The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-03
RAINBR1pGEs LOOM.
Decatur County Alive With Enthus
astic Tobacco Growers.

Decatur county awe With GnthuS1-
astic Tobacco Growers.
BAINBRIDGE, GA, Dec. 1.-The tobacco
boom is still on at cambridge; the people
talk Of nothing else. / was afraid to mem
ton king Cotton" TO any one. They are
done with il. Enthusiastic merchants
spend their time discussing the bright
prospects of the future. The farmers come
TO town to get points on tobacco culture
The 500 acres which we're planted In this
section last season has yielded beautifully
The load of past debts have been removed
from the farmers shoulders, and he is
happy Five thousand acres will be planted
in tobacco in Decatur county the coming
season, and great financial results are ex-
pected.
On July % last the Tobacco Growers AS
ISOLATION of Decatur County was organized.
Hon. Daniel McGill was elected president
]. S. Bradwell is secretary and j. NJ Brown
is corresponding secretary. The association
appointed q committee on soils adapted to
the culture of tobacco" A committee on
methods aud varieties" was also ap-
pointed. They went to work with vim.
Before the first tobacco was on the market
the association had induced buyers to be-
come interested in the product. Through
their endeavors, A. Cohn & Co.,
dealers In leaf tobacco in
New York, sent one Of the
members OF the firm, K. ]. Mast, to Balm
bridge to investigate the tobacco yields of
this section. He pronounced the tobacco to
be better than the samples, equal in every
respect TO the Sumatra importation. Mr..
Mast advised the esta bllshment OF pack
ing house In BainbTidge. Mr.. Cohn, the
senior member of the firm, came to see for
himself He was satisfied that all that had
been said in favor OF the subject was not
exaggerated, and at once decided to
build a warehouse. Two buyers were
sent from Now York. About 800 900 pounds
of the leaf have been bought by this firm
at an average price of 35 cents per pound.
The tobacco yield has paid the farmer from
500 TO $500 per acre. Is not this encourag-
ing to the farmers who for years have been
struggling with cotton to pay off debts that
yearly increased The warehouse is also
doing paying business. and others will be
established at Bsinbridge. Over 200 hands
are engaged in the different departments.
Competent and experienced foremen oversee
the several processes through which the to-
bacco goes before being ready for market.
The packages are put up precisely as those
which are shipped from Cuba, and the to-
bacco is said to possess every quality which
has made Havana tobacco so desirable. The
tobacco boom has greatly increased the
price of farming lands.
TOT instance, D. L. hoDerUss VINO moved
to Dothan, some years ago from this
section, had been Offering tract of land at
81 per acre, with no purchaser. Now be
refuses IS per acre. and before he sells 1t
will PROBABLY command a much larger
price. At Roseland farm, four miles from
cambridge. is an immense and valuable
tract Of farming land. owned by stock
company. OF this about 100 acres will be
planted in tobacco this season.
The plain facts In the case are that any
poor man who has ambition enough to
work can come to this section and make
more money In raising tobacco.