The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-05
TEE TiMEs-RICHMOND VA TUESDAY OCTOBER . ios'

l1october l. 1851. to October 1, 1882. 10 go. I.
200 pounds; sales, from october 1. 1sso
10 October I, f86i. y, $40 900 pounds. To
tai loose saIcs al. keventeen years, 40o.-
| 285 GOO pounds.s'E. az
Estimated vaiue az &c. per pounds. $50
264 $50 Sales FOR 1s07-1sgS estimated 10
reach 2oo0o.ooo pounds.
The Petersburg (va) Record Of Satur-
| day October 2. 1897, says:
Annual Report,-October 1. 1895. to Oc-
| tober 1. -Hogsbeads inspected, $50;
| inspected hogsheadsi on hand, 74l; Tor
| Inspection, Il; loose. e.345,69 pounds.
October 4, 1895, to October I, 1s96-Hogs-
heads inspected, ass: Inspected hogs
heads on hand. p9f; for inspection, ia;
loose, c.4e2,seo pounds.
Mr.. Alex. HarthnI reports the Louis
VILE 0<y) tobacco smarket for the week
ending Saturday. October 2. 1897. as fol-
lows:
Offerings OF burleys for the week a.
auction: New and old-This week, 2O94
hogsheads last week. 2163 hogsheads:
week in 1896. 1900 hogsheads; week In
1885 I .Sl4 hogsheads.
Original hogsheads sold this week were
] 500, against 1851 last week. Reviews,
80 hogsheads, against S13 last week
Total sales at auction all kinds this
week 2.i0S hogsheads. against 2.J04 hogs
Nheads last week.
Reflections. 800 hogshesds hurley. against
$50 last week. Darks. 20 hogsheads.
against II hogsheads last week.
Percentage OF all kinds sold. IL. against
IS last week.
The percentage OF reflections on bur-
leys alone was II per cent. this week.
against II last week.
Total receipts were 1.46i hogsheads.
against .414 hoGsheads and 1s7 i'm week
last year.
Burnley offerings were 1904 hogsheads.
or 60 hogsheads less than last week.
The United States Government Depart
ment Of Agriculture in Kentucky reports
on September 9th, as follows:
General Review.-The weather during
the past week has been very unfavorable
10 farm interests OF all descriptions. There
:was no rain anywhere in he State OK
scept some very light sprinkles in the
<extreme southwest portion on the 2jth
and 26th. No correspondent reports more
than n trace The week opened very cool.
and frosts were quite general on the 2lst
and 22d. Temperatures as low as y de-
grees were reported from scattered points
throughout the State. The standing to-
bacco in low lands was badly injured. in
many sections ruined. That on high
ground was generally only slightly in
jured.
The great demand for rain now is for
stock water. and that the soil may be
rendered M for wheat seeding and for
blowing. All this character OF work Is
at q standstill. Pastures are dried up
throughout the entire State, and stock
are Being fed from corn fields. Gardens
are nearly all ruined. Conditions are
altogether very discouraglnR
Western Section (Stemming).- frosts
on the 21st and 22d stu further diminish
ed the yield or corn and tobacco i'm both
Of which crops a serious shortage already
' existed. Much late corn In lowlands was
badly damaged by the frosts More
damage seems TO have resulted In this
than In the eastern half OF the State
probably due to backward state Of crops
In the western section. Corn is being cut
and shocked rapidly. Late tobacco was
also injured generally. ruined in lowlands
The early crop was about saved.
Eastern Section (Burley).-The condi-
lions arc only trife better In this por-
ton Of the State than In the western sec
ton. somewhere larger percentage Of
the corn and tobacco crops had matured
or been saved before the occurrence OF
frost. Most OF the tobacco had been cut
and housed.