The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-14
CROP BULLETIN.
Condition of Grain and Grasses, Fruit,
Ect., For The Past Week.


The following is weekly crop bull
letin. Maryland and Delaware sec
ton, for the week ending Monday,
July 18th:
Wheat harvest is about completed
in the southern counties and is well
advanced as far north as Baltimore,
and in Washington and Frederick
counties; elsewhere in the northern
half of the Section only the earlier
fields have been cut. The work of
harvesting has been seriously inter
rupted and inmany districts delayed
by frequent rains, but no damage to
the grain in stack or in shock has re-
suited as yet. Some threshing was
done during the week in the southern
most counties. Some fields have
been injured By the high winds and
wet weather in Western MARYLAND.
The fly has been most active in Cecil
county, apparently, and there the
loss from this cause will be heavy in
many fields. Many good fields are
reported in the principal wheat coun-
ties, and the rains have aided the
filling of the late wheat, but have
caused the straw to break badly in
some localities. The final yield is
uncertain, but will be below the
average. Corn has grown rapidly in
all districts and is in splendid condi-
ton generally; though in Garrett
county and other localities prop
er cultivation has been impossible on
account of wet soil. The work of
grubs and wire worms is still appar-
ent in northern districts, the fields
so affected having poor roots are
making slow growth. The week was
quite favorable fol oats, which are
filling well and beginning to ripen in
the southernmost counties. In st.
Mary's county the crop of winter oats
was practically failure, but the
spring crop promises to be fair. Bar
ley was good in north-central Mary
land. Rye straw is in demand in Anne
Arundel county. Haying has been
conducted under adverse conditions;
much of the cutting has been delayed
and the actual loss from wet weather
so far has been small. In Allegany
comfy timothy is heavy; cutting will
be general in Western Maryland next
week if the condition of the weather
permits. Pastures have been much
benefited by the copious rains and
are generally excellent. Millet is
coming up well.
A good crop of apples is thought to
be assured in Western Maryland In
some districts the crop has been unus-
ually heavy, in others light; fair
amount of fruit remains on a major
ity of the trees in most parts of the
section. Peaches are holding on we'll
at present and fair crop is anticina-
ted. Cherries and plums are plenti-
full in Western Maryland and the pros
pect is good for large crop of wild
berries. Strawberries in that district
were damaged by wet weather and are
about,gone. Raspberries give prom
Use of full crop in Southern Mary
land. Some blackberries and dew ber-
ries have been gathered in southern
counties and huckleberries are abun-
dant in the southern part of the East
ern Shore.
Tobacco planting was finished I'M
der favorable conditions during the
week, and the beds are doing fairly
well. The early plants made salts
factory growth and good stands of
the late settings were secured. Po-
tatoes, tomatoes and truck generally
did very well. Tomatoes are ripen-
ing and some early potatoes have
been dug in Southern Maryland. The
large acreage of potatoes in Southern
Delaware will make up for the reduc-
ton in yield due to the droughty con-
ditions. Late cabbage is being set
out. Gardens are reported good to
fine.