Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-06-19

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GENTLEMEN In the common in |
tcrest Of our section we offer you the |
following suggestions, hoping that you
will lay them before your corporate
bodice, and seek, by full and hearty
cooperation of all your members to
rid our section of fat middle-man,"
who has long been preying on its SUBJ
stance.
We made careful calculation of
the damage and depreciation of our
Tobacco crop OF 1873, marked last year,
by the "Horn-worm," and we are salts
fed that the money loss to our plant
ing community was not less than $780,
900, and probably exceed it. We can
scarcely estimate the amount OF good
this large sum would now do if scat
tered over the GAINESVILLE and Hop
kinsville districts in their present im
poyerished condition from future of
crops.
The tobacco of our section being too
heavy TO cut, is only used for two pur-
poses. 1t is either spun and chewed;
or made into cigars and smoked, and
therefore, falls naturally into three
grades; either filters, inside ami out
side wrappers, or cigar filters, binders
wrappers. 1t is, therefore, apparent
to all, that badly worm-cut leaf, no
matter how fine originally. when it
reaches the factory is only fit for FL
Ter, and worth only filler, or good lug
price.
The great strength of the Grange
orgaeizatiou is full cooperation of all
its members for any settled purpose;
a combined action for single end.
then it becomes almost irresistible.
We are satisfied that combined effort
can greatly lesson the damage done by
the horn worm, and this effort can be
best and most economically used against
the fly before the efigs are laid. Around
barns there is usually slip of ground
not cultivated, upon which are thrown
the stalks after stripping handful
of jamestown weed seed scattered over
this strip will give an annual crop of
these weeds whose blossoms are SO at
tractive to the tobacco moths, and
where they caa always be found near
sus-et. Every means should be used
to destroy them; by the use Of cobalt
(the process ofusing which is familiar
to all } and by bon fires, which also
attract them. But the most effectual
plan is. perhaps, to turn the matter
over to the children, who will eagerly
engage in what's play to them, par
ticularly if the zest of payment is ad-
ded to the sort. Every planters
should provide himself with bag of
nickels, and pa! promptly stipulated
SUN for the file brought it. There is
cot child eieh years old who cannot
earn the value an oble- bodied hand
labor at this kim of work. Arm them
with padJls, an! encourage them by
prompt daily ayment, and the labor
in the field of licking off the worms
one by one, viii be greatly lightened
We are satiskd, from observation,
(although it is disputed point that
the August glubf worms is produced |
from the earlyerop of worms, who |
have time to nike their growth and |
emerge from thehrysalis state by the
LIST or 10th of Aust.
The fly can Nv be found by the
young band in thcardens, around the
honey-suckles, lang their eggs on the
Tomato plants. anaround the James
town weed patches
A unity of actioS the fall, by an
early blowing undep f the suckers,
would do much towals tightening the
work OF the tuccecdlI year.
WeOffer these suggeions, and hope,
if they meet your appval, that you
will seek to gain the lited action of
every member of your-anges.
For twenty years We i've labored to
bring by means of foren orders, the
manufacturers of Euro face to face
as it were, with planterf his section,
thus savingall intermeate expenses
Except freight and pitts, and Sc
curing the highest peie for our to-
bacco crops and for my years you
have seen orders filed our home
markets from Germany, france, Aus
tria, Switzerland, ..Ital and Spain,
which were formerly fh entirely at
Seaport markets.
We have now a very lac crop in the
field, planted with very vorable sea-
sons, and we would be 81 to see the
value of our tobacco croadded to in
every possible way. -ur country
needs it.
In conclusion we wildd, that in q
order to encourage the perations of
the Drop Shot Brigade We hereby
offer premium of $50 in gold to S
the child, under fifteen ears of age, I
who will kill, this seaso the largest !
number Of tobacco fiesihe number =
to be properly attested,I matter of y
justice to all, and to the killing the y
second greatest number, 0 90 in gold.
The prizes will be paiat our Office
here, the 18th day of Ocber next, By
which time We hore theist fly will be 0
dead. Truly yours, :,
NJ III. CLaK & Bro. 81
THE Memphis Ape; of the 18th p
inst, says: After seval weeks of p
earnest labor. Mr.. ID. WWhittle left IL II
US yesterday for Little Rock, where n
he nrOnOSps IN ma 20 oh riaf efav-