The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-09-14
WOMEN To AID IN
POOLING 1910 CROP
Churches Also to Assist in
the Cause.
SOLICITORS FEE TO Be sl.O0
Per HOgShead in WhirIwind
Campaign-Waiting
On New Crop.
QUOTATIONS IN GAINESVILLE

Lexington, KY, Sept. 12.-The
women of the hurley tobacco district
are to have an important part-some
believe the major part-in pooling
the 1910 crop. Incidentally, churches
will become actively identified with
the cause. In a letter to county
boards of the Burley Society, Presi-
dent Clarence LeBus urges the en-
ployment of as many women solicit
tors as the field will accommodate, in
this laudable enterprise.
The solicitors fee is 81 per hogs
head Ian average acre. and the OPP
portunity to become solicitors will
be offered to women individually and
20 religious societies and charitable
associations. 1t is Mr.. LeBus' idea
that as many as twenty-five women
should begin work Immediately in
each county and the number increas-
ed wherever conditions warrant. In
the letter he predicts that co-Opera-
ton of women will guarantee q rec
ord pool at an early date.
In the letter, Mr.. LeBus writes
Since the district board adjourned
we have had many calls for more
pledge books, and, indications point
to the best whirlwind campaign ever
heard of, between now and Septem-
Der 81, when the district board again
meets. | want to impress upon you
the importance of adding more solic-
itors to your present list.
ut would be we'll to bear in mind
one fact; that should we fail to make
a favorable showing by pooling quite
a large acreage before Septmber 81,
| am inclined to believe that then the
district board will be ready to sub
NIT to the voters of the hurley belt
at the earliest possible moment the
voting of the pool on or Off"
Waiting on the New Crop.
HOpkinsville, KY, Sept. 12.-Bro-
ker NJ. d. Boales, commenting on the
local tobacco situation, says:
Receipts have been nothing dur
ing the past month. The stock now
of old tobacco consists of about nine
ty hogsheads of common to medium
Tugs and twenty-five hogsheads of
common leaf. Quotations range:
Lugs, Sc to So; leaf, So to 50. Sales
since my last report have been only
ten hogsheads.
Interest is now conferred on the
new crop, which is rapidly being
housed, and some sales have been
made at prices ranging from SO to SO
for the crop around, to be delivered
loose from the barns when cured and
stripped out. The planters are not
anxious to sell as yet, and many are
standing pat for $40 to SIP. About
three-fourths of the crop has been
cut and housed, and a large part of
it has been cured up. The weather
has been fine for housing and curing
and results have been excellent, the
tobacco curing up with red brown
colors. The later planting has been
improved by recent rains and prom
Uses to make the best part of the
crop"
Tobacco Cutting General
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Sept. Ito
bacco cutting was general last week
throughout the district, and already
large quantity of the crop is in the
house. The crop is being cut clean,
so far no picking being done, the
crop having ripened uniformly in all
sections. The present outlook would
indicate that very small portion of
the crop will be in the field the mid
die of the month, the crop generally
being early.
The rains during the past week
have fallen upon large part of the
"Black Patch" with beneficial re-
suits. The cutting of ripe tobacco
was hindered only short time, while
much that would have been cut pre-
maturely ripe, will be made to stand
on the hill probably two weeks long
err, and it's value thereby enhanced,
as more pounds will be made and
the quality will be materially i'm
proved.
Receipts In the open market last
week were sixteen hogsheads. sales