destroyed.
Considerable of the corn crop,
which had been ramaged to some ex-
tent by the frost, was saved, however,
by the heavy fall of rain Thursday
night. The rain was general through
out the state.
Near Lafayette, Fort Wayne and
South Bend, the storm is reported to
have assumed cyclonic proportions,
and though the corn, wheat, oats and
alfalfa was levelled to the ground it
is not thought that any serious loss
viii result. Near Lafayette, however,
there was a considerable loss as a
heavy hail storm came with the wind
and rain, and the blades were stripped
fro mthe corn, and in many cases the
stalks were cut to pieces.