Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-06-19
THE CROPS.
Reports from Various Quarters.

Wheat harvest has commenced in
Haywood aud the crop is splendid,
while the yield is heavy. Some little
rust and smut in isolated spots
Brownsville { Tenn Bee.
The prospects for the tobacco, corn
and wheat crops are very fatieriDg in
this section of the country, and the
farmers are in high spirits. Madison
rille (Ry) South Hea.
Our farmers all look happy over the
bright prospects for good crops this
year. We are glad of it, too.-Dyers-
burg Progress.
The reports from Georgia repre-.
sent the cast as very fine. The
wheat and oats have been harvested
and have turned out we'll.
WHEAT PRosPECTs:-Wc were in
formed this week by one of our larg-
est wheatgrowers that the prospect in
this. county is now quite fattering
With reference TO his own crop, he
thinks he never had better prospect
for an abundant yield. We hope it
may so turn out all over the country.
for We never needed a plentiful har-
vest worse than now.-Hopk:insciAe
(ky) Conservative.
The Cincinnati Gazette has this to
say on the crop prospect:
The late frosts were very severe it is
true, and did much injury, but the rain
and warm suns of May have improved
the appearance of things very much.
In many sections the wheat will be
poor but In others it will be good, and
taking the country through, the indica-
tons are that the harvest of 1873, with
the surplus on hand, will supply our
own wants and the DEFICIENCIES Of the
world besides. There will be consid-
cradle fruit also. As for corn the
crops will be unprecedentddly large,
provided the weather continues favora-
bic. These are the present prospects.
As consequence grain has declined
heavily in price, and spectators upon
short crop theories are far shorter
than the crops are likely to be.
1t begins to look, too, as if the grass
hopper reports were greatly exaggera-
ted by the bulls in the grain market.
Accounts from the South are very
favorable. and the present outlook is
decidedly good for crops OF the great
staples in that section.
A correspondent of the Evansville
Courier says:
The news from the crops in this Sec
ton of Kentucky is indeed cheering. |
have just learned from a gentleman of
reliability, who represents an agricul-
tural implement house in this city,
that he has travelled over nearly all
portions of Warren and Logan coun-
ties in the past two weeks, and finds
everything in fourishing condition.
He says the farmers are harder at work
than ever before, being determined to
make telling crop this season. 1.-THE
season remains good, there will be
three-fourths Of a crop of wheat.
There being double as much sown this
year as last season, the yield will be
heavy.
The corn, though small, is in fine
condition. Hungarian grass, millet,
oats, timothy. ETC., all in fine order
Rain is needed just now for the pur-
pose of setting out tobacco, but the
farmers have three weeks time yet for
this work, and the chances arc there
will be plenty of water. There will be
some fruit, but as a general thing it is
killed.
From the Commercial Register.1
NEW YORK, June Our reports
this week embrace returns from thirty
four counties in the State Of Texas
twenty-four counties of Arkansas, and |
seven counties in Louisiana.
Of the counties in Texas twenty |
four report an increased area under
cultivation, and only two reports de- |
drease. In cotton the average increased
area is about twenty per cent. In grain
about thirty per cent. In few cOun-
ties sweet potatoes arc grown to con-
siderable extent, and are reported as
promising unusually we'll
harvesting the wheat crop has COM
and from every point the re-
port is promise of an excellent and
large crop" Corn and cotton very
generally need rain, but both promise
an unusually good crop. Moving is
going on, and the result is "all that
heart could desire"
Some four or five counties report
the cattle trade declining, and agricul-
ture increasing, while about the same
report less interest in the cot
ton crop and more in cereals.
The chief products of the counties
in Arkansas are cotton, corn and wheat.
Three or four counties report grasses,
fruit. tobacco and potatoes.
The area under cultivation is about
The same as last year in cotton. but
argely increased in corn and wheat.
The prospects in all cases are report
ID excellent. La fruit unparalleled"
We quote from one report Wheat
s being estimated al the way from 20
o 40 bushels per Scr. Corn and cot
on a good stand aud growing. People /,
ire hard run. Are making crop j
without going in debt, aud real pros
,ects of business in future better here
low than since the war, if farmers can 5
,nly work through to harvest their !
rops." s
Another states-"In several locali-
les some complaints have been made 3
bout cut-worms, but from close in
uiry am satisfied that no damage has +,
'een done" a
From Louisiana reports are of the ;
anne character. Area under cultiva- :
ion in cotton hardly equal to last year,
ut largely increased in corn. From I
resent appearances the crop of cotton
nd corn will be large, with larger :,
ield per acre than for the past five :
ears. planters have gone hard to
ork, aud the credit system almost y y
one away with" q
OMAHA, June 15.-The city is full =.
{ grasshoppers, struggling from the i
asst army which was flying over yes c
.rday. All sorts of vegetation has
filtered to a great extent The Herald
,ecials tonight from the principal =
)rtiOns Of the State say the grasshop-
,rs are passing over northward, do