TOBACCO
Seed Leaf Crop and Market News

The Local Market in the Old and New Crops - Another Cold Snap - New York and Philadelphia Markets.

The past week has been an exceedingly lively one so far as inquiry goes, both crops being sought after eagerly. In old tobacco the inquiry was for fillers and binders, but no large lots were sold that have been reported, the sales in small lots known amounting to about 150 cases.

Henry Kurtz, of Mount Joy, shipped a car-load of 1880 tobacco to San Francisco, Cal., on Tuesday last.

During the week there was considerable inquiry after new tobacco and a good deal purchased, but not as much as would have been bought did not several obstacles present themselves to the buyers. In the first place the quantity in the hands of the farmers is not large and it is scattered over a large territory, which makes the buyer drive a great distance in purchasing small quantities. Then, say the buyers, the goods are mostly common and medium, but the holders do not want to accept prices usually paid for that kind of goods.

Joseph Lederman has finished his packing of 1,500 cases of tobacco.

Bach & Son have packed 350 cases of tobacco at Landisville and are through for the season.

Very little tobacco remains unsold in Conoy township except in what is known as Ebersole’s corner, where very little has been sold. One farmer, Andrew K. Stoner, has 15,000 pounds on hand. Within the past ten days Samuel E. Ebersole has sold his lot to Dave Eagle, for 12½, 5½, and 3: Jacob R. Ebersole, to Henderson, of Maytown, 3,000 pounds, for 10, 5, and 3; Jacob Arthur, 2,100 pounds, to Mendle, of Elizabethtown, for 8 round.

Following are some recent sales and deliveries of the ’81 crop:
Levi Landis, of Leacock township , on Saturday, delivered to Diller & Rutter, 2¼ acres at 35 cents round, receiving $1,300.
John E. Scott, of Chester county, sold to Charles Schubert, at 12, 5 and 2½.
Isaac McCammett, of Salisbury to Skiles & Frey at 17, 9, 5 and 3 and 15, 5 and 3.
E. F. Haversick, of Mount Joy township, to Mr. Hoffman at 20 and 3.
William Benley, of Bart, to B. S. Kendig & Co. at 10, 6 and 3.
David Minn, of Bart, to same at 13 round.
Samuel Eppenheimer, of Chester county, to J. S. Erb, at 15, 5 and 3.
Amos Alexander, of Chester county, to B. S. Kendig & Co., at 17, 8 and 5.

The Marietta Times says: “The fame of the tobacco growers from this place is spreading over the State, and they are in demand in localities where the growing of the plant is being introduced. William, son of John Shields, has been for the past year on the farm of Vice President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Berwyn, Chester county, and his brother Leonard has removed to the farm of Jeoffrey Johns, near Phoenixville, in the same county, to superintend the growing of his tobacco. Henry Longenecker, also a Mariettian, is farming for Geo. W. Mehaffey, near Berwyn, and Mr. Stehman, son-in-law of H. M. Eagle, is also farming near that place.”

The cold and unfavorable weather still prevents any active movement in preparing for the new crop. Sunday night it was so cold that farmers reported the ground frozen in several localities on Tuesday morning. This of course would be death to exposed plant beds while canvas was not sufficient protection and even those plants under glass received a back set.

1882.4.06 Lancaster Examiner