Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-13
COUNTY AGRICULTURISTS.
rHE JULY MEETING or THE soCIErf
HsLD ON MONDAY.
Condition OF the Crops Noticed by several
Member Discussions ON birds aud Insects
The eRainf.ii-Fruit Exhibited the Merits
oil Each variety Commented Upon

The July meeting of the Lancaster County
Agricultural and horticultural society was
held Monday afternoon in the y. NJ. c. A.
hall, having been postponed one week on
account of the celebration Of Independence
Day on the 5th.
President Iandis being absent, Vice Presi
dent Henry NJ. Eng'e presided
The meeting was a small one, only the fol.
lowing named members being present
II. NJ. Engle, Marietta Joseph +. Wilmer,
Paradise W. II. BroSius, Drumore; Levi :.
Reist, Oregon; W. +. Pyier city; Casper
Hitler, Conestoga :. I. Eby, city sylvester
Kennedy, Gap; +. r. Ditienderher, city J.
NJ. Johnston, city :. &. Resh, West W illow;
J. VI. T.. Rudy, city and |, :. lands, Man
helm.
THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Crop reports being called for, several men,
bers responded, the result OF their responses
showing very favorable condition OF nearly
all kinds of crops.
Casper Hitler said the hay and grain crops
| are as good as any previously harvested. The
damage to wheat by the so-called Z" army
| worm " Is hardly percepuble The corn
crop is not yet very promising, but there Is a
| good chance for full crop the apples fell
| off largely, but there are enough left to make
| tull crop; the pear crop which month
ago was thought TO be very light will yield
| heavily.
| Levi :. Reist aid that though a very large
| proportion of the apples had fallen oil, the
| crop is as good a one as we have had for
| many years the wheat yield il uneN pectedIy
| large and the oats crop will be q magnificent
| one all other crops are good except grapes.
| Mr. Reist said he was in Lebanon county
| lately, where the corn was very uneven.
| Some dealers in wheat expect II to fall to 10
| cents per bushel
5. i. Eby reported that on his place all
| fruit crops, including grapes, were very
| full. he never had so large crop OF
| cherries.
W. II. Brosius said all the crops were
| good, and the growing corn promising
W. :. Wilmer reported the grass crop eX-
| Cellent, nearly twice As heavy As he expected
| the tobacco is well set and doing nicely, but
| the fields are very weedy-sO is the corn-he
never saw the fields so weedy and the plants
| so irregular; some corn is as high as the
fences, other fields are very backward. The
, early planted fields are the best.
. II. NJ. Engle said the wheat harvest was
enormous, the weather being very favorable
for wheat, oats, potatoes and grass, but
not good for corn and grapes he tears the
| grape crop will be very short compared with
| last years crop; fruit Of all kinds will be
| abundant; apples fell oil greatly, but there
| are still too many on the trees; peaches are
| coming on nicely the straw berry crop was a
| wonderful one, raspbernes and blackberrles
also Will make very iull crop the cherries
; rOtted very much on the trees, the pear croT
| will be All average one the potato crop vii
be unusually large, there being not much
= | damage from rot; the rainfall IOr June
, | / 5-l6 inches.
, Casper Hitler said in Conestoga there wert
! no rainfslls heavy enough to make the wate
> | run in the fields.
Essays and communications, on motion o
I. K. Dltlendertfer, were laid over to mex
| | meeting.
, Henry Kurtz, of Mount JOY, sent in an in
terrogatory communication asking whethe
e | the "army worm which had destroyed tn
= | wheat, was a fly that laid eggs and hatchet
worms or whether the worms generated or
with another.
| DISCUSSION ABOUT BIRDS AND INSECTS,
4 discussion ensued IN which Messr
Reist, Wilmer, Brosius Eby and others too
| part, in which protection was demanded Il
u | the partridge, the crow, the rainbird and tt
e | blackbird. The cat bird, robin and other il
t. | sectiyorous birds came in tor more mOdera
"a | praise. The bObOlink and cedar bird wei
q; | denounced as pes;iferous.
The plant-louse was said TO be very III
L merous and the rOse-bug very scarce. Tn
ri potato beetle was reported as being wors
re than for some years past Paris green an
a manipulating were recommended as the bes
10 means OF destroying them.
- Joseph L. Wilmer called attention to III
" remarkable growth OF a seeding waluu
a. which was fifteen inches in height whe
is planted, grew very little the first or secon
ID ! year but the present year has grown mor
70 | than five feet
II. NJ. EnGle presented samples OF peacht
ana berries. he Ddu several early NdTleLit
| OF peaches that came two weeks earlier tina
Hale's early. They were all subject to rot
l. | were not good article for shipping woul
- | not recommend their introduction, to an
great extent, as their only value is their earl
| ness.
"a Mr.. Engle presented more than a doze
~ | varieties Of raSpberries. He gave 1t as h
" | opinion that the Cuthbert,a pretty red berry
III Is the finest OF the lot; the Gregg, a blaC
variety, comes next the Hansell, a red berr
g. next; the Herstine, finely favored re
ct | berry, next, and the Thwark next. tt
es Brandywine, red, was said TO be a very GOO
~ | berry Sheatter's Colossal, a large Variet
If has nothing but its dull color against it II
H. Lost Ruby is very pretty, but not desrab
of for marketing, as il falls to pieces too easil
OF | The New Rochelle, Crimson Beauty, Prose-
o. and Philadelphia were said TO be not
he | good.
OF Mr.. Engle exhibited some very fine deV
OF berries OF the LuCreta variety, and the fOllo'
ing varieties of black berries The Snyde
ne | which is the best the Early Harvest, secOnC
"a the Wilson Junior, third Staymans Earl
m | fourth, and a Seeding next
=, Mr.. Engle also showed a stalk of limOtl
" six feet and three inches in height, and
I'D stalk of rye seven feet and six inches.
John G. Rush. of West Willow, presents
basket OF Emsden peaches. They we
n small and not quite ripe They were n
"a claimed to have much merit except that tn
ripen early. They rot almost as soon as tn
ripen.
:. ?. Eby presented basket OF DOyen
PEte pears they were quite toothsome.
la | Adjourned,