Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-11
TENNESSEE CROP NOTES.

TENNESSEE CROP NOTES.
Corn in some portions of Bedford county
is looking very fine.
The Pulaski Citizen reports a fine in
IN Giles county, the first in nine weeks.
The jasper Herald reports that the
wheat crop of Marion county will be sii;all;
The corn is suffering badly for rain.
The Ripley Netrs has been shown a bun
die Of oats measuring six feet and the heads
well filed, grown in Lauderdale county.
The Milan Exchange reports that the
CROPS betweeii that place ard Trenton are
backwafdj but do not seem 10 have suffered
much yet.
The CleUelGRd Banner reports that
Bradley county has an abundant fruit crop,
consisting Of peaches, apples, plums, black
berries, etc.
TIE DgerS4lTg Pregress ofthe 9th says:
If we get a rain this week 6r Gle first Of
next we can sIye some parts Of DIR crops,
ifnOt, we are ruined.
The Nc MimUaie Net5 Era reports that
the continued dry weather is seriously
damaging the corn crop in Warren county.
The early planted corn is already seriously
Injured,
The Huntington Peoples Paper reports
that the farmers OF Carroll county ere very
generally much discouraged at the pros
poets for crops. The drouth has been gen
eral all over the county.
The UIdUeriy Journal SAYS the prospect
for corn and other crops in that county, IS
becoming distresSinely gloomy, and adds:
''The cat crop Is almost an entire failure,
but the wheat crop was better than 1t has
been for number Of years"
\ White county correspondent OF the
McMinnrale NeiC Era, says the wheat
crop Of that county is above the average.
Corn is coming on tOlerably. Fruit has
fallen Off until it is rather light crop. In
most parts Of the county there has been,
and still is. great want of rain.
The Winchester Home Journal states
that since the late rains in franklin county
the prospect for good corn crop IS good,
and the cotton never looked better. From
present appearances the f.uit crop Of the
county will be the most abundant for seve-
raj years, and the fruit will generally be of
good quality.
The MHfreeS5OrO Monitor states that
the farmers of Rutherford county have
threshed their wheat. The average yield
per acre In the county is from eight TO
twelve bushels, varying with the variety
planted and the quality and mole Of pre-
paraiiOn of the land. The corn and other
crops are suffering for rain.
The Fayetteville Observer SAYS that the
rain Of last week greatly revived the corn
| in Lincoln county, and that it now looks
dark, green and promising, though small.
| The Express remarks that the wheat crop
in the county has fully justified the san
| r
| The Brownsville States reports that the
crops in Haywood county are suffering
| from want Of rain, and will be cut very
/ short if il does not rain in the course Of
| few weeks. The grass and verduTe through
| out the county las almost disappeared I'M
| der the drOuth and great heat Of the season.
\ Smith county correspondent OF the
| Lebanon Herald states there has been no
rain there since the 4th Of May. Corn
| looks badly: some farmers have planted but
little who contemplated large crops. Oats
| and hay-thin. TObaccO-Done planted in
the section around Rome. Wheat -mod-
| crate crop. No sort Of vegetables; all
dried up.
! The Paris IafeIigeRcer learns that, not
withstanding the pTOtracted drouth, which
has been so disastrous to crops Of every de
I
| Of Young clover which is vet green and
| fou-ishing. The secret Of the matter is
that the Doctor sCwed 100 pounds Of land
plaster to the acre on this clover in the
| spring.
4 The No5Tisto,-H SPY reports that the
! farmers Of Hamblsn county are thTeShlnS
their wheat, and that the yield is the
| largest for several years. The same jour
Lal states that the general indications for
| good corn crop are very promising. The
| recent rain has done the corn great deal
/ ii good. and fields which few days ago
were hopeless, now bid fair 10 produce an
| a crage Weld.
The AthenS Post has this report from the
Mouse Creek Valley: The report from he
/ wheat threshing on the farm of Mrs. ). Il
/ Wilson. one Of the best in the county.
shows 900 bushels from $50 acres Of ground
an average Of six bushels per acre. This
/ IS about 60 bushels less than was expected
| before harvest. Squire Neal, from whom
we obtained the above information, thinks
| six bushels per acre will be about the aver
age Weld in the Mouse Creek country
| The Paris Ia'eliigRcer states that Sc
| riOus apprehensiOns are now entertained
/ that the growing crops in Henry county
/ will be entirely cut of. The drOuth has
continued since the 23d Of April. True, in
small localities very slight showers have
/ fallen but leaving no beneficial results.
| Much Of the earlier corn is now beyond re-
demption. and the later is rapidly falling
Touching the yield of wheat i'll Brady
| county, the ClerelHd Banner says:
Threshing has been going on in this viclni-
ty this week, and the wheat crop IS turning
/ out well. From 50 acres Capt. Raht got
about 1.2OO bushels-an average Of 10 bush
| els TO the acre. The quality is excellent
it weighing GJ pounds to the measured
bushel. The TraynOr brothers got a
! bushels from2 acres. and Mrs. Galloway
/ 49, bushels from p acres.
! The late rain has brought ont the corn IN
/ Washington county wonderfully The
| .J0BeSJ0TO Herald and Tribune states that
the farmers are busy cutting their oats and
grass: that the crop Of whOrtieberries IS very
| large in the mountains of that county, ana
that blackberrieS are worth 81 per bushel.
| 4 gentleman who interests himself IN sta
tistics states to the Herald and Tribune
that after a careful investigation he was
satisfied that there would be more wheat
i'm Washington county this fall than there
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