Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-20
MONTGOMERY rAnMEns, CLUE

MONTGOMERY FARMERS CLUB
Met at white Chapel Saturday Aug
18th, J. B. Killebrew In the chair.
Proceedings of the last meeting ad
opted. Mr.. Marshall having resigned
the Office of Vice-President at the last
meeting, III. NJ. Dudly was elected
to fill the unexpired term.
COBALT OR FLY STONE.
Report from two members of tlei,
experiments with colbat was very sue.
cessful. Large numbers OF flies de-
stroyed. Mr.. Warfleld had used Il
without any visible sesult.
MITES IN cIsTERNs.
Had been destroyed by Mr.. Warfleld,
by filling large tub with salt, lime
and charcoal, pumping the water
from the cistern passing it through
this tub back into the cistern purify
ing his water and destroying the
Mites. Mr.. Whitfield had DESTROYED
them eflectually by putting few fish
in his cistern. The President thought
the use of the common suction pump
in cisterns, did not agitate the water
sufficiently to prevent 1t from becom-
ing stagnated, and it was often the
cause of the accumulation of mites.
Chain pumps or sweeps, will agitate
the water sufficiently to keep it pure.
CURING TOBACCO.
Was discussed, and Majority of the
Club thought our system unnecessary,
and injured the flavor of the Tobacco.
Just sufficient fire to keep it from
houseburning with as little smoke as
possible, was oil that was necessary.
The best price the President had OBJ
talned fora crop of tobacco, was one
he had fired Gerry tightly. ~
The Secretary thought Tobacco al
lowed the slow process of drying and
curing without fire, lost large por-
ton of aromatic oil, that was neces-
sary to it's body and weight. The
subject of @
PRESERVING FRUIT.
Was brought up, and the question
asked. "If any member of the Club
had tried the Preserving fruit powders,
No one having tested it's merits the
hope was expressed, that any one
who had, would give the Club the
benefit of these experiments through
the city Papers.
The general opinion of the members
Of the Club is that there will be
falling off in the yield of wheat in
this section at least one third, as com.
paired with the yield of last year. II
was also the general belief from com.
parison of the statistics from various
parts of the country that there will be
at least 100000 fewer bushels pro.
duced in the United States this year
than last, and farmers were cautioned
against disposing of their wheat fol
unremunerative prices. The Com.
missioner of Internal Revenue i'm his
estimate some two months ago made
it appear that there would be def
cheney of some 100000 of bushels
as compared with the crop of last
year, his estimates more recently how
ever based upon more reliable &C.
counts state that the deficiency will be
at least 40,000,000 of bushels. Now
when we reflect that the old corn
crop is well nigh exhausted, and that
the excessive rains have greatly in
jured the wheat i'm various parts o.
| the country, and that the war i'm Eu.
rope will draw from the rural districts
large numbers more and create an
extraordinary demand for all species
of grain, it will be readily seen that
farmers have everything to gain, and
nothing to lose by holding on to theil
wheat.
We all remember the high prices
that were obtained by the farmers fol
their wheat during the Crimean wal
"a war that came directly after q
large European crop of grain, while
the present difficulties have sprung
up with very deficient crop of bread
stuffs in every State i'm Europe.
1t was thought that the bowden or
Morris wheat that was almost uni
versally sown in this portion of the
country, was more subject to smut
than any other variety.
The White May is less liable to
this disease and the yield per acre rs
good. The Purple Straw was recon,
mended and some of the members
agreed to send for II and tests its mer
Its.
Will be very scarce throughout this
portion of the State. A good many
were sown but the heavy rains beat
many of them to the ground so tina
they could not be saved, and those
that were cut have been seriousl,
damaged in the shock by the excess.
i've rains.
Is quite abundant but very inferio
owing to the rains. There will per
haps be nearly enough to supply
the local demand but none for export
THE IRISH POTAToE.
Crop of early variety is very abun
dant and there will be no necessity
for importation from abroad to supply
the home trade. The late crop ha
suffered for the want of work, bu
will perhaps be an average one.
THE TOBACCO CROP.
Is very promising with an abundance
of plants early in the spring u large
era of ground was planted than a
any time since the war, and the quail
ity and yield per acre will be fully u
to any we have had for many year
seven-tenths of the crop topped, an
the first planting ready for the knife
AN AVERAGE CORN CROP.
Was planted and the most propitiOu
season for this crop we have had fo
many years. Crops that We're we
worked will be heavy.