The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-24
PREDICT REDUCED
TOBACCO PLANTING
IN PREBLE COUNTY

A probable decrease in tobacco
paintings, varying from a. fifth to a
fourth of the acreage, is predicted by.
crop reporters of Preble county Sat
urday.
A cut OF 25 per cent in the tobacco
acreage is predicted for this year by
Frank Blackford OF Eldorado, a spe-
cialist In this crop. The late sowing
of seed due to the wet weather In
spring and the delay in setting plants
caused by the prolonged dry weather
been for these influences, Mr.. Jack
ford was of the opinion that the to-
bacco acreage would have been equal
or little in excess of that set out
last year.
81 have been forced to cut from the
IL acres which l expected to plant,
to seven acres" said Mr. Blackford,
"and have been waiting for week to
do resetting in that field, and to work
UP spare ground in my garden to set
out some more plants"
| Wheat has not been hurt so badly
by the dry weather in the community
about Eldorado as in many other To-
caiities, said the speaker.
Planting Half Done
! Tobacco planting is half finished,
according TO Frank Gazell, of West
Alexandria, and 1t was his opinion
! that the acreage would be much re-
duced on account of the drought and
4 the difficulty in getting ground in
shape for setting the plants. He ser
the figures for the probable decrease
at 20 per cent. Had it not been for
the drought, he said, an acreage ex-
ceeding that of last year would have
4 been set out.
/ The same position also received
support from s. r. Andrews, manufac-
turer Of tobacco cases in Gratis, Ohio.
Tobacco plants are all in good con-
dition and what have been set will
make good crops, II rain comes in
time, said the reports. No disease
has troubled the beds this year as Sc
riously as In 1921.
Reports on wheat yields are vary
ing greatly, the variations of fields
. and farms in fertility showing up
: strongly this year. In few cases
, the dry weather has not prevented
the grain from filling out well, but
: more frequently light grain is report
ed. Small heads and stalks which
ndNC not uCauCu Jul al 1OW QciSn-
are frequent.
: Poor oat Crop.
The saddest reports are those con
5 corning oats. Many farmers say there
i will be no oats harvest worth men,
e tioning this year, and from present in.
!. dications, very few are expecting Ia
Z put binders in the field unless good
4 rains come very shortly to push the
i grain up a little higher. In both Ohio
l. and Indiana. On both sides of the
Il state line oats are heading out al
heights of from four to eight inche:
! while very few fields are seen ovel
IL to is inches in height. Sowed late
|. owing to the prolonged wet weather
i many fields were not put in until after
Y rains had ceased and have never had
' a drop of water since they were sowed
1 I'm going to harvest my oats with
I the vacuum cleaner" said one Wayne
!, county farmer living east of Rich
a mond.
!. Corn is the one encoura ging sigh
,. for farmers worried by the drought
4 In spite of lack of rain, the only eff
feet on most corn fields is that the
!. plants are not growing as fast as us
y ual. In a few cases only is corn dyins
\ as yet, and generally it still shows Z
thrifty dark green and is of gooC
height. Soil moisture in corn field.
!, has been better conserved than il
= small grain fields, and is still suffic
> lent for needs of the corn. Even here
:, though, farmers are hoping for rain:
u soon to push the corn little faster