The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Cultivation Of Tobacco.
CULTIVATION OF NEW LAND.


The main secret is to keep it clean and
we'll stirred. In new land this may be
done byetwo good workings in the proper
ktime, though, third working will often
prove beneficial. If the land is freshly
hilled, about two weeks after planting,
the hills should be scraped down, and q
little fresh earth drawn around each
plant. About three weeks after this it
should be hilled up, and in ordinary cases
this will be sufficient, except to keep
down the sprouts that may put up. To-
bacco ought not to be worked after top
ping, as it will bruisc and break the
leaves. Flowing new smooth land once
lat the last working) is of service; but if
it is rough and stumpy, keep plow out
of it altogether.
{ CULTIVATION OF OLD LAND.
Old land requires more work than new.
AS soon as the plants get sufficient hold,
harrow up your cultivator, 80 as not to
disturb the roots, and 60 through it once
for. the first hoeing. Then cut up the re-
naming grass and weeds with hoe, and
level the soil around the plants, stirring
it slightly. In ten days or fortnight,
20 over it with plow or cultivator, twice
in row, using short single-tree to avoid
injuring the plants. This time you can
stir the ground more around the plants,
and should hill them slightly in hoeing,
being careful not to cover any of the
leaves. After this it is better to perform
all work with hand labor, in order to
Save the plants from injury. Stir the
ground with hoe as often as is necessa-
ry to keep down the weeds.
WoRMING.
If thew worms are numerous, the plants
should be}thoroughly examined at least
twice week. Destroy not only the
worms, but all the eggs that can be found !;
or, what is still better, seek out and de-
stroy-the~ flies that~deposit~ these eggs.
These flies are gray in color, with yellow
spots on each sidejof the body, and may
be found about sunset hittering about the
weeds and flowers, extracting their juices
by means of their peculiar tongue, which
is four or FIVE inches in length. The
jamestown weed, or "Jimpson" weed, as
it. is commonly called, which bears a
white bell!shapeI: blossom, is very attrac-
tive to: these flies.. Many Of them may
be destroyed by dropping little of the
following mixture into these blossoms: !:
One ounce of cobalt, dissolved in one
pint of'water and sweetened with some
eort of syrup. But this is equally as fatal
to the blossoms as to the flies; therefore
we give you the following Instructions
for making an artificial substitute, which
will prove to be more durable than the
natural flower and quite as effective.
The ladies can best perform this work, as
they happily possess more taste and skill
in such matters:
Procure for their use a .quire of white
paper and bottle of mucilage. Then
make a, SMALL block of suitable size and
shape, on which to form the cone, and
furnish them with a natural flower to i'm
itate. If you have no blossom of the
jamestown weed; let them try their pow
ers of imitation in making morning
glory" After forming the cone, clip it
around the rim and curl it slightly, to
make it look as much like flower as
possible. Attach them to branches or
bushes, and place them in your thickest
growth of tobacco. They should be. sup
piled with few drops of the poison ev-
eryaegening. and -it~may be necessary to-
replace the flowers after a heavy rain.
BY following the above instructions you
will save much trouble in sworming. A
flock of turkeys will also be found very
useful in catching and destroying worms,
and can only be equalled by children to
whom premiums have been offered
Planters Guide