Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-16
TO ST. Louis and Back.
NOTES BY A PRACTICAL FAM

NOTES BY A PRACTICAL FARMER.
EoHo' Of &or: / left Was hington for st
Louis at about noon of Mon day. April 9TH.
Saw the faraerS buSily running their plows
as soon as the country was reached. The
country nearly all the way through Penn
syIvania TO Harrisburg is a beautiful one,
and well and neatly farmed. 1t was observ-
able that the blowing being done was mainly
THREE HORSE FLOWING.
In Virginia the farmers do Verv much one
horse blowing, with one horse results at har-
vest time The manner of doing blowing by
the good Pennsylvania farmers is suggestive
To the Virginia farmers. and | would that it
mlght avail much. The wheat looked about
as The average of years. West from Harris
burg, in the arabic portion OF that part of the
state of PENNSYLVANIA. mainly three horse
medium. Night shut out the view of the
country for some distance this side OF Al
loona 10 locality some miles west of Steu-
benville, Ohio. Through Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois, along my line of travel, much wheat
was sown last fall. East of Columbus the
country is chiefly Hat. OF a understanding
argyll, and the crop has been badly put in.
with no drains To carry off the water. The
wheat is not really dead, but is feeble
yellow, sickly and backward. and must
have tie very best of season 10 come
out better at harvest time than a failure.
West of Columbus the land is what would be
called by many farmers eium land-not sure
land for wheat, and should always De thrown
mp INTO narrow parcels of ground when
plowed Tor wheat, so that the water will run
OF. nut IL has not with the present sowing.
hut from Columbus, through to Indianap-
otls. Iii most of the fields there are deal spots
Whist The living wheat plants look better
than east Of Columbus. In Illinois the an
pcaFance OF wheat is better, and in the west
Ell part OF the state and on the Mississippi
bottoms most of the fields look very fine. In
ONO, Indiana and Illinois the plows and har-
rows were lunDiug lively, The sowing of
spring wheat and oats both was going on
probably.
We had the opportunity TO take supper at
Altoona about halfpast nine p. m. Break
last was offered TO us at ten a. m the next
day at Columbus in fine depot and at a
well supplied table. The road was almost
ihtoierably dusty. and one must have APP
peared unseemly To Observers and certainly
he felt loathsOme TO himself. ,et
NO FACILITIES WE'RE FURNISHED FOR
WASHING
between Altoona ana indianapolis. So it is
nom day 10 day, and II is an outrage Oh the
travelling public. But il any one is DESTROYS
TO know where they take the traveller in With
right hearty good will iii the matter OF daily
bread let hlm go west; go TO Indianapolis.
81. Louis wears an appearance of business
life; yet ii cOnfesses to a realizing sense OF
hard times. Here one finds
HOTEL CHARGES REDUCED
10 ante bcllum times To from 50 to s.. per
day, good fare. The great bridge that spans
the Father of Waters here is an institution
indeed. 1t greatly facilitates transportation
across the river.
BAD SHOW FOR WHEAT.
i returned from ST. Louis by the railroad
route through southern Illinois, Indiana and
states do not remember seeing one first rate
Ohio, and in the whole distance of the three
field OF wheat. If the whole west is sampled
~ not promised with cheap bread next year.
dpgW i2fh. 1915. l.. $. A.