China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . it requiresconsiderable heat to bring the tobacco plant to perfection, it isof course cultivated with greater success in the provinces nearerto the tropics. Large quantities are produced in Kwang-tung. AtKong-moon, in the district of San-wooee, the tobacco-fields arevery extensive. The best Kwang-tung tobacco, however, isproduced in the prefecture of Nam-huug. Tobacco requires avery rich mould, and the land on which it is grown must be freefrom inundations. To hasten its growth as much as possible, theground should have been de
China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . it requiresconsiderable heat to bring the tobacco plant to perfection, it isof course cultivated with greater success in the provinces nearerto the tropics. Large quantities are produced in Kwang-tung. AtKong-moon, in the district of San-wooee, the tobacco-fields arevery extensive. The best Kwang-tung tobacco, however, isproduced in the prefecture of Nam-huug. Tobacco requires avery rich mould, and the land on which it is grown must be freefrom inundations. To hasten its growth as much as possible, theground should have been deeply trenched, and well manuredwith bean or pea cake. This manure, which we have seen to bevery extensively used by the Chinese, is preferred to the dungof horses and cattle, as the latter has a tendency to impart adisagreeable flavour to the leaves. The seed is sown in springin a well-cultivated seed-bed. In provinces where the nightsare at all cold at this season, the beds are covered with straw ormats. The fields into which the plants are to be xxiii.] TOBACCO. 147 are formed iuto ridges about two feet in width on the surface,with a space of not more than a few inches between each plants are carefully removed from the seed-bed by small,spades, great pains being taken not to shake the earth from theroots. They are then placed in the holes sixteen inches apart,which have been prepared for tiiem in the ridges. While the])lants are growing, much pains is taken to keep the ro\\s freefrom weeds, the growtli of which would greatly interfere withthe luxuriance of tlic crop. At frequent intervals, the earthis loosened between the plants. The observance of this dutygreatly accelerates their growth. When the leaves have attaineda certain size, it is necessary to pluck the lower, with theview of increasing the size of the upper leaves. The stemgrows to a height of from four to six feet, and is laden with tenor twelve large juicy leaves. In the autumn these assum
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