Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-12
the CROPS.
An Ohio County Farmer Talks OF
the Prospects,
Which are Flattering, He Thinks---He Also
Tells Why the Wool Market is
So Quiet.

The crops are promising this year" re-
marked G uell,known Ohio county farmer
to a REGISTER man the other day, and
with the exception of several drawbacks, l
think the ssason viii be an unusually pros
porous oue, at least appearances and pros
poets tend in that direction now.
Ion account oftbe continued cold wealth
er corn is not doing as well as it should
at this time of year. The cut worm has
also Injured some 6elda. l know Of one
man who had TO replant q whole field only
to day. The damage done by them, how
ever, would not be so great If
the stalks could get a good
show, as a week Of good warm weather
would push them beyond danger from the
cut worm. There is an old saying that
when it gets so warm that a neg7o cant
sleep, corn will begin to hustli in earnest.
However, there is not much fear expressed
about the outcome Ct the corn crop.
The meadows this year will not come
up TO the average. Strange TO say q great
amount Of what is called red top and
white top has made its appearance in the
meadows. Ii is q species Of grass that cat
tie will not or cannot eat to any extent.
Sheep will eat the white top, and if it is
cured the cattle vii! also eat q little OF 1t.
I think it must have come from the West
among timothy seed. Anyhow, it will hurt
the meadows a great tel Some helts
look like crops Of buckwhest.
II see that come one intimstes that the
farmers il the upper end OF the State de
pend upon small fruits to a great extent.
This Is not so. There are very few OF them
in the Upper counties of the State who
raise small fruits for any purpose, except
for their use.
With the few exceptions | have men
toned, l am quite confident that the crop:
will be unusually large ones. One proc
of this is, the farmers who have wool arr
holding onto it, except some few who have
a small number Of clips and ore il
need Of money. Those who have from
one hundred to three hundred and over are
laying in wait for higher prices. l 0m
sure that if they do not get 81 or 80 cents
for their stock they will continue to holc
on till fall. | know lots of them who re
fuse to talk wool at all in connection witt
any price below that | have mentioned
In fact, there has been lees talk abou
wool this year than for many seasons past
and this fact convinces me of the determi
nation of farmers to hold their stock unit
the price goes up to a reasonable figure
| know of au instance OF one dealer send
ing q man through the country
offering Is cents, thinking that the farmers
would sell when they got a five cents bet
ter offer, but in this scheme he was left
THERE'S one gentleman in our neighbor
no ID who has some fine Ssxony clips tbs
he ia holding at 80 cents, and he can ge
that figure, | am quite sure. Last season
medium grades we're most in demand, bu
| believe there will soon be a change, an
that fine stock will again take the prefer
ence. There is one thing that farmers d.
in direct conflict With their own interests
aud they should he Brought to see and rem
edy it. They sell pelts from so to GO cent?
10 dealers, who are enabled to secure from
four to five pounds of pulled wool from
Zach pet. Taking into consideration tn,
large number of pslts sold you can easill
see how the market is kept pretty well sup
piled from this source, and OF course price
are kept down. While pulled wool i
greatly inferior to clips, yet it can be wash
ed cleaner and whites, than live wool, and i
good enough to irjurethe prices on clipped
But you remember what tell you on &C
count of the aattering prospects Of a pros
porous season in the way Of clips, wool vii
not 20 of for less than 33 cents, and prob
ably more"