Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

| very great, amounting sometimes tC
$500 per acre.
Peaches are 273. Many of them
rotted during the wet weather
which reduced the average since
June.
Blackberries also suffered from the
same cause.
Nearly all the surplus stock cat
tie have been bought up and driven
to the blue grass regions of Ken
| lucky and to the Valley of Vir-
ginia. The current average price
is about q cents per pound gross.
There is an immense loss resulting
to the farmers of the State by sell
ing their cattle to outside parties,
instead of fattening and selling
themselves. Our best correspon-
dents estimate that every barrel of
corn fed to cattle three or four years
old will net the person feeding it
five dollars.
SHEEP.
The depredations of dogs continue
to increase. About 81 per cent. have
been killed by dogs during the past
six months. AT this rate it will
take but a short time to eXtermi-
nate all the sheep in the State. Av-
erage price of sheep, 81 955.
HOGS.
The hog prospect is good, having
been reported at 963 for the State.
Diseases both pneumonia and chol-
era-are alarmingly fatal in certain
localities in the following counties:
Bedford, Cheatham, Coffee, Frank
lin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence,
Maury, Marshall, Perry, Robertson,
Sumner, Williamson, Henry and
Madison. Twenty-eightother coun-
ties report a mild form of cholera,
doing but little damage. East Ten
nessee reports the hogs generally
healthy, a mild form of cholera ex-
isting only in seven counties.
HORSES AND MULES.
Average price of horses, $84 524
mules, $50 653. Very little demand
and an abundant supply for farm
purposes.
LABOR.
Farm hands, SO So with board,
and $14 58 without board. This is
the average throughout the State.
At this season of the year, the high
est prices are paid in the tobacco re-
giOns.
AVERAGE FOR EAST TENNESSEE.
The average condition of crop,
prices of stock and rate of wages
from thirty counties represented in
East Tennessee are as follows, 100
being taken as an average crop: Ap-
pies, 81; peaches, 344; pears, 80;
plums, SO; berries, So; grapes, 70
garden vegetables, 50; cotton, 81 /;
hay, "a wheat, 88; oats, 50; rye,
80; barley, II; peanuts, 68; hog pros
poets, 90; price Of cattle per pound,
: 1929 cents; price sheep per head,
81 42; per centage of sheep killed by
dogs, Z 81 price per head of horses,
$84 1900; mules, S89 81 labor, per
month, with board, 50 40; without
board, $14 10.
AVERAGE FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. |
For 81 counties represented in
Middle Tennessee, the average con-
dition, etc, is as follows: Apples, !
49; peaches, 2; pears, 20; plums, 20 ; |
berries, 66; grapes, s.; garden veg
90; Cotton, 65; tobacco, 95 /; |
corn, 81; hay, 81; wheat, 10; oats,
"a; rye, SO; barley, "a peanuts, 64 +;
hog prospects, 81 cattle, per pound,
p cents; sheep, per head, 81 %; per-
centage killed by dogs, 144 horses,
per head, $84 rs; mules, per head, |
500; labor, per month, with board, |
$40; per month, without board, |
S14 973.
AVERAGE FOR WEST TENNESSEE.
For 10 counties reported in West |
Tennessee, the average condition,
etc., is as follows: Apples, 80; peach
es, 46; pears, 78; plums, So; berries,
20; grapes, 10; garden vegetables, |
SO; cotton, 81 ; tobacco, SO; corn, 80; |
hay, SO; wheat, 101 oats, "a rye, |
"a barley, 81 peanuts, 90; hog |
103; price of cattle per
pound, % cents; price of sheep per |
head, $2 19; per centage Of sheep |
killed by dogs, 4; horses, per head,
SS4 81; mules, per head, $84 90; la /
Dor per month, with board, so Is;
without board, $15 10. . |
AVERAGE FOR THE STATE. |
The total average for the three di-
visions of the State-eighty-siX
counties in all reporting-is as fol-
lows: Apples, 623 /; peaches, 27B
pears, 66; plums, 72S; berries, 635
grapes, 7l3 garden vegetables, 91S;
cotton, 733 tobacco, 94s ; corn, 87S ;I
hay, 80B F.; wheat, 89i oats, 81; rye,
853; barley, 80; peanuts, IA; hog
963 average price of cat
tie per pound, q cents; price of
sheep per head, 81 955 +; per centage
killed by dogs, 81; horses, per head,
S84 52I mules, per head, $89 655
labor per month, with board, 50 SO
without board, $14 So.