. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO TOBACCO 645 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. Tke field crop.âThe preparation of the field soil for Sumatra tobacco must be thor- ough
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO TOBACCO 645 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. Tke field crop.âThe 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 excess 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 twenty-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- Wh
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