Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-26
GAINESVILLE TOBACCO.
The Cause Of Poor Quality and Low
Prices-The Change in the De-
mand.


We are in a position to talk plainly
to the farmers on the subject of to-
bacco growing, and give them some
thing to chew on, whether they be-
lieve one word Of it or not.
Now here we are with three poor
crops, 'sS, 80 and 80; that is, poor
in quality, and prices down below
the cost Of production, and still
growers go on planting and over
stocking the market with this quality
of tobacco absolutely wearing out
the farms and realizing no profit.
Will there be no end to this? VIII
not farmers look the situation square
lv in the face and change their sys-
tenn of farming? Will they not
study the causes and profit by a
change Of system to meet the de-
mand The press, public SPEAKERS,
buyers and WarehOusemen have per-
sistently appealed to planters to
make less and improve the quality ;
and farmers resolved that they
would, but here they come with a
poorer crop than ever, for which
there is absolutely no demand and
buyers can't be induced to take it for
more than half the cost of produc,
ton. Why is this? Plainly the de-
mand for common tobacco has de-
creased and farmers refusing to real
i've or recognize the fact, continue in
the old ruts, degenerated as the land
becomes impoverished and labor de.
moralized and less reliable. Another
fact is, that Germany and other for.
eign countries of late years are pro
ducing all the low grade tobacco
wanted, which is produced very
cheap and has taken the place as a
substitute for the low grade dark to
baccO of this country and the markets
are continually glutted with inferior
grades. Our large planters work on
the share system and leave it all to
the negro with poor teams and not
over-burdened with a desire for kill
ing horn-wOrms. These farmer,
reason that they must cultivate the
land to pay taXes9and other expenses
and to be on the safe side must farm
on the shares and let the troopers
share whatever losses may follow.
Share workers are kept out OF any
share in the wheat, corn and other
products, and consequently over
cropped with tobacco, which is
planted late, half cultivated, aban-
doned to the worms, cut before it is
ripe to escape the frost, and neglected
in curing and handing. Is not this
the truth?
Now another object lesson when
buyers start out they ride all over the
country and hunt out the best crops
before buying any and then buy the
best as cheap as they can, letting the
poor crops pass. They don't go
around buying all they come to at o
regular price MS they once did, bat
are making wide difference in the
range of prices. Farmers who uu-
dertake moderate crops, plant early
and give it their personal attention
from the plant bed until sold, are
getting fair prices and making
money ON farming,
For instance, Mr.. Denton on Frank
Walton's farm near Allensville,
made this year 5000 pounds
on about eight acres, having only $50
pounds Of Tugs, which he sold to r.
w. Grimes for 5000 per hundred
round. This is more money than
many other farmers will make on
twenty acres. Mr.. Holman, of Rob
ertSon county, sold his crop to Allen
Bell for $ll round, and Jas. Adams,
of Port Royal, has bought several
Meadow crops for $40 round. We
cite these instances to show the diff
ference buyers are making between
fine and poor tobacco, and that ii is
just as easy, by raising moderate
crops, planting early and giving it
personal attention, to make good to-
bacco as it is to make stuff not want
ed, and rs long as the farmers leave
it To the negro share troopers, who
are both ignorant and INDECENT and
know nothing about the condition
and demands of the market, 50 long
will the present state OF the market
with very low prices for
poor tobacco. Seasons as well as the
demand have changed, and
The day has passed when late plant
ing makes the best tobacco. These
high priced tobaccos were all planted
in May, not July.
IlTNsLEYTowN, Ky, March 2S, 1890
Rudau's Microbe Killer Co,
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