The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-12-14
Rapport the Commissioner Of Az.
riOulsursSs HOrticulture. and:
Statistics for the Month
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aud Is likely 10 result, TO The tanning
anu other Interests, not only OF Ken
lucky, but OF the whole extent oi the
countries embraced by the Noyembcr
po.ar wave, reaching as it did not on.
~ The whole OF our own country but
Ealso Great Britain and paris OF the
Icontincnt. The whole civilized
Eworld is bound together by com
munity OF interests, and when one
lportion suffers il reacts on another.
low much greater must il be when
the larger part of il is caught in the
same Involvement.
| With tie present breaks in the
weather, aud the prospect OF tides in
the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, the
fiotillss OF coal barges may be Gu
loos and relieve against appreheu-
sionspt n coal famine, With every
ind cation oil a severe and proiracied
wi aer, such 9 condition OF things
\ Would have been TERRIBLE Without
ample supplies OF cheap fuel not only
must there have been great private
Il ;uilering, but the manufactures OF
our towns and cities must have been
embarrassed in their operations.
| ToBAcoo--From facts .mlherto set
forth iii other reports much OF the to-
bacco crop was necessarily planted
late and as consequence matnred
late. Indeed some risked the cutting
Until caught by frost. There are rea
sonab!e grounds TO fear that much Of
tao crop was not sufficiently cured TO
oe exempt from damage by freezing
Wherever green in the stems, il
would be necessarily injured SO as 10
affect the whole leaf. But one OF our
reports refer to it as being injured BY
Ireezng. Besides The damp weather
prevented it in some instances IRON
curing up in as. bright, condition 10
was desired. Up TO thestime, as one
OF our correspondents expresses it,
December rapid November" all no.
ports concurred in statements that, |
while the general crop wa, from %
10 50 per cent below tharof the pre-.
vious year, and the leaf little less
gummy, aud therefore light, as gen
sral Thing, 1t was OF silky fine text
ure. and The quality good.
WnEAT-Mlth the wet fall inter
fering, with the breaking up and
preparation OF the ground for wheat,
aud the early setting in of winter, the
acreage sown is cut short throughout |
the State. 70 such All extent is thus
the case that, should an open spell |
occur between This and January,
MANY are determined TO sow yet |
While we would have but little iaiti.
in securing a crop from wheat sown
IN midwfnier, We hope the opportu-
nifty may offer for trial of the expe-
riment. Everything TO its season
For the successful production OF win
ter wheat observation and export.
ence teach that, other things be-
Ing equal. the earlier wheat is sown
after the 18th OF September, the surcr
we are TO obtain satisfactory result.
As matters now stand aud are likely
to stand, it would seem that wisdom
wautd dictate that the farmers should
put the large acreage designed for
wheateither to clever or in some
conIpelisatiDg CROP. Better TO be put
10 cloycr, however, than 10 be thrown
OUT OF the usual rotation. no 9th
or good has resulted from tile severe
spell through which we have lust
passed, the late sown wheat has AT
least been protected by the snow that
covered il.
Is,IP-Thc season has Dee, so un
favorable thai much of The hemp ia in
stack and unspread, until il is now
too late 10 secure.arot early enough
TO break it out in time for the spring
work, unless the season is unusually
favorable From. this aud other eau
SEES quite a per cent. OF the present
crop will be kept over for another
year. There can be no loss to the
holder by reason of this, as hemp
Kept over in stack not only takes rot
more easily, but improves from 10 to
20 per cent.sin quality ; and looking
to the Increasing demand for its uses,
andthe continually contracting area
OF its productions, and looking
through the range of prices of the last
ten years, and itcan hardly be posi-
Die that a. year hence they can reach
a point below which they are now,
CoRS-Somc damage is reported
toltne corn crop from wet weather.
1t has not dried out in the shock or
the field so rs TO be in the best con- |
di'ion for cribbing. The fact is,there (
has been SO little weather suitable |
for husking and gathering, that the
farmers have been short of the fod.
der so much relied on for winter
feeding, aud if not blessed with a
SOIL anu open spell soon, suitable for
such purposes, much trouble will re. {
suit from il. We call attention again
10 our list Of premiums for best sam {
pies Of corn. We lad supposed the |
prenni,im offered-$l5 for best and
bl0 TOR second best--were suflicien.
70 induce the sending in the samples
promptly, especially when it might s
% called a Slate show. II 10ff ] n
VEGETABLES AND FRuiTs-In com
non with everything Ell e, vegetables /
md fruits have suffered from the ear 9
y and severe wiuter. Many of our .
correspondents speak OF the cabbage r
irup, TO q large extent, as being
;augilt by it,and OF its utter ruin. 50
90. OF apples and potatoes. 1t Is 10
20 hoped, however,ihat asthe ground
vas frozen TO no great depth, the I'M
lug potatoes have suffered no serions y