Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-09-26

| in West Tennessee has also suffered Inateri-
| al damage. While the yield, as compared
with that of last year will be greatly les
sened, the Quality of that being housed is
also inferior as q general thing.
1t is pretty certnin that ii growers under
stood more perfectly the natural laws which
govern the curing of tobacco they could and
would SO control the conditions OF atmoS-
phere in their curing barns as to improve
the qualities of the cured Leaf. 1t is think,
generally admitted that the weather has
much to do with the curing of tobacco.
This Is known to be true, because in some
localities III certain years the tobacco cures
uniformly bad, while III other parts the cure
is favorable. Sometimes heavy loss results
from shed-burn and pole-sweat, wllie at
other times the tobacco IL known tocure too
rapidly to develop the most desirable cOlOrS
in the produce. These facts should lead to
Investigation and study with view OF
finding out means OF properly controlling
the conditions of atmosphere in the curing
barn. | have done this In part and as be-
leve to the benefit OF my tobacco. believe
that white veins are caused by 100 rapid
drying during the curing process and can
be prevented largely by tight sheds and clos
ed doors. OF course, the first step Is to con :
struct the curing sheds correctly. In many
sections where tobacco is grown the curing
barns a;e hardly the thing 10 cure tobacco
in. They need to be made SO as 10 admit o.
being closed very tightly or opened 10 admit
the outside atmosphere at the option OF the
grower. If the weather is such that the TO-
bacco shows indications of damage by
doors be opened So as TO induce IL circulation
of air up through the hanging plants. If
this does not suffice, then we must resort 10
artificial heat 10 dry the atmosphere in the
building, and thus prevent Shed-burn. II,
ON the other hand, dry, hot WINS prevail:
and our tobacco is in danger of curing too
rapidly, the curing barn must be closed as
tightly possible, and i'll extreme cases let
water be sprink ed frequently beneath the
hanging tobacco 10 temper the atmosphere
aud assist in producing the desired condi-
ton. My observation leads ME to the belief
that there is more danger from too fast than
too slow curing. Early cut tobacco, espec-
tally, very often cures too rapidly, since the
weather is usually then hot and dIy, ana
the eolors do not have time to becoroe prop
erly developed before the leaves are devoid
of sap and the character of the procuce set
With the nearest possible approach 10 she'd
burn, yet without loss from this source, we
secure the best qualities in tobacct.a with
the immense competition which our grow
ers are compelled to meet, IL behoOVt.S them
to exercise all the care and panstaking
that will lead to improvement i'll the selling
qualities of their tobacco crops q. Il. Cot,
IN, C9teiauit9 county, ". T.
"A brief consideration of crop conditions
will not be out of place at present. few
weeks ago the prospects were most gloomy
in the principal sections OF Virginia, East
ern North Carolina, and the Western part
of Kentucky and the ClarksVille district OF
tennessee, but since that rains have fallen
which, while not repairing the damage
done, have checked it, and have developed
considerable tobacco which, In tile event of
late frost, will turn out considerable good
leaf. But If nipping frost should occur
within week or ten days, much tobacco,
yet green in the fields of most of the leaf
sections, would either b., killed or be housed
in u condition that would pr Guide ~ from
making anything but poor tobacco. There
fore it, will be seen much depends on having
fire weather for the next Two weeks. There
is no doubt but that the tobacco crop OF VIZ
vi mia and Eastern North Carolina has been
greatly curtailed by the drought, especially
the Bright crop, but It must also be renem-
bered, in considering the probable volume
of the crop, that a largely increased acreage
was set out in these States, and that i'll
Western and Central North Carolina and
Eastern Tennessee the crop promises the
best OF results, and that there have been |
thousands of acres more under cultivation |
than ever before. Also that the recent rains
have made the outlook in the older counties |
of the States named much more cheerful |
than it was the first of the month, especial |
Iy rs to curingS. III Maryland an average !
crop is expected, and as this is almost who'll |
ly an export crop, it is seldom calculated |
upon by home manufacturers ana dealers, /
though 1t cuts quite figure in the export |
supply. In the Western States dry weather
and hail storms are responsible for consid-
cradle damag-, but hardly 10 as great an
extent and generally as in Virginia.
Some few sections have been an cted Serl-
ously such as Hopkinsvilie, Clarksville
and Green River districts, and In some OF
the Southern, Eastern and Blue Grass coun-
ties of Kentucky the crop has been some
what curtailed, but with good weather the
next two weeks some of this damage will
be repaired by the harvesting OF eonsidera-
bic tobacco that has greatly developed this
month but is yet green in the field. In
some of the river counties of Kentucky
finer and larger crop than has been raised
for years is the re ;ult. Taken as a whole,
there will probably be four-fifths of an av-
erage crop of White Burnley raised in Ken
lucky, Ohio and the other Burnley producing
States and the shortage in dark types will
be due mainly to the Clarksville, Hopkins
willie and Green River districts. Missouri,
which has had more rain than was really
needed, will turn out a good crop OF Old
style (dark) leaf and bright wrappers, espec-
Ialiy if frost is late. The cigar leaf sections
report fair crops, the most OF II in
the barns, and Wisconsin has an especially
fine crop, both as to quality and quantity:
Some little rust is reported in the crop OF
that State, and to a greater extent In ONO
and Pennsylvania Though in no way COM
raon) while New York and the Connecticut
Valley have harmed crops surprisingly free
Of defects. though there was shortage in
acreage This is as faithful a picture of
the crop prospects as we can paint after
carefully studying the conditions in the va
rious sections as reported by correspondents
and exchanges Western Tobacco journal.