Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-09
Culture OF Tobacco.

OulOult VI lOUdCCOs
The cold wet season has had the effect
to put off, and in some cases prevent the
setting of tobacco. This, however, may
be continued until the LIST or even 10th Of
July, but if set in June, under favorable
circumstances, the leaves will be pretty
sure to mature before the advent of frost
Plants should not be uansplanted until
they become the size of a silver dollar
And if some care be taken in transplant
ing it will amply repay the care, by the
aftergroWth.
This may be quickly done by inserting
two fingers in the prepared hill and as the
earth is drawn away, placing the roots in
position without bending or twisting. If
the day be damp or cloudy, water will not
be needed, but if dry, little water should
be given in the depression around the
roots, and, after the water has settled away,
the dry earth should be drawn evenly
around the plant; when large fields are
planted, this may be done by division
Of labor. In watering such small plants
from gill to a half pint of water is suf
ficient for each, SO that a little water will
60 long way.
1t used to be a favorite maxim with a
certain class that man was the only animal
that would eat tobacco, but those who
have had their tobacco plantations de-
predated upon by deer know better; and
the horse, who in some of his structural
functions is not dissimilar, is not averse
to partaking of this "noxious. weed. !"
Among the insect tribe it has many enc
mics The principal ones, however, with
which the tobacco grower has to contend
are the cutWorm tribe and certain classes
OF Sp7aanres, the larvae Of which are large
green worms. The only certain means of
preventing the depredations of these de-
structive insects is hand picking. The
cut-worms should be hunted for early in
| the morning, before the sun is up if pos
sible, for at thii time the larvae have not
sought their retreats, but may generally
be found on the surface or just beneath
| the surface Of the earth, and are easily
killed. The Sp7aaaaG qatinqatenaac and
! the true tobacco worm Of the South,
! S1o7lS1lr Carolina, are the two insects which
| prove SO destructive to the tobacco crop
the first north of the latitude of St. Louis
| and the other South; the two species be-
ing found together in the latitude of
| Southern Illinois The larvae of these in
| sects very nearly resemble each other to
| the unscientifc eye, and both feed upon
various individuals Of the Sozanatna fam
! lily, to which the potato, tomato henbane
and tobacco belong gseaali
| The mature moth Of the northern species
| measures about five inches across the
! wings; is of gray color, variegated with
| blackish lines and bands, and has on each
side of the body five orange colored spots
encircled with black hence it's name
qu5aaq1eapacu1ata1s or five-spotted sphinx.
This moth deposits its eggs upon the
underside ofthe leaves, about the time the
leaves are one-third to half grown. They
should be carefully hunted for and de-
stroyed and especially should the moth be
killed whenever found. No pains should
be spared in worming the tobacco, as it is
called, that is, destroying the larvae of
this moth while yet found for if allowed
to eat until they attain considerable size
or become full grown the crop is serious
ly injured, sometimes wholly destroyed
The worm is not much sought by small
| birds, but turkeys are often utilized in
destroying this pest of the tobacco plant,
and they speedily acquire a taste for the
worms. In the cultivation of tobacco no
pains should be spared to keep the plants
constantly growing, by having the soil
| constantly in fine filth. There is no crop
that pays better for the manure applied,
| ing manure, fitting the ground, and plant
crop to be dWarfed for want Of cultivation
or destroyed by the larvae of noxious in
I sects.-W Western Rlral.
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A LADY writes to the New Y Ork Herald.
81 happen to be the wife of an inveterate
smoker, and do boldly avow that ] love
the perfume Of his cigar better thar all the
! perfumes of Arabia. I think there is
| nothing more delightful, and [ am never
more happy then when my husband is by
my side, with slippers on, and fragrant
Havana between his lips -a picture of
home comfort which many poor married
man has never seen, who is driven from
| home by a cross, selfish wife, who would
rather send her husband to the club, or
worse places, SO as to be rid Of his after
dinner smoke"
THERE is many and many candle that
will burn discreetly in room where the
air is still which if you take it into the
wind, flares and futters and burns every
way but the right way; and there are
| Christians that are able to have the pure
flames of Christian life burn steadily, if
| you only shield them, but that, if you
| move them about and bring them in con-
! flict with each other in circumstances of
| temptation, show their weakness of
| Christian feeling. $50
A DEALER in artificial eyes, who
| thought to find a handsome business
opening in the far West, has been utterly
ruined, it is said, by competitor who
has devised a process of hardening and
4bo
which are swept out Of the different bar
rooms every nOrninp