Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-24

found that he aud one other hand had
| caught 9,462 tobacco worms--Ky. New Era.
The Western Tobacco Journal of Gin
cinnati, has improved its form. 1t now
| contains sixteen pages of matter that all
tobacco men, buyers, dealers and growers,
will find interesting.
The Marion Press says: 1t is estimated
that the acreage is at least third larger
than usual in this county. The crop has
been well handled, and a fair price will
bring big money into the county.
Farmers Home journal: From reliable
sources we learn that in some portions of
Tennessee, convenient to the GAINESVILLE
and Paducah markets, "a and cents per
10. round for good crops is being offered and
some sales at these prices have already
been made.
Paris Post: Several Kentucky farmers
have moved into our county during the
past week and Will open farms for the Guilt
ter adapted for the growth of this plant
than the places they left in Kentucky. We
welcome them and wish them success in
the enterprise.
The secretary of the Louisville Board of
Trade reports to the New York Tobacco
Leaf: The crop question may now be con-
sidered as settled. Undoubtedly a consider
maturely, but the general outcome will
dOu btleSS be entirely satisfactory both in
quantity and quality.
Mr.. Julian Carr, of the great Durham
Bull Tobacco Works of Durham, N. c.,
according to the Durham Recorder, COM
meDced business in 1872 with a capital of
$1,000, and is now worth over S50,000. Mr..
". r. Black well commenced at the same
time with Mr.. Carr, and is now worth fully
as much, and he has a handsome income
from rents in Durham. All from tobacco.
-Lewisburg correspondent Herald Enter
prise: The weaker are now selling their
tobacco, and the market may be SAID to
have opened. The injury to the crop by
frost has been sli ght. While there is much
tobacco uncut, stripping is being done in
all damp weather by many. Tobacco mon
ey will have circulated by Christmas, and
then again will come the tug of war for
most OF the brainey coonrangers.
y PenHs, 1vani.s tobacco grower: L
studied tn; istSsi> Df tobtcc3, and | found
hat it g mt lined - cot ISL, III Stldu, U07
ii'nc. 45-JV; MA ;tit'sia, IjG; cnlorie of sodl-
uln, lie; cai,'Fl,i,' Of potassium, 3 s.; phos-
PHI tte of iilr, LIZ; S.tiiiittte OF lime, 6.3o;
silici;t, sol f.ItaI, i0d Lime seemed to he
the o.ly thing our -,lil backed To raise de-
sirabie lell so use fifteen bushels per
acre every two ears, @i'h pl';nty of barn
yard manu'c
The tobacco crop OF North Carolina for
1870 Yves given ia the census IepOtt OF 1880 at
26,9S6. 2l3 pounds Tie crop now being cured
is estimated ut 40,G0,U00 pounds The Will
mingtOn Star sfys: For years the prices
have been very remunefatiVe. The fiue to-
baccO of the best Set;ti', : Will average from
$40 to SO per bundled poaIds for leaf, and
choice lots bring eYea more The most sue
acre. and many will make IL 81, 900 to every
hand they work"
Princeton Banner: Wallace rhrock-
morton, siXteen-year-old son of Mr. Jas.
IL. Throcfxn morton, Bethlehem neighbour
hood, sends to this office ~ sample OF his
5,O09-pound crop Of tobacco, and We venture
nothing in saying that no man or boy in
this section can show finer crop. 1t is
fully 81 or 80 inches long, 10 inches broad,
and a beautiful brown color, thoroughly
ripe when cut and well cured. Wallace has
worked hard and has made "A fine crop, and
deserves big price.
The Executive Committee of the New
England Tobacco Growers Association met
IN Springfield last Saturday. 1t was voted
to call a general meeting of the whole asso-
citation and of tobacco growers generally,
which is to be held in the agricultural
rooms at the capitot-in Hartford, Conn, on
Saturday, Oct. 81 1t was also decided to
recommend the association, at that meet
ing, to pass Il vote asking Congress to
amend Schedule f of the tariff act of 1888,
section 2, SO that imported wrapper leaf
shall pay 81 per 10 duty instead of 75c as
now specified, and stemmed leaf 81 25 per ID
instead of 81.
-Cadiz Telephone: Het ndon, Young & Co.,
prOprietors of the Grange Warehouse, prob
ably do the largest business in the sale of
tobacco of any house in Tennessee or Ken
lucky. They have sold up to date, $500
hogsheads. Their sales will reach over 10000
hogsheadS this season. The amount they
have sold TO date this year brought about
81 10000. 1t Is useless to offer any COM
ments as to the business capacity of the
members of the firm. They always get the
best prices that can be had In the market
for their patrons. They know what tobacco !
is and they know how to sell it.
Mr.. G. c. Bell writes to the Spirit of the
Farm from Springfield as follows: The |
acreage OF tobacco in this county Is perhaps !
larger than ever before, but the drought has |
caused some parts OF the county to have a |
good deal of small and narrow tobacco. The |
late rains, however, have brought out the |
late tobacco very much, and | think this |
crop will yield as many pounds as the crop |
OF 1884, which was smartly over an average. |
The early cutting, as a rule, Will be rather /
light in body and narrow in leaf, but the |
second cutting will afford some very good |
have not seen very much OF the |
crop yet, but would guess that upon the |
whole the quality will not be as good as last |
year. Planters talk about last years prices, !
but dealers talk of prices much lower. They |
are long way apart,
-Cadiz Telephone: Elsewhere will be |
found the card of Kendrick. Pettus & Co., /
proprietors of the Central Warehouse, of /
Tenn. This house is well pat
ronized by the people of this and surround |
ing counties. 1t is one of the best estab-
lished and most extensive institutions in |
The proprietors are all first
class business men, and they have the i'm
pHeit confidence of the public. Col. Alfred
Thomas, who is their agent, will attend to
any business that any one may have with /
one of the best and most substantial citizens
of the county. Give this house your tobacco
and We Will guarantee that your interest
will be at TENDED to. Their sales to date this
year number 800 hogsheads.
Nashville American: All through the
regions of Mexico tobacco
grows wild and the leaves are gathered by
she Indians and dried in the shade. They |
are then crumbled up and used for making
cigarettes. When crumbled it is called
nacucha. Corn shuclkS are cut up into
suitable lengths and the tobacco rolled in
hem and smoked. No Mexican considers
mis- preparation for journey complete
until he has provided himself with a bag of
and a bundle of corn shuclSs with
for lighting. In the State of Me-
Tada, according to the statement of the
Eureka Sentinel, tobacco is found growing
wild on the hilisides as well as on the
plains In the more tropical regions of
Mexico it is perennial, growing through
All seasons of the year, When the seeds
nature suckers spring up from the ground
md form a new growth, and often upon the
anne stalk may be found the ripened seed
ind Scorched leaves of one seasons growth
With the young shoots coming out for
another crop. The flavor of this wild to-
1acco would not be tolerated by the tobacco
'mokers OF the United States. 1t is rank
md bitter, and has more the odor of FROST
bitten tobacco when smoked than of the
we'll cured product. Nevertheless, Mexico
produces some excellent tobacco that rivals