Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-17
KENTUCKY CROPS.
The Prospectvery FAattering-The To.
hccO outlook.

LOUISVILLE, Jlne 16.--The Fdr1ners' Home
Journal, OF Saturday, will say: Having re-
Gently travelled ever considerable portion
Of Kentucky, we are able TO say there has
never been moe hattering prospect for a
large yield of wheat, and perhaps never be-
fore SO large an aceage planted in the State.
The army worm thich appeared early in
the season devoureo only the leaves. After
they had performed 1heir function, no great
injury was done. AL of the crop in South
ern Kentucky, and much in the central part
of the State, ID now IL the shock, where it is
in danger from excessive and continual rains.
OF course it is runnin. the gauntlet and may
suffer great injury nd loss, az in 1875;
but let us hope that nosuch fate will befall
it. Sales are made at ) to 81 10 in differ
ent parts OF the State, AID we have heard of
some engagements Aw as ninety cents
no ONE tell -whatwIii be the ruling
price after July LIST, but ertainIy it cannot
be below ninety cents; and why should
farmers engage while grin is standing at
the very lowest probable rae that is likely
to be paid, 1t is hardly possible that less
than that can be expected, aid there is some
chance of an advance. 1obacco-There
has been an abundance of ran from the be-
ginning of the tobacco setting season to
the present time, and may be
taken for granted that all the ground
that was ready, and perhae all that
the planters intended, is set low. Whist
of the crop is the next questhn? From
what we see and what we hear, Stalking for
the upper and lower districts we are salts
fed that no great increase, if any was set.
1t ia very doubtful if the planting covers as
much ground az il did last yea, 1t il
pretty certain that in the lower cou.try the
acreage will fall little short; but tbs will
be made up by an increase in the "blue rass''
district where some farmers are pushing heir
first crop. In many sections out of the buley
district, the scarcity of corn has pinclsd
planters all the winter, and they have hal
10 sell low-grade tobacco, the result of las.
years drouth, at unremuuetative rates and
buy corn at s. per barrel, hence they have
been forced to pay more attention to corn. The
drouth OF last year caused many to SOW
wheat on lands well adapted TO tobacco, and
while all this tends to diminish the acreage
OF the weed, it by no means goes TO show
lhat 4 fair average crop will not be made
should the season for July and August be at
all favorable. II must be kept in mind that
planting last year was above the average,
and but for a bad season there would have
been the largest yield in pounds ever made
in the West. This year, with somewhat re-
duced acreage, more pounds will be made, if
the season is good, and 4 much larger pre-
portion will be of better grade. Should this
be the outcome, there will be somewhat OF a
revolution in prices. In burleys there will
be fewer hogsheads to sell at $40 and up
ward, and also fewer to sell below Sc. Still
good paying average may be counted Tor
all well-handled crops. In dark tobacco
also We may expect less TO go above SO, and
yet much greater pro portion OF the crop
be sold at ialrer average than the last crop.