WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN,
Of the Indiana Weather Service in co-operation v'th
th. r/.lted (Hates Signal Sei-rlc. for tbe week ending
B.tarday, Jn*ie 27, 1891.
The warm sunny weather with bat few
light local showers at the beginning of the
week, was exceedingly favorable to growing crops and to harvesting; at the end of
the week, nearly all wheat is in shock and
threshing has commenced; the yield every where is enormous and has not been
equalled for many years. Corn, with the
favorable weather has grown very rapidly
and stands well in most fields; oats and
rye are very much improved and promise
a fair yield; the rye, hay and clover harvest has commenced.
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Marengo, Crawford Co.—The weather
during the past seven days has been remarkably good for the wheat harvest, and
the wheat is nearly all cut; oats will be
generally short; meadows promise better
tban they did a few months ago. Kainfall,
0 60.
Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The boisterous
weather which prevailed till the 20th
caused great apprehension in regard to
the wheat harvest, providentially on the
21st the wind changed to the northwest
with a gradual increase of pressure aud
clearing and fair weather making the
wheat harvest an assured success; vegetation In general is in the most promising
condition and so far not subjected to ravages of insects.
DeGonia Springs, Warrick Co.—A very
welcome shower on the 20th, did much
good to com, oats and grass; wheat is all
in shock, it does not appear that the grain
aphis has done much harm; threshing has
commenced.    Kainfall, 1.20.
Troy, Perry Co —The wheat is about all
harvested; corn is doing well; peaches and
apples are ripening and the berry crop is
heavy.
Worthington, Greene Co.—Wheat is
nearly all harvested; while the yield will
be probably a full average, yet the head
is short and not so well filled as expected ,*
om is doing well and promises a large
crop; meulo ws aud pastures in general are
rather light but improving. Rainfall, 0 93.
Mount Vernon, Posey Co.—Wheat is all
harvested End threshing began on the
25th; the young corn is growing very fast;
pasturage is very good and the oats crop
will be harvested next week. Rainfall, 0.21.
Butlerville, Jennings Co,—Corn is advancing rapidly but needs cultivating;
oats is heading and looks comparatively
well, it was. not much injured by the
aphis; wheat is ripe and most will be harvested this week. Rainfall, 1.25.
Princeton, Gibson Co.—Three fourths of
the wheat crop has been cut and saved in
good condition and the yield is about 3,-
000,000 bushels; corn is small but looks
well; there is a fair crop of clover and timothy and an abundant crop of berries, in
fact all fruit is abundant.  Rainfall, 0.75.
CENTRA! PORTION.
Indianapolis, Marion Co.—The weather
was very favorable to the wheat harvest,
which began ten days earlier than usual,
at the end of the week all wheat is in
shock the yield is much above the average crop; corn has grown very rapidly
and looks well.   Rainfall, 0.32.
Farmland, Randolph Co.—Wheat harvest has commenced and the weather and
the crops are as fine as one could wish, no
estimate can be made yet of the yield; all
•fruit is abundant.   RainfaU 0.51.
Sheibyville, Shelby Co.—The weather
was very favorable for reaping and harvesting of the wheat crop, cutting began on the
22nd; raspberries have come in and will
be no more by July 1st; other frnit is maturing nicely and present conditions pre
sage splendid returns of cereals, fruits and
vegetables.   Rainfall, 2 24.
Franklin, Johnson Co—Wheat harvest
commenced on the 22nd and much has
been cut during the week, the yield is unusually good; oats has headed, it is very
short; harvest hands are scarce, haying,
wheat harvest and corn plowing has to be
attended to at tbe same time. Potatoes
aud corn are growing very fast, some garden corn has silk and tassels. Rainfall,
0.50.
Mauzy, :Rus_ Co.—Some rye has been
harvested; there is a large crop of clover
and some of it is harvested; pasturage is
giod: raspberries are ripening. Rainfall,
0.87.
NORTHERN PORTION.
Shideler, Delaware Co.—Harvest has
commenced and much wheat and rye has
been cut since the 22ad; corn is in good
condition; oats looks fine and there is a
prospect of a fine crop; barley is all cut.
Point Isabel, Grant Co.—The weather
has been very favorable to all farm work;
corn is well tilled and -growing very rapidly; wheat harvest has begun and promises the largest yield for years; much hay
was cut and because of hot sunshine and
dry weather it is put up in excellent condition ; oats will make a better crop than
anticipated.   Rainfall, 0.47.
Marion, Grant Co.—Hay making is employing the farmer now, the yield is good;
wheat will be harvested next week and
prospects are for a good yield, the growth
of corn is fine.. Rainfall, 0.10.
LaPorte, LaPorte Co.—Corn growing
rapidly; wheat has ripened fast .cherries and
strawberries abundant; much complaint
of smut in wheat. Earlier wheat will be
ready for the harvest in one week; oats
and timothy will be short crops.   No rain.
Angola, Steuben Co.—Haying is in full
blast; wheat will.be ready for the reaper
next week, it is of good quality and
heavy; corn is doing fine but we need rain
soon.   No  rain.
Logansport, Cass Co.—The warm weather
has hastened the harvest; hay and most
of the clover hay is made; oats and corn
continue to improve daily.   Rainfall, 0.37.
Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.—Wheat ripened rapidly during the week and harvesting is progressing very rapidly; oats
promises much better now than a few
weeks ago, corn is doing well, raspberries
are just beginning to come to market in
great quantities.   Rainfall, 0 06.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per C. F. R. Wappenhans,
Observer Signal Service, Assistant Director.
The Farmer Pays It All.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
A. J. M. of Daviess county, speaks of
high taxes and fees of officers, and says
they are just as high on other people as on
farmers. Let me ask A. J. M. if the farmer don't pay all the tax? Don't the farmer
support all other industries? Don't every
manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and
railroad company get their support from
the farmer? The farmer has to do it, and
then if he wants credit for it he is laughed
at. A. J. M. sneaks, about a wheat crop,
saying that a farmer don't know what it
costs to raise, thresh and market it. It
would be discouraging if he should keep
an account, because he can't get much for
his wheat the way millers are running it.
The farmers should build an elevator and
store their grain and make the millers
come to time.
He speaks about loaning money on
farms at 2 percent.   This is what we want.
he banks get our money for little or no
nterest. Corportions and syndicates get
ourmoneyfor3and4per cent. So why not
give the farmers a chance?       W. P. W.
Gant, Anderson Co., Mo., June 19th.
The True Object of tho Beading   Circle.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have been requested to present some
suggestions for the Reading Circle. Having long seen the necessity of something
of this kind, I am pleased to see a move
in that direction, and am anxious to do
what I can towards futhering the cause.
This is a work which I think may be
made highly beneficial to all who take
part in it with a true desire to receive
benefit. Especially do we need it in the
rural .distiicts, where opportunities for
enjoying intellectual advantages are very
limited.
But for what purpose do we need it?
Its purpose has been intimated in some o
of_the foregoing sentences. We can not
need it for the advancement of our business
interests. For this we have our agricultural |
associations and organizations, which we i
find to be of great value in many ways.
They serve to unite our interests, while
they invite competition, which is the lite of
all business pursuits.
To meet the demand- of the present age
in studying profit and loss, we have the
Farmers' Institute, and this should be' its
purpose: Positively to aid in increasing
the profits of our labor. Are not these
sufficient for our business interests? We
find the fault existing to a lamentable
degree with the farmer, that everything
which does not turn a pecuniary revenue
is unhesitatingly considered unworthy of
his time and attention.
It seems to me from what I have been
able to learn of the proposed Reading
Circle, that it bids fair to be made to work
to the same avaricious end. The idea of
seeking to make this organization conducive to our fiaanclal success is like the
worldly, grasping mind that must stop to
enquire whether religion pays or loses,
before he can accept its offers and yield
to its conditions.
Farmera, here, to my mind is a great
mistake. Do not begin it in this way,
and do not let it work toward this end.
We need, as a class, to cultivate that high
appreciation of mind culture which will
cause us to grasp as eagerly for intellectual gain, as we do for the perishable coin.
Our children, and we ourselves, hear
enough of profit and loss every day, from
the rising of the sun until after his setting.
Now let the Reading Circle come with
its own peculiar advantages; corneas a
fairy to the tired one, a balm for the
weary spirit. Let it speak to our higher
nature, and it will call forth talents which
lie dormant in many a rural home. Let
it be, as is surely the intention of this or*
ganization, where ever situated, truly an
intellectual effort, and it will prove a
talisman in our midst. Last winter and
also two years ago, I advocated this in the
Farmers'institutes, as one of the potent
means of bettering the condition of rural
people, socially and intellectually. When
I speak of social improvement, I do not
mean that we must necessarily meet
oftener, or be more friendly, for friendliness is a characteristic of the country
people. But through this nieans of intellectual culture, when we are assembled,
or meet our friends, the social status will
bo upon as high a plane as that of those
who enjoy much greater advantages. To
this end we should be very careful in the
selectior of our readings.
I know nothing of the book Black
Beauty. But please pardon me if 1 suggest that we leave the consideration of the
horse, cow and sheep, as indeed all other
animals of profit, to the Farmers' Institute, to be driven, milked and shorn as we
may there deem best. Bat let us, in this
circle, seek other branches in the literary
world which will render us more
familiar with our country, its rulers, famous people and its eventful history; and
not only with our country, but with other
people and nations.   The true idea of a
Reading Club, is to give better expression
as well as increased knowledge. It should
be a means of doing away with all uncouth expressions and obsolete and improper words. There are one or two habits prevalent among American people in
both city and country, that this organization should make a determined effort to
remove, viz.* The use of slang phrases,
innumerable and inappropriate adjectives
in conversation.
The Institute aud the Raiding Circle
have a widely different meaning, and we
should be careful not to confound them,
lest the building up of ono may cause the
downfall of the other, if they ar-j to be conducted on so nearly the same plan, with
so nearly the same subjects discussed.
Then why have the two? lam not able,
nor do I wish, to suggest individual books.
This is something that will require more
thought and attention than at first may be
apparent, and is also the proper work of
the executive committee. My suggestions
are merely of a general nature. That the
class of reading by all means be such as
will lead us intellectually into higher and
broader avenuei of knowledge, than can
be as easily attained in any other way, is
very essential. And that the knowledge
thus obtained be of that nature that will
effectually separate from all those who re-
ctive it, that odious title"Backwoodsman."
In conclusion, intellectual development
should be the fixed purpose of this organization, leaving out entirely, the
thought of how to make or obtain the everlasting dollar. Mrs. James A. Mount.
Shannondale.
That "New Insect Pest."
Editors Indiana Farmer:
The new insect pest of which you spo_e
in the Farmer of last week was studied
at New Harmony, by the late Dr. Richard
Owen, in 1846. It.bas t een knowu in this
country since since 1728. In 1882 I studied
the insect in the elevators along the Illinois Central and at Cairo, 111., and a full
report will be found in the Transactions
of the Department of Agriculture, of Illinois, 1882, Vol. 20* page 144 54. So much
for the new insect pest, as a recent importation
As for either Prof. Latta or myself being responsible for their occurrence in the
rooms of the State Board of Agriculture,
I doubt very much whether a display of
grains can be kept, for the same length of
time, in any place in Indiana, without
being attacked by insects which usually
affect stored grain. How much of the
work is due to the insect you mention, I
do not know, but I know that there are
several others engaged in the work of distraction. But it is hardly of enough account to cause any great excitement, as
everything found in this collection of
grains is likely to be found all over the
southern half of the State, and not likely
to be exceedingly destructive, excepting
where the same grain is kept for a series
of years in the same bin or in the grain
elevators on the Ohio river. The interest
you take in entomological matters is very
commendable, but in this case can hardly
be termed serious.
F. M. Webster, Entomologist.
Purdue University.
More Straw Tban Grain.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I too have observed that where the
wheat ground was fertilized the wheat is
almost exempt both from the "green
midge" or wheat louse and^"scab," or
blight, while that not manured is badly
damaged by insects and blight. There is a
great growth of straw here but the yield of
wheat both in quantity and quality will
be disappointing. I. N. B.
Boone Co. June 27.
The shipment of home-grown peaches,
has began in Floyd county.