The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-08-07

| From the 10Th Ia the 29th there was hu
little rain, and the crops have suffere,
materially from drought IL genera
rain fall wi'lsta few days, all kind
Of vegetation will revive-oIheTWis Their
can not be malured a full crop OF thOs
staples now undeveloped. The heate,
term IN JHly this year lasted for over tw,
weeks, aud was more severely fel
throughout the Mississippi valley thai
for any similar term for ten years past
7 The numler OF sun strokes reporte,
throughout the country was much create
this year than usual
CORN CROP
The acreage Of this staple throughou
the State il reported l05. and its presen
condition 30 The want of winter freeze,
in January aud February is now telling
upon tins crop. The soil has been clod
dy and badly rulvvrized during the entir,
season, and in some sections of the coun-
try this difficulty has been increased 10y
blowing the lands when too wet for cult
walton. This has caused the soil 10 be-
come hard and baked, so that the wealth
er may seriously affect the crop, should
we have long drouth in August The
prospect for a large yield in a majority OIL
the counties Of the State is not hatterine
Al present
has generally been threshed, and much
Of the crop has been sold and delivered
In ali thetountiss bordering on the Tenn.
essee line ami extending north 10 the
Lebanon branch of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, which embrace the
heaviest wheat-growing portion of the
State, the yield has been very poor in
many Of the best counties, not exceeding
eight bushels TO the acre. North Of the
Lebanon Branch Railroad the Weld is
much better, and in the Bluegrass
counties proper is rs, averaging in
some counties over twenty bushels to the
acre. Where the crop was good the
grain is OF excellent quality, but where
the crop was injured by smut and rust
the grain is quite faulty and shriveled
The cause Of this failure in the wheat
crop in the western and southern coun-
ties is doubtless owing TO the want of
winter freezes to disintegrate the soil and
to prepare the fixed elements Of plant
food, so that they might be easily dis
solved by the spring rains and assimilated
through the digestive organs OF the
plants. Wherever bone-dust, salt and
fertilizers were used, the
wheat got the requisite amount of nour-
ishment and made a good heavy crop
The reason that the bluegrass wheat ex
celled is because the silurian or blue
limestone rocks underlying the soil are
more easily dissoluble on account Of their
shelly nature, and gave out their ele
ments freel y to the action Of the carbonic
acid Of the rain water The entire acre
age Of the State was IS, the yield about
so From the Louisville and Cincinnati
much Kentucky wheat is now
being shipped directly TO Liverpool and
London for English consumption. The
price is very low owing to the large crop
in the Northwestern States.
RYE AND OATS
These crops we're each los in acreage.
and fully average in yield. The rust,
which was 80 destructive to wheat, did
but little injury to these staples.
HAY AND GRASSES
have increased in acreage throughout the
State. The hay crop lie ITO, aud well
saved; the grass and clover sown are ITO.
and doing finely.
TOBACCO.
This peculiarly adapted staple to our
Kentucky soil this season appears freaky
In some counties It is doing we'll, but in
most AsighboThoods, where the largest
crops have hitherto been raised, it is re,
ported to be doing badly. The acreage
is about Cog of that Of the past wear,
which was fully fifteen per cent above
an average; but the. plants have no
where started of well when reset from
The beds to the hill. The Mason county
and cutting leaf districts report the best
stands, though these are not equal TO last
rear. The Psducah, Hopkinsville,
clarksville, Henderson, Owensboro'
BurksvilIe and Bowling Green districts
complain Of small growth, a good supply
Of worms, hard stalks and plants button
ng before they are large enough to top.
jOod rains within a few DAYS, however.
will greatly benefit this crop, though il
will not supply the want of good cuitiya>
ion, which has been so frequently re-
ported. Every instance where proper
nanuring has been practiced, good re-
nits fUilow-just as has been the case
With wheat
The } ield OF this staple is lilo. and the
creage ITO 1t is one of the best aver. |
ges ever produced in the State, tue crop
icing but little damaged BY the bugs.
FRITZ.
The yield Of plums, peaches, pears and |
u the small fruit and berries has been
bundant, except 10 q few localitiss be-
Nc ten per cent.above the average. Apples
re short OF an average twenty-five per 1
ent Col. + d. Powell, from his supe. /
iOr orchard in Henderson county. and
dessrs Duncan & Campbell, OF louis,
lille, from their excellent orchards in
etferson county, Ky. and near Mitchell
ills, Samner coHnty, Tenn where they
ave over 1900 peach and plum trees
earring, have sent me samples OF apricot,
lums, peaches, etc, equal 10 any pro-
uced in the United States. Such sDeci-
leus as these which can be found in the
markets OF Henderson, Louisville, etc.
rove TO any judge Of good luscious fruit,
hat Kentucky and Tennessee can not be
xcelled in soil and climate suitable Tor
by sDy country in North
.merica The grape prospects are lIA
eARDsN PRODUCTS
1ro1gho1t the State have been Ito. and
re rapidly improving from year to year.
LAVE STOCK
T all kinds are doing we'll. The nam.
er Of horses, sheep and hogs are on the
lcrease Some hog cholera is reported.
ut not 30 much as formerly at this seas
n OF the year, though enough to make
mr. farmers quite uneasy for the safety
their swine. The best preventive is
, mix with feed coal cinders, coal oil
operas, iurpentine, sulphur, Crab. Orch.
"a salts. alum. or other insecticides, as
is nov a tOlersbly we'll established fact
tat hog and chicken cholera result from
or invisible parasites, which
It into the blood. A very large mast
-op is reported in the woodland coun-
es. which will greatly improve the hogs
he coming fall aud winter.
The State Agricultural and Mechani-
Il College at Lexington has been placed
J the Commissioners appointed BY the