Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-09-21


time Of the Fourth Quarterly meeting, for
the Ciarksvillc Station, tx changed from
october l. aud ~ to October and o; and
the time Of the Quarterly meeting, for the
An,ioch Circuit, to be held at Antioch. Is
changed from october g and . to October IL
znd:lj. a. MiZEIL, i. II.
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Now that the tobacco crop-so far
as its growth and cultivation are con
ccrncd-is disposed Of, and prepare
tory to the next seasons operations,
We would ask the planters why it Is
that they neglect the simplest precau-
tons against the ravagcs Of the worms?
1t has been demonstrated that few
drops Of cobalt, poured into the bloss
ON of the jamestown weed will de
stroy the fly. This weed which grows
SO abundantly, on every farm, can be
planted at any point, most convenient
for the purpose, and a few cents worth
of the poison and few minutes, each
evening, for its deposit in the bloom,
will suffice to save days and weeks of
labor in the, oftcutimes, vain effort to
destroy the worms. The only extra
precaution, az we are informed, is the
removal each day, Of the poisoned and
wilted blossoms prior to infusing the
poison into the fresh blooms. The
time and labor required to do this is
too triiling to be estimated, and may
be. performed by the females of the
family, after sunset, without interior
ing with the labor OF the farm. The
weeds raised for this purpose, should
be confined within narrow space, for
convenience, and all Others cut down.
70 as to attract the flies to the one spot
where the poison is distributed.
1t il singular that, at this late day,
it should be necessary to suggest any
remedy for 30 great an evil--onc by
which 40 much loss has been cntailed
upon tobacco growers. To furnish
some idea of the extent of this loss
let us suppose ten laborcrs employed
upon farm which is growing wheat
corn, tobacco and other things in pro.
portion to the labor employed. The
tobacco planted late in May and early
in June, is ready for the first crop Of
worms which appear in the midst OF
wheat harycSt-an operation which
cannot be suspended, without great
loss. In the mean time the corn has
reached crisis in its growth, wher
the prompt destruction of the grass i,
indispensable TO the successful cult
walton of that important cereal. Jus
here, the farmer finds himself In Il
FIX" The weather, perhaps, threat
ensto damage his wheat in the shock
tho grass, he knows, ia damaging hi,
corn and the worms are eating his TO
bacco. II he enGeayors to save either
by exclusive attention, the other tw,
must be seriously damaged, if not los,
and the effort TO gave all results in :
poor yield Of either. But suppos,
there are no worms. then the ten la
borcrs can very sooR conquer the grass
and secure the wheat; and the week,
of close search for worms, by ten
hands, can be devoted Ia cleaning II.
and repairing important, but sadly
neglected, work ON every farm.
But the farmers. like the conscrva.
tiSc' of the present day, de4pisc con.
cert Of action, and instead Of uniting
for the destruction of a common enc
my, would rather bear al! the ills thai
enemy can infict, than surrender ia,
glorious privilege of Independent ac
ton. II each individual Farmer cam
destroy all the worms bred upon his
premises, let the tobacco 20, and h
will seek to comfort himself with til,
knowledge that all his ncighbors ar,
IN the same fix. The radical c0nsum
era Of his substance may be cXtcrmina
ted by operation; but then to co
operate, H. must, IL some extent, sur
rcndcr his free will aud free agency {,
thccombincl suggestions of IN ior
" of his nrighbors, and however wis,
and polite those may he --howevercon
scrvatye of the tobacco crop, in tn,
aggregate, hc would rather lose his ca
tire share than be subject to the viii
of A majority, as expressed through
the agency Of Farmers Clubs, III,
press OF the country, or any other ty
Tannical medium of communication
Fearing that this suggestion of !
plan for the destruction of tObacc,
ticymay arouse individual suspicion
of collective dictation, We assure tn,
farmers that no packed convention
had anything to do with it that it i
not even endorsed by n primary cleo
ton. Each individual planter there
fore, can wage a war of destruction
against the worms with a full aSsur
aacc that he ia fighting ION his owI
hook, aud not rs one of a compau
battling foe the same end, under com
pctcnt leadership.
hut whether 10y individual effort, O
cooperation. The farmers ought 10 de
riroy the tobacco flies, because III
worms impair the value of the Gro
10y lcssenine ia weight aud iniuring IL
appearance, besides increasing the eos
at it, production 10y the vast amour
ot labor required to prevent the ray
rges nt 4 pat TINT oAn be 80 eiitrtu