Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-09-26
a. F. Williams, HOpkinsviIle, Ky.

A. h. Williams, ny.
The Courier-Journal says: "Christian
is the leading tobacco producing county o.
the State. 1t raised last year 1876, 300
pounds of the weed"
Mr.. George v. Thompson, of Hopkins.
vile, reports to the New York Tobacco Leaf
''Slnce my last report we have had fine rains
in this section, and are now having fine
growing weather"
"A correspondent of the American, writ
ing from Saddlersville, in Robertson county,
says: "Late tobacco has improved wonoer-
fully since the late rains; 90 per cent. OF the
crop will be housed this week"
The Delphi correspondent of the Syra-
cuse IN. W Courier writes: Jerome Hill
finished hanging his eight acres of tobacco
Saturday. 1t is the Wilson hybrid variety,
and it IS safe to say that the Yield will be
fourteen hundred pounds To the acre. 1t
took fourteen barns to hang it in-near1y
all the barns in Delphi. There was never
such another crop of tobacco raised in this
vicinity.
The following account is given of the
sale If the prize hogshead of tobacco at the
recent Tobacco Show at LouisVille: "Dam-
rochs orchestra played tobacco pro-
gramme. Several speeches eongratulatory
to the trade of Louisville We're made, and
the hogshead of fine Burnley tobacco select
ed as the l00,0O0th hogshead, wassold at auc-
ton to G. l.. Head, who purchased IL fcf the
Finer Bros, of Louisville, who will manu-
faeture it into q faYorite brand. The hogs
head weighed 1880 pounds net, and brought
81 053, or Sl.70 per pound, the highest sum
ever received for hogshead
The following report is made to the New
York Tobacco Leaf from Henderson, KY. I:
'sWfthin the last eight days there has been
"A change for the better to the growing
crop of tobacco. We had a good rain. fol-
lowed by warm weather, such as the crop
needed. One-third of the crop is now ripe,
and will be cut this week. Tie greater part
of the remaining portion left il the fields or
standing ON the ground Is YET very green
and small, and great deal depends upon
the seasons from now on as 10 what KIND OF
tobacco it will make. There will have TO
be n very late fall and fayorapie weather, or
one-third of the crop is i'll danger OF being
bitten by the IroSts. The general estimate
now is that there will be two-thids of
average crop in the DARK X TO tobacco growing
Half of the crop will be or good size and
ripe. useful tobacco.
The following letter, signed, at. E. b., !"
was written from Olmstead, KY, Sept. 18th,
10 the New York Tobacco i<eal: The
drouth continued until the 81 inst, when
it was partially relieved by moderate rains,
which, however, did not extend to some OF
the drouth-stricken districts These rains
were far from being sufticient Tor the re-
uuirements. ana having been followed by
several days OF cool and drying weather,
they did very little to promote The growth
of the plant but rather started it into rapid
maturity On the 18th inst. there were CO.
piouS and abundant rains, which Will with
out doubt materially Improve the crop If
followed for sufficient length OF time by the
favorable conditions now prevailing.
have seen more OF the crop In the last few
days than for some time previous, and out
side of the few small districts which Were
specially favored with seasons, IL is the
most unpromising and Indifferent crop
have ever seen at this date OF the season"
Judging from the specimens laid this
week on our table, this years Tobacco crop
has produced its usual curious Freaks. John
~ R,1nn Of me- street "a
on Love Lane, among quantity ofotler to-
baeco, stalk that had on it two leaves, each
twenty live inches in length, which grew
from the same stem for half their length. At
the point of separation a pocket had formed,
large enough to contain half pint of water.
When this had become full from the rains
and dews it was expelled by its own weight
depressing the leaves. Another stalk raised
by Auctioneer Rebman, of Eden township,
bore leaf that had pocket az the extreme
end of ii, formed by little folds of the leaf
together, the most dimiuutlve cup,
as they are called, that we have yet seen.
Mr.. John Brake, one, OF the Grape Hotel
has in his possession tobacco
stem on which have grown the rare number
of four leaves, all of perfect formation. The
tobacco is of the Little Dutch variety, and
came from J. 5. Wolfe & CO., of Dayton, o.
Lancaster Pu.) Nel0 Era, Sept. II.
MIR. Harris Wilton, of Wrigetsville, has a
five-acre field near Wrightsville on which
he has cultivated tobacco since 1859 without
the use OF fertilizers, and each year raised
y IL
in a different locality from that mentioned
in the other place, was as fine any ever
raised by hirn. His manner of cultivation
is as follows: About one third of the field
Is put in tobacco each year. After the to-
bacco he sows the patch in wheat, taking
of crop of grain. The next year he has It
In clover, letting it remain on, and spread
ing over it forty bushels of water-slacke ed
lime TO the acre. The next season he turns
down the clover and puts out his tobacco.
By this alternating with wheat, clover and
tobacco, he Is able 10 raise HOOU tobacco
without the use OF fertilizers, and has done
so ever since 1863. There may be some
points OF interest in this matter for Others
lf our farmers. II this plan is success for
Mr. Wilton, why should it not be for other
farmers7 Everybody who has seen his to-
lacco pronounces il tirst-class and equal in
every respect to any raised on ground where
fertilizers have been freely used.-Pork PA |
Sept. IA.
The Nashville American ofthe 18th says |
from the Upper Cumberland |
Tobacco District indicates that the tobacco |
crop has suffered serious loss in consequence |
1f the dry weather. The rains which have !
ALLEN during the past few days have revived |
10 some extent the dropping hopes of the !
tobacco growers. While the early tobacco |
mas passed beyond the point where it can |
De benefited, the late planting will take |
fresh start, and, under favorable weather, |
sill make good yield. The large bulk of /
he crop, unfortunately, was planted early. |
It has matured during the dTouth, and its |
quality is so much damaged that the char |
letter of the crop must be influenced hy it, |
Hen and there, in limited areas, good crops |
nave been grown, but they are the exeep- |
lion and not the rule. We predict that the |
srnount OF the crop will be greatly curtaiIed |
IS com pared with that OF last year, and the |
luality much inferior. Cutting Is now pro- |
rapidly. The crop will be easily |
aud quickly cured. In the Ciarksville re-
zion there is no special change In thacondi- /
Jon of the crops as reported last week. The /
aims have refreshed and will improve them |
'ome, but che damage TO the leaf In that |