The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-06-03

cOfre5pondently weakened. FARMERS
should realize the fact then, that it il
just as necessary to supply the soil with
the elements Of plant food ss it is Ia
supply animals with food. But how are
these elements to be most promptly and
economically supplied? We say, most
unquestionably, by the use OF farm.yard
manure. 1t ful6lls all the conditions
better, perhaps, than any other kind OF
manure, and is therefore the best OF all
manurial substances. II is made oil
materials consumed by the animals, and
reduced to a fine condition in the pro
cess OF digestion, together with the
addition OF substances used as bedding
and as absorbents, though deprived OF
a portion OF their constituents used in
the formation Of bone, flesh, milk, wood
&c.
Farm.yard manure, then is the direct
product Of food consumed by the ami
mails and consequently the richer the
food in fertilizing elements the more
valuable the manure. Average stable
manure, is estimated to contain from
0.3 to 0.6 per cent Of nitrogen, from 0.4
to 0.6i per cent of potash. and from 0.2
to 0.3 per cent. of phosphoric scid-this
being considered a fair average proper.
ton Of the three most costly and valu.
able elemets Of fertility (; besides which
it contains all the other elements re-
CURED by plants. DR.. Anderson, Of
Scotland, estimates that a COW, we'll fed
will furnish an amount of manure an.
nually yielding lO3 pounds of ammonia,
nitrogen IS pounds OF potash
and GA lbs. OF phosphoric acid, worth,
according to the usual valuation OF these
ingredients, $22 IS.
Cultivation OF Tobacco.
Extracts from the essay on this sub.
iect, as published in the report from the
Commissioner Of Agriculture
"Prime high and top low" While
open to objection in particular cases,
even with the character Of tobacco
chhie6y under consideration, and alto.
gether inadmissible, it may be, in the
management Of other varieties OF to.
bacco, this is a safe rule, we think to
follow, in general practice.
We favor ''priming" by all means /;
for, when no printing is done, the lower
leaves made worthless by constant
whipping on the ground) serve only as
a harbor for worms, which are the more
difficult to find because of the increased
labor of STOPPING. Moreover if the bot
tom leaves be saved on the cut stalk, as
most likely they will be, there is always
the temptation to put them on the mar
ket ; and against such q sacrilege like
this, we are firmly set, let others say
and think what they may.
Yet another advantage to be gained
by the removal Of these bottom leaves,
which is what the planter terms ''prim.
ing" is the increased circulation of air
and distribution of light thereby af.
forded-both essential factors the merest
tyro knows, to the full development Of
plant life. Hil~ - rII.
Topping" (the pinching off with the
inger-nail the bud at the top of the
plant) is an operation requiring consid-
cradle skill and Judgment. Let it be.
performed only by hands having these
pre- requisites. u
That as many plants as possible may
ripen at the same time, wait until a,
number Of plants begin to button
before commencing to top. Going about
through the crop, topping a plant here
and there because it may have buttoned
before it's fellows, is a damaging process
not TO be tolerated. ~ 5A-
No infexible rule Gun be given for the
number Of leaves that should be1eft on
a plant. All depends upon the variety
Of tobacco, the strength Of the soil, the
promise of the particular plant, the
probable seasons, and time left for
ripening, 80. HNRTM
One of the most successful growers
have ever known once stated his con-
after years of oberyation and
practice, that one year with another,
the seasons as they come, eight
leaves would give a better result than
any other number.
= See to it that the spckers are promptly
removed. It is work quickly done, and
with worming may constitute a single
operation.
Cutting the crop. In this, as in
,opping, a man of judgment, experience
md fidelity is needed. An inexper-
enced hand, one without Judgment, and
PARTICULARLY one who is indifferent to the
interests of his employer, will slash
way, right and left, not knowing or
caring whether thetobscco he cuts,
ripe or green, doing more damage in
few hours than his whole years wages
would compensate for, ever could they
70 garnished. mNI
Therefore, be on hand to see for your
elf, and do not delegate the duty TO-
my less interested party, that a crop
managed well, it may be, s Q far, from
he initial plant bed, shall not be spoiled
n the closing work by an incompetent
n unfaithfulcutter. NEm F /
Be there, too, TO see, in this supreme
lour, that injury from sunburn is
Varded off by the timely removal to The
hade of the plants that have been cut