Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-05-21
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
Tobacco Culture.

I'VE have received an excellent article on this
subject, from Mr.. II. n. Lowe, Marcellus, N. Y,
from which we give such facts as throw addition
al light on the subject.-GeR. Farmer.
Having prepared the beds, sow the seed Ga ia
ble-spoontul TO thirty square yards) if possible
Just before rain on a still day, or you may find
the plants in some other place. Keep the beds
free from weeds II will answer to sow the seed
from March ill the first week of May. Any
land that is natural for corn is good for tobacco.
To insure large crop of either, any man knows
that the ground must be well prepared and ma
nured before planting. Mark the ground from
three to three and half feet one way and two
and half to three the other this is for Connect
icut seed leaf; the small kinds will bear 10 DO
thicker Some think the plants should be from
three to four inches high before setting but this
think mistake | commence setting when
the plants are no longer than fifty cent piece,
and invariably have good luck with my early
set plants \ plant five inches high before set
ting will generally die to the ground whereas
a small one If we'll set, will scarcely mind the
removal. 1t will do to set in missing plants till
the first week in July. The cutvator may DO
used as long as it will pass without breaking the
leaves. The plants require no hill they should
be hood two or three times the first as early as
practicable. When plants show the buds fair
ly, they can be pnched off leaving from twenty
to sixteen leaves on a stalk late plants must DO
topped lower. After topping, the suckers must
be kept off, the cleaner the better for the growth
of the plant, and the convenience of handling
when stripping.
When the leaves become spotted with yellow.
the plant is fitto cut Iii best to have the dew
off before cutting and after rain the plants
should not be cut for a few days, as the rain
washes fine gum from the leaves When cut,
the plant must be laid on the ground to wilt
Ifhe sun is hot, care must be taken or the plants
will bnrn, and the places burnt are spoiled. In
hanging, fasten the Irvine around the butt end Of
the first plant, fetch it across the POLE give it
turn around the next plant, and so on TO the 9TH
or end of the pole. The poles, or whatever ia
used to hang them on, ought to be sufficiently
large to prevent the plants from pressing each
other too much as in such a case they are apt to
spoil before they set sufficiently wilted to hang
Independently of each o,her. When the leaves
arc all cured and the middle stem Of the leaf has
become dry, and there came u few damp days,
the plants will be moist and can be taken down
without breaking the leaves They should DO
laid in piles Of two tiers, the tops together, AZ
ter lying o few weeks it can (if the weather is
rot too dry) be stripped and dono up in hands
and packed away till ready to be boxed. Sweat
ings can be done either before or after stripping.
fdonG before it must be closely watched or it
will become too hot and damage. Care should
be taken in every operation not TO break the
leaves. The crop ranges from ten 10 twenty
hundreds per acre.