Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-20
TENNESSEE CROP NOTES.

The wheat looks well in Bledsoe count,
and promis.s good yield.
The wheat harvest is about over In Car
foil cotntyi and everywhere the yield Is re-
ported good.
The Manchester Democrat rebofts thst ,
better. crop Of wheat has not been harveste,
in Coffee county in many years.
The Kingston East Tennesseedn report,
that the recent refreshing showers have
given vegetation wonderful impetus il
Rcane county. Corn and oats are growing
finely.
The JoneSboro Herald and Tribune re
ports that the farmers of Washington
county are busy harvesting their wheat
and that a better crop has never beer
grown in the county.
The Pulaski Citizen reports that hay anG
oats will fail in Giles county. Wheat is
very fine. Corn and cotton look vel
where the ground was properly prepared
and after culture good.
correspondent Of the Aims Post
writes that the prospect for wheat has not
been so fine. In Hhea county since 1854
| Corn crops have Improved greatly in tbs
last weak. OatsSand grasses are short.
| The Cteuetdnd Banner reports that the
farmers of BledsOe county are pretty well
through with their wheat harvest. The
| yield viii be very large and entirely salts
factory. The lats rains have helped the
et crop greatly.
The Winchester Home Journal states
that the farmers in Franklin cotinty have
| generally harvested their wheat and report
favorably as to quality and yield. Crops Of
every kind are doing well, very well, since
the late 'fgrowing" rains.
The McMiRnriHe Ne,r Era reports that
the wheat harvest is now in full blast in
Warren county, and the universal opinion
Is that the crop is far above an average one.
Tie crop is free from rust, smut or any
thing else that will impair it in market
| value.
The Chattanooga Times of the 10Th inst.
| says: No new wheat has been delivered in
this market yet. Sales have been made at
$l.25 per brshel. and that may be consider
| ed the Openin, price for prime white. 1t
will hardly maintain that price to the end
of July.
A correspondent of the KnOrCiHe Press
and Herald reports that the farmers
throughout the Sweetwater valley, in Mon
roe and LoudOn counties, have for the most
part harvested their wheat, which is very
fine indeed. Perhaps no finer crop has
ever been raised in that valley.
The wheat is being harvested in Marion
county, and is turning out finely. The
jasper Herald says the cut worms are dam
aging the corn greatly in that county. Sew
eral farmers have had to replant nearly
their entire crop. The late rains have
greatly benefited the crops in that county.
The Athens Post of the 10Th inst. says
The Messrs. Gettys, of the lower Eastanal-
lee Valley, have sold their surplus wheat
between a thousand and fourteen hundred
bushels-at SIPS per bushel, to be deliver
ed on the railroad by the 18th of July.
This Is the only transaction in the new
crop we have heard of IN this county.
The MUrfreesbOrO Nelrs of the 10Th
inst. says: The most discouraging reports
are received fom different portions of
Rutherford county in regard to the corn
crop. 1t is thought that unless we have
good seasonable rains very soon, there will
not be half crop made. The prospects
for good cotton crop are very promising
at present.
The Fayetteville Observer reports in re-
gard to the wheat crop of Lincoln county,
that some fields owing to various causes,
give light crop, but the vast majority fur
nish yield unequalled for years, making.
the aggregate crop of the county unusually
largel Ten or twelve bushels to the acre is
about the average yearly production. This
year there are fields rated at thirty, and
tw nty is common.
The Paris IRtelligencer of the 18th inst.
says: The drouth still continues. A lit
tie shower fell on Monday, which was
about sufficient to lay the dust. The early
corn and cotton look well, especially where
the land has been worked; but the late
planting of both is utterly hopeless. Al
most no tobacco has been planted. The
crop of wheat now about harvested is very
fine. If the dry weather continues much
longer there will be almos. complete fail
ure Of all the growing crops.
a correspondent of the KnOIriIle ChrOR-
icle, who has visited Bradley and McAlinn
counties, reports that the wheat crop will
be unusually large. Oats as a general thing
are short. many fields indeed the farmers
will be unable to save. Corn, though
seemingly month behind, since the recent
rains is growing rapidly, and if the season
should continue favorable full crop may
be relied on. Fruit in most localities is
plentiful. The Oat crop and meadows come
nearer being failure this year than any
thing else.
The SbelbyUIle Gazette reports that the
wheat will yield we'll in Bedford county,
and adds: Although the heads are short in
many localities, the grain is large-well
filed out. Some of our best farmers say
they will make more wheat this than they
did last year, and that the average crop of
Bedford will not fall short Of 100000
bushels. Il is thought by our leading grain
dealers that the market will open at 81,
but will not stand at that figure long. The
corn is looking fine, the recent rains having
started il to growing rapidly, and as a gen
eral thing the fields are clear of weeds and
grass.
The DyerSbJTg Progress of the 18th
inst. says: Dyer county will not have as
much cotton this year as usual. In the
first place there was not as much planted,
and secondly, great deal that was planted,
has been plOwed up 10 give place to late
corn. All this has been caused from the
fact that our last rain fell here on the 18th
of April. We had fine rain on Monday,
which continued into the night. II was
slow, it was gentle and kind, and Just to
suit the farmers, though they would have |
been better pleased if there had been more |
of it. But there was enough of it to Won |
derfully improve the crops. and We can af- |
ter all entertain a slight hope of a season. |
The KHOIUil!e Grange Outlook of the |
18th inst. says: Thefarmers are now busy |
in the harvest field, and never did they con-
front a finer crop of wheat than they are
now cutting down. II is universally good,
and the hea lest, perhaps, ever raised in
this section of the State. We heard OfOne
field that would yield forty bushels to the
acre. Twenty and twenty-five will be com
mon. We hear it rumOred here that new
white wheat will open here at S1.25 per
bushel. That is fair price and farmers
will do we'll to sell now at that, but efforts
will be made to run it down to S1.00.
When that is done, farmers should hold
back and see what the prospect is for the
corn crop, and what the foreign demand,
for these will affect the price of wheat next
fall.
The Clerk of the County Court of Nc
Mimi, has furnished the Athens Post with
a tabular statement of the tax aggregate
for 1874, which shows a loss oil real estate
in the county, as against the assessment of
1878, of SS6,661 92, loss on mills of So
296. 10, and on personal property of SILL