The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-25
Eastern shore Wheat Cron.

Much has been said about the short CROP
of wheat in this state, especially in the west
ern and southwestern portions. From oul
Eastern Shore exchanges, however, we fine
that the crop in that section is about equal tc
the average yield.
QUEEN AESE's CoUNTY-Mr. Thomas De.
ford, on the Arlett farm of Mr.. Mckinney
seeded 40 acres and received 40 bushels, an
an average yield of about 10 bushels for l.
Mr.. Deford's corn ground gave him 10 for ]
but his fallow suffered from being drowned
out during the winter. Mrs. Cellie NJ. Wright
received an average Of little over q bushels
to the acre. She seeded "A acres aud received
1861 bushels. Harry r. McFeely seeded Sc
bushels and threshed out 1900, fraction
over il bushels for l. Mrs. Higgins seeded
rs bushels and received 1000. Simpson
Bros. got 1900 bushels from 100 seeded.
Ohio d. Bryan sowed 120 bushels and thresh-
ed 1000. VIM. J. Price, on his home farm,
seeded SO bushels and received 1000. w. +.
Ford got an average of 40 bushels to the acre.
Henry Mullikin, on Mr.. MeKenney's ''Walnut
Grove farm, got 25 bushels to the acre the
farm over. VIM. Fl. Price, on Mr.. McKen-
ney's Carmichael farm, got on his fallow 90
bushels to the acre. Geo. NJ. Smith seeded
IS acres and got ,240 bushels. William +.
Watson seeded So acres and got 1,325. Mr..
Edward b. Emory received an average OF
$50 bushels to the acre on his fallow and %
on his corn ground. j. A. Mullikin got 78s
from So bushels seeded.
TALBOT CoUNTY-Mr John w. Plummer,
in Oxford Neck, raised 46 bushels of wheat
per acre. Mr.. l.. Eugene Ross, on his farm
in Bambury Neck, raised 379 bushels per
acre. Mr.. Thos. f. Bridges, in Broad Greek
Neck, on Is acres of corn land raised 35e
bushels, or "a to the acre. This field was
badly damaged by hail. Mr.. Geo. W. Griffin,
in Landing Neck, raised l ,754 bushels on 62
acres of corn land, or 28I bushels per acre.
j. Harold Wheeler, on his farms 'Marengo"
and "Hawksworth," in Miles River Neck,
made 2,400 bushels of wheat from 70 acres,
being an average of 35 bushels per acre for
both fallow and corn ground. Mrs. 5. ID.
Dawson, Cabin, st. Miehaels district, 1920
bushels, 81 seeded on A acres. Perry T..
Leonard, Benoni's point, LOGO bushels on 40
acres. Arthur X. Easter, Clifton, st. Mi
chaels district, 700 bushels, 80 seeded on %
acres. Captain Greenbury Marshall, Tunis
Mills, 500 bushels on Is acres, rs seeded.
jeremiah V. Harris, Ferry Neck, 200 bushels,
40 seeded on 80 acres. MIR. w. L. Elbin,
Pott's Mill, 20 for 1. Warfel estate on Dover
road, q bushels to the acre. Captain Thos
L. Wayman, Broad Creek Neck, 4O32 from
153 seeded. Joseph Bowdle, Presquile, 1920
bushels on ITO acres. Edwin w. Hopkins,
Island Creek Neck, 1900 bushels on 70 acres,
S5 seeded. VIM. III. Council, on his Chapel
farm, 1000 bushels on 60acres. Henry Will
son, 20 bushels for one seeded. +. Fl. Roe,
Easton, 1,600 bushels, 21f bushels per acre.
John Leonard, Trappe, 300 bushels, % per
acre. S. J. Lecompt Easton, 1,019 bushels,
20J per acre. 7. E. Price, Easton, l, 100
bushels, 274 per acre. DR.. Bateman, Easton,
1,647 bushels; perfectly satisfactory. Mr.. j..
F. Turner, on Duddee, got 1000 bushels on
100 acres, $50 bushels seeded. j. w. Seemer,
Tunis Mills, 900 bushels from 80 acres
Lewis Smith, Chapel, 1000 bushels on SO
acres fallow. Isaac Convey, Trappe, Is bushels
per acre. John r. Mulikin, of Bamberry,
over 300 bushels from 10 seeded. John
Mason, $50 bushels on Is acres. John h.
Hopkins, Wye Mills, $50 bushels on 10 acres
fallow In Bay Hundred, district-Captain
James L. Duncan 1900 bushels, about 20 for
1; JAS E. Mcdaniel, 1880; DIR. James Seth,
1.001; Francis A. Wrightson, $50. Benjamin
Taylor's wheat crops were as follows 1,040
bushels on the Wright farm, As acros; 200
on Cedar Grove, 55 acres; 900 on the home
farm, so acres. On one field Of % acres on
the home farm he got 200 bushels.
Thos. G. Ross has raised 500 bushels of
wheat this year from 38 bushels sown. Capt.
Polk Thomas raised 225 bushels from sown.
CAROLINE CoUNTY-The wheat of Messrs.
E. r. Goslin and James Wright was threshed
this week and the respective yields as report
ed to this office, are as follows, viz: A IA
acre fallow field of Mr.. Goslin yielded All
bushels, machine measurement; and from one
selected acre SO bushels. The same field
Welded in 1881, when it was last in wheat,
375 bushels, and selected acre thereof 33
bushels. Mr.. Goslin had in all, so acres IN
wheat this year, the total yield of which was
1,l34 bushels, or an average of 224 bushels
per acre.
KENT CoUNTY-The crops of ten of our
farmers living within two or three miles of
Rock Hall, aggregate over 10000 bushels of
wheat measured from the machine. The
names of the farmers are as follows: Charles
Wood, 5000 bushels; Lewis Ayres, 1000; w.
Thomas, 440; j. Lewis. 400; Chas. Strong
,440; r. w. Jones, l 700; Lemuel Stevens,
1000, T. Brice, 1885, J. Beck, 1900; VIII.
Coleman, /, 700; total, 20,530 I. j. Shall
cross, near Locust Grove, got wheat yield of
1852 bushels On 40 acres of fallow he got
nearly "a bushels to the acre, and on 45acres
of corn land 229 bushels to the acre. Harry
T. Hill, from 165 acres, threshed 8, 800 bushels
of wheat. Comegys Brown on q acres got
900 bushels, or 333 bushels to the acre. G..
II. beaverton on 40 acres got 800 bushels.