Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-17
Effect OF the Recent Heavy Rains Upon
the Corn and Wheat Crops in
Middle and East Ten
nessee.
Advice TO Farmers Relative to the Dis
pOsaI Of their Wheat Crops
The damage In Several
Counties,
The Prospect in LincOln-The State of
the Wheat Aarket at Eayette-
vile, Chattanooga and
Knoxville, Etc.


view Of this we append the following
article from the Nashville Banner Of the
eleventh:
1--WE were informed by a we'll posted
gentleman yesterday that he thought
thai in consequence of the late rains,
One-third Of the wheat crop OF Tennes-
see would be saved in tirst-class order;
another third partially damaged, and
the last badly damaged. A great many,
if not the majority, have what wheat
there has been threshed stored away in
their kitchens, dining-TOonsr paTlOrs, and
in fact anywhere it can well be kept.
It is suggested that our farmers should
hereafter erectOpen sheds for the storage
of their wheat soon after harvesting.
These sheds can be cheaply constructed,
and will prove great saving, especially
during such weather as we have just eX-
perienced. Grain rooms made rat-prOOt
should also be provided. This could be
done, it is believed, at little ex-
pense compared to the benefits
to be derived. 1t is a Well.knOWn
fact that, unless wheat is well
and carefully stored, loss of ten per
cent. is sustained. This is especially the
case where it is kept all unusually long
time. Oar farmers should not be too
hasty to thresh their wheat. They ought
to let it get as thoroughly dry as posi-
BILE, as more Of it can be thus threshed
out. They should scrupuloUsly avoid
mixing the Indifferent or bad wheat with
the fine and uneXceptiOnableq quality, as
the mixture but reduces the latter down
to the grade of the former, and the price
accordingly. Each quality should be
kept separate, and sold at the respect
i've prices at which it is rated. BY do
ing this our farmers will secure better
price, and therefore make more money,
and we know OF no class of citizens who
more richly deserve to get the highest
price possible for their productions, They
nave labOredi most assiduOusly and
should not lose their reward. A SUBJ
scriber suggests what may be considered
novel plan for drying wheat-puttirg
in one dry brick to every three bushels
of wheat in bulk. He says the brick
will absorb the moisture ard
thus greatly aid in drying the wheat.
A good many farmers with whom we
have talked confess having committed
an error in not having first we'll secured
their wheat, leaving the gSOWing crops,
though they needed working, to an after
consideration. They propose to have for
their motto, Save what We have, though
we may lose much of what we may eX-
pect.' The fact has developed that too
much of the wheat mas been loosely
shocked, and that many of our farmers
have depeE ded too much on Providence
providing good seasons, instead Of pre-
pairing for the worst which might come.
Many, it may be said, harvested as if
they were down in the tropical latitude,
with plenty of dry weather in prospect.
But we have no wish to speak aught
against our farmers. The facts above
have been cleaned from them, and they
only speak of it as a warning for the
future"
DAMAGE IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY.
Since last Saturday it has been rain
ing cOpiOusly without cessation, and
yesterday evening, about four o'clock,
q fearful storm swept over this section,
breaking timber, tearing up corn, and
proving more than destructive to millet
that was standing, and which had been
moved for hay. In the valley of Duck
and Tennessee rivers there was an esti-
mate of four Thousand i've hundred
acres of land planted in corn, which was
as promising as could be, and as far as
have heard it has suffered more or less
damage from wind and rain, Such
storm has never been witnessed at this
season of the year by the Oldest citizens
of this country. This correspondent,
who wrote from JOhnsOnville, estimates
the damage at one-fOurth. Another
correspondent, writing under date of the
fourteenth, from GOuld's Switch, in the
above-named county, says; "SOme
farmers say their corn is injured at least
one-half. Some of their broomcorn and
millet are entirely ruined. Up to that
date crops Of all kinds were better than
known for years. Our farmers had ex-
erted every energy, and labored under
great disadvantages in the cultivation
Of their crops. And their prospects were
all that hearts could wish for until the
above disaster"
DAMAGE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A correspondents at Winchester, Frank
lin county, writes under date of the thir-
tenth, and says: "We have had sew
eral days of hard rain since my last. and
it has been raining in torrents for the
greater part of the day. Apprehension is
felt for the wheat crop. The bulk of the
grain in the county is yet unthreshed,
and 80 continuous hiss been the rain that
it is impossible to do anything with it.
Such as has been gotten out has been
much better than anticipated in yield"
RUTHERFORD, AND OTHER COUNTIES.
A correspondent at MurfresshorO,
Rutherford county, says: 1.-THE reports
Of crops from all parts of this and adj
joining counties are very fiattering. es-
pecially corn. If we continue to have
good seasons there will be q very heavy
crop of corn. Cotton is also looking
very well. Our market is well supplied
with all kinds Of vegetables, apples,
peaches, plums, berries, WateTmelOus,
ETC., and all at very reasonable prices.n
WHEAT PROSPECT IN LINCOLN
The Fayetteville, Lincoln county,
correspondent of the 14th, says: ave
are now having in our county much
rain, which Is doing serious damage to
the unthreshed wheat that is standing
in the field, Of which, unfortunately,
there is q great deal. The wheat crop
this year has turned out exceedingly
well. Mr.. Thomas G.. Little, who lives
about five miles west Of here, had
piece to yield fOrty-One bushels per acre,
which was the result Of properly prepar.
ing the gcOund, and putting the wheat
in, He soWed only One-half bushel to
the acre. 1t is finding a ready market
at eighty-five cents for the best grades.
Messrs. w. T. Wright and James f.
Goodrich have taken charge Of the capa-
cious warehouse near the depot, and en-
tered the field of wheat dealers. They
have in the field with them Z. J. Gray
& Co., John Y. Gill and T. J. Bruce, all
OF whom are live business men. The
prospect of the other crops is very fat
teriDg indeed"
HENDERSON COUNTY.
A correspondent Of the Henderson
Advocate writes as follows concerning
the crops in Tennessee, between the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad and the Tennes-
see river: I" For the encouragement of
all, can say that have never seen the
prospects of any people so iatterirg.
The crops are better than l ever saw
them, and have not seen a lOng-faced
farmer stree l left Henderson. The
wheat crop is excellent. | think there
is enough made here to do the people
nearly two years, if not sold; still
there are some offering their wheat foi
sale at seventy-five cents per bushel
The corn is magnificent. The people,
for the first time, seem to have taken
a right view OF this important matter.
They have planted the principal part OF
their land in corn, and the surplus 10
cotton, instead of the reverse as hereto
fore. The potato crop is fine. The