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

rrTERs FROM THE ToBANSc-6Ho"iso
pru,oN OF VIRGINIA UNAVOIDABLE
WEATHER. OF PLAETs-
SHORT CROP PRETTY sURE-MuCH TO-
nAcco LAND PUT IN oTuER CROPS.
From answers to circular addressed by
Messry. Perkins x Harrison, inspectors Vi
warehouse, to prominent tobacco
planter, In almost every county OF the etate'
The following extracts have been taken:
ALBEMARLE.
My 81 have been farming for twenty
ave years and I have never seen me pres
pcct MS bad before. This Is the hrst wear
during MY farming that 1 ever faileu IN
plants. i have been riding Tor the last
week to see II I could get plants any~here:
I have not seen the first farmer yet thaI
can plant & quarter OF crop.
SAMUEL w. kARTIy.
FREE Union. May 1.-THE prospect Is
gloomy. | attended church last Sabbath.
where there was a considerable gathering OF
plaptsss, and the first question after saiuta'
tiop was. "uow are your plantsI" and the
re spcuse generally was that fly had destroyed
them. Several OF my neiehbors have re-
sog'sed TO hot beds. Il. Ii. BROWN
AMELIA.
Courthouse, May 3.-From the best ln-
formation that have been able 10 gather
there cannot possibly be more than one
Fourth of d crop of tobacco planted IN time.
III as much In almost every neiShborhood
there are one or two farmers who may be
able TO plant their crop; but the balance
have no plants. Unless the season Is I'M
usually favorable, 1t will be impossible to
nlant a crop from the seed that have been
recently sown, and, II planted, the crop
must be very late and inferior.
JOHN WIAGo.
BEDFORD.
LIBERTY, April 3O.-The fly has played
with tobacco plants, and the
general impression is il the weather con-
tinues cool there will not be half crop
planted IN this and the surrounding cOun-
ties. A good many planters are burning
new plant-beds, but the plant will be late.
Tobacco has advanced in this market on the
strength OF the failure in plants.
b. +. HATCHER 4 Son.
BRUNSWICK.
JoYEsBORO', May $50 far as have seen
and heard, plants are uery Scdrce-but lew
left at present, and some OF those disappear
ing daily, Some have lost all, and are
making arrangements to plant cotton, beans,
or some other crop in place OF tobacco.
Others have few remaining. hear OF only
two farmers that have Il sufficiency OF plants
for their crops. / should conclude from
present indications that a very small portion
of a crop of tobacco can possibly be planted
this year about here. X. u. HAsklNs.
BUCKINGHAM.
New CANTON, May G.-From all the in
formation / can gather don't believe that
here can be made In Buckingham, Cumber-
land, and Fluvanna counties one fourth OF
a crop, and from general runner the crop Is
put down as a failure. i now speak FOR my
self: sowed 1900 yards plant.bed. |
have failed entirely, and put my tobacco
land in corn. JOHN DAVIS.
CuRDsvILLE, April 3d. have never
known a greater scarcity OF plants. and the
complaints come from all parts OF the coun-
ty. have had occasion 10 visit many plant
beds within the last ten days in order TO as
certain whether it would be worth while
for me to prepare my land with any hope OF
getting plants from my neighbors, as had
about none myself, and | have come 10 the
conclusion that it viii be impossible for me
to plant a crop, and have decided to aim at
something else. a. Z. GARNETT.
New STORE, VA, May 6.-I visited ten
plant.beds to-day. and one OF the ten "a late
patch) bad goodly number OF plants, an
other about bali as many rs should be, and
q third bed had perhaps about one fourth OF
the usual number OF plants. The other seven
had no plants in them worth speaking OF.
| think the ten plaut-beds | visited are as
good as any could find, and my opinion is
that we will not have more than one sixth
OF full number OF plants to start with,
and, besides, those we have are so late that
they can't be planted for a long time. A
good many planters are putting the land
which they intended for tobacco in corn.
LCUIs ID. JONES.
CAMPBELL.
MOUNT ZION, May 4.-The cry OF no
plants is general. In my own county all OF
the plants, with now and then an exception,
have been destroyed by the fly. AS gene
raj thing the beds have been hoed up aud
resolved, but the weather, since the recent
rains, has continued cold and The fly is still
at work destroying the young plants as fast
as they come. | don't believe there can be
half crop planted, and that will be late.
and without change very soon not fourth
Of a crop. ADAM CLEMENT.
CUMBERLAND.
MAY.-Was at Cumberland court yester.
day; saw some OF the farmers OF The conn
ty; the general opinion was that there
might be one fourth Of a supply Of plants.
Il. NJ. LEITCH.
AMPrHII.L, May 4.-There has rarely ever
been greater failure in this section. / am
aware that there is apt to be an cutlery Just
ut this time OF year, but there Is reason for
1t now. We have an agricultural club OF
about twenty-four most sterling farmers.
At our monthly meeting on Saturday, 1st
instant, information on this subject was
called for, and have rarely heard such an
account of havoc By fly.. | will state that
while my beds have been much injured by
fy and The cold snap OF the 18th ultimo, |
have plants enough left for my crop, if Mey
thrive. But very few IN this neighborhood
are as well off. Ny advices from Bucking-
ham and Fluvanna are TO the same effect
!. e., plants very scarce.
RANDOLPH HARRISON.
CHARLOTTE.
COLEs's FERRY, May 5.-Wbile cannot,
from the varying accounts received by me,
estimate with accuracy the actual scarcity
Of plants in my own neighborbood, have
every reason TO believe that it Is unusual
md excessive. However, there was in
April a general resolving OF plant-beds;
and IL the flg should disappear, OF which
there Is OF course no assurance, and the sea-
sons prove to be favorable for planting in
June, there may yet be an average crop OF
tobacco planted. In other words, the pros.
pect here for planting full crop Is now
bad, but may change alto
gether with the occurrence Of the favorable
mentioned.
CHARLES BRUCE.
KEYsvILLE, May There are not more