The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-19
Crop Outlook Now Favorable
Tobacco In Six
Area Counties
Makes Comeback

Things are looking up for Her
aid area farmers. survey
arOno county agricultural agents
revealed today.
Tobacco, the king of local farm
mO~ey crops, saw vast improve
ment after late July rains put
the clinch on a rapidly develop
ing drought. Fire-cured and sun
cured prospects took a forward
jump during the past week. Flue-
cured lost some lower leaves,
but the recent rains have been
beneficial and the crop is re-
spending rapidly.
Harvest Underway
TIE harvest of flue-cured to-
bacco is well underway in most
sections Some dark fired harvest
ing has begun in several coun-
ties. No harvesting of hurley, a
type that has shown excellent re-
spouse to the soil moisture, was
reported.
Three counties, Amelia, Buck
ingham and Cumberland, report
ed that the doWnpour of rain in
short period also brought on
disease in tobacco. In Bucking
ham, County Agent Richard Ellis,
III, reported arrival of new to-
bacco pest, the Aslatic Oak
Weevil.
Pastures in surrounding coun-
ties, hard hit by dry weather in
July, are now rapidly returning
to normal. To make up for the
hay that had to be fed in July,
dairymen are now busy with
preparations of winter pastures.
The rains we're big help to
the late corn, but didn't arrive
in time to do much for the early
crop. Much>of the early corn crop
was cut for silage since the dry
spell hit right at the time it was
tasselling and shooting.
Farmer Happy
All county agents contacted
agreed on one thing for certain
that is that the farmer is a happy
man now compared to what he
was less than month ago.
A breakdown Of the farm situ-
alton in Herald area counties is
as follows:
Prince Edward county Dud-
ley L. Peery, county agent. says
some farmers will make a crop
of tobacco as good or better than
last year. However. he added
that in general the crop would
not quite measure up to the crop
in 1859.
The tobacco = flue, dark-fired,
hurley and sun-cured varies
from section to section In Green
Bay an excellent flue crop is be
ing harvested while the flue in
the Rice area is not SO good. The
difference stems from the scat
tered rains which touched some
areas and didn't get to others.
In Green Bay a good season has
been the case throughout the
summer.
Harvest of flue is well under
way. and some cutting of dark
fired has been begun, reports
Peery
Corn outlook calls for excellent
Yields in certain sections where
the recent rains have further i'm
proved the crop. Pastures are on
the up. Considerable progress has
been made in seeded prepara-
ton for fall grains and alfalfa.
Amelia cOunty-Tobacco crops
have come out considerably,
more than corn and pastures,
said H. A. Holmes, Amelia county
agent. Some dark tobacco will be
heavier than last year while flue
will be On the light side About
IS per cent of the flue is harv
ested, and thus far the color is
holding up good.
Holmes said the dry spell came
this year at a time more critical
than last. A prolonged dry spell
hit this area in 1859. but it came
earlier.
The corn crop was cut 30 per
cent, and dairymen fed hay for
almost two months. The dairy
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