Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-01-16
Corn, wheat and oats,-.Tbe esti

Corn, Wheat and Oats.-.The esti
mates of the products of corn, wheat and
oats of 1890, as completed by the statisti
clan of the Department of Agriculture
make corn aggregate 1,4S9,970,000 bushels
wheat 399, ,262 900 bushels, oats 523 ,621 600
bushels.
The area of corn, which was slightly in
creased in planting, was reduced by utter
failure and abandonment by more than
100000 acres, the area harvested being
71,o70,763 acres. The average yield per acre
was 2O.7 bushels, and the supply for con-
sumption per head of population is 23 bush
els, or / lshels less than last year. The
rate of yield was lower in 1887 and 1881,
years of very severe drought
The aggregate wheat area is 370S7, ,154
acres, nearly the same as in 1879, and the
yield per acre Ill bushels. These are
measured bushels, of quantity grading
somewhat lower than usual, the weight of
which will b. given in the March report
Past records have shown that the annual
differences in weight of the crop are not
often more than pound above or below
the average weight for series of years, the
lowest for seven years being 56.5 in 1888,
and the highest 5S.5 in 1887. The yield per
acre is the same as in 1888, when the pro-
duct was nearly 416,0O0,000 bushels, and,
with two exceptions, is the lowest rate dur
ing the past decade.
The area in oats was 23,431 1863 acres, and
the yield per acre was 1913 bushels. This is
only "a per cent. of the average of ten years
past, which was 26.6 bushels, and the small
est rate of yield ever reported by this office.
The December condition of-the growing
wheat crop is returned at 98.4 and of rye 80.
This is better than December returns for
two years past. Along the Atlantic coast a
slight depreciation is noted as the result of
excess of moisture in some localities, making
planting .ate and giving rather small growth
before the advent of freezing weather. In
the Ohio Valley the season was generally
favorable for seeding and early growth, and
the plant entered winter quarters in promis-
Ing condition. Some damage was done by
the Hessian fly, especially in early sown
fields. Condition in Missouri and Kansas
was variable, local injury from drought and
fly combining to somewhat reduce the State
averages.
Death of an EstimabIe Lady.-Mrs.
Amanda Clements, wife of Mr.. John Am
brose Clements, died at the residence of her
husband, in Gaithersburg, on Thursday
night of last week
She bore all her sufferings with patience
and resignation to the Divine will, and
breathed her last after being assisted and
comforted by the last sacrament of her
church, of which she was faithful and de-
voted member
Her funeral took place Saturday at / A.
NJ, at st. Mary's church, this place. Rev. G..
o. Rosensteel, the pastor, celebrated High
Mass of Requiem for the repose of her soul :
Father Mackin, Of st. Paul's church, Wash :
ington, read the burial service and gave
very touching eulogy. Father John Gleyd,
pastor of st. Stephens church, Washington,
brother Of the deceased, was present in
the Sanctuary with Father M. J. Riordan,
of Barnesvile.
The choir of st. Stephens church, as Il
compliment to their pastor in his bereave
ment, came to assist In singing the Requiem
for his sister.
She leaves devoted husband and low
ing son, who is studying for the priesthood.
Her remains were inferred in the cemetery
adjoining the church.
Farmers COnventiOn.-The 10Th an