Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-16
THE LEAF.
TOBACCO MAITERs.


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TOBAUcO MA1rERs.
The Cocditlon Of the Growing Crop.
Though but little old tobacco was sold
in this county during the past week. both
growers and dealers are lust now deenIv
interested in the new crop. Many of the
latter have travelled the county almoat
from one end to the other with q view of
taking q critical look at tho crop a. it
goes, and dOtting down in their note books
the places where the finest fields NAV be
found, 80 that they may be able to gather
them in when the proper time comes. The
growers are of course on the anxious bench
for more reasons than one-the drouth.
the hail, the flea, the grass
hopper, the green worm, and other ills
which tobacco is heir to, cause them a
world OF care that cannot be lifted from
their minds until their crops are safely
upon the poles and even then the lesser
evils Of pole-rot and mildew are to be en-
cOuntered. Thus far the principal evil
they have suffered has been from hail. and
even from this cause the loss has not been
heavy as . whole, though it has fallen
heavily on few farmers whose crops have
been cut to pieces.
"A considerable quantity Of the early
planted tobacco has already been cut and
honsed and much more is already fit for
cutting. The generally expressed opinion
Is that while the leaves are not up to the
average in size they are very wrappery,''
being free from holes, or fox or, any other
visible defect. 1t is too early yet to make
reliable calculation as to the outcome Of
the late planted crops. The plants are of
very uneven growth, many Of them hav-
ing leaves from 80 to 40 inches in length
and many others scarcely larger than q
mans hand. Sufficient moisture and FREQ.
dom frcm frost may yet save them.
Tho Lower End.
A representative of the INTELLIGENcER.
travelling in the lower townships, sends
the following as a summary of his Observa-
tiOns in that section:
Prominent tobacco buyers with whom
We have spoken agree with US in saving
that the finest tobacco this year is grow
ing in the lower end Of the county.
Of course there are a few fields that look
backward, but this is an exception, not the
rule. Near Wakefield, Fulton township,
ThOs. TOwsOn has patch Of five acres.
The plants are large and the field, as
whole, is remarkably even. Some leaves
havo been measured and found to make an
average of over 80 inches long. Geo. Il.
White, Wakefield, who this year inaugu-
rates his tobacco farming experience, has q
nice u acres patch in which there are some
very large plants. But there is none that
exccls the tobacco fields to he found around
Fairfield. Howard Hensel has patch of
81 acres on the farm of the estate
OF Fleming McSparran OH which is very
fine crop. Adjoining this is small patch,
perhaps an acre, upon which Will McSpar-
ran is trying his hand as tobacco grower,
and has added new praise both for himself
and DrumOre in tobacco annals. E. NJ.
Stauffer, of Stauffer's Mills, near Chestnut
Level, has a nice large field of the weed,
perhaps the finest in that section. Back
of Fairfield are two patches, side by side,
Of about five acres in all, that cannot be
spoken Of, except in terms Of the highest
praise, and Squire Boyd and DR.. NJ
Glacken showed that they know how
to raise fine tobacco. We walked
through the Doctors patch and
found at least GO or more leaves
that will measure over 35 or &c inches in
length. The doctor, too, has an acre near
his house which is perhaps better than
the large patch. John Fowler, near the
river, and Chas. Morris, ON Whittaker's
Island, out from Peach Bottom, are proud
of their tobacco, and deserve to bo. Just
about mile from Peach Bottom is 12-
acre patch, 10 acres of which il farmqd by
George Whitaker. and by Henry Lee,
the genial landlord of Fairfield's hotel.
1t is the largest patch in this Sec
ton and is remarkable for it's evenness,
Planting was commenced on the 1st Of
June and ended on July Is. Considerable
replantins was done, the cut-w being
This tobacco is of the broad
eaf and :" Duck Island'' variety. In Mr..
Lees are some fine plants with long
caves. w. s. Hasting has nice patch.
It is his first year in the business aud Llay
prove successful.
A large number of tobacco sheds,
houses, barns, etc., arc being built and
rebuilt all through this section. j. C.
lynch, Drumore township, is erecting a
'hed for the curing Of tobacco. It is
'Sx42 and measures 30 feet in height. In
many cases the erection Of these
buildings, ''raisings ~ as they are
;alled, are attended by mucG jol-
lily, and friends and neighbOrs lend
helping hand, while the festive
board is spread and "the wine that man :.
oveth runs retlder than blood" 1t. was
,ur pleasure to attend a tobacco shed
g raising" ON Tuesday last on the farm
'f Julius Fiego, formerly of Millersville,
Who last spring bought the Lewis farm
md is now living there. His friends were
here and soon all was in working order,
md ere the bells summoned all hands to
he dining room, the skeleton of the build
ng was up: The shed built by the side
# his cosy barn is 25x3O feet, and is 16
eet to the square, and % to the
ip. MIR. Fiege is an old and
experienced tobacco grower. He
las or acres out this year, the late
less of his moving preventing a larger
mount being put out, bnt it is his inten.
ion to make this tobacco farm, and his
experience will make it a model in its
vay. The many friends of Mr.. F. in his
Id district will be pleased to learn Of the
that has attended his cxertious
n his new field of labor. Success has at
ended all his endeavOrs and me has trans
ormed the old Lewis place into as fine a
title farm as can be found any where. The
imber used to erect the new shed was all
ut on his place. where there i q forest of
inc timber. The '' raising" was a sue
css in every particular, especially tho
mount and quality of the good things
raised' from the table at dinner.
Cans R.porr.
Sales Of SEED leaf tobacco reported by J.
!. Cans Son & Co., tobacco brokers, No.
81 Water street, New York, for the week
nding August 18th, 1881: 2.10O cases
$50 Ohio, 81 to 11c.; 800 cases 1880 Penn
Il.