The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-07-13
Maryland Crop Reports.

PRxCUSs ANxE. Jaiy She continuous
heavy rains are subjects Of serious concern
ahoai this iimc with the farmers Of the couuty,
and much aaxlcty Is feli fcr the safety Of the
wheai and hay crops leFy iew Of them
have tkrash.d their wheat, and IS = general
tAinE the crop Is shocked in tbe held. exposed
10 che set ALREADY much Of ii has CEN,
usaeed TO sprout, and should the samc Kind
81 weather continue longer the Toss viii be
great Much Of che corn crops also damaged
beyond recovery, and on the whole the pros
prSi ahead IS aBylhing bat Gathering.
Tae wheat harvesting ia Frederick county
j. over, aud the coutrhsas Of opinion appears
to be that the yield rraliEed W5ii amount To
ouiy about Que bali Of 81 ordinary crop, Il
that Ia = number OF places the wheat sui.
fered So severely iyom The effects Of The long
oontnsed rains that il vas aol considered
worth the expense Of cutting This unex-
pected result ell prove = great hardship 60
the majority oi lArmprs ia lhe coany.
Farmers report that the Texan ~ has
attacked the oats crop in some parts Of Gar.
ret, eoansy, and will probably destroy H.
The grass crop, II Is said, was never better
than il Is nov.
Maay farmers between Belair aad Delta
Nere OCT in their felds on Sunday saving
lheir crops of wheat, which was uushocksi
after The heavy rains in order 70 dry Is OF.
Much Of the wheat raised in Hartford has
been greatly damaged By the recent rains
The Port Tobacco Tihss Of July 8. says 49,
Mr.. James A. Murray, Of Bfyantown, who
shipped a h0gshead Of selected tobacco to
Danville. Virginia, aboai six weeks ago, on
the representations o. firm OF leaf tobacco
dealers in that city tina; the product would
suit their market and possibly command
good price, has at length received an account
81 H. 4 md
ANYTHING but satisfactory 10 the shipper. After
holding the tobacco for i've weeks the ware.
hoasemen to whom il was consigned sold 1t
Al 30 cents per hundred weight aud returned
an account OF S4.7l for 525 pounds. The
freight on the h0gshead was si.59 aud other
expenses II cents, leaving Mr. Murray
s. cents in debt on the consignment This
Is very discouraging and will doubtless deter
any future shipments Of Maryland tobacco
TO the Virginia markets from our section.
Mr. Murray says that 10 seeare this 525
pounds he culled ever 5000 aud that every
handle was lsafy, uniform and free from de-
feets and from the representations made 10
him by the Danville merchants on the sample
FIRST sent them he at all events expected as
much for the crop as could be obtained in
Baltimore. The remainder OF his tobacco OF
the same crop and quality, shipped to Balti
more about the same time, brought ham 81
ceuGs per pound. however, showing that after
all Baltimore is the best market for the Mary
land crop. Mr.. Murray is highly incensed at
the action Of the cousiguees as he distinctly
wrote them that If the tobacco was not suited
to their market to ship it to Baltimore at his
expense. This instruction they ignored en-
tirely and Mr. Murray now talks OF an action
against them TO recover the difference between
the price it was sold for aud what similar to-
baceo brought in Baltimore. Mr.. Wesley
Bowie, who made shipment to the same
parties about a week after Mr.. Murray, has as
vet heard nothing from them aud is now on
the anxious bench lest his tobacco will also
be given away. 3, 4 and cents per pound
for tobacco is bad enough; but mills for
fair crop-Good Lord deliver us.