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

Report Of tie Vicr Prcshicatof EGthuu tocn :
SLIP. ...| . ... ....
SALT LICK, Jan, ID, lS6l,
To ID. +. ETzwEiLER, Secretary. &c
You will find accompanying this re-
port list of membership obtained 'cr the
Clearfeld County Agricultural Society, OF
which had the honor, the present year,
Of being the Vice President for karthaus
township.
| | remark, that have been to some
trouble to ascertain all the information
possible in regard to the agricultural in
terests OF karthaus, and herein present
! them 10 the Society.
! Your humble Wee President has been
II resident of the township for the last
three years, and it gives him pleasure to
state that agriculture, since that time, has
been on the improvement, and particu-
latiy so the last year an apparent in
creased interest has taken place--whicll
| is in Il great measure TO be ascribed to the
Organization of the CedrfcM County 1Wi.
cultural SOcietv.
The first FAIR for the Society, held at
Cleariield last fall, gave general satisti,c-
ton, and spoke well for the Society and
respectfully for the citizens. Our atten-
/ dance there was not what we had antie>
pated but considering the long distance
to travel, and the rain during the time of
the fair, it was respectable. The crops in
karthaus township tho present season
were generally, not only good average
crop, but with many was an abundant
one. The wheat crop in plumrness OF
grain and quality could not have been
better. The yield on au average was 10
I to 20 sheaves making the bushel. In
some instances it may have taken more.
but i'll many instances less made the
busliel. know of tCo instances, and
there may have been more that l3 sheav as
! yielded the bushel.
| The yield of Rye on an average was Is
to Is sheavcs makina the bushcl. Two OF
more instances know of II sheaves of
rye yielding the bushel, and in no in.
stauce have | heard of more than Is
sheaves to yield bushei, The rye is ul.
so of the best quality.
| The corn crop on our river bottom
could not have been better--a, eraging at
| least one hundred bushels of ears to the
ace, and the ears all hard corn. On the
hill farms the early planted corn was u
good crop in quantity and but little soft
tcorn 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 liz we're soft or unsound
! The oats crop was an abun,lan one, and
in quality never saw better. The aver
age yield was bushels to the dozen, and
in many instances the dozen of sheayes
yielded > bushets of oats. ........ ....
| The buckWhedt crop on the whole, was u
good crop. la some localities it was liz.
tjured from filling by the sun, and in 9th.
ers it was slightly injured by ;he early
frost.
The potato crop, in some localities of
the township, was an entire failure slip
posed TO be occasioned by the lot. think
therets some mistake in this, at least,
am not fully satisfied trat such was the
fact in every locality where the potato
crsp flaed. My observations were, that
the potato crop sustained little, il any,
injury 10y the rot tiie present season. The
potatoes were not iu the around and
therefore could not have voted. The
small quantity the ground did contain
we're unusnally small in size.
From this it wOold appear the potato
trOaa some cause did not produce. and
those produced did not grow to full
sire. 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, }
during their growth and at the raising of
them out Of the ground, and found little
or no rot in tbem-their general condits