The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-06-06
MonthIv Report Of the Commits.
sicner Of Agriculture, Horti-
culture, and Statistics.

suing my ld5t Ttpolt W uoterInlh6
with approximate accuracy the dam.
age resulting 10 the small grain and
other crops throughout the State
from the cold snaps IN April. Lam
happy TO state that the damage was
rather apparent than real. III low,
fat lands in some instances .ilie
wheat, where very forward, was
killed 10 the ground. butit is repor,ed
us having sent up'Iew shoots, that
promise TO make 4 fair yield. The
dangers to the crop are from its being
loo luxuriant and sappy, resulting
from the protracied rainy spells, and
from liability TO having the bloom
beaten OFT by heavy rains and from
rust. All that can be stated OF the
crop at its present stuge is that, tax
ing the State by and large, with per-
haps larger acreage than was ever
grown In the State before, the pros.
poet for al extra crop was never mere
ftttering. Beyond this il ia unsafe
and delusive 10 state. l read III Che
report from some Que of the Agri-
cultural Bureaus the other day an
estimate of the yield OF The present
crop, taking IN the entire wheat grow
ing Stales, OF from 10 to 25 Jushelslo
the acre. Such stateIDenls arc pure
gncssing. The tact is, rs every
practical farmer kiiows, there can be
no safo estimate Ofthe acreage Yield
Until the wheat is headed aud filled.
Then 1t has passed all contingencies
except storms. g
IHe Barley crop up 10 the recent
heavy rains was ali that could be
wished. From its luxuriant growth
aud sappy condition, on rich lnnds,ii
il good deal sirlw fallen. or
course u warm, genial sun will bring
1t uprto solHe extent, but in this Can
not be expected to mature well, or
produced good plump grain.
4 Rye is grown 10 no very large ex.
tent in this State. The crop gives
every promise of being extra fine.
The Oat crop Is larger by l0per
cent tiian last yeur, and is reported as
unusually promising.
Cora--A larger acreage than usual
has been put 10 corh, and perhaps
,here never wa, SO perfect u stand.
This results no doubt from the lessons
learned in the last Year or two from
having planted detective seed. or
course the corn crop. like the wheat
and barely and rye crops, Is depend
ent on contingencies. II cultivated
properly, and seasons are favorable, a
large crop is assured.
Uemp-The season has been favor
able 10 the growth OF hemp. The
stand Is good, aud a good crop may
DO safely expected. The acreage
will be short Of previous years, re-
suliing from the rage Tor tobacco
Preparations haye been made for
planting u very large tobacco crop.
1t will bs planted IN many localities
where II never has been raised be-
fore. From conversations | have
.ha l willItome OF the new beginners,
| am apprehensiye that most OF them
will plant more Than the most expe-
riciicrd hands could lprnperivniaiiage.
They should remember tnat the price
TO be obtained Is sdependent more OH
quality than quantity. Plants nre
abundant, and planting las.been done
10 considerable extent already,
Sorghum has been planted more
largely this year than ever before.
AS its qualities for slock food become
better known, i, will become n more
general crop. Some correspondents
reports ten times as much planted In
their counties as ever before.
Irbh Potatoes are being more
largely raised for market purposes
than hitherto. The season so far has
been favorable TO their growth. aud
with few opporiune rains, fine
crop is assured.
The Fruit Crop, taken as a whole
throughout the State, Is far better
than could have been expected under
tho circumstances. Indeed, in large
sections Ot the State IL does not seem
to have beer, hurl at ell by tho freezes
Tho crop promises to be fair one.
Live stock, Is generally reported in
heaIthful condition. Some little
cholera reported IN two or three
ncighborhoods among hogs, and from
the omission to mention pink eye
amongst horses, the presumption is
that 1t has disappeared.
Bees, notwithstanding much OF the
carly bloom was killed irom which
they draw thcir supplies, and the con-
tinuous rains, are reported from all
eections OF the State as doing well.
| had concluded 10 give d summa-
ry from the reports ofcorrespondents,
hut II would have been very much a
duplication one of another, all giving
the same bright and cheerful accounts
OF the small grain aud corn crops,
with the exception OF those from
south aud southwestern Kentucky.
In these sections of the State the
wheat aud meadows, IN many iilstan-
ces, have been seriously damaged BY
some sort OF wurm that seems 10 have
sprung up simultaneously all oyer
the fields aud tho meadows. Eyl
IDENTIFY 1t Is not the army worm |
am unable to state the extent Of the
damage douc, but hope 1t willlurE
out In tho end that The farmers IN
those sections arc moro scared than
hurt. Let any thing get little
wrong with a kentucky farmer, aud
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