Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-24


ERYWHERE - FARMERS ARE
NOT MAKING MONEY, BUT SOME
SECTIONS ARE ENJOYING A
BOOM BECAUSE OF OIL. COAL
AND LUMBER DEVELOPMENT.
Some time ago inquiries were sent
out by w. A. Wilson, manager of the
local Office of R. G. Dun & Co., with a
view to ascertaining the conditions of
crops, and trade prospects, in West
Virginia and Eastern Ohio. The facts
SO collected are comprehensive, and of
considerable value, and are published
below through the courtesy of Mr..
Wilson. The reports indicate that
there will be good grain crop, vary
ing in different sections, as matter
of course. Berries are reported to be
plentiful everywhere. With the excep-
ton of apples, the fruit crop will be
a virtual failure. There will be no
peaches, and in many localities the
apples are falling from the trees, and
grapes are rotting. Trade prospects
are generally dull in purely agricultural
communities, and farmers are not get
ting prices sufficient to bring about
prosperity. In some sections the out
look is particularly bright, but this is
invariably due to oil. lumber. or coal
development. The farmers do not
share in the betterment of conditions.
The reports are epitomized as follows:
Morgantown-Crops good; business
outlook good.
Clarksburg-Crops good; business
outlook good.
ELECTROMAGNETIC good, large per
cent. already cut; meadows improving
since last rain: potatoes good; oats,
half crop; other grains, fair average;
good crop of apples on the hills, not
many in bottoms, small fruit average;
grapes rottening. Business outlook
never better.
Terra Alta-Oats and grass looking
fine; wheat better than average; corn
not so good, but looking better. Bus
mess outlook splendid, live stock bring
ing good prices, money plenty.
Davis-All industries working full,
and general advance in wages.
Clarksburg-Crops elegant, wheat be-
ing cut, hay fine. Business outlook
finest for years. Short Line" railroad
booming the county.
Elizabeth-Crops fairly good, wheat
fine, apples fair, no peaches, corn good.
Oil speculation lively.
Ripley-Corn crop large, wheat one
third short, hay short. Business out
look fairly good, collections slow.
MISUNDERSTANDING of small fruits,
wheat fairly good, corn good, no apples
or peaches, hay not very good Bust
ness outlook very good. General bust
ness outlook very good, coal business
good, industries running full, building
active.
Red House. w. Va.-Condition of
crops and business outlook fairly good.
West Union-Wheat average, hay
short, corn good, apples light, oats Or
binary, potatoes average. Business out
look flattering, with oil a prominent
factor. New railroad projected.
Spencer-Wheat average, corn aver
age, oats and hay light, fruit very light,
potatoes good. Business outlook very
fair, but money scarce.
Observation-Disclosures Of crops
never better. Business outlook very
good.
Harrisville-Wheat splendid yield.
corn fair. oats short. potatoes doing
nicely, fruits good on high lands, and
poor on bottoms. Business outlook
never better. Oil development active,
and everybody employed.
Elkins-Wheat and corn fair grass
and meadows fail, oats favorable; apples
good, no peaches. Lumber trade 80
per cent. better than any former year.
w. Va. Central very busy.
Cameron-Wheat and oats good, corn
backward; fruit very light. Busines
outlook in farming districts is not
bright
Beverly, O.--Wheat so per cent, corn
ordinary, oats promising, hay so per
cent, potatoes fair. Actual business
outlook very bright.
Bethesda, O.-Wheat short, oats fair,
'sorn short tobacco partial failure,
meadows and pasture fair, no fruit but
apples. Business outlook good in town,
fail in country.
Hurricane, w. Va--Wheat so per
cent, corn and tobacco 80 per cent.
Business outlook good, no idle men.
, GAINESVILLE, O.-Wheat IS per cent,
other crops good farmers satisfied.
Business outlook best for several years.
Flushing, O.-Wheat average, corn