Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-27
JOHN DUSTY.
A Pretty Windy Communication on
Crops And Farming in General.
TO the Tobacco Leaf.ChronlcIe.

70 the Tobacco Leaf-Chronlcle.
The crop of 1891 will soon be safely
housed taken altogether it is one
of the best that has blessed the land
for several years. The wheat crop
was not an extra one, but good and
has been sold at fairly remunerative
prices. Many of our farmers have
not sold, holding for high prices.
Seeding the next crop is well under
way. A few more days and the crop
of 1892 will be in the ground the
acreage is about an average. 1t has
been exceedingly dry, and the land
is not in as good condition as usual
But with a few good showers to melt
the clods and backward winter to
let the grain get good start and then
dry, hard freezing weather through
the winter, and we will have The best
crop for years.
The tobacco crop is not an extra
fine one; the crop has some good, use
full tobacco in it, but a goodly portion
was late planting, cut green and will
only be fit for the low grades. AS
that grade is represented to be get
ting scarce, we hope for higher prices
and the extra weight and cleanness
from worm eaten OF the best grades
will bring as much money as the
average crop, We hope all dealers
have done well this year on their pur-
chases, and will start out with lib
eral figures on this crop. If tobacco
and corn will do as well as wheat has
done there will be more money in
circulation than for some time. The
crop is fine where it was well
cultivated. Hogs are not very
plentiful, but enough to make
our meat if they are kept here,
and will be cheap enough if hogs
continue to decline as they have
in the last month. Cattle have got
ten so low that a buyer cannot be
found to handle them in this cOun.
try. If they cannot be sold we can
eat them, and that is the best way to
get full value for what we have.
We think the sweet potato crop
was never excelIed. There are more
of them than we ever saw before,
aud the finest,
The late crop OF Irish potatoes is
not not so plentiful, and will sell
high again next spring.
This letter, SO far, has been quite
croppy. Well, our fair commences
this week. From accounts from all
other fairs everywhere, they are
having good ones, well patronized.
Now let us not be behind others, but
turn out and sustain our own and
make it one of the best in the State.
We are getting more fine horses
AlOuhu uo IMAM IlOob any oGCllOII w
the State. Horses make fairs these
times, if they are fast. We are sorry
to see horses absorbing all other stock.
Cattle, sheep and hogs seem to have
gone. Ten years ago you could have
gotten up dozen herds of Short
horn, Holstein and jersey cows. A
few farmers still have a bull, but the
herds are played out. Why are they
not protitab BILE? But a short time
ago | saw where a farmer in upper
Kentucky sold his steers at about
five cents gross, the lot bringing him
about 100000. All the cattle in our
county would not bring that amount.
From the simple reason that we do
not give them the attention we ought.
Our hog industry has played out.
This country ought to be an exporter
of meat instead of importing large
quantities yearly. 1t was once so,
and times were not half 50 hard.
What have said applies as truly to
corn and hay as to the hog product.
If Jim Rice reports snake story
for me few times more, your read.
ers will think that | am as great a
liar rs himself.
JOHN DUSTY.