The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-11
OHIO CROPS.
Report ofTheir Condition to the
u. s. Department of AGricui.
tural... COnsx1mptiOn and IBIS.
triIutioH of Corn nnd Wheat

u. 8. Department of Agricul-
ural...ConsEmptiOn and his
tributiola of Corn rnd Wheat
The State Statistical Agent for
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
tural has sent his report to the Hon.
Norman J. Colman, Commissioner
of Agriculture, and while speaking
of the consumption and distribu-
ton of corn and wheat as shown
March 1, 1886, says: have com
piled after careful figuring on the
reports received from county cor
respondents, examining and% COM
pairing the remarks made by each
correspondent from reports also
furnished by large shippers in the
grain-buying counties of the State,
and by personal inquiry and in
vestigation, and while there may
appear, and is, a considerable diff
erence in certain items as compar-
ed with last year, am satisfied the
estimates given are approximately
correct, and that the condition of
things fully explain such differ
ence.
CORN.
1. Proportion of the cropof 1885
remaing on hand for consumption
or sale, March 1, 1886, 43%.
2. Proportion of the entire crop
of1SS5 that will probably be con-
sumed in the State, 500.
3. Proportion of the crop sold to
go out Of the State, 1870.
4. Proportion as an average OF
good and bad seasons for ten years.
estimated to be sound and mer-
charitable, 1914.
5. Proportion ofthe crop of 1SS
estimated as merchantable, $40.
6. Present average value pei
bushel of the crop on hand, mer.
charitable 80 cents, understandable
% cents,
Z. Proportion of the crop esti
mated as yet remaining in the
field, go.
WHEAT.
s. Proportion of the wheat cror
of 1885 remaining on hand fol
consumption or sale March 1, 1886
81 per cent.
9. Usually consumed in State
So per cent; usually shipped GU
of State, As per cent.
10. Estimated on hand of crol
grown in. 1884, or previous to las
year, 5 per cent. - at'sf
II. Average quality Of crop O
1885, better, % per cent average
80 per cent. worse, 4S per cent
Average weight per bushel, IS Tbs
Summarizing replies from county
correspondents to Query 3, "Wha
per cent. of corn is sold to &c, out
side of the county," and replies t.
Query 8, "Wheat shipped outsid'
of the county" does not, I think
in a year like the past, when tn,
crop (wheat) is almost a totalfail
ure in certain sections of the State
fairly OF even approximately rep
resent the amount sold to go out
side the State. 1t is simply to
great extent distributed over tn
State to supply the demands O
sections where the failures have oc
CURED, thus reducing the amour
that would be shown as shippe,
out of the State.
In consequence of the ..averag
low price of live stock, togethe
with disease that has prevailed
among hogs, making their feeding
uncertain, more corn than usua
has been sold as corn, and mucl
less than usual in the shape ofbee
and pork. The amount of corn fet
in the State is annually increasing
the past season showing less thai
former years, owing solely to tn
reasons here assigned.
Different reasons are assigned
by correspondents for unmerchant
able corn. Some sections drouth
others wind-storms, some we
weather, and afew from early frosts
l think most of the u~nmerchanta
BILE corn vas made SO. by we
weather in the fall keeping stalk;
green and growing, thus preventing
the ear from readily drying-Gen
orally speaking, the corn of 1885 i
of excellent quality as good feed
ing corn as has been produced il
the State and as little damaged
There is, however, considerabl
corn that is not yet dry enough t,
grade number two in Easter
markets.
One reason assigned for corn still
remaining in the field is, that farm
ers are not willing to pay as mucl
for husking as when the crop wa'
more valuable. Huskers are de
handing as much as when corr
was fifty to sixty cents, wheat 81 t.
1925, and hogs five to six cents.
The wheat on hand from crop.
previousto last years is principally
from the crop Of 1884; and was
held in anticipation of higher pric
es, but the low prices continuing
even after the poor harvest of 1885
farmers have been inclined to still
hold. Holmes County reports the
largest amount of old wheat on
hand.
Of the wheat harvested in 1885
that in the southern part Of the
State was not sufficient for the
past falls seeding.
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