Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-09-05
THE CROPS.
WHAT REPRESENTATIVE FARMERs SAY0Fs
7HE pR0SPt CT.

WAR REPRESENTATIVE F4RMsas sAY0f
LIE PROSPECT.
The CHRONICLE sent ont circulars
to number Of leading farmers
throughout the GAINESVILLE tobacco
district making inquiry concerning
the condition ui The corn and tobacco
crops. The following replies have
been received, others viii be published
next week:
Gordonsyille, Logan county, KY,
Aug 31-We will makeabout an aver
age crop OF corn. Tobacco about 80 /
per cent. p. L. MoREHEAD.
Franklin, Ky. Aug. 3d. Corn viii
be two-thirds oil crop Tobacco one
half OF a crop. We have not had rain
in eight weeks in this section.
w. S. McCLASAHAN.
Pleasant Mound, Tenn, Sept. s.
Early corn about an average crop, but
late corn 40 or 40 per cent. under.
Tobacco damaged 80 or 40 per cent.
by the drouth. A light shower this
morning. LEWIS LOWE.
Sharon Grove, KY, Sept. Corn
crop light, hardly hall 4 crop. Tobac-
| co about ree-fourths of what it was
last year. IF we could have rains, late
tobacco would improve very much.
w. III. LYON.
Cross Plains, Tenn, Sept with
in radius of five miles of this place,
there is an increase acreage OF tobac-
co, probable yield good average. Corn
about 40 per cent, average acreage.
L. B. WALTON.
Palmyra, Sept 3.-The corn crop is
damaged very materially, cut short by |
the drouth at least one-third. Tobacco
is in bad condition, being also greatly |
damaged by the dry weather, perhaps |
one-half, if rain don't come very soon.
S. A. WILSON.
@Glenborne," KY, Sept. 1.-Corn dam
aged at least one-half, may be more.
Tobacco fully one-half, cutting quite
freely Turning out suckers for Sec
ond crop. trusting to late fail; pastures
dried up; stock suffering for water.
Bad fix generally. CHAs. E. BARKER
Oakville, Logan County, KY. Sept.
The drouth is still prevailing over
nearly all this county. The corn and
tobacco are each cut short per cent.
In some neighborhoods it is much
more, but in others much less Some
few spots there is full crop.
n B. DUDLEY
Adairville, Ky, Aug. 31.-In this
section we have full acreage set, but
unless we have rain in a few days the |
most of it will have to be cut, to save |
it from being burnt up. Early corn is
fair. we will make full average crop. |
The acreage is above an average. Our
tobacco will be chaffy.
JNo. O. HrrE.
Sailors Rest, Sept. 1.-The corn crop
is sorry, very sorry. We have had no
rain in six weeks to-day. Our best
lands will make about half crop.
The poorer land will not make two
barrels per acre. We will not make
more than half crop of tobacco if it
does not rain in few days. late
tobacco will not make any thing
R. IT. MCCALL.
Adairville, Ky, Sept. IL report
for the section of county extending |
from Ad:,irviiIe To M.tson'o Mill as
follows: Corn drying up rapidly.
Win make from one half to two-thirds
of an average crop. Tobacco very
small and backward. Can not possibly
make over one-half crop with plenty
OF rain from now on.
AL. SMITH
Cumberland City, Tenn. Aug. 81
In regard the corn and tobacco crop,
early corn will make about two-thirds
of a crop, late corn is not any account
at all, will not pay to save it Early
tobacco will make about thirds of
crop, late tobacco is not much, very
small and as IL general thing, no stand
though rain now would improve it
some. t. w. LEWIS, JR.
ST. BETHLEHEM, Tenn, Aug. 81, 1885
A few weeks since, both the corn
and tobacco crop in this section prom
ised good yield OF fine quality, but
now, owing to the long spell of dry
weather the prospect is far for both
to be cut short at least one half, and in
some cases more, though there is some
late tobacco that rains coming very
soon would greatly improve.
G. III. S.
Sims Store, Caldwell County, Sept. 1.
Corn in my neighborhood is about !
one-fourth crop, other neighborhoods
say one-half. Some small sections
full crop. Tobacco, full crop planted
and without early rains one-half won't !
be worth cutting. and balance light. {
But no one can tell what good rains
and late frosts will do with tobacco.
My pastures are dried up.
L. 3. SIMS. J
|
Montgomery, KY, Aug. 3l.-The 5
corn crop in this section will be about
so per cent. of an average crop Cor /
about barrels to the acre.) Tobacco 1
about 40 per cent. of an average crop.
Both crops have been injured by the
drouth of July and August. We had
prospects in June OF the largest crops
in this county for twenty years past,
but the continued dry weather has re- n
1uced them to about so per cent. OF an t
average. From the best information F
NO have tobo ooo mill ,,,olyo from Q0fl.1