The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-07-15
The Ohio Wheat Crop--Freaks Of the
Frost. The Yield.

A very pleasant and instructive hour may
he spent nt the rooms OF Mr.. Klippart, Sec
retary Of tho State Board of Agriculture,
VINO has procured and is neatly arranging
in labeled cards, samples of wheat in tho
head from about sixty counties OF tho State,
embracing every variety grown in ONO.
Since tho frost, MIR. Klippart has visited
nearly oil those whoat-growing regions That
we're supposed to bo materially Affected by
il. Ho has thus, by personal examination
and by careful inquiry OF farmers all over
the S;ato, collected largo amount OF IN
formation on which to base q reliable estl-
mate oftho probable yield OF tho present
crop. The samples brought homo with him
and forwarded to him by correspondents IN
tho different counties, embrace three yhrl'
cites one representing tho average charac-
tor of tho wheat in the county; ono show
ing the cxtont Of tho injury done to the
| fields that suffered most from tho frost,
and the othor includes specimens OF extra
ordinary Yield in quantity and quality,
We notice n few Of these specimens
Ono sample of Belgium wheat was shown
us from the fields Of furmor in Clermont
county. who. inst aftor the frost, was croak.
ing that all his wheat was killed His yield
| will bo about thirty fyo bushels to tho acre!
! Tho samo farmer is now croaking, because
/ the abundance of wheat will make It SO
cheup that he cannot get & dollar and thirty
cents q bushol for his crop.
Another specimen of whito 5luo stem.
the heads about four inches in length
seventy three grains to tho head, from Cler
mont county These folds were ut rrs
supposed to he totally destroyed.
From Guernsey county the Pennsylvania
white wheat yields enormously. lhc sam
plea we saw wore very tinc.
TO illustrate the extent of the damage
done by tho frost and cold, in several coun
ties whore that damage was supposed to bt
most serious. tho following instance ma.
suftico. A fold of Il. Sherman, Huron
county, was supposed to be totally destroy
od. The stems showed from eight 20 tot
= plump grains. As each grain Of whea
sown. produces four stems, tho yield u
from 80 to 40 bushels for onosown, or, sa.
50 bushels to the aero as only portion
J OF tho heads we're injured.
Mediterranean, from Guernsey county
an average yield, about 35 bushels to th
acre.
Australian wheat. 80 grains TO the head
from Richland county. Yield about 81
bushels to tho aero.
The bald Mediterranean, having thick
or hnsk thnn any other variety of wheat, is
in tho opinion of Mr.. Klippart, loss linLl
/ to tho incursions of tho we"vil.
Several specimens of wheat wero showI
us that wero supposed to DO killed by th'
frost, but wore having s0mo signs OF vltalI
ty at tho baso of tho kernel, subsequent.
; filled out. The berry, although slight.
shrunken, WAS fully eqnal to ordinary specl
mons. Another curious phenomenon wa
observed. Some of Inc heads shown US
were Allied with perfect berries at tho iol
, and bottom of the heads, while those OF tn
, middle parts were killed by tho frost. Thi
is accounted for By tho fact that tho berr'c
at the top of tho head, being tho first form
cd, woro beyond tho reach of tho frost
those at the bottom were not sufficient
S advanced to be affected By it; and those Il
! tho middle were Just in bloom, and of cours
z wero those most liable to damage from III
cause.
As showing tho difference in tho yield, dc
pending upon tho difference in soil, thrc
specimens of blue stem wero exhibited
Holmes county--soil grayelly and candy
heads small.
5 Franklin couIty-soil loamy-heads me
= dium.
Morgan county-soil clay-hoads large.
Inc HBuub iucullohth, "SiO NV
: than double the size of tho first named
, To sum up-Alr. Klippart is Of the opir
ion that the aggregate loss by the frost wi
d not exceed tho product of the six best wheat
. growing counties in tho Statc-say thrc
D and half millions of bushels. The crop {
S lS57-the last of which tublcs have bee
S mado up, amounted to 25,397 GA bushel
/ and tho number of acres sown was ,S23, IA,
p During the present year there are at Leaf
d two mil ions of acres sown, tho product o
each acre escaping the frost, being acknoV
ledged on all hands TO be ut least 80 p'
e cent. above that of 1867. After deductn
e the loss, by frost, and adding the increase
per ccntago Of yield and o: acres sown, II
q aggregate of tho present crop will be
u least five millions OF bushels moro than th
d of 1857. or say. some three millions mi"
# than WAS ever before raised in the State
, State Journal, july 9th.