The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-10-02

for the time Of year, notwlthstand-
ing the fact that the totaleamount
of moisture received up to and dur
ing that time was somewhat in
arrears. Very little injury to crops
occurred as regards frosts during
the year. The season opened with
farm work much retarded. The
maple sugar crop was very salts
factory. The drouth of the previ.
Gus autumn, the alternate freezing
and thawing weather and lack of
proper snow protection during the
winter proved very injurious to
wheat, rye, clover and some varie-
ties of grass. Much wheat was
either replanted or plowed up and
sown to oats or corn. BY the mid
die of May farm work was well
along as regards planting and most
gardens were made. The frequent
and occasionally heavy rains dur
ing the summer months damaged
wheat and oats to a great extent,
coming as they did at time of ma
turity and harvest; considerable
delay was experienced in cutting
the grain on account of softEess of
soil, and after the grain was cut
much of it (both wheat and oats)
spoiled in shock on account of eX-
cessive warmth and moisture;
threshing showed the yield to be
very poor generally, especially as
regards wheat. Oats, earlier in the
season, were very promising. The
frequency of rain also interfered
with hay making, but timothy,
clover, Hungarian grass and millet
were very fair yields generally.
Pastures recovered during the
months and continued
good Except the plentifulness
of weeds and wild grasses) until
into autumn this year. Corn
was mostly planted by the
of May, and made a
good showing during most, of the
season except where flooded out in
some river bottoms and lowlands
during summer; the excess in
warmth, Sunshine and moisture
during summer put the crop in an
fine condition both as
regards grain and fodder, and fine
yields are reported; although frost
was little early, corn was general
~ out of danger and very little
damage was done to that uncut.
Buckwheat and rye turned out
fairly well. Glover hulled for seed
was poor output. The season as
vegetables was, in the main
very favorable, although rather
liscouraging conditions prevailed
in March and the first part of April.
Garden truck generally yielded
very satisfactory returns and gar
dens are fairly good even at this
The excess in moisture
during summer hurt melons some
what and cut the yield short of
what had been previously expect
ed. Some vegetables were hurt by
The frosty weather experienced the
latter part of this month (Septem-
ber). IRISH potatoes were a good
yield, but small in size; sweet
potatoes did not turn out so well.
The pumpkin crop is reported as
large. Tobacco did fairly well;
early in the season plants were
scarce; the crop was secured before
frost; the yield was good and cur
ing is progressing satisfactorily.
Fruit stood the winter fairly well;
by the third week in April most
varieties, both large and small,
were in full bloom, and with the
exception of apples. the bloom was
very plentiful, and the conditions
that afterward prevailed were
mostly favorable. Cherries, peach.
es, pears, ounces, grapes and
berries of all kinds were very
good yield, while apples and plums
were a poor yield, except in few
favored localities. Peaches in
many sections of the state were an
immense crop. Hessian flies,
potato bugs, grasspoppers, chinch
bugs, Tent," "wire," cut worms
and army worms caused some
damage to crops in various sec
ti0ns Of the state during the year,
but the damage was generally of
local character. In general, the
season was favorable one, and,
with hut few exceptions-more
especially wheat and oats-the crop
output was very good one.