Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-06
Ohio'S Crop Report.

Columbus o., Oct 4.--The State
crop bulletin for October l, issued by
the State Board Of Agriculture today,
Is the most important one of the year
for it shows the wheat yield from act
ual threshing reports,
The enumeration of Township AS
| sesors placed the wheat area in Chic,
sewn for the harvest of 1899, at 5000,
S55 acres but owing to the severe cold
weather the latter part Of the winter,
great deal of the wheat sown was so
badly killed as to necessltate plowlng
up in the spring, to utilize the land for
other crops. Especially was this true
and extensive in some Of the north
western counties of the stlta, where as
mucl As co to so per cent If Tie area
seeded was reported as ploweI up. In
other sections of the state the plowed
up wheat, from water killing and 9TH
er causes showed from ! to 10 per cent
while twenty-five of the counties
showed no pTowed up wheat area.
While the loss in area was severe in
the few northwestern counties, the av-
erage of the state on the entire area
seeded was only about per cent, rep
resenting 254, 1867 acres. The area orig
inally seeded was so much larger than
usual that, notwithstanding the amount
plowed up, there still remained for the
Harvest an area greater than that har-
vested last year.
In Central and Southern Ohio the
crop was slightly reduced by the raw
ages on fly and grub, and in North
western Ohio the light crop on the ma
terially reduced area from causes
above stated was insufficient for seed
Throughout the state the result of
thrashing shows the crop to be some
what irregular, but, on the whole, a
good product, and, with the large
acreage, reaches over Al 100000 bush
els, crop in total amount of bushels
for the state equal to that of last year.
The quality of the grain is placed at
81 per cent of a full average.
The oats crop shows an increased
product as compared with last year.
The crop was unpromising early in the
growing season, but made rapid ad-
vance as the harvest approached re-
sultlng in a much better crop than was
anticipated early in the season. Some
damage resulted to cats in the shock
from rains that occurred Immediately
after cutting.
Barley and rye were about the usu-
al area, with fair production in the
limited localities where grown.
Corn was very irregular in the early
stages of its growth, but during the
month Of July, under the most favor
able weather conditions, it made rapid
and remarkable progress, when it look
ed as though the back-set from the
late planting and ravage5 of the grub
would be somewhat overcome and a
generally good crop result, but the long
continued dry, hot weather during Au-
gust and a part of September inter-
rupted and reduced the prospect. Ear
ly planted corn on good soil is gener-
ally good crop and well matured, but
the late is, much of it, light and many
stalks without ears. Some of the good
an excellent corn, is along the Sco,o
bottoms, where big crops are usually
expected. For the state as a whole,
about per cent of a full average pro-
duct is the estimate, and under all cur
cumstances, this is a gratifying show
ing.
Pastures are dried up to such an eX-
tent that in many parts cf the state
farmers have been feeding heavily for
several weeks. Recent local rains have
done some good
AS a result of unfavorable weather
conditions at planting time the ravages
Of bugs and the injury by drought, the
potato crop is short, in most parts of
the state very much SO. The late
planted with some exceptions; are
small and few in a hill, and few of any
planting are excellent in prudoct or
quality
Apples have been falling from the
trees, and the prospect is reduced
since the last estimate was made.
Farmers have been busy with fall
seeding, and considerable is yet to do
Help is scarce and wages have ad-
vanced
Don't fail to see NWhy Smith Left