The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-01-31
tobacco this year. Is he present, OF any one
who can give the facts


Mr. Hiner, of Anderson, said
Mr.. Puett, of Anderson county. raised a
crop of tobacco which sold for S400, and
says he can make more money from an acre
of tobacco than from fifty of corn. He
raised 800 pounds from an acre; this Will
manufacture 900 lbs. It was grown on
brush land. Several of my neighbors have
sent to Chillicothe, Mo, for seed, intending
to plant quite extensively next year.
Mr.. Means, of Anderson, said.
Ny father was tobacco raiser In Feb
ruary, or as soon as the frost is out of the
ground, spread brush on place intended
Tor a seed bed, and burn it off. This kills
all the weeds. and warns the soil. The soil
/ is then pulverized, and while warm enough
to crack the hull of the tobacco seed it is
sown. raked IN, and rolled hard It re-
quires long while for the seed to come up
from FIVE to six weeks. Will do to SET
out from the first to the last Of June; can
commence when the leaves are as large as
a quarter of dollar. Hazel land Of a mu-
! lated color is the best Il does better on
| timber land, or where not protected from the
wind, it may be done by planting corn
arou it. The wind turns over the leaves
and the sun burns them. A single hand
curing. When manufactured, it must be
thoroughly dried out. to prevent moulding.
A bug sometimes Injuries the crop. Worms
feed on the plants, and must be picked off
and destroyed:
Mr. Hner said
have raised little every year. IL
grows well on every kind of soil. Seed
sown in February is ready to set the 10th
Inn t. I L
uVale, aside from destroying the worms and
suckers, than corn, and stands the drouth
well. In Kentucky they plant three acres
to the hand. The leaves on mine grow two
feet long. 1 pinch off the top at twelve
leaves. and it grows no higher. No soil is
too rich for it.
Usage ORANGE.
The President said that no subject was
of more importance TO the Kansas farmer
than how best to fence their land; and asked
Mr.. Stark to give the result of his expert
ence in the culture of Usage hedge.
Mr.. Stark said:
In the spring of 1853. I procured one
bushel of Usage seed, which was brought
from Texas three years before. Two-thirds !
of this was soaked, or kept damp and warm
for nearly three weeks, when it was swelled |
and began to burst. 1t was planted on land
broken the year before, which had been |
plowed deep and furrowed in drills twenty |
inches apart; was covered about two inches. |
1t came up well.
The next spring I took out one half of
them-aboutr 90. OOO-with a sharp pillow,
running from five to seven inches deep; the |
tops were shortened to from two to four
buds. The hedge-rows were broken the year
before, ten feet wide and plowed in the
spring as deep as could be done with two
yoke Of oxen: the burrows thrown toward |
the center. The plants were set by man
and boy; one with spade, the other bas-
ket of plants. A line was first drawn, and |
the man proceeded to spade into the ground
nearly the length of the spade, pressed it
forward, the boy dropped plant behind it.
and the spade was Withdrawn. In this man
ner from fifty to eighty rods can be set in
day, by man and boy.
planted it from six to eight inches apart.
Where it grew vigorously, it was trimmed
the first year, cutting down to within six
inches of the ground. The next summer ii
was trimmed in June and in August, with
an ordinary grass scythe, the last time about
a foot high. The third year pruned twice,
ad left three feet high. Where it had done
well, it was now from three to four feet
wide, and quite thick. Last September.
having been pruned once during the sum
mer, it stood high mans head, from
four to six feet wide at the base, and in
many places too thick to see throHgh-and
no animal could go through it.
It requires to be kept clean of weeds and
grass, and will not grow if shaded. 1t APP
pears to be very hardy. and will stand trans
planting better than any plant l ever tried.
1t will not grow where it is wet, or where
water stands on the ground; such places
must be ridged-dry weather will not burt
it. Where wet places occurred on the line.
| set out young cottonwo 'ds about twelve i
inches apart; these have grown to be a bar
rier against stock. took out plants from
the nursery in March, 1860. buryiug them
in pits ready for setting when rain came,
and whenever we had little shower set out
plants, up to the 9th of July. The most
OF those lived, and those set out last are
growing finely. If kept in cellar or in pits.
they may be set out from the lst of March
to the Isl of July.
Would you advise person to
buy plants. or raise them from the seed
aud would you advise planting in the hedge
row where they are to grow
Answer = There is considerable risk in
buying seed. and in sprouting it; perhaps
two-thirds of the seed that has been pur- {
chased in Kansas has been lost. Much of it
is spoiled in getting it out of the orange and
preparing for the market. Unless man /.
can get seed that is certain to be good, he
bad better buy his plants. l would not I
plant IN the hedge row, for it is more work I
TO thin out the surplus and supply the def
cient plants than to set them out