Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
OUTLOOK FOR TOBACCO;
= LARGER CROP THIS YEAR
Virginia and North Carolina Grow
.svers Of the Weed Aiming Mt
sar Greater Things for 1918.
LABOR SITUATION CUTS FIGURE
But Few Farmers Will Attempt
Largely Increased Acreage, Al
though Nearly Every One Has Put
Out More Peanuts Than LnSt Year.

-Fhe' tobacco manufacturers and loaf
dsalers all over the country. and espe-
clally in Virginia and North Carolina,
the two great tobacco growing and
tebacco-selling States. are just now
taki1g an almost feveriSh interest in
what the tobacco farmers are doing.
'lShay are looking forward to the next
s@liing and manufacturing season with
More than the usual interest because
Of the short stocks OF tho past years
crop. now in the hands of dealers and
Manufacturers. and they are making
6ligent inquiry 10 the magnitude
of 1.-The crop that the IA rmerS have
Planned, and are Yet planning. to make
this year TO be placed upon the market
rleEt fan and winter.
The Times Dispatc,, mas sent in
quiries throughout the black belt. tho
strf-curinE territory and the bright
belt of Virginia and also throughout
Npfth Carolina The information re-
c.>bNed SO far leads to the belief that
iHtevery SC tion the farmers. inspired
T..the high prices obtained for last
years crops, and being aware that the
stn9ks in the hands of dealers and
ftSs ufacturers. as compared with tho
uP,f:ual demand. are smaller than ever
lfsYwn before al this stage of work.
age aiming TO mako more of the weed
'he year than they did last year
BREEDING GOVERNMENT APPEAL
~ AND PLANTING MORE TOBACCO
IA Is true that the patriotic farmers
dGiiNirginia and North Carolina are
haehing the appeals OF government to
lpfRe bigger food crops and it is true
= me labor problem is giving them
great concern. but it is evident from
toe reports received that 90 per cent
81 the tobacco growers in the two
StateS have set out, and are yet set
Hng out. more plants than they did
nst season. and it naturally follows
tlat II the seasons are favorable and
the growers can get the labor to work
dnc to harvest what they have planted.
ne tobacco crop OF 1918 will be in the
asefegate considerably larger than
that of las, year
At least half OF the dozen or less
Virginia counties that grow cotton.
r9eacco can also be grown success
Hniiy' and have been growing it on
more or less small scale The ipforma
tion reaches The Times Dispatch thai
For various reasons the farmers of
theSe counties are this year cutting
gown their cotton acreage and raising
more tobacco instead. Similar infor
naton comes from the eastern section
oi North Carolina. where much more
tottoh is grown than in the Virginia
counties alluded TO.
= Di-iN-hi'i.Es 1NSkEASE IN
TIE SUN-CURISt; REGIONS
%rom all Of the counties in which
the dark tobaccos for sun-curinr are
sEswn comes the information that ,bs
SIq"ers 0; THIS type of the weed. with
our exception. are increasing ,beir
AZ "ase this YEAR. Many OF them ar.
increasing quite largely, taking all of
iEga,n piers chance on solving the labor
p9'ieih ana being able to cultivate
aEa 10 cut and cure every pound of
ne enlarged crops The Richmond
,yaFeaousemen and tobacco dealers who
ietSe beeA Keeping in touch with the
situation and getting al possible in
equation ON planting operations. think
sas crop Of sun-cured tobacco this vn,r
Wl DO from 100000 to 1000 ono
Sus greater than that of last year
RSSIts nave peen plentiful. and but few
~ ..hc!s nave been reported as beiny
aehlnd in the preparation of their Iands
oF planting out the increased acreare
I4ahEsiE MEASURES TO SOLVE
49, TIRE LABOR PROuIEN
--S>,nilar reports come from tho d,r,
Sc!'' "here all of the long black and
.! I"h SHIPPING tobaccos are grown
= nm me br!ght belt information coma.
~ "hl!e there were plenty of plants
- seasons were somewhat unfayor
80 the early preparation of lands
80 b4aIiAS, out by
eSerton the farmers in the main bara
been able 10 get in. all the plants thev
intended to set ard in. NINETY c snss
our OF hundrGd they have nm, IN
more ihan last year. Some farmers ~
me bright belt admit that they havs
Undertaken more acreage than ,he
i is situation justifes. but i, is hs
!Iefee that If the seasons are 800
,eey Viii find some way TO work NV.
crops successfully and save and cn.s
an OF the weed they have stared ~,
us hFst growth II may be tia, manu
% tAein WI have TO call unon ~
WAe and the daughters 10 coma INC
lAs Ae!Gs on pinohes and helm Iba ntS
man and the boys save the cron .od
.aSPLEea by the high prices of III SssI
-ast years growth and ,be 80
Psc!S OF sun better figures for ' ths,
.! TINS years growth. they viii "a,
hs;itate 10 call upon them and md no. no.
am daughter vii! not hesitate r. 49,
sWef the call The brief reporis hstnr.
WI! give an idea OF the situa,ion Nv
'.s sections heard from !"
heports From the Dark Raj.
LfNCHECkG. VA. june IT,. :.
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