Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . etter plants thanthe smallest (Fig. 216). A special device or blowerhas been invented for use in removing the smallerseed from those to be planted (Fig. 217). Thisdevice consists of a glass tube about five feet long,with a fine-mesh ?wire screen near the bottom, anda small bellows connected with the lower end of thetube. In growng Sumatra and Cuban tobacco, it iscustomary to import the seed cverjr year or everyfew jears from Sumatra and Cuba. Cultural Methods 517. Seed-bed. — The seedof tobacco are so minute, re-quiring about 5,000,000 tomake
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . etter plants thanthe smallest (Fig. 216). A special device or blowerhas been invented for use in removing the smallerseed from those to be planted (Fig. 217). Thisdevice consists of a glass tube about five feet long,with a fine-mesh ?wire screen near the bottom, anda small bellows connected with the lower end of thetube. In growng Sumatra and Cuban tobacco, it iscustomary to import the seed cverjr year or everyfew jears from Sumatra and Cuba. Cultural Methods 517. Seed-bed. — The seedof tobacco are so minute, re-quiring about 5,000,000 tomake one pound, that it isnecessary to germinate theseed and start the joung Fi«- in a specially preparedseed-bed, from which thej are later transplanted to thefield. The preferred location fo- a seed-bed is on recentljcleared land, where the soil contains much vegetablematter and few seeds of grass and weeds. A well-drainedspot, sheltered on the north, is usuahy best. The seed-bed should be convenient to water, since the bed must be2m. — A Tobacco SeedBlower. 530 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS watered often enough to keep it continually moist, inorder to insure the prompt germination of the seed andthe rapid growth of the young plants.
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