The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-03

THE TOBACCO CROP.
49,. ,o,p,rIoN AND PROSPECTS IN
VIRGINIA.
....,,r.,. REPORTS FROM THE ToRACCo-
.,.,r>,, Cpi'NriES DISASTERS TO
,... ..r, ,>y>-LlNlTED ACREAG E-EF-
u.,,..y nor AND DRY WEATHER UPON
q .u ,.p,WI<G CRuP-NOT ONE HALE.
u,r.nl4 Not ONE THIRD, OF THE OR
>..ry WELD To EE ENrECTED-DIS-
...,.,-! MING ACCOUNTS.
...r,l,. l,nrt; ot all persons interested in
.....,., hn>inv>>. whether rs growers,
"..,..t.. .,.. manufacturers, we have recent
.',,. titigcnt inquiries throughout the
......,-, ,-,r,ducjn@ region OF the State with
,;..;,. 4 H>.,.rtainin" the exact truth rs
,.. ,,r,>,nl condition and future pros
... .; lie tobacco crop. our advlces, or
.... FROM tho a0th to the 18th OF July, are
....u i've hundred different ncighborhoods,
....i .r,. thorough and complete. Many OF
...,,, are from gentlemen in no wise inter-
..,tin raaarcn. and all. We believe. are re-
.,r.t..I- far - the writer's information cX-
...f and together give the most intclli-
.r, and trustworthy intelligence yet pub
..lrd concerning this years operations OF
,r PLANTERS.
r.ut> were scarce in all parts OF the
STATE. with the exception perhaps OF the eN-
-~,Iar southwestern counties. AT the usual
t.g- iur setting out. the ground was TOO
Ir}. amd hut irw seasons were had until
within The last few days.
XuErll SIDE.
en- the north side OF James river, bra
,ju.r the counties ~ Hanover, Caroline,
>,nr>yIyauin. stafford. Goochland, Louisa.
rhyHrlnu. Orange. hlbcmarlc, Nelson, AM
lcr-t. Augusta. &c. we lind that only little
oycr one lui ,ranging from one fourth to
ihrrc iourtS) Of Il crop was put ont on ac-
count oi The scarcity Of plants and the want
II GOOD >ca>vnS In some parts OF Louisa,
Fluvanua. and Albcmarlc, along the river
and creek bottoms, the crop. though snort
and backward. looks more promising. Our
odyircS indicate, however that in all this sec
-ionrot more than one third to one half OF the
, usual crop can be made even under the
most favorable circumstances.
BORDER COUNTIES.
The most dcplorablc accounts OF the crops
come from the tier OF counties bordering on
I
wick, Mcrk!cnblIrr. Halifax. Pitt>ylvania,
Henry. and Patrick. Here the late frosts,
followed hv hot and dry weather, killed so
many of the plants in the beds that only one
hall VI the area "i last year was set out.
The drought continuing, from one fourth
to unr half II the plants were killed in the
hills. Those which escaped these calanl.
tie arr scarcely growing 1T all, but are III
nunv instances butonin~ and cabbaglng
The leaves are small and altogether very
uurum>ing. = The worst prospect fol
tMry-two years" is one Of our corresponds
,ut~ expressed it.
SOUTHWEST.
The hest returns we have received thougi
they are far from gratifying were from tins
district. composed Of the counties OF Cal.
roll. Wythc. Pulaski, Roanoke, Iont.
.omrrv. Smvth. Washington, Floyd, &c; and
although the staple here met with the same
disaster n in other parts OF the state. 1t wa:
not u an equal degree, and probably Will
good seasons 4 half crop, As compared with
hast vrar, can be made-indccd, rather more
than that, for more attention is yearly given
here tothc growing Of tobacco. y very 1nt
quality Of tobacco il raised in some portions
, oi this district.
SorIlISIDE, &C.
East ot the Southwestern and between
the other sections mentioned lies much OF
the territory where the tobacco for which
Virginia is so famous is raised. 1t consists
II the counties Of Chesterfield, Dinwiddle,
Amelia. NottoWay, Powhatan, Cumberland,
Lmcnburg. Prince Edward, Charlotte, Ap-
pomatoy. Campbell, Buckingham, Bedford,
Roanoke, Botctourt, Franklin, Craig, &c.,
&c. Except in the five last named counties
hG
same evils. though in greater degree, which
affected it in other portions, prevailed here
In those above excepted the seasons were
more propitiouS, and better yield Will be
the result, though still the crop even there
will not average one half Of that OF last
year. Some few planters set out very early,
and some OF the plants have taken root and
thrlvrd. The later paintings had done
holhlne, and as a consequence the hclds
presented a Tcry irregular and uneven ap-
pcarancc, not at all gratifying to the thrifty
planter
THE PROSPECT.
1t will be seen from what we have here
stated and from the details below that the
prospect Is very diScouraSing. every
gloomy "thc worst for fifty years, ''not
one fourth OF crop can be raised under the
most favorable circumstances" are some OF
the comments made by those who reported
the condition OF the crop for us Our own
estimate. after carefully considering all the
information We have received, is that with
favorable seasons and a late fall possibly
one lilrd OF the crop of last year will be
ralscd-nOt more.
From our exchanges we learn that in the
states OF Kentucky and Tennessee the crop
VIII not average over one half, in parts OF
them not so much as that. In Missouri a
full cropwas planted, and the prospect until
recently was good; latterly, however, much
complaint is made Of serious damage by
Hood, and the same complaint comes from
other States. In North Carolina our advices
are not at all favorable to full crop. The
indications are that throughout the State not
more than half the average crop, under
auspicious weather, can be raised.
We give the returns by counties:
AMELIA.
The area planted this year is rather more
than one half OF last year. Or the quantity
planted nearly one half was killed by the
hot and dry weather, and for want Of rain
is still dying in the fields. That standing is
small and uneven. 1t is the most unprom-
lsing crop ever known at this season OF the
year, and cannot, in the estimation OF our
correspondents, make more than one fourth
OF crop.
AMHERST.
The acreage is about three fourths OF the
cr0p OF last wear In this county disasters