Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-20
June 10Th, 1874.
Crop Items.

1OiiOno.
We are approaching our wheat har-
vest in ' irginia with an unprecedented
yield. We have not had prospect
equal to it since the war.
Our next tobacco crop cannot be
very large on account of the general
ravages by the fly" and it is too late
to raise more for planting. This fact
has improved the value of all good
tobacco of the last crop, now coming
forward and upon the market. y
Neo York Journal Of Commerce,
1911.
THE WHEAT HARvEsT-In this
vicinity some of our farmers will COM
mence cutting their wheat next week.
The weather has been splendid for the
wheat, the heavy golden heads of which
wave most beautifully across the fields
like the rolling crests of the waves of
the sea, during gentle breeze. A
good and fine crop may be expected
Charlottesville Jcfersonian.
After gathering all the information
we possibly could, and making due al
lowance for the fears of the farmers,
and disposition on their part to ex-
aggerate the bad prospects for tobac-
co crop, we are forced to the conclu-
sion that less than half the usual crop
OF tobacco will be planted in Western
Kentucky this season. This is the 10th
of June, and as yet comparatively no
plants have been set out. This is for
the want of season Some farmers
availed themselves of partial seasons
and set out small crops, but in most
eases the drought killed them. We
are no alarmists, and always slow to
believe in short crop reports, but the
wolf is certainly here now, and the to-
bacco crop must necessarily be very
short.
The wheat crop, which is now being
harvested. is the finest we have had in
Western Kentucky for a long time, and
the corn crop will be very large one.
The drought has not as yet hurt the
young corn, and the area planted, ow-
ing to the scarcity of tobacco plants,
is much larger than usual. # we can
not have the luxury of tobacco we will
have plenty Of hog and hominy.-
PddHcdh Keatucktaa. 18th.
Correspondence OF the Courier-Journal.l
GREEN COUNTY, June 8, 1874.
The tobacco prospect in the counties
of Green, Adair, Taylor, Cumberland,
Monroe, Metcalfe, Barren and Hart is
the gloomiest that ever was known in
all the history of tobacco raising in
Kentucky. At this time it is very dry
and no apparent prospect for rain.
From all that | have seen and heard,
| do not believe there has been ten
acres of tobacco planted in these eight
counties this season. Our best farm
ers are planting corn almost exclusive
ly. Now and then can be found man
who has few plants of tobacco, and
they are scorching by the sun have
visited great many plant -beds in this
county, and they are as bare as the
roads on which we travel. Wheat
looks we'll. Oats will be a failure.
Corn is still in the clods and not doing
much. FARMER.
The Athens Post notices the sale of
lot of wheat in McMinn county, and
one in Meigs county, at 81 p per
bushel.
The Murfreesboro News states that
the wheat crop of Rutherford county
is now being harvested, and promises
an average yield. The heads are not
as long as usual, but the grain is larger
and free from rust and smut,
We have heard of pleuteous and re-
freshing rains in different portions of
the county, the past week. In other
localities the drou.h continues with
una bated rigor Up to this time, but
a small area Of land has been set in
tobacco. The continued dry weather
and scarcity Of plants render it i'm
possible for our farmers to make more
than half an average crop of the weed,
this season. - Tigg County (Ky)
Democrat