. Agriculture and the farming business . of the soil is to kill the weeds and other tobaccoenemies and thereby give the plants a better chance forfree growth. Burning is an expensive process and it is doubted bysome growers whether it pays, provided clean cultivationis used to keep the weeds down and rotation is practisedto hinder the development of insect enemies. Burninghas but little effect on soil fertility, possibly favoring cer-tain elements and hindering others. Humus and otherforms of organic matter so necessary to the soil are insome degree injured or destroyed by the burning process.
. Agriculture and the farming business . of the soil is to kill the weeds and other tobaccoenemies and thereby give the plants a better chance forfree growth. Burning is an expensive process and it is doubted bysome growers whether it pays, provided clean cultivationis used to keep the weeds down and rotation is practisedto hinder the development of insect enemies. Burninghas but little effect on soil fertility, possibly favoring cer-tain elements and hindering others. Humus and otherforms of organic matter so necessary to the soil are insome degree injured or destroyed by the burning process. Seed selection.—The seed from the tobacco plantshould be as carefully selected from the mother stalk as isthe cotton or seed corn. Seed should be taken from thehealthy plants with well-shaped leaves free from suckers. THE FARMING BUSINESS 239 The proper standard of a plant for quality and high pro-duction should be considered. Planting and cultivation.—Tobacco plants are grownfrom seed planted in hotbeds or cold-frames. The plants. A typical Counecticut tobacco field. are transplanted to the field in rows about three and one-halffeet apart. The transplanting may be done by hand or witha horse machine. Cultivation should begin as soon as theplants have started to grow and continue as long as the sizeof plants will permit. The first cultivation should be deep, 240 AGRICULTURE AND
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