Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-10-14
Crop Report
For Maryland

:
Dry weather causing the apples to
drop and rot. And potatoes are shriv-
cling in the ground.
Anne Arundel: Harvesting about
completed of all crops. Soil very dry.
Mostly truck crops.
Baltimore: Long drought has in
jured corn badly. And pastures and
late wheat; to dry. No rain on buck
wheat from planting until harvest
Most farmers are selling their wheat
as they thrash it account of fly i'm
bedded in grain, causing loss Of
weight and quality. Wheat is yielding
better per acre than expected. Farm
ers are not preparing to sow as mucl.
wheat this fall as last fall.
Calvert: The Irish potato pros
pect has been dimmed by excessive
rains. And tobacco damaged badly il
curing by the wet weather after beint
put in the barns. Growers SUSTAINING
serious losses from blight in crop.
ready to be housed. Apples droppin,
prematurely.
Caroline: Very dry now. Bad o,
late potatoes. Ground too hard t,
pillow for wheat. No winter wheat
sown yet. The wheat acreage this
fall is only about 65 per cent of tn,
usual acreage. A good corn crop will
be harvested. Apples short; bite
rot on some varieties.
Carroll: Pastures damaged by DIR,
weather. Corn is making big Gro,
and cutting progressing rapidly. Glow
er seed has not been hulled yet. Wee
vii bad in wheat. Most all wheat be
ing sold.
Cecil: Crops affected by drought
The corn and tomato crops have bee,
exceptionally fine. Some late corn i.
failure, but for the most part condi
ton ranges from poor to fair. Toma
toes for packing were grown this yea
on much larger scale than for tie
years past. Dry weather is hinderin,
fall wheat seeding. Oats very ligh
in weight owing to wind storms.
Charles: Pastures are failing b,
dry weather. Excessive rains at tn
outset of September, followed by soy
gy weather, injured tobacco in field
and barns. Corn cutting nearly finish
ed and the crop is for the most par
in good shape, though considerable
area was cut too green so as to pc
the land in readiness for white
grains.
Dorchester: Crops all harvested
hut corn and sweet potatoes. Toma.
to crop that promised we'll fell off bad
ly-only about rs per cent of nor
NAL. Dry weather excellent for hay
making. Large quantities of wild ha,
being harvested. Rain needed for lat.
peas and market beans. Also TO-
blowing wheat. All crops greatly ii
need of rains. Where apple trees wer
properly sprayed tie yield of fruit was
good.
Frederick: Dry weather running
pastures. Crops have matured we'll
A big crop of quality corn is being
made notwithstanding some fields fail
ed account of drought. Corn nearl,
all cut. Sugar corn yields ranging
from 2 to 5 tons per acre, with an av
erage about 31a in many instances
Shelled corn yielding about rs bushels
and wheat thrashing in progress
much imperfect grain found-shrivel
ed. Many complaints of weevil ir
wheat. Tremendous quantity O.
straw. Yields in the Middletown Val
ley section reported running as low
as 10 to 20 bushels per acre; some
few Is bushels and over Around Lib
ertytown some yields reported as high
as 26 to % bushels per acre. Land is
we'll prepared for seeding winter
crops but farmers are waiting for
rain before sowings. Late potatoes
and gardens not good. Fruit crops
spotty. Dairy herds in splendid con,
dition and the flow of milk is good.
Health of hogs generally good and a.
bout as many as usual.
Garrett: No rain for the last 80
days. Wells and springs failing
Drought has cut pastures short. Days
extremely hot. Corn Wheat crop a.
bout 10 per cent better than in 1921.
Potatoes big crop. Buckwheat har
vested in extra good condition. NJ
fall blowing done yet. All crops har-
vested in good shape
Hartford: Very dry. No rain for
more than a month. Corn nearly all
cut and promises good crop. The
sweet corn crop was a good one, too.
Wheat yields on good fields have Civ
en- as high as 80 bushels per acre, but
some of the fields were so poor that
they were not cut. Poor condition due
to development of scab and fly, which
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