VOL. XXX.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. JULY 13, 1895.
NO. 28.
WEATHBB CROP BULLETIN.
United State* Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau. Orop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service in Oo-operatkm
With the Agricultural Experiment Station
at Purdue University, Monday, July 8,
1895.
Central Station at Indianapolis, July 8.
Warm, fair weather i-.ntinued; good
rains at the end of last week and on Satnrday and Sunday this week in ihe Central and Southern portion did mnch gcod,
but in the Northern portion no rain fell
exoept in very few localities and much
rain Is needed to save the oorn and potatoes, which in many fields b.gin to wilt;
in tha Centra1, and Southern portions c >rn
has grown rapidly and stands well in clean
fields, muoh refreshed by late reins In
good .fields corn is laid by in many oounties Chinch bugs are doing damege in
many corn fields in isome c -unties Potatoes are in fair condition, bloomirg in
many fields, exoept in the Northern por
tion where they need rain soon Wheat is
in sVck nearly everywhere and three h
leg has commenced in most counties In
many oounties the yield ls better than expected Still the shocks stand far apart in
many ii .Ids; the grain is plump in most
li.lds bnt the straw and heads are
short Threshing ontinuei in the Central and Southern portions snd it has begun in the Northern Rye ia all cut and
threshing continues with a fair yield
Oats is ripening fast In few localities cutting has commenced Many fluids were
improved by favorable weather the last
two weeks The heads fiiltd well end the
straw is long enough for binding Apples
and pears are still abmdant, although
many fell off The Jtrees are s ill loaded
Haying continued, the crcp is short In
Jay county it requires from one to two
acres to make a load Stock water is still
scarce in localities, and pisturage very
poor,
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Warm, fair weather continued dnring
the week and moderate rains fell on Saturday and Sunday, which were very beneficial; wheat threshing continued with
favorable weather; the yield is better than
expected in Bartholomew county, 5 to 30
bnshels psracre; Washington county averages 12 bushels; Dsarborn county averages
20 bushels: Jennings oounty 6 to 20 bushels; in Scott, Jackson, Greene and Floyd
oounties; in Harrison oonnty the yield is
not **) good as ant * pated; in Washington
and Lawrence oounties not mnch thresh
Ing has been done yet; in general the grain
is plump and of good quality, but the
straw is short and shocks in the fields
stand far distant; oats in many fields has
improved, it ia ripening rapidly, the heads
are well filled, bnt the straw is short; the
harvest will begin within a few days; in
Ripley and Ohio oounties a fair orop is
ready to out, and cutting has commenced
in Warrick, Floyd, Washington, a good
orop, and Greene counties; haying continue", a short crop; pasturage and meadows
are Improved; also timothy, which is be-
ooming of good length; it begins to ripen;
olover la growing nicely; with occasional
rains in Washington oounty the crop wlll
be but little below average; in Warrick
oounty one-half a crop; corn is growing
rapidly and nicely standing in olean fields;
ln several oounties the corn ls "laid by,"
promising a b'g crop everywhere; early
potatoes are a light crop, but few In the
bill; late potatoes premise a large crop;
many fields are in bloom; gardens and
vegetables have improved much; watermelons are ln good condition, but need
rain in Greene oounty; apples, plums and
pears are holding on well, ripening and
promising a big orop; grapes are promising in Washington oonnty; ohl&ohbuga
doing Injury to corn in Ripley,   Bartholo
mew and Warriok oountiee; river* sre low
and water is scarce in Greene oounty.
CENTRAL PORTION.
Warm, fair weather, favorable for har
vesting continued and moderate rains
fell on Saturday and Sunday. Corn is In
beat condition growing rapidly. The pros-
pec!; is, at present, the best for years in
Madison oounty, oorn has been "laid by."
Potatoes are growing well, in good condi
Vigo and Owen oounties, potatobugs are
doing injury in Franklin and Dacatur
oounties; bugs are iDjurlng cucumbers In
Hancock oounty.
NORTHERN PORTION.
No rain fell ln the northern portion, but
in few localities and rain ls much needed
for oorn and potatoes, both these orops be
gin to suffer especially oorn In '-lay ground;
it is rolling badly In Miami, Steuben and
THB SILENT SUBSOILEB.
There are some silent subsoilers that
do their -work -with ease, and, in their
■way, as effectually as any team or plow
ever hitched, although in some lands
use of a subsoil plow is essential to the
best beginning of such -work. The clover plant is righteously famed as one of
these, and alfalfa is its superior. Its
roots work Sunday aa -well as Saturday; night and day; they strike 5, 10,
15 or 20 feet deep, making innumerable
perforations, -while storing up nitrogen,
and -when these roots decay they leave
not only a generous supply of fertility
for any desired crop, but millions of
openings into which the airs and rains
of heaven find their way, and help to
constitute an unfailing reservoir of
wealth, upon -which the husbandman
can draw with little fear of protest or
overdrafts.
AN ALFALFA PLANT AND
ITS ROOTS.
" Its long, heavy roots disturb the subsoil, push and crowd the earth
this way and that, thus constituting a gigantic subsoiler. These roots
become an immense magazine of fertility. As soon as cut, they begin
to decay and libernte the vast reservoir of fertilizing matter below the
plow, to be drawn npon by other crops for years to come."
A SUGGESTION AS TO THE ACTION 05* ALFALFA HOOTS ON THE SOIL.
From the Ninth Biennial Hi-port ul tbe K:ii*-:is State Board **f Agriculture.
tion, they are blooming most everywhere.
Sweet potatoes promise a fair crop In
Johnson county and there are plenty early
potatoea in Union county. Wheat threshing continues; in Fayette connty the average is 18 bushels per core; in Union oounty
2 to 12; Wayne oonnty ."*> to 20; Madison
oounty 5 to 10; Hancxok oounty 3 to 20;
(some fields not worth cutting); Yigo
county, 3 to 18; Boore county 2to 12; Rush
oonnty 6 to 14; in Decatur, Johnson and
Putnam oounties the yield ia very light;
in Marion county it la better than expected, although in many fields there are
but few shocks. Oats haa improved in
many localities, it ia ripening fast and in
Boone county the harvest has begun, the
grain is fine and yield good; in Franklin,
Johnson and Boone oounties oats has beoome high enough to bind and the heads
are well filled. Rye makes a better crop
than expscted In Boone county. Pastures
and meadows are Improved, haying continues. Timothy has improved in Union
snd Delaware counties, in Wsyno ccunty
nutting has begun. Apples and pears are
still promising in Boone county, the trees
are loaded. Fall feed ls being sown. <.' ar-
dens are improved, Chinoh bugs are Injuring oorn ln Putnam, Wayne, Hancock,
Whitley counties Potatces will bs a short
orop unless rain comes soon, in White,
Cass, Miami and Carroll oounties the orop
is poor and drying; in Tippecanoe county
the crop ia ln good condition yet. Wheat
and rye are nearly all cut and in shock
and threshing bet an in Cats oounty; light,
48 to 58 pounds per bushel; in Kosciusko
oounty from 9 to 24 bushels per sere; In
Adams county 7 bushels: Pulaski county
15 bushels; DeKalb oonnty from 8 to 15
bushels; Carroll oounty from 5 to 12 bushels; and in Miami oonnty from 3 to 4 bushels per aore. Generally the grain is plump
but the heads are short and the stand was
thin. Oats Is ripening fast and in Tlppe
canoe, Adams, Elkhart and White counties
the crop has Improved; they are still short
bnt the heads are filling well. Pasture
continues short and brown most everywhere; In Elkhart county they put cattle
on the stubble fields and in Miami county
'artriers have muoh trouble to keep the
hungry oattle out of the growing crops
Stook Is being fed and water is scarce in
White, Miami, Cass and Starke counties.
Haying has ended in Kosc'usko and Marshall oounties, the orop ls light. Gardens
are not prospering and fruit is falling off
ln many oounties.   Chinch bugs, potatos
bugs and grasshoppers are doing injury.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per C. F. R. Wappenhans,
Weather Bureau, Assistant Director.
Canada Thistle ln Wheat.
Editors Indiana Fabmbb:
I enclose a thistle of some |klnd that I
found in my wheat field a few daya ago.
There was probably two square rods of the
patch. I never saw any of the kind on the
farm bsfore. I was afraid It was the Canada thistle. The stalk that this sample
was out from was about eighteen inohes
high,all this year's growth. J. B. F.
Hamilton Co , July 4 .h.
—The specimen was dry and broken into 1, '.ta. but judging from ita narrow leaves
and slim stalk we feel safe in calling lt the
Canada thistle.
If you bought your seed wheat of a dealer you ought to notify him. He ought] to
screen it more thoroughly. Cultivate the
field in corn next year and keep the thistles down.
tyxxzx% \xui\ Jwsttrjers.
Please state whether eggs are exported
from, or imported into the United States?
Also about the number of dozen and
oblige B N.
Kosciusko Co.
They are imported from Canada, to a
limited extent.
Enclosed you will find the leaves and
bark of a thistle growing ln thla oounty,
north of Tipton. Please give name. I
thought probably it might be the Canada
or Russian. J. A. H.
Tipton Co.
No, it ls only the priokly lettuce. It ia
described elsewhere in this number.
How oan I get your State Experiment
Station reports? I want those that deal
with Southern Indiana. H, R,
' San Bernardino, Cal.
Send request, with stamp, to W. C.
Latta, dlreotor Experiment Station, Lafayette, telling him the kind of Information yon want.
Please answer the following questions in
the Indiana Fabmbb:
1. Will those hot air pumping engines
take the plaoe of a wind pump? Do you
think they ai e any better than a wind
pump? Do tbey coat aa muoh and do they
require much attention? Is the fuel an
Item of muoh expense? And any other
information yon can give about them.
2 Would you advise any one to aow
winter oats? Wlll they stand the winter?
Ask for information from the readers of
the Fabmeb that have had any experience
with them. J. S.
Grant Co.
Cideb Milt is and Presses—I beg leave
to make enquiry in regard to a first-class
elder presa and mill. Please send me the
address of some firm that manufactures
them. Also how to obtain catalogues and
price lists from them.   P. M. Needham.
Rindolph Co.
We have several en q-dries of this kind
and we refer all of the writers to Messrs.
C. G. Hampton A Son, Detroit, Miohigan.
This company have for years each season
used our advertising columns, as they do
now, and we know th6lr machinery in
this line to be first-class in all respects.
Oar readers will also find them gentlemen.
They will send catalogues to all who write
them. For the first time in ten years, Indiana is promised a big apple crop andlt is
well to prepare to work up the surplus
into cider and vinegar —Edito*.
Dr. Fairfield, while returning from a
visit to Alexandria, on his bicycle, after
night-fall, ran off a bridge and fell forty
feet; striking on hi j head. He waa nn c on-
ecloua when found, and hla condition continues orltical.