Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
TENNEssEE,s CROPS.
June RepOrt of the Bureau of Agri-
culture, Statistics and Mines.
Information Of Great Value to the
Farmers aud Business Men Of
the State.


the State.
We are indebted to Col. J. B. Kill
Hebrew, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, Statistics and Mines, for the
following condensed statement of
the condition of the crops in Tennes-
see:
OFFICE OF BUREAU OF AGRICUL-
TURE, STATISTICS AND MINES,
NASHVILLE, july IA, 1877.-It is
the intention of this department, in
the future, to issue all crop reports
by the 10th of each month for the
month preceding. Our June report
has unavOidably been delayed, ow-
ing to the late date at which return
circulars were Issued. We hope that
correspondents will hereafter fill up
and return by the 30th Of each month
the circulars sent out from this office.
It requires no argument upon our
part to urge upon those who have
the agricultural interests Of the State
at heart, the importance of this re-
port, and it must be gratifying to
note the general interest evinced so
far, and the desire to cooperate with
us in making it as interesting as pos
sible. We regret very much that all
the counties are not included, but in
many instances our application for
correspondents has failed to receive
a response. In the future we hope
each county will occupy its place
upon the list. We have undertaken
to publish this report with the hope
that it may prove interesting to the
farmers of Tennessee, and that they
may CLEAN from it facts that will aid
and guide them in their farming OPP
erati0Hs. The returns are from
eighty-f1ve counties.
GARDEN VEGETABLES
are reported generally as being very
fine and abundant. In very few in
stances are they reported as falling
below the average.
FRUIT.
Apples will average fair crop,
though notso large as usual. Peaches
are reported as very fine on the high
lands, though very scarce in the low
lands. Pears are reported through
out Middle and West Tennessee as
very promising, while in East Ten
neSsee they will not more than aV-
erage half crop.
Berries are reported as doing we'll
and the yield will be large.
Plums and grapes are reported in
very few counties as being up with
the average.
COTTON.
The average of this crop is reported
as being small, and prospects not
very fiattering. Generally speak.
ing, the reduction in the acreage Of
cotton has found a corresponding in
crease in other valuable crops.
TOBACCO
is represented as very fine, with q
very greatly increased acreage. II
is stated that in the vicinity OF
Knoxville 500 hOgsheads will be
raised this season.
WHEAT.
Theaverage condition of the wheat
crop is very fine, and the most en-
couraging reports have been received
concerning the condition and yield
of the crop.
is very promising. Hay, oats, rye
and barley are not reported as doing
well, and there seems to be a small
acreage planted, especially of rye
and barley.
LIVE STOCK.
The hog prospects are very encOur
aging throughout the entire State
Some few counties report cholera
but in almost every instance it is in
a light form, and doing very little
damage. Cattle throughout the
State are reported as doing well, and
the same may be said of sheep
horses and mules. Weather has
generally been very seasonable, with
few exceptions.
EAST TENNESSEE.
The average condition Of crops
prices of stock and wages from
tWenty-three counties in East Ten.
nessee are reported as follows, 100
being taken as basis of comparison
with last year:
Garden vegetables, IS apples,
463 +; peaches, 10; pears, 80; plums,
514 berries, rs; grapes, 60; cotton,
901 tobacco, 83B corn, SO; wheat,
"A hay, IS; oats, II; rye, 90; bar
ley, II +; hogs, 81 /; cattle, per pound,
p cents; horses, $87 mules, $S3 ;
labor, 50 per month with board
without board, $15.
The weather has been seasOnable.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
For forty counties-Garden vege-
tatiOn, 50; apples, 81 peaches, SO /;
pears, 20; plums, IS; berries, 81 !;
grapes, 80; cotton, IS; tobacco, Sc !;
corn, 943 wheat, 933 ; hay, So; oats,
10; rye, 80; barley, "a; peanuts, 70 !;
hogs, 50 cattle, per pound, q cents;
sheep, 5000 per head horses, 800 !;
mules, $83; labor, $1,000 per month
with board $500 without board.
The weather has been generally
quite favorable.
WEST TENNESSEE.
Garden vegetable, %; apples, SO;
peaches, 40; pears, 60; plums, n;
berries, 90; grapes, 80; cotton, II
tobacco, 119; corn 60; wheat, 119;
hay, IS oats, 50; rye, S24; barley,
rs; peanuts, So; hogs, III cattle,
per pound, 3.19 cents sheep, $1.90
per head horses per head, $96.85
mules, $94; labor, with board, per
month, SO; without board, $16.6O.
AVERAGE FOR THE STATE.
Garden vegetables, So; peaches,
393 +; apples, 635 pears, 575; plums,
g. :; berries, SO grapes, 75S cotton,
so; corn, 924 wheat, 1929 hay, rs;
oats, SO /; rye, So; barley, 1853; pea
nuts, so; hogs, 965 cattle, per pound,
2.81 cents sheep, $1.978 per head |
horses, sci .2S3 E; mules, $75.663 Ia |
Dor, with board, $9.718; without |
board, $15.54S.
Up to the 18th of June the weather
was rather wet, but from that time
to the present date it has been very
A few counties, how
ever, complain of drOuth.
An Important Point for Bankers.