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since the war, in consequence of which, in connection with the closing up of 
distilleries, we have a large surplus of corn, which is now selling at 25 to 35 
cents per bushel, there being no means of cheap transportation. Of 40 distil- 
leries in the county not one is now in operation, owing to the heavy expenses 
under the law. Our Montgomery correspondent writes : 
Tobacco has been, but stock-raising probably will be, our specialty, as the opinion is now 
general that there is no money in the former. 
In Henry county, tobacco, wheat, and corn were the chief crops before the 
war, but cotton has since taken the place of tobacco, but for the future our cor- 
respondent thinks the latter will resume its old position. 
One good hand can cultivate two and a half acres of tobacco, 15 acres of corn, 10 acres of 
‘wheat, three acres of herds-grass, and one in late potatoes, with the following result: 
24 acres tobacco, at 1,000 lbs. per acre, 2,500 lbs., at 8 cents..---.---. 2-2-2. ee. $200 
J5 acres corn at 40 bushels per acre, 600 bushels, at 40 cents..-.-...---.---2---.-- 240 
10 acres wheat, at 8 bushels per acre, 80 bushels, at $1 50....-.-----.---.-------.- 128 
3 acres grass, 3,000 Ibs. per acre; 9,000 lbs., at 4 cent...--.-.2-.--+---5----+--- 6s 45 
1 aere potatoes, 60 busheis per acre, at 75 cents... ---..- 20. s+ 2-5 22s ee eee 45 
me, 650 
Epiimated Cxpenses not more than ss |... 85. . cals Paees. cadew eee skeen ees 150 
500 
The labor to raise the two and a half acres of tobacco is not more than is usually required 
to raise that amount of corn, but the labor in suckering and worming is much greater. The 
great advantage in raising this crop lies in the fact that the corn crop is harvested before there 
is much to do with the tobacco, except planting. You house it about the Ist of September, 
at which time you are ready to sow your wheat; by the Ist of October all farmers ought to 
have their wheat in,-and be ready to gather the corn; this done, your tobacco is ready for 
stripping and preparing for market, so that an industrious farmer can all the time be busily 
engaged with his crops, except a few weeks in the winter. 
Peanuts are extensively grown in Perry county, yielding from 50 to 100 
bushels per acre, worth from $1 to $3 per bushel, while the haulm is preferred 
by horses and cattle to any other kind of fodder. One hand can cultivate, 
gather, &c., from 1st of May to Ist of December, 10 acres of these nuts. 
5. Among the many varieties of wheat cultivated in Tennessee the most 
prominent are the red May, Walker, Quaker, white and red Mediterranean, 
Tappahannock or Boughton, blue-stem, Orleans, gold-chaff, &c., little or no 
spring wheat being grown. In Green, Hawkins, Union, Rhea, Monroe, Polk, 
and other counties the Tappahannock wheat distributed by this department 
has become popular on account of its earliness and consequent freedom from 
the dangers which beset later varieties, as well as for its certainty and productive- 
ness. White and red Mediterranean, red May, blue stem, and Walker are 
largely grown, and, with the Tappahannock, comprise most of the wheat crop 
in the State. The preference is given to the red wheats in a majority of the 
counties, as being the most hardy and best able to stand the cold winters, 
though the white is considered by many the most prolific. The seed is put in 
the ground from the first of September up to December, but the greater portion 
is sown from the middle of September to the first of November, and the crop 
is harvested generally in the second and third weeks in June, though in some 
cases commencing earlier and in others running into July. Drilling is reported 
in very few counties and to but limited extent, but when practiced is popular, 
and will doubtless soon be adopted as its advantages become known among 
wheat-growers of the State. 
Wheat receives very little culture, seldom more than a rough and shallow 
breaking of the ground, a light harrowing, with the seed sown broadcast and 
harrowed in. In Weakley county “the seed is simply sown and ploughed in 
roughly with common turning ploughs; many farmers sowing lands upon which 
