Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-12-05
TOBACCO NOTES.


folks tobacco barn, near Greensboro, con-
tanning about 10000 pounds of tobacco, was
struck by lightning Sunday morning and
set on fire. 1t was eXtingutShed, however,
before much damage was done.
-Owensboro Messenger: The trouble be-
tween the tobacco men and the proprietor
of the warehouse remains in statu quo. All
the buyers continue TO absent themselves
from the sales except MeSsrs. q. Napier
Thomson, Allen Gilmour, John Matthews
and Henry Kerr.
-Owensboro Messenger: The State De-
partment at Washington has report from
one of its officials in Germany, showing the
prices of Kentucky tobacco in Germany
since 1879. The price has steadily increased
from SO % per 100 Kilograms in 1870 to $40 60
in 1891, while the price of nearly every
other grade of tobacco have fallen offin that
| time.
Among the many wonders of the world
it does seem the most strange that East Ten
nessee and West North Carolina, in Hay
wood, Madison and Cooke counties, which
has recently proven to be one of the finest
tobacco growing sections in the world, has
hitherto been lying slumbering benz ath the
shade of a virgin growth which has braved
the storms OF century.
&c G. B." writes as follows from Spring.
| field, Tenn, to the Now York Tobacco Leaf:
| The present crop of tobacco in this county
will probably yield as many, pounds as the
| 1881 crop, as the acreage was larger. 1t con-
| tains "a good share of useful tobacco, but
| there is more short and narrow tobacco
! than usual, owing TO the QrOuGn, which was
| more severe in some sections than others.
Stemmers are examining the crop and are
| buying up from to &c for medium to good
| crops. Dealers in leaf are not out so early
| as they were last season, as planters are
| holding for higher prices tnan dealers are
| willing to pay.
! The Springfield correspondent of the
| Spirit of the Farm writes as follows: There
bae St R mqee d95hB v thg Ba ne% crop Fl TbeS
| are buying freely, and stemming. They
have secured about 10000 pounds to date,
! and have bought near 200,0O pounds, at
| prices ranging from 5ctS. TO Gets. round. Leaf
| dealers are looking round some, and have
| bought few crops at sets. to 61acts., to be
| delivered in pricing order. There is more
| talk among the planters than usual of priZ-
| ing their own crops, as the prices talked of,
and otfe ed by dealers, are much lower than
prices paid last year. Many of them do not
! seem to recognize the fact that two large
crops together Will necessarily lower prices
| Mr. A. B. Charlton writes the following
! from Dresden, Weakly county, Tenn, to
| the Spirit of the Farm: Tobacco is the
| principal crop of the farmer i'll our county
| of Weakley. The curing process is going on
| in lively manner, some using fiues, which
cures by steam; some go on the old plan,
| building log fires, and cure by smoke. The
| former way, or by hueS, makes pretty
| bright or white color, and the farmers
| claim they get u better price for the weed.
! The log fire man says his tobacco weighs
more, has a better taste, of a dark or red
color, and ciaSsed lower by our buyers.
. Some TOBACCO Is Sellln3 alfeaby III our IoWn
| and county at bets. and 515cts. Farmers
! asking more, but few getting a larger sum.
4 good deal more of this crop raised in cur
| county this year than in 1881.
| Western Tobacco Journal: The dark
manufacturing and export types are prOba-
! bly, larger in volume than last year, but VIII
also show n poor average in quality, except
| ing in Missouri, where good crop has been
gathered. In the Cumberland district OF
| Kentucky there is an increased yield, and
the character and body of leaf is fairly good,
but in other parts matters are not as faVor-
! able, the dry weather curtalilng the yield
and weakening the character and body Of
| the leaf, especially in the dOpk1nSVille and
CIarksyiIIe districts, where really good,
heavy, long leaf will be scarce. Neither will
the Green River or Owensboro and Hender-
son districts yield an average, either in
quantity or quality. The Paducah district
is somewhat better as to quantity: In Ten
nessee, excepting in the GAINESVILLE district,
a good yield has been obtained, and the
quality is nothing to be ashamed OF, but
there will be more than the usual quantity
| of lower grades. AS to prices, little car be
said at present, except that if the trade wish
good leaf. they can not expect TO get 1t in
any type below present-prices, and there is
a chance for an Improvement, especially II
an active trade springs up early next year.
j. NJ Freeman, writing from Dickson,
Tenn, to the Western Tobacco Journal,
says: l wish to call the attention OF your
readers to the advantages this town offers
as n tobacco market. Dickson is thriving
village of nearly 1000 Inhabitants, situated
| ly that distance from GAINESVILLE, the great
| central market for this tobacco district. 1t
! is situated on the n. G. Il 5. l.. Railway, and
! is the terminus of narrow guage railway,
running south through this and Hickman
| counties, and to be ultimately completed to
| the Tennessee river. The character of the
! soil in this county is similar to that of Mont
| gomery county, of which Clarksville Is the
| county seat, and tobacco grown in Dickson
| county is of as good quality as any grown
| in this tobacco district, and always COM
mands outside prices. The great difficulty
with this section in growing tobacco is in
! marketing the crop. 1t has to be shipped
| to Nashville by rail, or drawn in wagons to
| CIarkSVille, n distance of twenty to forty
. | five miles, over bad roads. What is needed
| are buyers at this place. To-day there are
| three hundred hOgSheadS of tobacco IN this
| vicinity that would be marketed at Dickson
ifthere were buyers here. We are confident
/ that this difficulty will soon be remedied.
| The farmers of this county are becoming
! enthused on the subject of growing tobacco,
| and the result will be that large crop in
| proportion to what has been grown, Will be
planted next spring, and the crop Will rap
/ idIv increase until Dickson, in short time,
/ will be as closely identified with the tobacco
| trade OF Middle Tennessee as is GAINESVILLE
! at the present time. The low price OF pea
nuts, which crop many OF our farmers nave
! grown in past years, has maue IL necSssdIS
for some other crop to be substituted anu
by common consent we have agreed that IL
will be tobacco Lands well adapted to the
, growth of tobacco are very cheap, good land
| being as low in some instances as three dol
lars per acre.