Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-27
CROP PROSPECTS.

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As considerable interest is felt
throughout the country in regard to
our crop prospects we will state that
there is general complaint of the de-
struction Of tobacco plants by the hy.
and probability, amounting almost to
a certainty, that the acreage Of South
ern Kentucky will be greatly curtailed.
Beside, the backward condition of the
crop, caused by the delay for the
second sowing of plant beds, will
strongly indicate a more indifferent
quality than might otherwise have
been expected. Our farmers are plant
ing full corn crop; aud, if the sea-
SON should prove propitious, will gath
er large harvest of that cereal. The
wheat, of which there was not large
acreage sown, now presents very fiat
tering prospect for an abundant yield.
Taking the entire outlook our farmers
should not feel discouraged, for if they
should raise but halfa crop of tobacco
the difference in price will greatly tend
to compensate for difference in the
quantity, and the tobacco crop is the
only one that now bids fair to be be-
low the average yield Boaoling Green
Democrat.
Trigg County Democrat: The out
look for anything approximating an
average tobacco crop in Trigg the pres
ent season is a gloomy one. Here
and there in different sections of the
county we hear of farmer whose plant
beds have escaped the ravages of bugs
aud flies, and who will have plenty of
plants to set full crop, but the great
majority of our planters unite in say
ing that their plants are utterly de-
stroyed, and that they have little faith
in the outcome of their tobacco beds
which were resown last month that
under the most favorable auspices they
cannot hope to have plants ready to set
until too late in the season to afford
reasonable prospect for their crops to
mature in time to escape the early
frosts next fall. In despair of the
gloomy prospect before them some of
our farmers have abandoned all hope
of raising any tobacco, and have plant
ed their lands in corn, aud, as the
season advances, others will become
tired of waiting to see something turn
up by which they can be supplied with
plants in time, and will follow their
example and raise more corn. With |
huge taxes, hard times and short to-
bacco crop, the prospect before our
people is indeed gloomy.
The Nashville Banner thinks it like
ly, judging by present indications, that |
Tennessee farmers will feel happier |
this fall than they were last year in the |
way of an increased wheat crop. The |
Banner says: From all parts of the |
State cheering reports come of the con-
dition and prospect of the crop. Five |
million bushels we're raised in Middle |
Tennessee last year, and if a good |
season is had this year, between seven
and eight million bushels will be har-
vested. Should this be done, Tennes-
see can boast of the centennial year Of |
independence as much as any member |
of the Union, as her fertile fields will |
have yielded the largest crop during |
her existence. The price obtained for |
the choicest of last years crop was
much larger than at first anticipated. |
1t is thought that of that crop two |
million bushels remain in the farmers
hands, and one-fourth of it is more or
less damaged.
The Atlanta Constitution reports
farm news from different parts of
Georgia as very gratifying. The farm
ers seem to be working with will,
more grain than usual is being planted
and the season thus far has been pro-
pitious.
We have heard with regret the al
most universal complaint, coming from
the tobacco regions of the State, of the
damage to tobacco plants. We call
to a communication from
Major r. l.. Ragland, in which he sug-
gests remedy that it will be well for
all to adopt.-Rtchmond Ya.l Whiq. |