Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-08-02

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wanted and you talk about the yell
lowing process. The tendency of all
ripe "Clarksville tobacco except
new-ground tobacco, which is affect
ed to lesser degree, is to.darken by
age and the sweat, and if it is ripe
and of good body, it will darken
enough, and if any should cure up
piebald or bright, if it has body, it is
worth as much as the dark, and some
times more. Now, we will ride our
hobby little:
s'woRAIs."
We are convinced by experience
that the bulk of the worming should
be done by killing the "mothers. .
The first flies come in April and May,
before the crop is set OUT. these will
be found in gardens, around the
honeysuclSles and early flowers ;
every fly killed then is worth twenty
killed in August. These flies lay
their eggs on tomato plants, various
kinds of weeds, and the first tobacco
paintings, and produce the worms,
which mature, go into the ground,
and come out as flies to produce the
August glut of worms. In 1870 we
offered premiums in gold to the boys
to kill the flies, and they poisoned
and padded them maifully; and
again, in 1877, we offered $500 in
specie premiums to the oranges.
Now, those two crops were the freest
from worm damage of any crops
raised since the war, and We claim
that it was not the result of accident
that both crops escaped damage, but
from our procuring concerted action
for the destruction of the fly prOduc-
ing the horn worm. An uncut leaf
is a wrapper, and worth wrapper
price; a wOrm-eaten leaf is filler,
and worth filler price. We believe
that with universal effort to kill the
fly, particularly in April and May,
that five acres to the hand will not
cost more labor, than three acres TO
the hand would, with the fly allowed
to lay its eggs at win, and the pro-
duce to be picked off one by one.
Planters can have concerted action
in this matter, if they will.
In regard to manures, the best, be-
yond all question, is "barn-yard ma
nures," but if not enough is saved,
it may be supplemented by the best
commercial fertilizers.
The foreign markets will be nearly
bare of heavy tobaccos next year,
and we can safely look for high prices
for all ripe, fat, heavy tobaccos of
good color; not "6lue," but clear red,
brown, notified or bright, SO that
it is ripe and Of good body.
Now to sum up our conclusions :
The crop should be worked as much
as possible to keep it on the hill for
the fattening fall dews-plough it as
long as it can be ploughed, and hoe it
as long as it can be hoed-keep the
suckers Off-worm well, and kill the
fly let it get dead ripe-when cut,
yellow it well before firing cure in
pens, if possible, to secure uniformity
in curing and color.
There is still a remnant left among
us land long may we have them) OF
that generation of intelligent plant
ers who made "Clarksville tobacco"
what it was, and built up its world
wide reputation, who made this sec
ton, before the war, the richest plant
ing community in the South, making
the "Barrens" blossom like a rose,
with smiling plenty-planters who
studied the staple and spared no labor
and pains to reach perfection; who
spared not full working of the crop,
knowing that every ploughing paid
for itself in increased weight of leaf
and higher quality, who assorted
carefully, handled neatly, and priced
honestly, and who thus enriched
themselves and the whole commune
ity.
Go, young planters, to these wise
old Patriarchs, who are still spared
to us, and listen to the words of wis
dom from their lips, heed their in
structions from their long expert
.ences they can teach you more in an
hour than we can in a month. We
are truly your friends,
M. H. CLARK & Bro.