The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-23
TOBACCO.
Its Culture in the Connecticut Valley.

who are familiar with the history of the
towne on the river within the last fifteen
years know how completely the farming
industry was revoutonized, and how great
has been the reaction. Much distress has
come upon individual raiecrs, and In some
cases, notably that of North Hadey, the
whole village has felt the loss severely.
The general revulson of 1878, and the sub
sequent depression, has only intensified the
fall from the high tide of prosperity. From
review of the situation in the Springfield
Union the following is taken:
In the early days of tobacco cultivation 1t
brought but small prices, six cents pound
being the quotation for time. But, as
wages were low, the crop raid tolcrably
even at those low figures. In 1861, at the
opening of the war, the southern crop was
cut Off the demand grew suddenly i'm
mense, and prices took fabulous jump.
As high as forty cents pound was paid in
1868. The crops were good, and that Of
1864 is, to this day, referred to as the most
remarkable ever known, both rs to weight
and quality. The crop of 1865 was poor
one. That Of 1866 was only medium as 10
growth, but it cured very fairly. The crops
of G7 'GS and 90 were good. That of
1870 made a good growth but cured very
poorly, and dealers who bought carly paid
twenty-five and thirty cents per pound and
ohliood ,o coll for fivnord ION cnr;s Tho
Ctc,S Cr ~ vas of GOOD yoicbt o-d ,ras
we'll cured That of 10 was alao we'll
grown, but the weather of the early fall
vas warm and nuccv and the cron sweat
fodlv On tho noles9 rho eeoeon of fs73
u"a . we, ono TSa cron voc Of ,,,odi,,,
grov,b and cured fnirIv I'm. wns not a
s.wronnins cron y Noet of Inc "a cron
wan soId ro,lv on the noIes bpt the deo,ers
oIair, MOT !, s,,,oot Nh, o,J ,b"v Ala no,
roajiye nno-th;rd ~ VIA, tLov MID Tbe
oror - ts-5 u,ns Of fsir oror,;hf ,bo,oi, !,
s sr,Tornd IN son,c sec,ons IRON, d,v ryea7ier
A lorgc mart If this cron IL vci nrsold Tho
nr;onS5 i,,,a falion a. ei,,,o 1910 ond va
cent s"ic, IF iS75 tohorro have bacn st
go, oir,,, 20 Gf,,on o,'d oinh,oo,, on,,,s
iho ia,tns he,no, the Li,hest or;c, ,oid e.,
ohoioo IC,su,l 81 ,,olIae, ti,o,,rh sor,aav,ra
In,s II, SreidIJ ava yic;,;,v 100 cola cario
| ror ,,ro,,,,, "a .,,o,, tn,o,;,, 400
| '' 49, ,1.;oos Ill g., 10 .ohoooo
| r,orI,t, ,;, t,,a nrtbraa,r -, tbo ,,,o, va,
,ho,, ,,id.,i,, ro.o ~ s,,oh Lirh, as ~ snt
49,, ~ ,bo fs,n,ors 81 ,ro ysiIe,, f,;rI,
hns,do ,hon,soIgns Tno,, iro,"s,c, ,ho;r
ac cr w totacco inorjinotnIy hui,t ev-
no,,sit'e barns for o,,r;r1t DO c,o, NH tho
,a,,ro y, ,ho ,o,t ,ioir ,n
hanco lana end ,hen honah. wore NJ IA a
oarS a,d ro,nrt Sar,;Ii,ere ,,';,ho,'t i,r,,t
Tho oorr, rro,, 40 ha,, oro,, .ta 'rroi, cro,,
arG evn,,,thil,, else vac mao sShNrdnoic
- .oh,oco ILL., t'o' I;rnd ~ ar,trs,,o'r",,t
W. otos Wonnv eomc o WI ,en, in cyfen,
ga ,rho ,,i,l6 ~ ,nhocc, ,,.oa pf,en a
Ton 70 t,,n oc,s and II hroroht 5000 ~
ovnn $500 Trrenoes wore oi1o,ged ,o II.
crease ,,;,ho,,t n,nch ,bouoht both II, the
household and On tho fam, ,oosc hnsi.
- hoh;,e ,rora rnrr,oJ Norohor,s of
| Sorod ,rI;,,,i,ad cro,,it ~ formers ,,hn hod
~, Ia ,i'';r ,ohoooo and ,,.aro LnId;nl, IL
fnr hetto, nricas Tvervthinr went smooth.
IL, U' pr;noss sbrani I ;,tIeS hut eli ,ho
nrot,ts IF ,obancn ,aisi,, seor,od enormous
Nen who Ind Jnrinr the nrevions derodes
If iow nric., cn.er.ained cnnec;nntions
scrrrlcs ~ -,iei,,T Tho vile nseless
hnr,f,l ed t,,,r :, Inc croatlv cvprci,e6
IN ,ha;, nj i;,dCrod .hn; =
! tobocc,, ,s,,, .,.;r,hors n rstIy anil boJ
roo yeaIn,,sl, Gern,i,'.,ed ~ nnr;sbtoo,, q
,,o.fao,i,, ,s,,t;. h,,.;,,o,, D.o.o',,i',
ibev raises a ,,,,,. tne1s.lves in.t for IN
evnor;n,o,t Nv IN ra,. H. ,,;1,ais-er tox
and soon thev had 90 p orge ond ,;nc f siG,
Of tobacco az any one In IA, and 1875
there came crash Prices toppled down
almost out of sight. Some sold early at
barely paying figures, but many more held
for rise.
BY no means all the numerous and ter
rible bankruptcies in the valley during the
past three or four years were directly
caused by tobacco, though some people
have been eager to fix all the blame upon
that crop. Several of the worst failures OF
Hampshire county farmers were clused by
outside speculations IN manufacturing and
hotel stock a. Northampton, which took a
turn the wrong way. But there is no de-
nying that, more or less directly. tobacco
ha, been at the bottom of the larger part
of the financial embarrassments and com
plexities in the agricultural portions of the
valley. In many cases the farmers have