The Newtown bee., 1893-09-01
ABSOLUTELY PURE

aged it about 20 per cent. The acreage in the western part of the town is only | about foura acres, D. GIiswold, w. D. Hurd and J. Welk, are the growers. There have been no sales of this years | crop. There was no old stock held over.
 MONROE.-There is no tobacco rais- ed in this town.
 BETHLEHEM.-So far as 1 know, there is but one acre of tobacco grown in town and that on the farm of Arthur Minor.
 EASTON. In answer to your queS- tion about tobacco, can only say that do net think it is raised by anyone in Easton, at present. The farmers that used to raise it, now raise potatoes and corn for which they find a ready mar ket.-[P.
 BRIDGEWATER.- tobacco crop in this town is for the most part a good growth, though probably noG as heavy as last year which was exceptionally a good year. Dry weather and other causes have made some pieces rather un- even, especially late pieces, but recent rains have helped them out. Cutting and hanging is now the order of the day. There is no damage worth mentioning by hail, the hail storm of July ,, coming so early in the season that the plants were not large enough to be hurt. The wind of the 24th considerably damaged the crop except a few protected pieces in the hollows. The ripest pieces where they were exposed fair to the wind, gen. erally suffered the most. The plants were blown over, some broken off. and | the leaves bruised and broken SO that sound tobacco will be rather scarce in some places. It would be hard to esti- mate the damage in dollars, but consid- | ering the acreage in town it amounts to quite heavy loss for the farmers. There are about l50 acres of tobacco in this town, there being but very few farmers that do not raise at least half acre and some raise as many as five. Some dc this by letting out two or three acres ot their land on shares. There are about so growers among whom are the follow, | ing A. B. Mallett, James Orr, Burton ] Garfield, J. FitZsimmops, Robert keeler Darwin Keeler, Edward Allen. Samuel Hurlburt, Burr Keeler, Edgar Peck, Eli | Sturdevant. $. Bronson. E. Wooster, B | Beach, F. Wells, w. Booth, NJ. Hatch I A. and E. Young, J. Greer, c. Mead George Randall, D. Fl. Garfield, R. Me Eslin, R. Harris. John Greer. F: Peck J. Pitcher, R. Warner, J. Randall, J
 
 Moore, E. Evitts, B. Peck. H. w. Treat F. Hawlev. H. Lee. c. Beers. E- Minor F. Bostwick. c. Bostwick, $. May. J Wixon, J. Harris,J. Northrop, 4. Fol liott, Gideon Northrop, H. Camp, $. F Clark, Mrs R. Clark, I. Smith, J. Dixon O. Smith, E Roswell, Mrs E. Welton, E Frost, G. Northrop, J. Shannon, A Northrop. A. Carlson, Mrs William Platt, Mrs A. Warner, T. Kane, and H Kyle. There have been no sales of thi years crop and tobacco buyers have no been seen much of late. F. Graham o New Milford has been through tow looking some of the crop over. There some of the '92 crop still on hand, pel haps 15 per cent of the crop.-[F. M. F
 SOUTHBURY.-The tobacco cro generally looks well. One prominen grower say the growth is much bette than last year. There has been no dam age by hail, but it is estimated that til
 last storm has damaged the crop fror
 10 to p per cent. Some pieces more
 Probably nearly 50 acres are planted i
 this town. Sidney Platt and Adolp
 Schilke lead with five acres each. 5.
 Averill follows with three and on quarter acres, G. Kuchne three acres
 Henry Garfield two ard a quarter acres
 Michael, Isaac and Fred Wentsch wit five acres, c. A. Bradley,H H. P. Mitchell Mir Drake, H. P. Hickox, c. l.. Mitchell Fred Marsh, Dolquist, Frank Evart: John Fleming, James Short, Bernar Matthews, Wilson C. Beardsley, W Warner, Walter Stiles, Samuel Warne and others have pieces from one-half t
 two acres. Several have their last year
 crop on hand.
 Among the growers in the Purchas sf are the following: William Schielkt
 Adolph Sehielke, Fred Schielke, Joh
 Wachowiak, John M. Ford, T. A. Bish
 op, Gottlieb Kuhne, B. N. Treat, Charle l Kemp. Henry NJ. Squire, Julius Ludol1 f John Dittus, E. B. Perkins, S. s. Plat
 B. H. Stillson, H. P. Mitchell, c. 2 Dolquest, Isaac Wentsch. J. M. Wentsct , William Harrison.
 NEW FAIRFIELD.-With a very fe'
 exceptions the tobacco crop, this seaso , is very promising, and is considered su
 perior to last years crop, in growth, an
 quality. About a week or 10 days afte setting, slight hail storm swept owe
 the northern part of the town, (bordel
 ing on the town of ShermaD). The dan
 age was light, and now probably hardl , perceptable. The storm of Tbursda
 last, was the worst we have seen
 many years. The tobacco received it
 share of the wind and rain, and severs
 pieces, in fact all, were damaged more o
 less, those that were sheltered from tn east wind, and late pieces, are not hard , ly noticeable, (only occasionally, as i
 ordinary storms), one finds a few plant whipped, and blown down, and if the are soon taken care of, the loss will no
 be heavy. There is probably one-thir, more acres set, this year, than last, ,man, people who have never raised before, ,an, others whn had dropnpd off far uaa rY past on account of low prices and hay, gone into it, this season, thinking, a prices were we'll up last season, they will soon reap rich reward for their la bor and every indication points that wa, now. Almost every farmer has set ou from one-half to four acres. Some O. the largest growers are the following