, 1863-05-08
Tobacco and Cotton Su1tn:o i'll Hill
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tFsom the Quarterly Jon1nal Of the Illinois .A..i-
cultural S0rftty.1

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tFsom the Quarterly Jonrnal Of the .ll:4o:s -A;.-
cultural Society.
.JKFFEHso.' CouS1r.-SoaA johnson, E=l., Of
Mount }erncn, wtites:
Fully 5M.ee0 .bs Of tobacco and So 900 bs of cot
country + quiet, from five to ten times these ean-
tities will le grown tho present year:
;. pERnY CousTI-vicc President ozhurn, Of
Tamaro,: writes: The number Of acres pllntea to
cotton in Perry county, last year, was alont 7neO:
tue average yislu per acre 6U es In the seed. TAX
ns one ,HE she sa
Quantity Of gronId planted to tobacco was about
t,tco acses-tEe product in most cases was manu-
facsu1ed into smoking ard chewing tobacco by the
TEeec crops will. I hare no doubt, be doubled OF
tfsbit Il the present ycar There arc several cot
ton gins already established in this county, and
l.'Gt prernra ioHa making for a tobacco crop.
Seyesal ttous,Il acres will be planted to Sor-
glluu ard m:1lnthctu,ed into su.ar and syrup
EnwAEn< CoUsT1.-Gen Bower, Esq., Of Albion,
writes: place tho aRlou,t OF tobacco raised IN
this county, last rear at :250 pounds; of cotton
ct 1GC0 pounds. II II srpnos t'lerc will be fully
foEr times As much tobacco raised here this year as
laft.
JACKSON Cnrx7y--Hou. J. Blanchard, Of Muir.
physbnyo. wfitcs: about 125 100 I3a Of cotton.
and ssf eco pounds tobacco, raised here tn !
rsst year: Il is thought at Least 20 arres vii!
this y Ct be planted to cotton, ard about $40 ACRES
to tobacco"
MARION couSr1.-R. H. s1afth ESQ.,, Of Salem,
writes very enthusiastically Of tho prospective cnl
suse of thesc crops il, Marion cuanty. aud cs.i.
r'atss tie !obaeGo crop Of 1862 at !, ,9o lbs. Not
much vas cone 1u cotton plaDfins last year, but
preparations s1e beinE made for The Present year
Oh somewhat extensive scale, lie gives nuincr-
6Hs facts. which OF Interest, but for which We
bare TO space in this number.
WA1NE CoJs7I.-C. \. BcecEcr, eeq., wrttea j:
cstirate tic tobacco crop Of Waync county for
1872 at ! C,tgo u, it may have been more The
average yield was about oGi ibs n acre Solf fu.
1s;,lc q D. Tbs crop Of 1853 mny be calculated
ns font timcs that amount,
Goes well here, and qu;-s good deal Ill be Plant
ell for 1sG3@'
JonssoS Cerr:S';T.-F.J. Chapman, Of Vienna,
Wits: As to cotton, il We lad tic Ertorirs
eton.h has teen raised here to make noru thau
US consumption OF our people, Int having; only the
old >tyle wheel and loom: tnme has been shipped
in tile eccd, sny 10,dG0 10 70 CO.. tts.
"Second, lnbaceo--.ta n,rch as two million
pounds was raistd here the past year, and sold at
FL pei lGo Ms: making Scc,lG0- As n1st. tobacco
ard M to eco bales COTTON will be raised 1,orc this
year if fonF men not taken OFT BY t1t couEcr1pt
law" not hke1y.}
As m indication Of tic probable nt.easc OF this
Ttafe c1o ci cotton over that Of last year. it may
be stated that Eot reed enough was raised in The
soE1hern conht:cR 10 supply tho ho,ne LclpAnt.
Ereis!,tg in perhaps ihc only poftinx Of tho
Cn:teti Statcs II. ors.hlc 10 cotton culture and safe
IT. tic apprehension Of E!baacr The farDcrs
a1e Wis u directing tEcir iabois to the production
In the tobacco market the product oT this State
this ye:r VIII be acnsilly felt. From Wisconsin to
Cairo t! distribution Of sc..d las been very f,r5,
We hare from thia Office tent ont enough to plaut
many thousands OF acres.
M efficient system for the collection OF aericul.
tu,al statistics. tlatwc may learn with certainty
the rIoSrcft OH pe0pl. are making in new as well
as cid brsoches Of agricultural pursuit.