. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO sufficient to kill most of the plants. When irriga- tion is used in growing the general crop, a system of overhead spray nozzles has been found to give excellent results. In every case, before undertaking the process of weeding the bed, it is most important to water thoroughly. This will prevent any serious injury to the roots of the tobacco plants. The field crop.—The preparation of the field soil for Sumatra tobacco must be thor- ough and complete. The soil should be pul- verized by successive plowing and harrow- ing, and reduced
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO sufficient to kill most of the plants. When irriga- tion is used in growing the general crop, a system of overhead spray nozzles has been found to give excellent results. In every case, before undertaking the process of weeding the bed, it is most important to water thoroughly. This will prevent any serious injury to the roots of the tobacco plants. The field crop.—The preparation of the field soil for Sumatra tobacco must be thor- ough and complete. The soil should be pul- verized by successive plowing and harrow- ing, and reduced to a fine condition before transplanting. Deep plowing and subsoiling cause a retention of moisture in the soil if the season is too dry, and at the same time afford the best opportunity for proper drain- age if there is an of rainfall during the growing season. The disk-plow and disk-harrow have been used very success- fully in the preparation of tobacco soils, particularly where the content of clay is comparatively small. A very satisfactory fertilizer consists of 1,000 pounds of cotton seed, 1,000 pounds of cottonseed meal, 300 pounds of carbonate of potash, 700 pounds of fine-ground bone and 800 pounds of lime to the acre. The cotton seed should be put on the field after it has been plowed and three weeks or one month before it is finally pre- pared for transplanting. Wherever it can be had, cow manure should be used broadcast at the rate of twenty to twent,v-five loads per acre. This pro- motes very rapid growth and often becomes the means of securing a good crop on land badly in- fested with nematodes. This plant-food enables the plant to throw out new roots faster than the nema- todes can destroy the old ones. When no cover-crop is grown during the winter the land should be plowed frequently and kept thoroughly stirred. This destroys many of the nematodes. This con- TOBACCO 645 When produced for wrapper purposes, the imatra variety of tobacco is usually grown
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