Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
WHITE hurley

We received a communication
last week signed Farmer" asking
us to give them a few chapters on
"White Burnley" tobacco. Now
there is nothing in this world that
would give us more real pleasure
than to accommodate our bucholic
friends, if we thought we were equal
to the task, or were not infringing
upon the patent-'ight, or perhaps we
should say the copyright, of our
esteemed contemporary, the "White
Burley Organ" When friend of
ours strikes a good thing, we never
like to intrude, and it's a dead NOR
al certainty that if we should inn
part to the poor, ignorant farmers
throughout this tobacco-growing
district One-tenth of what we know
about White Burnley, why "Othel-
los occupation would be gone" and
no more, alas, would we be RECALLED
and edited by lengthy editorials on
the ever-prolific topic of "White
Burley."
We are very sorry to hear the
complaint that our very interesting
contemporary has so far neglected
its duty that "fOr several months
past it has not contained over ten
columns in each issue, telling farm
ers of the fortune to be made by the
abandonment of old-fogy ways and
embracing the modern idea white
Burley.'" If the "White Burnley"
Leaf can't do better than that, we
will just have to serve notice upon
it that we propose to see that the
dear farmers don't suffer, and we
will have to infringe upon their
patent-right.
Although we do not know any
thing about the white weed ourself,
we append a few extracts from a
letter written to the editors of the
Leaf upon the subject from gentle
man who has been largely connected
with the tobacco interests of this
section and knows whereof he
speaks. He says in answer to some
inquiries:
We answer, in short, that white Burnley"
is not suited 20 lands that produce the CI0rkS-
rifle TINE. II has already been tried, and the
test has proved the utter uDfitness of "White
Burley" for our heavy, rich lands. Upon
the "barTens," or heavy clay lands, II pro-
duees poor leaf of muddy coloT--a bastard,
a mulatto--neither "White Burnley" nor
"Ciarksville," an article neither fish, flesh, !
nor good red herring. No people in the |
world are superior to the planters OF our dis
Burnley" originated in 1866, we think; yet IN
1867 it was tried, and a hogshead of It sold at
Trice's Landing In lSGS-a poor, muddy,
light brown leaf, which would not nave I
passed in the cutting markets as cutting leaf ,
or filler leaf of the poorest quality. Yet this /
crop was raised by planter of fine intelli-
gence, who gave its cultivation the greatest I
possible care, hoping for fine reward for his I
labor.
buyers and markets stand ready to receive 1
it, They will buy il at some price or otner /
whatever IL may be, IL will be higher than 4
the stuff will bring anywhere else. Clneln-
natl and louisville are Boosting of paying 4
now lSc. to PC. for selections of White Burnley !
leaf. Only few years ago we paid NC 10
&c. here for selections OF "ClarksNllle'
Now, while we would not advise
our farmers against giving the
White Burley fair chance, yet we
would enjoin upon them not to neg
lect the culture of the rich, dark
GAINESVILLE "German" tobacco,
which has always heretofore, and \
will hereafter bring good prices i'm
our market.