Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-12-10
PoRr ROYAL. Pa Dec. 3. 1890.

| PoRr RoYAL, Pa, Dec 3, 1890.
-Hr. Editor:-Doar Sir Thinking
local from this part of the county
might be OF interest to YOUR readers
/ will give YOU a history of Tobacco
Culture in this vicinity. The num-
Der of Tobacco Farmers can be count
ed on your fingers; vet there ara thou
sands Of acres of the finest tobacco
land In the United States, to be
found in this county, with climate
better suited for growing II, than
even Lancaster Co., having more
mountains snd hills, we have more
showers and for tue same reason
few cyclones aui hail storms at the
same time have season amply long
70 mature the crop The first crops
of tobacco were raised near ThUmp
sOntOwn, and in the vicinity of Mf-
fIntown, at the time when the mark
ct price of good article. WAS much
higher than at the present, but the
parties We're amatuers 1T the busi
ness, and always failed In either the
cultivation or curing, and had to take
about one-half price, became dis
eouraged and gave up the enter
prise, not having started right, or
continued long enough to learn the
business, but in this section they
started by employing experts from
Lancaster Co, Pa, to teach them the
business, and now We have in this
section, quite a number that under
stand the business thoroughly, aud
while the price Is not as high as form
erlv, they produce such a fine article
that thsy receive the very highest
price gong, and are smaking money.
Nearly all crops raised this year are
seld- Average pr ce cor a few years,
Yves about S cents rCunl; this year,
all tha; sold. received about 12c
round, on an average. Thanks for
the Mckinley BiIl) which is fan'
paving price and fully equal to the
price paid Gin Lancaster, Co, Ps.
The following farmers have sold.
David Gu.s, about two and half
acres, which Will samount to about
$3.50
Gso. Grouinger, acres, amount
about $1,000.
Albert Groninger. about acres,
amount about 5000
jesse GrOninger, about 1 acres,
amount about $500.
Benjamin Groningsr, acres.
amount about $50
James Groninger, I acre, amount
about 500.
-Stnuff-r. about p acres.
amount shout $3.50
Michael Lauver sold his crop OF
about y acres, to Wm. Groninger
aud Brady Groniuger, cigar manu-
facturcrs of Port Roval, who will
prepars 1t and manufacture it into
cigars There are turee other fine
crops here unsold. Geo. Herman
has acres. worth about Z OF 5 hun
drrd dollars Elliott Grouinger has
e very fine crop of acres worth
aaout $500. and Jonas *. Hertzler,
one of the best crops In the valley.
WAS offered and refused, the highest
price mas about 3 acrss, worth about
$500 You viii noti,e what money
comes into this section from these
few acres, devoted to this crop prob
ably not over 80 acros in all ION which
the owners will realize about $500
or about $3.50 per acre OF course
the Mckinney tariff has aided about
onefourth TO the price received,
which puts over S1I0O into the pock-
cts of our people instead of S4.5G0
into the pockets Of the Dutch farm.
ers of Samatrs, where they employ
h.. h.. hAv. TaI.rIzr- - 4 l.
clothed in their gorgeous and costly
breech clout. Now, AR. Editor,
would 1t not be good thing If more
farmers of Juniata would commence
raising tobacco. What are our
Grnnger-ftierGs doing. | think if
they would chsUgs their way of farm
ing. change from the cerislS to more
diversified farming; they would make
mors money, and 1t would not be 50
difficult to raw the to heavy ta1er.
but unfortunately they and their
MANY fine periodicals are constantly
[ telling n doleful tale of the farming
/ industry, and real estate is very
much depressed What man would
wish to invest money in a farm, that
! tAS O"LcA II IAcaeilbS AAt ~ PoIb idi
and wide, that he is losing money,
&c Another thought, all the stores
have beans to sell, all raised outside
of our county, and for which ths
Merchants have paid 81, and upward
per bu-, yet there is scarcely an acre
in Juriata Co, poor enough TO grow
beans Il ID 6 common saying that
a county that depends entirely on
farming is poor indeed. Take look
at Lancaster county, no minerals and
only such small manufacturing enter
prlses, incidental to the farming in
terests, yet IN the language of tn.
Southern Congressman, who dix,
the Queen of Sheba-) went there Il
see If the many stories told to hin
We're true, said that it is the riches