Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1849-08-03

Mr.. Editor We farmers are in the habii
on the reception of The Wing, to look at youl
weekly report Of the grain markets of Will.
uiinglon and Baltimore, and suppose you il
the Town would be pleased to receive actua
statements of the quantity OF crops grown. j
have passed nearly all my present crop Of
Wheat the half bushel, and am very sorry to
have to say that it is only about half of the
average per acre, on similar land and treatment
that it was in either of the two past years, III
and '43. In 'lS, had nearly an average of
% bnshel per acre, on &c acres. This year,
10, | have sent of from the thrashing machine
which cleans pretty well as il thrashes, two
thousand and sixty-four bushels, and have a.
bout one half of 100 hushel stack to thrash
vet and should have had all out, had the ma
chine not have broken. This will make my
crop about 2,ll4 bushel all told, grown on l60
acres or something over 139 bushels per acre.
This shows deficit of about halt Of what the
crop was on similar land with similar treatment
last year.
Several fields in the neighbofhosd have not
been considered worth cutting. One of my
neighbors Mr.. B. +. Diggs, informed me yes
ieriay that he soved 80 bushels on 20 acres in
standing corn. and expects 10 get IL bushels,
or less than half his seed. Sowing amongst
standing corn this year has generally failod
although the plan has succeeded well for some
years past.
II the crops throughout the United States
has fallen oil as much as the crop at Wheaf-
land. the deficit the present year, will be 81.
900, 600 bushels; The late Commissioner OF
Patents. Hon. Il. Burke, estimates the crop Of
rs ut ili,000,00O bushels. | have heard oil
no crop that has been got out, but what Ins
fallen off very considerably. Let us hope, that
the deficit throughout the country may not be
IN fhfRn-thts tlanx t1.I,n a a
I iicit of 100000 bushels. Now II an export
of one single year Of 26,000,000 bushels
caused the price Of wheat TO go up from ont
dollar, to two dollars and twenty FIVE cts. pc
bushel, what may we expect when I2,000,00l
more are taken from consumption. My whea
: was badly cut with the fly, but recovered ST
= far as to show nearly an average yield. So lai,
as the first of June, my neighbors, good judge
in ordinary seasons, put my crop at 25 bush
per acre, notwithstanding the havoc the fly ha,
made. ] know not whether 1t was the lat
frost, or the hot suns Of June, which hurt tn,
! wheat, but this do not know, the wheat in tn
field was effected by the sun, somewhat lilx
the goosebergies in the garden were, the goose
! berries were seemingly half boiled, and fell OF
the bushes in great quantities. The grain O
! the wheat seemed scalded in the head, and i
J, very small not large and plump as in pas
years. As an evidence of the small grain.
will be observed by all farmers that the wheu
does not shatter out, as usual.
The crops as far as have heard or seen, ar
4 but little better than they wers in 1896, til
year which caused the large imporiations q
wheat. That year got 10 bush, from 10
!, bush sowing or but little over half the seed.
guanoed, lined and ashed heavily last yea
-e and sowed for 5000 BUSH, and did expect froi
the quantity Of straw, till began 10 thrash
that should get near 1000 bush., not wilhstaI
l. ding the havoc of the fly.
II have stretched out this article much long
than ! Intended, only meant to tell you that