The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-11


little tobpcco is raised. bear o. =, gt o,,.
dcstruc: ION OF plants " tne COUNT su,,n,v Iwbere
ia IN the upper pogs Of tus s eo"Si and aI.o
mich more Is planted than nv,tS ow,ng
serious damste 10 Green cou.y n,,n,s are
- ,Ho unfavcrabie season my plas.s a ~
,s,e a." and hut slight evidence OF Tue ny % 80
vet visible. By careful nurs'"s "op' ~
have enough IN good time. Axvsxoy.
LuxgxDuRG.
co,.,ruorse VA, May III have Jus.
ooCEIho.ss, . tour (as agent for a
,er,iI,~e,, through the counties OF Meek ~,
ienhnrc' Halifax, P,ttsylvania, CamPuem'
Charlotte. Appomat.ox, Buckingham, Sun,'
bsriand' Amelia, Nottoway, LunenuuIs,
snd RsnnswIck. and think l can say ironi
MI The information can get there are n ,os
over a third ar a supply OF plants, o.' u nv
seasons arr favorable at the time OF plan.-
inc there will DO two-thirds OF .,1 ,,
nisn,sd sue with another. Tue loss wiz .
saII more heavily OH the small planters, as :
find u,est Of the large farmers nave ehouga ,
bcncr the prospects are that the quahly
w;ii ne better. as the area VIII De re-
Snced and better fortified and WORKED.
Hence in the end 1 hope ss nucn WI NC
realized. W.
Tp,prr,s Mills. MAY 1.--From my OBJ
seryation aud all OF the reports peheVe
plants are scarcer than L nave ever Anom :,
them. was ut our court last pionu'y anu
conversed with the planters from All PaI.s
OF the county, aud have seen p,apteis iIon.
large mart Of Albemare, and all report
| kx-t tho nv Inp nGNl
crop must be the smallest one pianled III
this section for many years, ana tnat very
late. W. a. hAhNh"'
NOTTOwAY.
BELLEForTg, May 3.-In knew such Q
general scarcity OF plants. don't tDink
that one in five can plant crop unless they
come from plants that have been recently
seeded and are Just coming up, and the ny
for the last ten days has been just as de-
struciiye as at any time. Some good farm
ers tell me that they have not Ten thou
sand plants. except the young ones Just up,
and IL The fly takes to them they will de-
stroy them in very short time, as they are
very tender. K. {. EPEs.
COURTHOUSE, April Poor planter to
have enough plants to plant his crop Is an
exception in this county, and, as far as my
information extends. the adioining counties
also. Most OF the farmers have resolved
their patches or burnt fresh ones, which
may give them enough plants for late sea-
son. am convinced that the next tobacco
crop must be short one. w. II. MANN.
PRINCE EDWARD.
WORsHAM, April 29.-The prospect for
plants Is poor in this county. There are
probably enough left by the frost and 6y to
plant three-fourtbs crop among the plant
ers proper. The negroes. who never raise
plants. cannot he supplied as usual by the
planters. There has been quantity OF land
prepared and sOwed during this month.
Plants Just now coming up. and with rery
favorable season may come in by middle OF
June but the weather is very uniavOrsbe
now, cold and windy, and flies working
faithfully on the plants just NJ.
WILLIAM u. DUPCY.
PITrSYLyANIA.
Mt. AIRY. May al have been in the to-
bacc0- planting business for fifty years, and
have never known plants scarcer. With
very favorable weather late crop may be
planted. Myself, together with, may say,
all Of my neighbors, have hoed up our beds
and sown over. Tie plants are now COM
ing up, and with favorable weather will do
10 plant by last Of June; but the fly is still
at work, and as long as the weather is cool
will eat the plants as last as they come up.
Y g. MILLER