The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-10-28
TRUTH ABOUT
TOBACCO CROP
Embraced Figures Show Exact
Conditions Hrevail-
ing.

This years tobacco crop, big as 1t
is, Us disappointment, says the Gin
cinnati Enuirer. 1t will not pass
the billion-pound mark set fer it in
the early spring when, after almost
10000 acres more than in 1909 had
been set out under most favorable
conditions, the plant started forward
lin most promising growth.
Those 10000 acres, with the prom
ised increased yield from the total of
1,169.771 acres planted would easily
have made yield to exceed a billion
pounds. But the crop met with
succession of misfortunes. Cold storms
!. and frost overlook it early in its life;
later disastrous floods swept away
whole fields on bottom lands; then
the drought touched it as 1t touch
ed corn, and total of 10000 acres
are reported as not having reached
-xthe harvest stage.
According to reports the total area
for harvest is 1,149.S31 acres, which
compares with 1,1S0,537 In 1909. The
yield is estimated at S31 ,06S ,695 pound
compared with 913,544,452 in 1909.
The Government may be expected
to estimate this years crop above
one billion pounds, as the Reporting
Board OF the Department of Agricul-
ture put the area planted at 1,215,900
nl h.. onndftfA,. af ahnntTo
compared with an average OF so at
this time in 1909 and ten-years' av-
erage of 49, Calculating on the Gov
ernment's reported yield for 1909 of
949, 1857 900 the statisticians of the bu-
reau should have no trouble in figur-
ing out billion pounds.
The difference between The Enquir-
er's estimate and that of the Govern
ment lies mainly in Kentucky, where
the Government claims planted area
OF 47O,400 acres while reports to The
Enquirer from every county of the
State producing tobacco in commerce
ial quantities, cover a planted area
OF only 3SS,S60, acres, with only $751;
90S for the harvest.
Many reports from Kentucky are
much discouraging as to the yield.
And while there are about 10000 acres
more than in 1909 for harvest, the
yield is estimated to be 100000
pounds less. The injury, however, fell
most heavily on the dark" district,
so that the yield of hurley in Ken
lucky will be 197,652,O0O pounds COM
pared with 1872 1865, 1875 in 1909.
The crop is practically all cut and
housed and the curing is progressing
under most favorable conditions. The
quality generally is good, and the
leaves promise to grade high as to
color. Exceptions to this appear in
the reports from the several states.
Kentucky IS counties, 17S,094 acres
with 1885, 105 pounds; Ohio eight
counties 1858 acres with 24,S99.00O,
pounds; Indiana five counties, 1850
acres with 1885, 500 pounds; West
Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, Illinois
etc 1850 acres with 1874 300 pounds
Total 254,S97 acres with 2S9,O29,9O5
pounds.
Kentucky 70 counties 100000 acres
with 1877 .652 900 pounds; Ohio l6 coun-
ties 10000 acres, with 24,0O5,O0O
pounds; Indiana Is counties, $4,000
acres, with 1921 900 pounds; West
Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, Illinois,
ETC., 28,oO0 acres with 19,5O0,O00 lbs.
Totals $4,000 acres with 25S,47S,OOO
pounds.
After a glance at these figures 1t
is easy to understand why the Bur-
ley Society has failed to perfect a
pool for 1910 and why there has been
such haste to sell the 1909 crop at
auction at several cents below the
prices originally put upon it. Had
the crop conditions continued favor
able from the time of planting to
. harvest the hurley crop of the Unit
ed States would have exceeded $780,
100000 pounds.