The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-01
TILE wuEAT CROP OF CARROLL.
Reports from Various SectiOns-But Lit
fls. Grain ThreShe6l-1semeraIA Average
About Is Bushels.

About is Bushels.
For some years past the wheat crop of Car
roll has been excellent, the general average
being above 20 bushels to the acre. The crop
of last year must have averaged fully 70 bnsh-
els to the acre, as few yields were below ~
and some exceeded 40. 1t was great wheat
year. throughout the country. The supply
was greater than the demand, and consequent
! " the price was low The price is still low,
and farmers, knowing the crop is light, are
in no hurry to put their grain on the market,
and but few, comparatively, have threshed
their CROPS Some farmers, too, have con-
| siderable of the crop of 1884 on hand, holding
it for a rise in the market. The crop of1SS5
i is the shortest harvested in Carroll for ten or
twelve years, and so few have threshed it is
difficult to estimate, with approximate aceu-
racy, the general average. From the reports
received from various correspondents, we
suppose that the average will be Is bushels to
the acre. In some sections the crop will run
above 20 bushels, and in others from Is to 49,
/ The grain varies, too, in some districts being
| large and plump and in others small. On the
whole, however, the wheat is heavy, and the
excess in weight will compensate to some ex-
tent for the small average per acre. The
price will be better this year than last. The
| price last year Baltimore maket) was 80 cents
a bushel in August, 80 in September, and
from 79 to 80 in October. This year sales
have been made at go for August delivery, 90
for September and 99i for October. The
price is likely to go above a dollar, if any
confidence can be placed in crop reports,
which indicate very large falling off from
the production of former years.
A gentleman in Baltimore, who has spent
many years on the corn and flour exchange,
has said that in his opinion wheat will be
81. 25 per bushel before November.
Below we give extracts from letters from
correspondents in Carroll on the wheat yield
this year:
UNION BRDGE-''Very little wheat has
been threshed in the vicinity of U MON Bridge,
but from what | can learn the yields are about
IS to 20 bushels per acre, but upon the whole
will not average over Is bushels. About the
same area was in wheat this year as previous
years, and the average the past five or six
wears has been about 30 bushels to the acre,
so the crop is bnt little over half an average
one The heads are rot as well filed nor the
grain as plump as was anticipated before cut
ting The shortage is owing to the grain not
coming up well last fall, and the severe open
winter freezing it out.
SANS CREEK-'sNot a farmer in this neigh
borhood has threshed his entire crop, to my
knowledge, but it is generally believed that
the average for this section will be from II to
Is bushels"
MAYBERRY-''Not much wheat has been
threshed hereabouts. Jesse Nusbaum thresh-
ed GA bushels of nice grain from 80 acres
about an average of 195 per acre. Jacob
Bankerd got 81 bushels from 2 acres; Uriah
Foelesong from J acre % bushels; w. l..
Fleagle I31 bushels from l acre; Joshua p.
Fitze, on the farm of Mrs. M. A. Fitze, GA
bushels from acres, on land counted the
poorest in this section of Carroll; James T.
Yingl:ng 8 bushels on 23acres. The following
Yields are expected-Henry SELL 900 bushels
from 40 acres; Jesse Nusbaum, 1850 bushels
from GA acres; John c.. Humbert, 525 bushels
from 30 acres; Uriah Yingling, 425 bushels
from "a acres, Uriah Foglesong, 1878 bushels
from 289 acres. "
FINKsBURG-'sM Tobias Stocksdale is the
only farmer who has threshed this years
crop He seeded 20 acres, from which he got
300 bushels, an average of Is bushels per acre.
Some farmers expect from 20 to % bushels
an acre, and some will not get above bushels
an acre.
GAMBER-"C Cant state the average for this
section, as the large crops have not been
threshed Following are the averages of
few who have maehined their wheat-L. f.
Harden, IA bushels on 20 acres; Greenway
Harden IA bushels on 80 acres; Louis Stocks
dale, 124 bushels on 20 acres Henry Griffee,
II bushels on acres; William Roberts, Is
bushels on acres; Charles Brawning, s bush
els on II acres; H. S. Shipley, 10 bushels on
acres; Vachel Buckingham, Is bushels on
! IL acres; William Mengel, 20 bushels on
acres; Edward Osterhus, 4O4 bushels on l
acre.
| PLEASANT VALLEY-The wheat was not as
thick on the ground as last year, but the yield
is larger in proportion. The yield in the
neighborhood will average from Is to 25
bushels per acre.
| TANEYTowN-ssIt is rather early to make
complete report of the wheat yield, as only
few of the principal farmers have as yet
threshed, but the indications are that the crop
is far below the average of preceding years,
owing to the wet spring, when much of the
wheat was damaged, especially on the low
lands. Following are some of the yields =
On CIousher farm, 402 bushels on 35 acres,
average III bushels; John Stouffer, 500 bush
els on 40 acres, average 129; James Shildt
$50 bushels on 20 acres, average 145; s. E.
Reindolar, $50 bushels on 8 acres, average 20;
Wash. Baumgartner, $50 bushels on 40 acres,
average 164; Levi Black, $40 bushels on 10
acres, average l8. These yields give gen.
eral average of l53 bushels to the acre, but
the average throughout the district will not
run over II bushels, and possibly not that
much
LINwoop-"But three small lots of wheat
the Yields were q and % bushels per acre.
Judging from these, the average for this VI
cinity will be from 20 to % bushels per acre"
SHIPLEY-''But few have threshed in this
neighborhood Cornelius Shipley got 392
bushels from Is acres, an average of q 10
bushels per acre; Alfred Shipley, 700 bushels
from As acres, average of Is 10; Lloyd b.
Shipley, 1853 bushels from Is acres, average
liz; Grove J. Shipley, 65 bushels from 8
acres, average Is. These give general av-
erage of about 153 bushels per acre. John
/ Wagoners crop amounted to over 1000 bush
els, but the number of ceres seeded l have
not learned
! UNNECESSARILY general average here
will be about Is bushels per acre. Following
are some yields-Edward H. Fridinger raised
| 1886 bushels from 153 acres, an average of2l5
per acre; Thomas NJ. Bosley, 342 bushels from
/ 19 acres, average 10 bushels; Henry f. War
ner, 1882 bushels from 70 acres, average 144,
red Fultz variety; Mr.. Warner also raised $50
bushels of oats on 3 acres, an average OF go
bushels per acre, weighing 81 pounds to the
bushel Lewis Bachman threshed bushels
of wheat from 125 sheaves."
! LINEBoRo-"Cannot give accurate reports
of wheat yield in this section, as the farmers
have large barns and wheat sheds, and store
the wheat until after seeding time, as rule,
and thresh at their leisure, only threshing
enough for seeding purposes A few have
threshed their whole crops and some only
portions Mr. Berwanger on Jacob Rupp's
/ farm, threghed 275 bushels from Is acres,
little over 18 bushels to the acre; Edward K.
Miller, 80 bushels from acres; John Sellers,
! 39l bushels from about Is acres. do not
think the above yields will show the average
in this vicinity, as most Of it was on corn
ground, and the general average will be about
20 bushels to the acre. The oats crop is very
good. Henry Kremer brought to Llneboro
recently bunch, the longest stalks OF which
measured feet 81 inches"
WIYFIgLp-s'Ihe grain has matured well
in this section, though the acreage is not as
great as last year. John Costly threshed 40
bushels of prime wheat from 2 acresi James
H. McQuay got over 200 bushels from about
II acres and VIM. Y. Frizzell got an average
from part of his crop of II bushels to the
acre"
Mr.. AIRY.-"T hreshing has not been gen
eral here. r. Selman got an average OF -
bushels from lis acres; Charles A. Smith,
average of % bushels from p acres; Charles
H. Smith, from acres of corn ground an av-
erage of q bushels; VIM. H. Hood of j., an
an average of Is bushels from % acres; N.
H. Franklin, from "a acres an average of 20
bushels; Joab Brown, an average of bushels
from 20 acres. T.. T. Clary, Joshua Burial,