Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-06-12
Clearfeld County Agricultural So
ciety.

Report Of tie I'ict Prc5iinHof Hrthaw torn-
slip,
SALT LICK, Jan, Is, 1861.
To D. +. ErzwEILER, Secretary. &c
You will find accompanying this re-
port list of membership obtained Ter the
Clearfeld County Agricultural Society, Of
which had the homer, the present year,
Of being the Vice President for Karthaus
township.
remark, that have been to some
trouble 10 ascertain all the information
possible, in regard TO the agricultural in
tMAfi a9f KJGsy5tsaty. and herein present
Your humble Vice Prcsiden, has been
resident Of the township for the last
three years, and i, gives him pleasure to
state that agriculture, since tha. time, has
been on the improvement, and particu
laTly so the last year an apparent in
creased interest has taken place-which
is in u great measure to be ascriScd to the
Organization of the C2earfsH C5pmy hgri.
cultural Society,"
The first FAIR for the Society, held at
Clearfeld last fall, gave general satishc-
tion, and spoke well for the Society and
respectfully for the citizens. Oar atten
dance there was not what we had antiei>
ipated but considering the long distance
to travel, and the rain during the time Of
the fair, il was respectable. The crops in
karthaus township the present season
were generally, not only good average
crop, but with many was an abundant
one. The wheat crop in plumrness Of
! grair and quality could not have been
better. The yield on an average was Is
Z to 20 sheaves making the bushel. In
some instances il may have taken more.
but in many instances less made the
bushel. know of two instances, and
there may have been more, that Is sheAves
yielded the bushel.
The Yield of Rye on an average was Is
to Is sheavcs maxim. the bushcl. Two or
more instances ! know Of j. sheavcs of
rye yielding the bushel, and in no in.
stance have heard of more than Is
sheaves to yield bushcl, The rye is ul,
so of the best quality.
| The corn crop on our river bottom
could not have been botter-aN eraSing at
! least one hundred bushels of ears to the
ace, and tie ears all hard corr On the
hill farms the early planted corn was u
I SOOu Ni'p li IuallNlAN lil'A but lhIlC eOll
corn where they were careful TO plant the
proper kind OF seed corn. The late PLAN
ted corn, and the corn not properly work.
/ ed, two parts OF it were soft or unsound
corn.
! The oats crop was an abundan' one and
in qnalit;- ! never saw better The aver
age yield was | bushels to the dozen, aud
in many instances the dozen Of shcaves
! yielded . bushels of oats
/ The JuckWhedt crop on the whole was a
good crop. In some localities it was in.
jured from filling by the sun, and in 9th
ers it was slightly injured by the early
frost.
The potato crop, in some localities of
the township, was an entire failure SUP
posed TO he occasioned 10y the not. think
there is some mistake in this, at least, ]
am not fully satisfied tfat such was the
fact in every locality where the potato
crop filled. My observations were, that
the potato crop sustained little, it any,
injury by the rot the present season. The
potatoes were not in the ground and
therefore could not have rotted. The
small quantity the ground did contain
were unusually small in size.
From this it would appear the potato
from some cause did not produce, and
those produced did not grow to a full
size, 1t may have been caused by the
5routh, or something peculiar in the sea.
son may have occasioned it or it may
have been an insect at the root or the top
of the potato which injured the produc.
ton and stopped the growth of the pota-
TO. examined several lots of potatoes.
dlling their growth and at the raising of
them out of the ground, and found little
or no rot in them-their general condite