Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-04-11
TENNESSEE CROP REPORTS.


is frozen out.
Maryville correspondence Knoxville
Journal: Farmers say the wheat is
coming out and will not be as bad as
first expected.
Decherd correspondent Franklin
County News; In this neighborhood
farmers without an exception speak of
the poor prospect of wheat.
Humboldt correspondence McKen-
zie Tri-County News: Farmers are
all in good spirits, as indications are
SO far good for fine crop this year.
Huntington Republican: The
wheat crop is very unpromising in
Carroll county, but some of our farm
ers think that the recent SHOWS will
help it out.
Marble Hill correspondence Lynch
burg Falcon: The wheat crop is so
badly damaged that some of our farm
ers will pillow up the ground and plant
it in corn.
Doakville correspondence Gallatin
Tennesseean Wheat is all dead, and
most of the clover, too, and our farm
ers are preparing to pitch large crops
OF corn and millet.
Shifts Bend correspondence Hick-
man Pioneer The farmers are check
ed in their operations by the inclem-
ent weather. The wheat crop, it seems
will be failure.
Tyner correspondence Cleveland
Banner: Dat sowing and land break
ing now engage the attention of our
farmers. We haue noticed as yet no
wheat that promises good yield.
Indian Greek correspondence Hick-
man Pioneer: The farmers are pre-
pairing to go to work in earnest Those
who have planted their gardens had
better bring them in out of the snow.
Cannon County correspondence Ne
Minnville Southern Standard Our
farmers are looking quite "blue, owing
to the failure OF the wheat crop, two
thirds of which will have to be plowed
up.
Messy Creek correspondence Knox
vile Journal: Wheat in this section
is badly frozen out, though it is not SO
bad as the farmers had thought. Farm
ers are very blue over the condition of
their crops and the unsettled weather.
Maryville correspondence Knoxville
Tribune: Our farmers have been very
blue for some weeks, in view of the
wheat crop by freezing out. But with
III few days they have become more
hopeful, and perhaps half a crop may
be realized.
Filker correspondence Cleveland /
Tanner: If the weather continues
fair, as 1t is now, in few days the |
farmers will be ready to plant corn
There has been greater acreage than
usual sown in oats this season. Wheat
seems to be coming up little, but it
is very thin.
Paris Intelligencer: We have in
5erogated quite a number of our
from different portions of the
county, in the last few days upon the
subject of the wheat prospect. From
he present indications if half the usu-
Il crop is made the people should be
content.
Nader Hill correspondence Gal
attn Tennesseeaff: The wheat in
his vicinity is not all killed; neither
5 the clever. More oats sown in this .
lcinity this spring than usual. There
great preparation for large tobacco
rop this year. Corn is selling at four
ollars per Dbl in this vicinity.
Leach correspondence Tennessee {
republican The winter has been so
ad we could not do much, therefore
'e have our clearing and fencing to
o IN the spring. Very Few are done
owing oats yet. The wheat is badly
inter killed, though | don't think
lere Will be much plowed up; it will
e very thin but may make half crop.
Sequatchie Advance: Farmers ali 4
ong the road from Pikeville to Dun
p are generally done sowing oats,
nj are now busy getting their land
lady for corn planting, which will
egin in few weeks. The scarcity OF r
ed has prevented Il less acreage OF
It's to be sown this season than usual. =
IS now believed that the stand of t.
heat is better than it was thought to Il
t few weeks ago. II
Gallatin Tennesseean We have in
rvleWed numerous turner's in re-
I'd to the prospect of the wheat and
over crops throughout this county.
lite number claim that both crops
e ruined, while II few others are
'ubtful us to the final result. a ma
rlty seem to think the wheat crop is
entire failure. The clover crop is
ldoubtedly materially injured and
me OF the most gloomy think it will -
an entire failure. 4
Pleasant Plains correspondence
ckson Tribune and Sun: The Sc
re cold OF the winter proved very
structive to the wheat crop, and
my farmers are preparing to pillow Ioi
and plant the ground in other GA
Fps. The clover is much damaged, M
! on lands inclined to te wet, or /
at is called "buck-shot' land, is an
ally destroyed. But it is said that a Ioi
ID crop ALWAYS succeeds a severe roi