Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-01
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durham Recorder.l

State:
THE POOREST EVER SEEN.
durham Recorderl
The town being full Of farmers yes
terday from quite number Of counties,
q Recorder reporter asked few Of the
leading ones about the condition of the
present crop.
Mr.. W. +. Strowd, of Chatham, gives
a gloomy account Of the crop in his
section. The heavy rains washed out
the ground and left the plant without
anything to build upon. There cannot
be q half crop Of good tobacco raised.
DR.. W. Ii. Rowland, of johnson
county In his section it is worthless !;
that at first it was drowned out, and
then the rains stopped, and the crop was
now suffering for want of rain. The
acreage planted this year was larger
| than usual.
DR.. j. w. McCauley, Of Alamance,
one of the largest tobacco-farmers in
the State, says the crop is the sorriest
| he ever saw. There is not the remotest
prospect Of its coming out, however
| propitious the weather may be. The
early planting will soon be burning up,
and is worthless. The late planting
will improve some if it rains in time.
w. A. jenkins. Esq, of Durham
county, says the crop in his section is
very sorry only one in his neighbour
hood has anything like a fair crop Of
tobacco.
W. j. Mangum, Of Brassfield town
ship, Granville county, one of the finest
tobacco-farmers in Granville, says the
crop looks worse than be ever saw it ;
that it is now yellow and about six
inches high that nothing will improve
it. The farmers are very much dis
couraged.
Mr.. W. F. Read, leading tobacco
farmer of Mount Tizsh section, in Per-
son county, declares that he has never
known IS poor outlook for tobacco
crop. The ground all sobbed out in
the wet weather and ruined the pros
pect of anything like an average TO-
bacco crop.
"Dock" Baldwin. of Chatham, says
the crop, as far as he has seen, looks
the sorriest he has ever seen it. There
is no come-out in it; that there cannot
be more than one half crop made.
John T. Nelson, Esq, Of Person,
says the tobacco crop is very sorry; has
never seen it look so badly. 1t will
average about ten inches high and is in
full bloom. The wheat crop turned
out very well and the corn crop is ex-
cellent. These statements were cor
roborated by dozens of others from
nearly every section. The outlook is,
indeed, gloomy. The fertilizer this
year did not do any good on account of
the heavy and continued rains which
caused it to be washed out.
POORER THAN LAST YEAR.
| Henderson GoldLeaEl
Much of the tobacco in this section
will soon be ready for the barns. 1t
is beginning to fire since the RAIN and
Of course the Iipening process is
fastened too rapidly. This is earlier
than usual, and as q consequence the
article will not be good one by any
means. Many intelligent persons think
the crop, in the main, will be a poorer
one than last year, while others hold
to the contrary. There can be no
! question that it will be light one, de-
ficient in size and body, while the color
may be good.
| SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
Durham Tobacco Plaut.l
The tobacco crop in this county has
been seriously damaged by the wet
weather, and not a half crop will be
raised. In passing through several
sections recently we found tobacco al
most a failure.
| NOTES.
The Oxford Torchligh Of yesterday
| Goth notes an advance Of % 10 % per
cent. in tobacco there. An advance is
reported at Durham and Warrenton.
| At Warrenton and Henderson some new
crop tobacco has been sold this week.
The Waynesyille NeUs gives good re-
| ports of tobacco be- ond the Blue Ridge,
but the remark probably applies mainly
to Haywood county.