Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-22
THE CROPS.
A correspondent Of the st. Louis
Times, writing from Clinton county.


A correspondent Of the st. Louis
Times, writing from Clinton county,
says:
40 add to the misery, two dry sea-
sons have just preceded this, and crops
have been cutshort.. Last year Cass,
Bates, Jackson, Platte and Clinton all
failed In their corn crops. SO did they
the year before. The wheat froze out
last winter in many places; where it
did not it is being destroyed. The
grasshoppers came last fall, laid their
eggs, and have Matched out this spring
by tens of billions. A plague has fallen
upon the land, and cry of distress
comes up from every household. The
quantity OF the pests is utterly incom-
prehenslble to those who have not seen
them, and their ravages are more
frightful than the most evil prophet
had predicted They come like a
whirlwind, liekingup every green thing
Whole corn fields are being devoured
in single day, meadows are being
moved down as with scythe +; wheat
fields are invaded, and, in few hours,
left bare as the dry roads; vegetable
gardens, Towering plants and small
shrubs are taken with greed that is
as marvellous as it is disheartening.
Bluegrass pastures, with which this
region so much abounds, are left with
out sprig. Stock will either have
to be removed or allowed to starve.
Clover fields, that few days ago look
ed fresh and green, now present moth
ing but the dull, black ground. No
grain, no plant escapes their notice.
but all is attacked. and covered as with
the pillows OF crawling ocean broken
over its bounds"
From Montgomery Advertiser and Maii.l
Alabama Planters on Rising Ground.
The planters ofAlabama are in much
better spirits than they were at this
time last year. The corn and cotton
prospects are very good and the former
crop is made superior to the latter,
which speaks well for the country.
Mr.. j. q. Allen, who was last year
selling from twelve to fifteen car loads
of corn per day, says that the sales
now average one and two, and that the
corn is shipped to points sixty to seven
ty-five miles distant from Montgomery.
His experience is that of the other
grocery and grain dealers of this city
We are able to state that no planters
in Montgomery and Lowndes counties
are buying corn. On the contrary they
have been selling that article all winte,
and have plenty left with which to
make the present crop. There is nc
Disgusting the fact that our people are
on rising ground and will be almost
independents if no disasters Overtake
their crops this year.
TOLEpo, o., May 13.-The Blade
publishes this afternoon an elaborate
crop report, carefully compiled from
statements by competent parties at one
hundred and fifty points in Ohio, IL
linois, Missouri and Iowa. These
statements indicate that there has been
from e-quarter to One-third of the
wheat crop winter killed, but that this
has been nearly Offset by an increased
number of acres sowed, and the guam
tity of spring wheat put in will, if every
thing is favorable, bring the whole pro-
duction up to that of an average crop.
One fourth Of last years crop still re-
mains in the farmers hand. No con-
siderable amount of wheat ground is
reported as having been plowed. The
amount of corn being put in this year,
nearly exceeds that of last year.
ST. LOUIS, May ia special to
the Dispatch from Jefferson City, says:
The Governor this morning issued a
proclamatiop, calling on the people Of
the State TO 1bserYs Thursday, dune
Srd, as a day of humiliation, fasting
and prayer, Information comes to
him from all sources, that the State is
threatened with the grasshopper pest
Hence, to be followed with failure OF
crops, great distress and possible
famine. Nothing but the interposition
Of Providence can save US from the
pest. and the Governor recommends
that supplications of the people be
raised for Divine relief and protection.
ST. LOUIS, May 19.-A Kansas City
special to The Republican says; Farm:
ers from various parts OF Jackson and
Clay counties continue to bring in news
of the ravages of the grasshoppers
The grass has been nearly destroyed,
and the wheat and oats hive suffered
terribly. The only salvation is their
departure, which many are making
Thousands are dying, and the ground
is caveFed in many places; The crops
in Kansas beyond The scstefu tier of
counties are excellent,