Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-11-07
TOBACCO NOTES.
The following well known planters were
in the CITY this week:

The following well known planters were
in the city this week:
Jno. w Davidson, Lafayette, KY.
j. II. Francis, Lafayette, KY.
Ed. Ogburn, Segg, Tenn.
j. e. White, Jordan Springs, Tenn.
Geo. W. Hefiin, Indian Mound, Tenn.
5. ID. Chestnut, Trenton, Ky.
b. w. Bradshaw, Elkton, Ky.
ALT. Darneil, WOOdlawn, Tenn.
Thos. Terry, Lafayette, Ky.
w. w. RadfOrd, Howell, KY.
A tobacco barn belonging to Howard
Stowe, of the Newstead, KY, neigh borhood,
was burned several days ago, and with 1t
Mr.. Stoves crop of tobacco.
-Messrs. NJ. H. Clark & Bro, of this city,
report to the New York Tobacco Leaf:
"The crop is the largest ever made in this
section, but contains large percentage OF
inferior grades"
The Warehouses at GAINESVILLE and Hop
kinsville are making an early rush for to-
sentatives of different houses of those towns
were here Monday doing earnest work.
Cddiz Telephone.
The tobacco crop in Hopkins county,
has all been cut, and is now in the house
and very nearly cured. But little of it was
affected by the frost. In talking with the
farmers we are led TO believe that the crop
is an average one, both in quantity and
quality. Thegeneral impression is that it
will bring good price.-lhddiSonrftte Times
1t takes some men a long time to learn
that tobacco is injurious Now there is MIR.
Peter Gerow, OF chelsea, WIS. lie Is 10
years old, and has used tobacco ever since
he was youth without finding out that 1T
hurt him until a few days ago, when his
vision became so impaired that he had to
take to spectacles 1t is feared that tine
habit has become so fixed on him now that
he will never be able to REFORM Chicago
NelOS.
The curing process is finished when the
rib Shrinks and is colored clear up the stalk.
WheE the leaf seems no longer susceptible
to the variations of dry and moist air and
the color remains unchanged, TINS fact IN
connection with the appearance of the rib
is conclusive evidence that the leaf should
come down from the poles: There Is no
need to go on and cure the stalk the veins
and arteries and cells become woody and
unmanageable.--MidHl CO., Bulletin.
A wear or so ago a merchant vessel was
sent to Havana to bring back to the United
States some shipwrecked sailors. While
there they obtained a lot of cheap cigars,
which they corded up in great pile on the
deck. over this pile, which looked very
much like cord of wood, they threw lot
of old sail cloth, and when the customs OIL
GERS asked them il they had any dutiaole
goods on board they pointed to this pile
and said il contained cigars. The customs
officers thought they were being guyed, and
did not look at them.
The acreage in North Carolina is at least
IS per cent. larger this than last year, but
the drouth late in the season will ma Ike
the average yield per acre less than last
wear, The eastern tobacco section or golden
belt region was more seriously Affected by
the dry weather than any other. But little
complaint comes from the Piedmont sec
ton. while the seasons this side of the
Ridge have in the main been satisfactory.
Upon the whole the crop In the State at
large will be above an average ana tue
quality generally as good, IN many SECTIONS
better.
II u fol
stead, KY. TO the New York Tobacco Leaf
The week ending the 3d inst. was continu-
ously rainy, followed by cold weather anu
remained in the field at the beginning OF
the rainy seasons, most of which was only
partially matured and much of 1T quite
green. 1t was started to growing again by
the rains, becoming quite green, and most
of it was cut in this condition on on account
of the scare caused by the frosts of the 9th
and 9th insts. For this reason, much OF the
late tobacco will be of inferior quality, and
with the early cutting generally light and
Indifferent the average OF quality VIII De
rather low.
Nashville American There is nc
! doubt but that upper East Tennessee, where
| soils are derived from the gneissoid rocks
| and the PotSdam grindStones are suited 1ol
the production of as fine tobacco as can ot
| grown In the world. All through the
mountainous regions, from Johnson anC
| Carter to Polk, soils adapted to the growth
OF yellow tobacco may be iouna; MOTE II
| the fact that the sickness OF the JoDacct
| grown in upper East Tennessee foreshadoweC
| the development of a most profitable indus
| try. If the planters of that section vii
| carefully investigate the curing ana manip
| ulation demanded for yellow tobacco, an6
| study quality instead OF quantity, they vii
reap golden harvest.
We copy from Bradstreets report the fol
| lowing table, giving the general conditions
| governing the tobacco crop in the IL coun
ties of Kentucky producing 100000 pound
| or over in 1881: