Smyrna times., 1901-07-31
WHEAT CROPS ENGAGE THE
ATTENTION OF FARMERS
WHILE BELOW AVERAGE OF LAST YEAR,
FARMERS SEEM SATISFIED.
Ezekiel Slaughter, of the A. G. Cummins'
Farm, "BriCk Store Landing" Leads with.
Average, 81 Bushels Per Acre.

Average, 81 Bushels Per Acre.
The weather has not been good for
threshing wheat from the fields and
many farmers have been compelled,
against their will, to stack. Other
wise, the large part of our wheat would
now be in the market.
Ezekiel Slaughter had on A. G. Cum
Minis "Brick Store" farm, below
Smyrna Landing, 476 bushels of wheat
off 154 acres, which would be 81 bush
els to the acre. 1t was of the "Iron
Clad' variety and the ground had
been well fertilized for tomatoes for
two proceeding years.
C. II. Mattiford on the farm of w.
O. Hoffecker finished threshing on
Thursday evening before the rain that
set in directly after, that though was
light in quantity, spoiled the threshing
the rest of the week. Two acres of the
sixty was seeded in the new variety
called the Eclipse" II bushels to the
acre, and had yield of 34t bushels to
acre. % ceres of "Carls Prolific
yielded 263 bushels to the acre while
30 acres seeded to what they know as
Wilmington wheat yielded 20 bushels
to the acre.
The Hoffecker farm in the Galley"
managed by J. H. Ennis had 700 bush
els from A acres, 16 bushels to the
acre. A week before hearvest this
wheat looked nearly as promising as
the above but it was three days later
the hot suns 'coocking it." so to
speak, in the milk state.
Theodore W. Cavender had "a bush
els to the acre from field of so acres.
1t ripened before the sun got so hot.
VIM. Keiser, in Thoroughfare Neck,
had 900 bushels from 40 acres, the stalk
ground field yielding 81 bushels per
acre.
Yields Reported Throughout County.
The yield in New Castle county is
the largest in the State, being about
twenty-five bushels to the acre. The
yield in Kent is not so good, the aver
age in that county not exceeding if
teen bushels an acre, while in Sussex
the average is the smallest, twelve
bushels an acre.
The report from down the county is
as follows: Charles H. Pardee, of St.
Jones', on the big farm of Mayor w.
G. Postles of Dover, gets 1,70O bush
els from 81 acres; S. G. Gehman &
Son, just west of Dover, average 81
bushels to the acre; County Commits
siOner Benjamin Moore harvest 1000
bushels from 100 and brought the first
wheat of the season to Dover market s
getting 20 cents per bushel for his en-
tire crop. John Carey, from the Cow
gill farm at Leipsic, harvested % bush.
els to the acre, while Thomas G.
Roe of Dover, gets 1.4O0 bushels ot
wheat from 20 acres, and yield of 5C
bushels of winter oats to the acre
Former Sheriff Joseph McDaniel's
farm yielded him /, 400 bushels from Il
acres.
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The condition in Maryland is abou+
the same as Delaware, as per the follow
lng figures. Mr. J. Hersey Hall had q
acres of corn ground and fallow which
yielded $50 bushels. On a small fal
low field of 20 acres, Mr.. Hall got 75C
bushels, yield of 37t bushels pc
acre. Mr.. William Gillespie near Sud
lersviile, got 2s bushels per acre on his
corn ground. Mrs. Annie E. Bryan
near Centreville, from a field of A.
acees got 1000 bushels. Mr.. Franl
Needs near Ingleside, got 200 bush.
els from IS acres of land. This is con
sldered a splendid crop for this land
Mr. j. Louis Rhodes reports that tn,
average yield per acre around Queens
town has been abont 90 bushels. Mr.
l. ID. Robinson of Bridgetown, had 81
acees of fallow and corn land whicl
yielded 1000.