Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-07-17
WILDFIRE APPEARS
in MADISON COUNTY
Tobacco Plant Disease Which
Caused Much Damage In 1920
Are Attacking Crop


Wildhre, rust and leaf spot
which caused SO much damage
to tobacco in 1920, are reported
as having attacked fields OF
growing tobacco in a number OF
counties, including some OF the
leading hurley producing coun-
ties.
Among the counties reported
affected are Madison, Fayette,
Washington, Green, Taylor,
Adair and Rockcastle, and at the
Kentucky Agricultural Expert
inent Station at Lexington the
situation was reported as about
as bad as in 1920.
DIR. w. D. Nalleau, tobacco eX-
pert of the Experiment Station,
said that the damage from the
plant diseases would depend on
the weather, as they spread more
rapidly in wet and windy wealth
er.
Wildhre is running many to-
bacco fields in Madison county,
Albert Day, grader for the Bur
ley Tobacco Growers Cooper
ative Association, who has been
spending the past week i'll this
county, said Saturday.
early in the week" Mr.. Day
said, Il saw some Of the finest
tobacco l have ever seen i'll this
county. On my way back to
Lexington | saw the same fields
literally ruined by the Wildfre
and rust. The county is alive
with them and much damage al
ready has been done" "
What Madison Growers Say
\ number of the tobacco grow
ers of Madison county have been
interviewed and they all report
that conditions in Madison are
not as alarming as reports have
made them seem.
Morgan Evans, who has about
20 acres of the best tobacco in
the county, states that his is not
hurt at all yet. There is a very
slight evidence OF rust which
seems to have appeared earlier
than usual this year, but he re-
ports no wildhre in his crop. It |
seems that before this these dis
eases made their appearance
nearer housing time. MIR. Evans
states that his only suggestion is
to cut the tobacco as early as
possible. He SAYS that his crop
rs SO far advanced that he be- !
lieves it will escape without
much damage, but it is impossi-
bic to tell because these diseases
depend much on weather condi-
tons.
A. K. McCown, whose crops
are III another section Of the
county, states that he has seen
little evidence Of rust and mol
wildhre. He says his tobacco is
larger now than at this time Of
the season in many years.
In the Caleast section of the
county, NJ. c. Covington reports
that he has seen 4 little rust but
very little of this. Conditions are
not alarming and wildhre has
not appeared as yet.
Charles Jett Of the eastern por-
ton of the county, says there is
little rust and no wildhre near,
him. He stated that George
Moody, Of near Kingston, has a
forward crop Of tobacco which
has some rust, but there should
be no undue alarm yet in that
section. He stated that these
diseases are more prevalent in
wet weather and the more ad-
vanced crops have larger leaves
and hold the moisture better and
for that reason they are some
times more affected.
1t is reported that the tobacco
on the Buckley land on the Dun
cannon lane, of which Ed Slat-
terry has charge, is not damaged
by either. These people are the
largest tobacco growers in the
county.
General reports in Richmond
arc that there is evidence of rust
and probably some wildfre in the
Poosey Ridge section, but this
could not be confirmed. Some
crops thruout the county have
had some damage, but as yet the
situation is not alarming. Fu-
ture damages depend on weather
conditions.