Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-22
THE HARVEST.
The Agricultural Situation.

We present below reports gathered by
special correspondents of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, relative to the crops in Bel
mont and adjoining counties:
BELMoNT.-This county has produced
a splendid crop of wheat this year, one
of the best ever raised in the county.
| The crop has with few exceptions, been
saved in good condition. The grain is
shrunken but little. The acreage is fully
one-third larger than last year, while
the yield per acre is perhaps a third
higher than 1879. The variety known
as Lawson wheat has been damaged
| slightly by the recent rains, but as only
small amount of that variety was rails
ed, the injury from the wet weather was
not very great. The oats crop is excel
lent, much better than for years past.
The straw is good sizes and the indica-
tions are that the yield will be unusual
ly large. The hay crop is good average.
The yield promises to be considerably
larger than last year. The prospect for
magnificent crop of corn, potatoes, ap-
fples and peaches was never better than
this season. Fruit trees are well filled,
and the fruit perfectly formed.
JEFFERsON.-The acreage of wheat in
this county is Is to 20 per cent greater
than last year. The yield will be abund-
ant, some farmers claiming an average
yield of twenty-five bushels to the acre,
but the more cautious think eighteen or
| twenty bushels will be the outcome.
The recent rains, coming as they did
| just when wheat was in shock, caused it
to sprout somewhat, but not enough to
do anv serious injury. Oats looked bad
until lately, when the rains caused it to
brighten up, and fair yield is antici-
pated. Hay is very poor, and the crop
will be small. Potatoes are yielding
well; no trouble experienced from bugs
Apples and peaches will be plenty.
HARRISON acreage wheat
compared with last year; acreage, this
year, 1929 acres, being 20 per cent more
than last year yield about 25,775 BUSH
els, being 10 per cent more than last
year; the crop was saved in good eondi-
ton. Some late wheat is shrivled up,
but as general thing is good. Oats are
in first rate condition and promise an av-
erage yield, yet there are not many oats
raised in this county. Hay is in good
condition, but there will. not be more
than half crop. GraSShOpperS are in
some localities bad. Corn looks irst-rate,
never better; the acreage is about the
same as last year. Potatoes are in fine
condition and promise good yield. Ap-
plies are better than last year and more
of them. Peaches promise an average
crop.
GUERNsEY-It can be said of the
wheat crop in this county that an abund-
ant yield prevails, and, although the fire.
quent rains of late have impeded garner
ing and may injure it little, it is fair to
presume that the harvest will be 25O,OOO
bushels. Farmers think that rust, which
has appeared among the oats, will tighten
the yield, and only an average crop can
be expected. Thousands of tons of hay
will be produced in this county this
year, while the prospects of corn are
hattering. Not as much can be said of
the fruit crop, except as to berries,
which are very plentiful. Peaches and
apples were injured to some extent by
the late frosts of last spring, yet not
withstanding there will be fair sup
ply.