Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-14
Burnley TOBACCO
PRODUCERS WILL
MEET AUG, 18TH

Lexington, KY, Aug. l3.-Dele.
| gates representing hurley tobacco
growers at three states will meet In
Lexington at 1880 o'clock on Aug.
gust Is to decide whether SO, 00C
hurley growers, producing an av-
erage of 100000, 900 pounds of to-
bacco annually, will cut out the
crop in 1921.
Delegates to this meeting will be
selected at county conventions to
| be held throughout the hurley dis
| trict of Kentucky and in the hurley
producing sections of Ohio and In
diana tomorrow, August IA, the
Saturday preceding the date set for
the Lexington convention. The
county conventions are expected TO
instruct their delegates as TO
whether the votes will be cast for
q cut-out.
At a meeting of the leading bur-
ley growers held in Lexington, Au-
gust A, 500 hundred farmers from
twenty eight Kentucky, Ohio and
indiana counties went on record as
unanimously in favor of cutting out
the crop next year. This action was
not taken as final, however, due
TO the fact that many hurley raising
counties were not represented IN
the convention, and the second
convention was called in order that
all growers of the three states
might have a chance to act on the
question.
Agitation in favor of cutting out
next years hurley crop has been
brewing since the close OF sales last
winter. According to leading grow
ers at least 40 per cent of the 1919
crop was grown without profit 70
the producing farmers, and the
present crop although above aver
age in quantity, will fall far below
last wears crop in quality. Topacco
manufacturers of the country VINO
buy practically all of the puriey
cron raised In this section are al
ready overstocked on second grade
tobacco, growers say, ana they arc
expecting prices to fall this winter
To a point where profit is no lohseI
possible except to the farmer WIN
nothing but high grade weed 10 seli.
General opinion of KENTUCKY
farmers is that a crop cut-out IN
1921 not only would give manuiac-
tuners a chance to dispose OF tne'r
excess of low grade weed, put
would also put the tobacco land IN
much better condition for future
crops of hurley. Many sections III
Kentucky which have been USED al.
most exclusively for the raising on
tobacco since the days of the "night
riders" are showing the etfects OF
too many successive crops, and TINS
land in large measure is respon5i-
BILE for the preponderance OF III
ferior hurley in last year crop
and in the crop now bearing II 10
said.
Most of the opposition to the cut
out is expected from the Bluegrass
section, of which Lexington Is the
center. Much high grade puriey
was raised in the counties or ray
cite. Bourbon, Woodford, Jessamlne
and other surrounding counties III
1919. and crops now being raised
within a radius of twenty-five miies
of Lexington indicate good quals
as well as above the-average guam
tity. ss
Opinion outside the Bluegrass,
however. Is almost unanimous III
favor of a cut-out, and general pc
lief among well informed tobacco
men here is that the coming con
vention will vote to approve tne
action taken at he preliminary
meeting on August 4 and go on
record as opposing the raising OIL
crop in 1921.