Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . d at each markand a laborer setsthem at these placeswith a dibble. Tians-planting by handshould be done onlywhen the soil is in agood moisture con-dition, or duringcloudy or rainyweather. The dis-tance at which theplants are set in therows depends entirelyon the type and com-mercial use of thetobacco. The heavytobaccos of Virginiaand Tennessee andthe flue-cured tobaccosof the Carolinas areusually checked at adistance of thirty-sixinches, while cigar leaftobaccos
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . d at each markand a laborer setsthem at these placeswith a dibble. Tians-planting by handshould be done onlywhen the soil is in agood moisture con-dition, or duringcloudy or rainyweather. The dis-tance at which theplants are set in therows depends entirelyon the type and com-mercial use of thetobacco. The heavytobaccos of Virginiaand Tennessee andthe flue-cured tobaccosof the Carolinas areusually checked at adistance of thirty-sixinches, while cigar leaftobaccos are set inthe drill from twelveto eighteen inches,according to theirtype. Tobaccos of alltypes require frequent and thorough cultivation. No weeds or grassshould ever be allowed to grow in the field. Cultivation usuallybegins about eight days after transplanting, when the young plantsshould be hoed and given a reasonably deep plo-ndng. This is theonly time that a deep cultivation should be given. In the North, riding andwalking cultivators are used, having an attachment of shallow running 1 Courtesy of The Pennsylvania A Plant Ready to Set in Field.^ TOBACCO 211 plows, while in the Southern states single stocks with sweeps are mostlyused. Cultivation usually ceases when the plants have received theirfinal topping. As soon as the seed-head appears it should be taken outalong with about three or four leaves Vidth cigar type tobaccos, while theheavy and export types are topped down to eight or ten remaining leaves,according to the growth of the plant and the style of leaf desired. TheMaryland and Burley tobaccos have more leaves left on the plant aftertopping, but not as many as the cigar types. All types of tobacco will sendout shoots or suckers after being topped, and these should be brokenoff, so that all the strength of the plant will go into the leaves on themain stalk. Tobacco is subject to insect pests from the time it germinates in theplant-bed to the time it is h
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