The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-10-25


the Justice. One gave the name of
Anderson, the other that of Jordan.
There is a cruel suggestion in the latter
name, for iS looks as though Jordan is
hard road to travel in a buggy borrowed
without the owners consent.
Agricultural Departments Re-
port on the County Crops.
The October report of the Department
of Agriculture says the returns of the
condition of wheat during the season
have been uniformly unfavorable, while,
however, in some sections there was a
good yield. The yield of oats averages
1913 bushels per acre, the worst record
ever made by the department. In one
county in Pennsylvania the crop was re-
ported the worst in thirty years. In
| Maryland the crop was very poor, thin
on the ground, in some cases worth cut
ting only for forage. In Virginia and the
Carolinas an approach to failure is not
ed, which was practically complete as to
spring oats.
For rye the figures are very low in the
| Northern States; in the West and on the
Atlantic coast they are not much lower
| than usual.
A corn crop short in yield, but of gener-
ally fair quality, is the season. When
first reported upon, July l, condition
was high, but the drought of August and
| September was severe and widely extend
ed in the districts of large production,
and the favorable prospect was succeeded
| by curled blades, short growth and de-
ficient ears under the influence of
blazing sun, cloudless sky and scocching
winds
Commercial corn practically comes
from seven States, and the crop in these
| States determines the surplus. In other
sections it is a question of local supply
only, and large yield means simply
more liberal use, while a poor year means
more retricted consumption and greater
dependence upon the surplus States.
With a good crop in these States poor
| yield elsewhere will have but little in
tuence upon the general market of the
country. but poor yield in the seven
States affects prices at once without re-
gard to the crop elsewhere. Last year
the high conditions and heavy yields
were in the States of commercial supply.
the average of condition being higher
than the general average for the whole
crop, while for the present season the
disaster has been largely confined to this
district, the averages for the rest of the
area indicating a yield of medium proper
| tiuns
| The season for potatoes has been uu-
favorable from the beginning, and the
present returns is Que of the lowest ever
reported. In Maryland the average yield
per acre for 1890 is as follows: Wheat
II .06, rye 1913, oats 12
In reference to fruit, the department
makes the following Interesting state
ment: The most remarkable results of
the year have been in the fruit and vine
| industries of the Pacific coast. The prac.
| tical failure of all fruits east of the Rocky
mountains created such demand from
new markets aud so advanced prices as
to make it season of unexampled pros
perity to the horticultural interests. As
soon as 1t was apparent that the fruit
crop of the East was a failure, early in
oil, ha
country began to make arrangements to
handle California products, and the over
land shipments have been enormous,
comprising the choicest of the States
production.
The prices paid have been such as it
might be said growers never hoped to
realize, and the crop was large enough
to give all interested in the industry the
benefit of the exceptional values. The
activity in fruit shipment extended to
vine products, and many carloads of Cali
fornia's choice table grapes reached
markets heretofore held exclusively by
the local product, creating taste and
demand which will continue hereafter,
even in less favorable years. The year
has presented a golden opportunity for
dissemination throughout the country of
a practical knowledge of the fruits of the
Golden State, and every advantage has
| been taken of it. A trade has opened
| up which must continue with mutual
benefit to producers and consumers of
fine fruit, despite distance and costly
transportation.
Records of total shipments of fruits
outside of the State are not yet received,
but San Francisco authorities on the
fruit trade believe 1t will be equal to
| 10, 900 carloads, and a liberal estimate
would make the value of these shipments
perhaps $40, 100000, value almost half
as large as that of the States expectation
of wheat during 1889. Peaches have
brought growers $50 per ton, with higher
prices for choice varieties, and all grades
as rule, have commanded from double
last years's prices upward. Wine grapes
are bringing better values than ever
heretofore realized, the general prosperity
of the year extending to all branches
of horticulture and vine growing On
the whole the year will go into history
as one of general prosperity for the agri-
cultual interests of California.