The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-07-01
CAMPAIGN FOR POOL
IN LINCOLN next.
EFFORT WILL &c MADE TO OR
CAME To5Acco cRoWtRs.
CROP PROSPECTS


With good progress being made In
the campaign to pool the 1910 tobacco
crop In tho counties south of the K.n.
lucky river. the next TO be- .nyo1,d ~,
the Burnley Tobacco Society viii no
Lincoln. Arrangements are ,Ira,sv
being made for speaking dntos IN ~
counties for the organizers of The g.
ciety and hard fight will bo n,,de 10
pool much OF the big erop which ,a |
going 70 be raised by Lincoln county
farmers this season.
The argument that is going 10 be
Presented 10 the Lincoln growers for
their consideration In the question of
pool or no pool. IL that Unless the |
pool Is a success. the price OF tobacco
VIII 90 back To where II was before
the hrst successful pool made Il worth
while togrow the weed In this SECTION.
A hard hight Is being made on the
pool In some sections. but its friends
are working all the harder and say
That the success OF the pooling OF
THIS years crop Is already assured.
Bradley Wilson. organizer for the
Burley Society. south OF the river.
has been meeting with splendid sue.
cess In his efforts TO organize the Gar
rard county tobacco growers. lie
spoke 10 a large crowd in the court
house at Lancaster Monday aud
Col Joel Fort. who played such an i'm
portant part In organizing the dark
tobacco growers OF Tennessee. also
spoke with MIR. Wilson. The latter
has about completed work OF orgsn-
izing the pool in Garrard and will
then come to Lincoln county and
make a strong effort To convince the
tobacco growers their interests are In.
separably bound up In the success OF
the pooling movement
In this connection some very inter
esting figures have been compiled BY
the Cincinnati Enquirer regarding
theproductlOn OF tobacco this year
The Enquirer says: This years crop
of tobacco in the United States will
not be far from 70.0OO.J00 pounds
greater than the crop OF 1870. and that
broke all previous records The near
est approach 10 last years crop in size
was that OF 1919. when according 20
the figures OF the Bureau o! Statistics
OF the Department OF Commerce. and
Labor there were planted In the Unit
ed States 1.lOi 400 acres. from which
the production was SOS. sos pounds
valued at S56.ss7 500. According tn
the same authority last years acre
age was 800 and the rroducti IN
ot9,357, 900 pounds, valued at {9h,7lj,-
5s5.
This area is. perhaps. too large by
$4,000 acree, as that Of Kentucky Is
reported at $4,000. where II aould not
at the most have exceeded 10000.
The returns this spring OF tbs acre age
planted last year. as reported % the
Enquirer Tor this review. show an sy.
erage OF 365.4iO. about one third OF all
the tobacco raised. This still Will
leave the area planted in 1909 stand
as the record 10 that time. i.i32.s25
acres and make the production about
e40.95S.4O0.
The crop OF 1910 has been planted
practically everywhere or Will DC IN
a few days. The indications arc mat
l.lu1 100 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the area planted Is about l.zl9,sU
acres, from which not less than cOO,-
100000 (probably more) poGnds OF iesi
tobacco should be harvested. Anoth-
er year OF extension OF this industry
and the tobacco production OF TINS
country should be well established DO
yond the 1000. 00o.00O pound mark
The tobacco area OF the three Ohio
valley states. Kentucky. Ohio and In
diana Is the greatest tobacco produc'
ing field In the United States, or in
the world. The combined acreage Is
4g5,425 and Is almost one-half that oil
the total tobacco producing acreage CT
the United States. IL is tho greatest
hurley field in the world and outside OF
buriey territory produces other types
VI such excellent quality that they are
sought tor by the manufacturers on
the highest grades OF smokins and
chewing brands IN all parts OF the
ueTid.
Ine area planted in Kentucky this
year "a 10000 acres greater tnan IN
1908. Planting conditions were very
mixed Some reports we're very dis
couraging, while others say the plants
we're never set out under such favor
able conditions; that they were strong
and have grown well and promise iec-
ord Yields. About half the acreage Is
white hurley the other types being red
hurley, dark stemming. Green river
French. Italian. Turkish Yellow Prior.
Reeia types, Blue Prior. Orlnoco anu
almost countless other varieties, even
standard types yielding almost new
varieties when introduced INTO ne"
districts.