Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-07-16
VIRGINIA TOBACCO CROP.

Since our last report, says the Richmond
Enquirer Of July 3, the marke, has been
more active, particularly for manufacturing
Of all grades; and prices show a general
improvement. The accounts from some
parts Of The country speak Of the growing
crop favorabl ysnHhile in many other sections
of Virginia and North Carolina the pros
poets are very discouraging. We give an
extract from letter from Mecklenburg,
written by the owner Of fine estate on
Roanoke, dated 3O.h June:
s'There is but one opinion, believe, in
our section of country and Warren, respect
ing the growing crop-tha. it must be
very short one. The drought still coniln-
ues. The plant patches have entirely given
out, and there are vast number Of hills
which canno, be filled, even lift was season.
able, for lack Of plants. Mr. Che ex-
cellent manager on the estate) says were it
now as seasonable as we could wish, moth
ing like full crop could be made; if not
sessonable, of course, still less. Those of
my neighbors who have no, sold, are con-
graduating themselves"
From an adjoining county, and on the
same date as the above, says the Enquirer,
one Of our friends writes US:
"Our tobacco crops look very badly, very
small and missing, and if the drough. con-
sinaes few days longer, the crop canno,
be an abundant one. The plants are all dy-
ing up in the patches, and, if we should
have rain, we will not be able TO get the
plants.''
We were told yesterday by planter from
Amelia county, that The prospect Of ahe to-
bacco crop in his neighborhooJ, was moi
better than i. was last year. The falling
off id the Virginia inspections to the Is. inst.
compared with last year, is full 5000 hhds,
and the average weights Of the hhds. are
very considerably lighter than they have
for several years past, and this makes the
deficiency greater than the falling off in the
number Of the hhds., which alone is very
great. Both the receipts and breaks are very
light, compared with the same period last
year. We have in the last two days, re-
'ceived two crops Of tobacco from the Roam
oke country of Z hhds each, and The crops
sold last year were 81 hhds. from one es-
tate, and % hhds. from the other. The
bulk of the receipts here generally after this
time are from that region Of country, and
if the crops generally are as short as those
we have received, the falling off in the in
spection during the next three months must
be very large compared with the correspond
ing months last year.
A letter dated Halifax Court House, Va,
June 90, says:
"As to crops, can, with truth, say the
prospec. for crop Of Tobacco is much
worse tban last year. With the exception
of few little showers, we have had no rain
since the first day of May. A, South Bos-
con, on Dan River, the dust has not been
more than laid since that time. Other parts
of the county have had some Sigh. showers,
but The effect has only lasted for day or
two. At this time the thing is out as to
plants, for do not believe there is a plant
er in the county that has anything like
enough 10 re-plant, and half Of them not
plant. Many crops have been planted over;
bu, from one-four.h to one-third have since
died. know you will say this is very
good 'croaking,' but i. falls short Of the truth.
The Corn crop looks awful. The Ga! crop
very little above seed. The Wheat crop
pretty good"