The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-06-11
NO IL.
Agriculture.

| Agriculture.
The following statement is based on inS--
formation furnished by the statistical
division of the Department of Agricul-
ture:
rarely are winters so favorable to fall
sown wheat as that of 1867 -6S. The New
England States are encouraged at attempt
wheat culture more largely by the fine
condition of that now in the ground
The season was equally favorable in the
Middle States, which report few discourag-
ing facts affecting winter crops In Liy-
ingston county, New York, the sowing
was later than usual on account of
drought, causing comparatively puny
appearance at the opening Of spring. In
Erie the fields had yellow and unpromis-
ing look, without material loss from win
ter-killing, and in Chautauqua there ia
come complaint of freezing out and sickly
appearance.
Throughout New jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA, and Delaware there is general ex-
preston of satisfaction with the condition
OF wheat, and confident expectation of
fruitful harvest, if no casualty inter-
venes.
In the Ohio Valley and in the North
west wheat generally looks well. A few
exceptions are noted, as in Miami, Ohio,
sit is not looking very WE'LL" In Hard
IN it.mas somewhat frozen, while the re-
ports from most Ohio counties are quite
favorable, as in Ottawa, 'sthere never was
more favorable winter" In Erie s'is
it small but promising" and in Van Vert
"March passed without day detrimen-
taP' to the growing crops.
OF West Virginia, Putnam and Wood
counties some report inferior conditionfrom
winter killing. Others claim better
stand than for many years"
From Indiana the accounts of the crop
are uniformly favorable-"far better than
usual" Better than last year. In some
cases better than for many years. While
In Miami late sown wheat is thin, the
early looks well.
In Kentucky there is much diversity
in the appearance, as in Anderson, But
ler, Henry, Laurel, Scott, and other coun-
ties. 1t is noticed that in Livingston
the fields with northern and eastern as
pect than those lying to the south and
west. Many fields in Henary have been
! plowed and sown in oats
In Illinois, and especially in the North
west, the crop is mainly spring wheat,
but the fall-sown generally looks well in
al that region.
| Very little loss from Missouri. 1t shar-
ed with other States in that latitude the
drawback of drought, in preventing carly
sowing, yet IN many counties the returns
were never better or more promising,
| From Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee, the condition reported is more
variable. More or less winter killing re-
suited in the belt between the thirty sixth
and thirty-ninth degrees of latitude from
alternate freezing and thawing, the cover
ing, OF snow being more general than US
ual, but not of sufficient depth for pro-
lection. A few counties only make the
loss severe, and many represent the pro-
spect for harvest unusually good With
every day of fine weather the frozen
fields improve in appearance, materially
affecting the expectations of their own
ers
Further South, accounts favor an,
abundant harvest in proportion to acreage
sown.
1t is worthy Of mention and careful
notice that in every locality that has suf--
fered from freezing those fields that were
planted with the drill are comparatively
unscathed, while the broadcast sowing
is in miserable condition and it is also
found that thorough tillage enables the
thrifty and well rooted plant to endure
the action of frost, while the careless seed
cd wheat is ruined.