The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-08
TIE T,MEs-RJCHMoND VA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 1897.


va. got 81. 81 20 and 81, making an aver
Prlvate sales reported 20 the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade today
Filters. n hogsheads' ieai; "Aih' Il hvsa-
heads Total A. hogsheauH
Tbe tobacco Inspector reports to-day:
Inspecifous- fright - hogsheads; dark,
4G hogsheads. ~ tierces. Heinspecuons-
Bright. 800 hogsheads 60.
Il Williams a. RehlinRs Myers stonewaH'
I, Meals Davenports Planters, and Sea-
I, brooke's Tobacco Warehouses report to-
dav. Receipts. 1S5 packages deliveries, ~
'Unlted states internal revenue collec-
uona ON tobaccos for the city ~ Rich
r,ond Ia to-day. Cigars and cigarettes.
s. 25G 50. plug tobaccos' f''''''li' Iotal'
stonewalI Warehouse will have a sale
Of bright loose tohaccos to-morEoW, Wed
needav. September $. lNft
pIsrtore. warehouse viii OFFER a break
Of sun-cured tobaccos tomorrow. sale
commencing az 10 o'clock also bright
loose tobacco break. sale commencing at
1880 A. VI.
The limited states Government Depart
mont Of Agriculture IN Kentucky. reports
on August Both IS follows.
General Review Rain u needed every
where only scattered showers, Which as
rule. were very light, occurred qurirs
The past seven DAYS. AS a result the re-
ports from nine-tenths Of our correspon-
dents are dlscouraging IN tone. me 70
tobacco prospect is very discouraging. An
early frost would cause damage untold.
Western Section lStenIllhE i.-r ~ . ~ =, n
I'm THIS section have about given up AZ
hone Of realizing profit on any or theH
products except wheat, Wnlcn mas IoHB
since been threshed ana laln away u
sold In the district eurrounulns ONO anu
Gravson counties, where uluuln l.a =. !.
vailed for three months, Correspondents
saw tobacco IS a complete failure. There
will be no frst-Class tophcCo duu VIZ
they NAV be able 20 save when VIII hdl o. -
" exceed one-thlrd the average crop, WI
be very inferior IN quahty. vi re- ~, ~
ents seem TO aeree upon Only ohe-nai lle
usuat Weld Of the dark tobacco. Most on
Il IS firing badly. Though cuttinB ls lti,
progross in some localities, yet much on
the late planted IS in danger on utatn ~,
frost. All tho tobacco IN ts' ~, -
one bv eight miles square IN Dhilstlah
county Hopkinsville district was so Dad
lv damaged bv hail on the 22d that some
growers have plOwed their helds.
Central Section CBurey).-ln THIS seclioU
there is less general complain OF az y
weather. Yet the Improvement IN coIi
and tobacco g. very sllght. LeItt qu"lflf
tiffee IN tobacco in Kenton. Campbell
Pendleton. Rracken. Mason. lei,il.e
L Menfee and Rowan counres WeIc u,',i
hagcd by hail on the ga. ~. ~ H. n gou
Aent I'm Kenton county says the nan lel
Mn +, nasssnd covered the ground with q
hsbeet 81 ice" The general complaint pr
IItbe hurley tobacco district IS the uneven
growth Of the crop. II Is spotted ana R no
Spreading as ~ should. The KNIFE is De-
Ming applied TO the early planted ..,,,
Eastern Section CBurleyl KAN "oul.
,,,,r,ro,e most crops IN this section. yel
/ correspondents do not complain much S oi
l1fhe lack OF moisture In fact some saS
they have had abundance or rain. TX
tcept where damage TO tobacco Was . ,9,is,
- IVA Lcot tobacco 10 the ground at
crops are I'M very fair condition. Tobacco
| is AT IFS best in the counties bordering
upon the Ohio.