The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-27
I TOBACCO NEWS.
Home and Foreign.
HOME MARKET

Receipts, -. 5l5 ........ 479l
Sales, -. 1853 ......... 300
Markets strong OH lugs of oil des-
eription, without any material change
In leaf. Our bug news comes up
IRON all quarters giving fair prospect
oil planting in some localities, while
in others the plants have been swept
from the beds. The present short
crop, the bulk of which is now in
Market together with the gloomy
prospect for planting this season.
gives the market q healthy tone, and
but for the amount of damaged to-.
bacco lon sale, an advance might be
confidently expected In good tobac-
Goes. ssS
Tobacco aales by Alternately h Co
| April 81, 1880 Of 43 hbds az follows.
"a hhds: common good leaf. from
| $500 to S6.75.
Is hhds Lugs, from $500 to $4.a5.
Sales of IS hhda. by j. X. Cant &
tSons, April q 1880. 1,lees W. va
y6hhds. tine Leaf, from So 90 10 sl0.25.
20 hhds. good leaf, from $500 to
1896. e =. 9s'isY q, ,,,.l
0hhds. common and medium, from
BATS to $500. " E2}FtlGG
- hhds. Tugs, rom $500 to $3.50.
No change In prices. ra
Sales by Buckner&. Woodbridge,
April 81, ~ and %, I5S hhds. tobacco
as followsa9 FgSqggs sl0BasN
| SO hhds. medium 10 good leaf, from
81 10 to 1886.
AS hhds. com mon to low loaf, from
| $3.50. to $625.
20 hide. Good 10 fino lugs, from
S4.00.
46 hhds. common and trashy lugs,
from $3,05 TO $3.50.
The weeks sales have been marked
TOR the usual flnctuaiions, and the
highest market price paid for new
lesf.e Though not'tle seventh son Of
tho seventh daughter, nor the son OF a
prophet, our prediction in tho last
issue that the highest prices of the
year wonld be reached the past week
were fully realized; alot Of 7 hhds,
belonging to Mr.. Richey. of Brown
county. Ohio, was sold ut the Globe
Warehouse at an average Of $40. 49,
Rest. I'ob. Journal.
Home Journal.I
|. The Wisconsin Tobacco Growers
Association have taken steps to So
cure supply of tho seed of the Jim
son (Jamestown) weed, for distribu-
ton among the members. They are
10 be planted on the edges of tobacco
fields for the purpose OF attracting
tho tobacco fly, the plant being fatal
TO the larvs or worm.
The Virginia markets are very
firm both wrappers and filters of q
high grade, but ordinary averages
are quiet, and low grades dull. The
crop is more than half delivered, and
receipts in the principal markets are
very light saF
L. HENDERSON MARKET
The late rains have afforded little
or no seaeon for handling tobacco,
consequently business az, this point
remaiiis almost at a standstill. Ssles
lat out warehouse for the past week
number. only rs hhdss viz:
6 hhds trash at 80 90 to 2 90.
| l0,hhds Tugs at SO 90 10 4 TO.
| 8 hhds leaf at So 90 to 6 80.
A A very large proportion of the of.
4 ferings showed more or less damage,
| and there was nothing that would
|clsss above medium. The market ID
very quiet and prices perhaps shade
lower. There Is good demand
however, for sound, sweet and COL
DRY tobaccos, and we think these
kinds will continue TO sell we'll dur
i Ing the remainder Of the season
What an Interesting Insect the tobac'
i co bug seems to be abroad In Tho
land. but hardly sufficiently numor
Gus yet to be available as buga-boo
We shall perhaps hear more from
him later on. Respectfully,
| w. j. Marshall & Co.