ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

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Abstracts 554 - 558
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
FARM IMPLEMENTS
554 - H&G Feb. 15; adv:2/5 - Green's Patent Straw Cutter. - The subscribers
have on hand a number of the above valuable articles, manufactured by C.
G. jones, of Lockport, N. Y. The manufacturer is desirous of introducing
the article into the state of Ohio. believing it superior to anything of
the kind now in use. He would invite the attention of farmers and others,
as hy their use a great saving can be made in the article of fodder.
The machines can be seen at their warehouse on the River, or at the
American House, where one of them can be seen in operation. G. C. Davies
&: Co. (2)
FARM PRODUCTS
555 - H&G May 30; ed: 2/3 - The untoward weather which has so strongly
marked the season since the first of April still continues.
"Farmers are strongly admonished to supply the place of Indian corn,
should it fail, by potatoes, sweedish turnip or sugar beet, all well
ada?ted to the feeding of hogs, sheep or neat cattle, and the two first
well sui ted to a season 1 ike the present." (2)
H&G july 2; ed:2/2 - See Shipping &: Ships
556 . H&:G Aug. 4; ed: 2/3 • "The continued dry weather in this section
of the state is seriously injuring the corn, potato and vegetable crops.
• Corn is now suffering for the want of moisture. and unless copious
rains fall soon, farmers wi 11 hardly be able to harvest potatoes for seed."
(2)
557 - H&:G Sept. 4; ed: 2/1 - A tolerably correct estimate may now be made
of the crops of 1838 in northern Ohio. Wheat and grass may be set down
as an average crop, while corn and oats are very light, and potatoes al·
most total failure. Fruit is scarce and of poor quality. Buckwheat was
a failure.
"The prospect for the cnming winter is gloomy indeed. and prudence,
with a close economy in the expenditure of food both for man and beast,
wi 11 be necessary." (2)
558 - H&G Oct. 22; ed:2/3 - The IOWA NEWS pits Iowa. the young and fertOe
territory, against the world for agriculture productions. They have
bigger beets, taller oats, and more corn to the acre than any place east.
"The west has ever talked loud. But yesterday Ohio was the west and
we could brag too."
Now Ohio farmers dig and harvest enough to feed half the Union, without
boasting. (2)
See also Grain
FARMS & FARMING
H&G june 19; adv:2/5 - See Employment & Unemployment