Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-11
From the State Journal, July 9th
The Ohio Wheat CrOp-Freaks OF the Frost
The Yield

-Ane \ lelu.
A very pleasant and instructive hour may be
spent at the rooms of Mr.. Klippart, Secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture, who has pro-
cured and is neatly arranging in labeled cards,
samples Of wheat in the head from about sixty
counties Of the State, embracing every variety
grown in Ohio Since the frost, Mr. Klippart
has visited nearly all those wheat-growing re-
gions that were supposed to be materially affect
ed by it. He has thus, by personal examination
and 10y careful inquiry of farmers all over the
State, collected large amount of information
on which to base reliable estimate of the
probable yield of the present crop The sam
pies brought home with him and forwarded to
him by correspondents in the different counties,
embrace three varieties one representing the
average character of the wheat in the county ;
one showing the extent of the injury done to tnu
fields that suffered most from the frost, and the
other includes specimens ofextraordinary yield
in quantity and quality,
We notice few OF these specimens:
One sample of Belgium wheat was shown US
from the fields of a farmer in ClermOnt county
who, Just after the frost, was crOaking that all
his wheat was killed His yield will be about
thirty five bushels to the acre The same far.
mcr Is now croaking, because the abundance of
wheat will make it so cheap that he cannot get
dollar and thirty cents a bushel for his crop
Another specimen of white blue stem the
heads about four inches in length, seventy
three grains to the head, from Clermont coun-
ty. These fields were at first supposed to be
totally destroyed,
From Guernsey county the Pennsylvania
white wheat yields enormously. The samples
we saw were very fine ann,
To illustrate the extent of the damage done
by the frost and cold, in several counties where
that damage was supposed to be most serious
the following instance may suffice. A field of
e. Sherman, Huron comfy, was supposed to
be totally destroyed. The stems showed from
eight to ten plump grains. AS each gram of
wheat sCwn, produces four stems, the yield is
from 80 to 40 bushels for one sown, or, say 35
bushels to the acre; as only portion of the
heads were injured.
Mediterranean, from Guernsey county, an av-
erage yield, about 35 bushels to the acre
Australian wheat, So grains to the head, from
Richland county. Yield about 80 bushels to
the acre.
The bald Mediterranean, having thicker
husk than any other variety of wheat, is, in the
opinion of MIR. KIippart, less liable to the incur
sions Of the weevil.
Several specimens of wheat were shown us
that were supposed to be killed by the FROST
but which having some signs OF vitality at the
base Of the kernel, subsequently filled out. The
berry, although slightly shrunken, was fully
equal to ordinary specimens. Another curious
phenomenon was observed. Some of the heads
shown us, were filled with perfect berries at the
top and bottom of the heads, while those OF the
middle parts were killed by the frost This is
accounted for by the fact that the berries at the
top of the head, being the first formed were be.
yOnd the reach of the frost those at the bot
tom ware not sufficiently advanced TO be affect
ed by il and those in the middle were Just in
bloom, and of course were those most liable to
damage from the cause
AS showing the difference in the yield, de.
pending upon the difference in SOIL three spe-
cimens Of blue stem were exhibited
Holmes county-soil grayelly and sandy
heads small.
Franklin county--soil loamy-heads medium.
Morgan couuty-soil clay-heads large
The heads last mentioned, were more than
double the size of the first named
To sum up--Mr Klippart is Of the opinion
that the aggregate loss by the frost will not ex-
coed the product OF the six best wheat t-growing
counties in the State-say three and half mil
lions Of bushels The crop of ls54-the last
OF which tables have been made up, amounted
to 25,397, 6l4 bushels, and the number Of acres
sown was l 1928 l47 During the present year
there are at least two millions of acres sown
the product on each acre escaping the frost, be-
ing acknowledged on all hands to be at least 80
per cent, above that of 1857 After deducting
the loss, by frost, and adding the increased per
centage of yield and of acres sown, the aggre
gate Of the present crop will be at least five mil
lions Of bushels more than that OF 1857. or say,
some three millions more than was ever befuTe
raised in the State