The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-12
What Our People Ought to Do About
Tobacco This Season.

What Our People Ought to Do About
Tobacco This Season.
In our esteemed contemporary the Rural
Messenger, of Petersburg, we find some
matter, which we reproduce for the benefit
OF our readers, assured that 1t will be OF
benefit 10 them. The first is Il letter to that
journal by Major ROBERT l.. RAGIASD, orr
distinguished Virginia tobacco authority,
and is as follows
YELLOW TOBACCO N ENGLAND.-Mr.
Editor,-Thc following comes through an
esteemed merchant friend in Richmond,
Va:
81 have q letter from the largest and
be~t-posted salesman OF our bright tobacco
In England. II bears date goth December,
and in il occurs the following:
"'Thcre il grea. future for bright Viz
2inia lcsi. The consumption OF il has more
than doubled here in three years. IL Is
destined 10 supcrsede in this country every
other sort OF cutting tobacco, and ms, re-
peat. a great future before it,"
The foregoing, taken in consideration
with the great demand in this country for
all good brights for manufacturing pur-
poses, and the greatly increased production
Of cigarettes made from this type, ought to
induce planters to do their part in meeting
demand that promises such substantial
remuneration,
The deficiency OF all good types is a
marked feature in stocks everywhere, and
good stock OF every type Il wanted at
prices that promise TO remunerare the pro-
ducer.
IL l.. hat ,,-;N httf IA
Of qood quality. Ii planters will study to
know the capacity Of their soils, and then
suit the variety, culture, and management
10 the type and soil, plant small crops, and
give all proper attention. they will surely
pursue q course that will give the best re-
suits. Yours truly, X. l.. RAGLAND.
The next is communication from the
Old and reliable house Of Messrs. MARTIN,
HILL & Co., about the proprety OF grow
Ing "White Burnley" tobacco in Virginia:
WHITE hurley ToBacCo. There CONT
nues such demand for the "White
Burleyn tobacco, that not withstanding
we doubt very much whether it can be
raised successfully In the tobacco counties
OF Virginia and North Carolina, yet, as
some people think differently, and rs we
may be in error in our Judgment, the
object OF this communication Is 10 suggest
10 planters TO give 1t a more extended
tria, by planting larger portion OF
their crop Of il this year than they did
last, The whole world seems to want
il, and ut big prices, and the only way TO
find ont II il can be made success in Viz
ginia and North Carolina is to give 1t fair
trial. Planters must remember that IT IL
10 be topped very high, say about fifteen
leaves, 30 IA to have the bulk OF il free from
sand: and they must also bear in mind that
ii IL not to be fired at all. or course we
could not advise any planter who can make
fne shipping or fne flue-eured bright
wrappers to plant ii, as we think 1t always
best to let well enough alone.
MARTIN, HILL & Co.
We have had good deal TO say in the
past on both these points, and are glad to
see names 30 respectable rs the foregoing
lending their aid in the same direction,
The proposition is plain one: that il Vir'
yinia desires to bold her own As a tobacco
growing state she must produce what thu
consumer wants. The White Burley,'
a. plug-fllcr, stands now at the head o.
all tobaccor. The demand for plug-tobaccC
carrying filler OF OUR fine mahogany sun
cured Il limited 10 the last degree com.
pared with that for " White Burley" filed
We have always believed that we bad Auda,
and much Of them, too, in Virginia that
would produce this type to advantage, and
we hope the efforts to find them out will
not flag. The prize is too great 10 be ne
elected.
As for our fine yellow tobacco, Major
RAGLASD shows how il is progressing. II
is needed for cigarettes, and the consump-
ton IN this line continues TO increase with
great rapidity for plug wrappers aud for
smoking tobacco.
While we raise tobacco we should diver
sify the types ~ much as our soil will per-
nit and we trust the experiments in this
line will not leave out cigar (scea-leaD
tobacco. There il, in our Judgment, a
great field opened 10 It's on this type, II we
choose 70 test our capabilities i'm its pro-
duction. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
did not know what she could do until she
tried, and now her cigar tobacco reaches
$4,000, 900 year.
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