Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-05
CUTTING TulsACCO,
Col. Dufy's Crop ON Has Island Farm.

Marietta Times.
Col. Duffy commenced to cut tobacco on
his island farm on Friday last, July %.
This is earlier than anyone else in the
state. On Tuesday last we visited his
farm and no then had about two acres
cut and housed, and would have cut five
more acres but the rain prevented it. The
two acres hanging in the shed hung very
even, and the stalks averaged about four
feet III length. Although the colonel has
four large sheds on the island now, the
immense size of this crop has compelled
him to put up another, and C. A. Schaff-
ner commenced to get the material ready
on Thursday last, and Adam Balm, the
well known builder. commenced work
upon the structure. 1t will be 1O8 feet
long by 40 feet vile, one of the largest
tobacco sheds in this section. It will be
built On the same principle as those he
has in use, with the ventilatOrs at the
bottom and top. Nineteen men we're busy
in tue tobacco on Tuesday, the c0lOners
idea always being to employ rs many men
as the tobacco needs.
The corn crop on the island looks splen
did. 1t is tall and even, and the ears are
developing finely.
Tobacco Farming In Juniata.
John Morrison, who is one of the Ian
caster county farmers in Juniata county,
writes to US as follows:
II now reside in the centre of the his
toric TuscarOra valley l came to this
place in the spring Of 1881, and farmcd
acres Of tobacco for Albert GrOninger, and
did reasonably well, considering the un-
favorable season. Geo. WalOwer Is the
pioneer of Lancaster county farmers in
this valley he came here in 1880, and
farmed acres for Col. HartshOrn, aud in
1881 he farmed 6 acres for the same, and
also farmed 10 acres for Robert A. Rob-
son through his influence, quite num-
ber of LaucaStrians are now raising the
weed in this Immediate neighbOrhOOd !;
first there is Geo. WalOwer himself, farm
ing 10 acres for Col. Hartshorn, mex.
Frank Storms, farming s acres for Albert
Groninger, next Henry McLain, farming
10 acres for Stewart Mccullough, next
Fred. Laushman, farming 6 acres for
Noah IIertzler, and your humble servant
is farming acres for Geo. GrOninser, and
6 acres for Mrs. G.. Guss, besides quite Il
number Of the natives arc now farming
tobacco Robert A. Robson, farms q
acres, Elliott GrOninger, 3 acres, VIM. L..
Groninger, 3 acres, besides many smaller
lots, making in all ON the west side of the
blue Juniata, and in this neighbOrhOOd
between 20 and 80 acres. Now rs to the
prospects. Tho season could not have
been better plants grew from the start,
were set out early, aud the frequent rains
brought them along until now, il We have
no hail storms during August wo are sure
of first-rate crop. Plenty Of the leaves
will measure from Sc to Az inches, and
feet wide. have commenced cutting, and
expect that the crop will he housed early
generally, as planting WAS done early, and
it came right along.
Now what arc some Of tho difficulties
First, We have no packing houses here, and
buyers are slow to come out here for what
we raise, and some, when they do come,
expect tO find US very green, and Try t.
make us believe that in Lancaster county
and thore only, can good grades of tobacco
be raised, but much as we love our native
county we cannot give her credit for rails
ing better tobacco than can be raised OF
the rich soils OF this valley. We are i,
the tobacco growing belt Of country, not
being ialther north than Kentucky an.
Connecticut. and why should we raise il,
ferior grades when we havo strong soils
Some of us have worked tDO long in tht
packing houses of your city t" be takcl
IN very far Oh a tobacco leaf. So look Out
for several car loads Of good tobacco il
your market from this county next April
This is very fine country, society yer!
good, and what is strange land is not higt
in price. If farm brings 500 per acr'
it is thought to be extraordinary, ye
worse farms have been sold in Lancaster
for three times as much. wonder VIII!
people do not come here to buy laud. Their
are all kinds of land and all kind of prices
aud We are only p miles from the 2. r. II
and 146 miles west of Philadelphia.