The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-11-25

1 Search After 80 Bushels or Wheat "a
the Acre Replies 10 Secretary KlIp
, parts nquirles-fremendO Yield
In baEduSky cOuHfy-IgricuIIu-a
and Horticultural Work OF the DIR.
, feFent Counties OF the SIaIe-OaIO'.
GreaI Variety or Products.
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. Is, 10.
Mr.. John b. Klippart the indefatiza-
ole Secretary of the Ohio State Board
Of Agriculture, has been endeavoring
to ascertain whether the production
of forty bushels of wheat tn the acre
in Ohio Is one of the lost srts. The
} Board requires 1T least that much in
order to entitie the grower Of a crop to
premium, and many farmers mad
declared that this standard ought to
be lowered. II so, then it was evil
dence either that the fertility of Ohio
soil had diminished, or that the pro-
cesses of agricultural industry in this
State, instead of advancing toward
perfection, had actually been i'm
paired. Mr.. Klippart did R0t believe
that either OF these was true. Up to
1896 or 1910, forty bushels to the acre
was not an uncommon crop of wheat
in many counties Of Ohio, more e.
pecially Stark, Wayne, aolnies, Rien-
land, aud TuscaraWss. It is rather q
melancholy fact, however, that since
the annual enumeration of acres aud
bushels has been made, theFe is not 4
county that has reported an average
crop OF twenty bushels to the zcr,.
THE SEARCH
In order to ascertain the facts. Mr..
X. issued last year a circular u the
Secretaries OF all the agricultural So
cieties iu the State, asking the names
and pOst-office address Of all the far-
mers In their respective counties that
hsd grown as much a5 forty bushels
of wheat 10 the aere.
From AshtaoulA he obtained no
names of farmers who had done this,
although the Secretary, B. Jay Pin
ney, presumed there were SUCH"
| From Champaign he obtained the
names Of ID. Nieewander, fifty-two
bushels /; Mr.. Clark, tenant for Jesse
| @, Phillips, forty-five bushels, and
Jacob Mumma, Joseph Eichelbergef,
James G. Caldwell, and w. J. w.
Rawlings, each as much as forty
| bushels,
None Of the sort could be asoertaiued
In Olsrke, Oolumbians, or Crawford
that is, none could be ascertained by
the Secretaries, although the Bucyrus
Fbrunl reported that w. B. Tobias
raised ninety-one bushels Of the Fultz
variety on two acres of ground.
]. +. MsrtZ had heard of nothing
higher than thirty-one bushels in
Darke county John c. Vapden says
positively that no farmer in Galiis
came Up to forty bushels, and none
was known in Guernsey.
+. ID. SimOnds says that in Har,lin
county Robert Morrison and II. NJ.
Shingle both obtained forty bushels
none was known in Harrison, Holmes,
Hooking, or Jackson. G. w. Har-
barger writes from the latter county
''fhe farmers Of this county seldom
obtain more than they SOW. Twenty
five bushels to the acre is considered
an extraordinary crop"
G. Z. Critchfield says "there is not
an acre Of land in Knox county that
produced anything near forty bushels
Of wheat"
e. A. Stevens knows OF no crop in
Licking county higher than that of ].
W. McMillen, thirty-tWo and q half
bushels, and none was known in
Lucas or Meigs.
But light brsaks in from an unex-
pected quarter, and Pnilo lie Blond,
Of Mercer, furnishes the names of
Stephen HOwiek, Edward NJ. Piper,
Eva Adams, Peter Frysinger, George
Myers, and Thomas MeGee, Of that
county, each OF whom obtained as
much As forty bushels OF wheat to the
acre,
Thomas Hammond gives the name
Of but one farmer in Morgan county,
William s. Leighty, who produced
forty bushels, and next to him was II.
n. Hopkins, who obtained thirty-five
bushels.
No one came up to the standard in
PAulding county. ]. F. CDmly says
"quite 3 number claim t. have d1ne
1t in Perry county," and John Maid
low, Of Putnam county, obtained the
magnificent yield of 557 bushels and
nine pounds from eleven acres, and
1l6 rods Of land bring nearly forty
eight bushels to the acre.
In Shelby county, James 5. Read
reports that ID. V. Dingman raised an
average Of 40 bushels to the acre on
u acres, and Al bushels on a. acres
white smooth Linton wheat, and
that Stephen Combs and Stephen
johnson each obtained 40 bushels of
Fultz wheat to the acre.
Il. H. B. COrrell says he has "no
means Of knowing what farmers in
Stark county obtained 40 bushels of
Of wheat to the acre." the best done
10 Trumbull was by John Reeves, 3S
81 bushels, and the next best by A.
q. Fuller, 81 bushels. The best heard
of IN Washington county was Cyrus
Ames, who obtained 2S bushels but
in Wood county Asa Smith, John
APPEL, and Henry Thomas each OBJ
tained as much as 40 bushels.
But Sandusky county takes the
palm, for Y. NJ. Keeler reports that
one farmer there obtained fOrty-eight
bushels to the acre. another fifty-four,
and another sixty-twO. UnfOrtunate-
ly, Mr.. Keeler's statement was in
some way misIaid, and the names OF
the farmers obtaining these extrsOr.
dinary yields can not be given here.
RANK OF THE COUNTIES.
In looking over the statistics OF agri-
cultural products for the last reported
year the different counties of Ohio
are found To rank as follows:
Stark leads in the wheat, producing
99,6l6 bushels. Seneca comes next
with $50, ,S67, and Wayne next with
AZ, 900. Geaugs produces the least,
As. .755, VintOn $685., and CuyahOga
66.6l6.
RYE AND BUCRwHsAT.
Hamilton leads off in rye. 1876
bushels. Licking comes next with
1915, and CuyahOga third, with S, ,I6l.
PauldinX was lowest, with only al
bushels Lawrence nexr. with I3l,
and VintOn next, with PA bushels
Monroe raised IL, $50 bushels Of
buckwheat and led the State Wood
followed closely, with II, ,166. and Full
ton came third, with $3.50. Clarke
produced the least quantity, only 247
bushels Ross 3O2, and L0raIn $50.
OATS AND BARLEY.
Richl4nd leads In oats with 6I7. .9l2
bushels Huron follows with 59l, ,030,
and Seneca comes third with $50, ,365.
Piekaway, Athens, and r ls5 were the
three producing the smallest quanti-
ties OF oats, the first only 1870 BUSH
els, the next ii ,474, and the third H.
$50.
Butler is the champion barley eoun-
ty, producing 364 ,632 bushels, and
Warren "A, sos. No other county
comes within sight OF these two, the
next highest being Montgomery with
SO, OF. Jackson, Lawrence, and
Union produced no barley.
CORN.
In corn we get int big figures
again. think, however, few are
prepared t. expect that Fayette leads
with S,024, SOB bushels Piekaway,
which led the preceding year, takes
second rank with 1854, ,7l4, and Madi-
SOD comes third with 2,6l7 ,229. The
preceding year Butler, Clinton, Fair
field, Highland, Rlss, Champ paign,
DaTke, franklin, Greene, MontgO-
merry, Preble, and Warren were all
ahead Of Madison. Geau9a produces
the smallest quantity Of elrn, 222,813
bushels. Lake next. 2t0,334, and
ViRtOn next, 39S, ,344.
HAY AND CLOVER.