. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . occurrence, the insects are very much worse than in the earlyspring, and it may be necessary to spray a fall crop of tomatoes severaltimes. Directions and formula for dusting or spraying tomatoes will befound in part 4 of this book, The Modern Guide. HOW TO GROW TOBACCO IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. SEED. Only pure Havana or Sumatra seed should be planted, as it has beendemonstrated that these varieties grow best here, besides bringing the-highest market price. The Havana is grown for fillers and wrappers a
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . occurrence, the insects are very much worse than in the earlyspring, and it may be necessary to spray a fall crop of tomatoes severaltimes. Directions and formula for dusting or spraying tomatoes will befound in part 4 of this book, The Modern Guide. HOW TO GROW TOBACCO IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. SEED. Only pure Havana or Sumatra seed should be planted, as it has beendemonstrated that these varieties grow best here, besides bringing the-highest market price. The Havana is grown for fillers and wrappers andthe Sumatra for wrappers only. QUANTITY OF SEED TO SOW. Tobacco seeds are very small, smaller even than mustard seed—one ounce How to Grow Tobacco in the Southern States. 115 contains about four hundred thousand seeds—many of them, however, maynot sprout, but allowing for this, one ounce should produce enough plantsfor five acres. SEED BED. In selecting a site for seed bed, it is important that it should be con-venient to water, as the young plants will require watering from time to. TOBACCO time. Select new land; an open space in the woods is a good location, orby the side of a fence where it has not been cultivated. Give it a southernslope, where the sun can shine on it most of the day. Begin preparing theseed bed about January 15, by burning with dry wood or with brush. Donot pile the wood in a heap, but keep near the ground by replenishing thefire from time to time until the soil has been thoroughly burned to th(*depth of three or four inches. This is done to kill all vegetable and in-sect life, and give the young plants plenty of time to get a good start be-fore vegetation begins. After burning the bed it should be broken up to adepth of about two and one-half inches, and thoroughly pulverized. Ee-move all foreign substance with a rake, and the surface should be leftin a level and porous condition. Soil should not be worked deeper tiiantwo and one-half inches, as it
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