. The culture of flue-cured tobacco. Tobacco. THE CULTURE OP FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 23 iiiiuli'. on till' theory that tho wide bed the moisture belter iiiul gives the phint a better start. In most sections, however, the con- sensus of opinion seems to be that the ^-furrow bed is jnst as satis- factor}'. In the light soils of the New Belt the bed is put into final shape for planting by dragging down and slightly packing the top of the ridge. A cotton planter drawn along the row is frequently used for this purpose, the plow in front serving to knock oif and flatten the ridge while the roll
. The culture of flue-cured tobacco. Tobacco. THE CULTURE OP FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 23 iiiiuli'. on till' theory that tho wide bed the moisture belter iiiul gives the phint a better start. In most sections, however, the con- sensus of opinion seems to be that the ^-furrow bed is jnst as satis- factor}'. In the light soils of the New Belt the bed is put into final shape for planting by dragging down and slightly packing the top of the ridge. A cotton planter drawn along the row is frequently used for this purpose, the plow in front serving to knock oif and flatten the ridge while the roller behind compacts it. A plank or log drawn hj a mule and wide enough to cover two or more rows at a time is also a satisfactory device. Figure 4 shows an ingenious implement for this purpose devised and used by Mr. B. F. William- mm^ "^st. I â . I PHP-T' ' ^^fi^. Fio. 4. -An ingenious form of ridge leveler, for compacting and leveling the beds or lists upon which tobacco i)lants arc to be transplanted. son, a noted grower in Darlington County, S. C. This device, by means of the spool-shaped rollers on the front, rounds off the bed so that water can not form pools and drown the plants, and it flattens and compacts the bed at the same time. On the rougher soils of the Old Belt section it is more customary to go over the field with a hoe, cutting through the bed and making a pat at each spot where a plant is to be set. The objects of the bed are to get a body of good, soft soil in which to set the plant and to provide that surface water during heavy rains may flow away from the plant and not stand around it and either cover it with silt or drown it outright. But in attaining these objects the less the eleva- tion of the jjlant the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathewson, E. H.
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