The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-12

| The following instructions for the cult
yaiiou of Wine Burley tobacco were WIT
| len for the Western Tobacco journal by
nractical and experienced grower oil WINE
Burnley: -
AMOUNT or SEED REQUIRED.
| Each acre will require about 5000 plan'e,
| and IN order 10 be sure OF enough plants OF
| n strong, healthy character about % square
yards Of seed.bed should be sown for every
acre. tne half ounce OF Ss3d VIII be sum
cicnt 10 insure plenty Of plants Tor each
| acre to be planted.
An item Of the utmost importance Is The
canyassing Of plant-beds TO secure your
nian.s from The raya2es OF the &" nea'Dug'
TIE cost is trifing. aud i: will secure YOU
supply'of strong, healthy plants which you
must have TO insure success.
PLANT BEDS.
| TO be successful 10 raising crop Of to-
bacco depends entirely upon The NEST step
taken IN that direction. Secure plenty oil
pIan,s and have them early. Select for
plant.beds fine soil south or southeast
cXpoeuro. new, and slightly elevated
! and ground holding sufficient moisture
so as not to dry out during the dsv;
burn your beds sufficient TO Kill all tRe
seed OF grass or weeds; then YOU are
ready 10 dig up your bed. Dig in tn" ashes
| well, then rake and pulverize every clod;
he snre and take out all ROOFS, rocks, and
| whatever other Instructions NAV be found
| in the bed. Sow your seed any time from
the 1st OF February to the last. OF March.
| Sow n ted for every acre you intend plant
| inc il. n good rule TO 90 by. Sow about two
large tablespooniuIs to The hundred square
| feet. Then one q the most important parts
is securing the plants. and do pot fan to d.
| il by brushing your beds heavily with green
bush. The seed should be mixed with
ashes or cornmeil before sowing, so as TO
prevent them getting too thick.
| SOIL, &C.
The soil best adapted TO the White Bur-
lev tobacco is generally given up to he
lime stone nature. The best and finest to-
bacco that comes from the cutting district
| Is grown on new land, first and second
crop. and in some cases good
crop is raised the third year. but that
lis running the ground too hard. All
| our fancy cutting-tObaccO is raised on
such land, and as general thing. it Is I'M
derad with limestone, although we raise a
| really nice article on old land by ploughlng
under good crop OF red clover and usine
plenty Cf stable.mauure. II you do not
possess good. rich land, you had better LEI
| tobacco growing alone unless you have
plenty of manure or. other fertilizers. IL
| should be the aim OF every tobaccO-grower
to 90 for quality, and not for quantity. III
| they were all to adopt that plan for few
years we would soon get our markets rid OF
a great burden. Cultivate less ground and
make q fancy article.
| PLOUGuING AND CCLTIvATING.
Land intended for tobacco should be
ploughcd in the winter, II possible, ana
| ploughed deep ii you expect a crop. In
| the spring the ground should be turned
with double.shOyel plough and narrowed
and rolled If rough aud cloddy. The more
| YOU cultivate your land before YOU get your
crop out the less work il will take to tend
1t after IT is set. After you have it
planted, keep the plough and hoe going
constantly, and plough Just rs deep
as possible. The best plough for that pur-
pose is double-shovel plough, shovelS not
wider than three inches and full ten inches
long. The more work you give your to-
bacco the better body it will have. Tobacco
should be set both WAYS on bottom or level
land. three and half feet by twenty.eight
inches. On hill land it will have to be set
! wider. 10 give room 10 tend it-full four
feet between rows.
TOPPING, SUCKERING, CUTTING.
Now comes another impOltan point IN
the growth Of the crop. and that is topping.
do not top 10 nose than II 10 II leaves at
the farthest; YOU VIII make more pOuuds
at that height than at l6 TO 20; your top
leaves will all ill out well and mature and
be as large as any on The stalk. AS to cut
ting, don't cut until ripe, which is about
four weeks after topping. Keep all suckers
off 10 concentrate the strength OF the plant
III the leaves. Suckering tobacco is very
uresOme. and is the most labOTIOu> work
that is connected with the crop. Worms
ana suckers at this period in the crop &c.
mand the planters entire attention until it
is maturcd and ready for the knife. Cutting
is new to begin. A good hand will cul from
800 10 800 sticks day, and some extra hands
1000 to 1900. Place from four TO six stalks
on stick. You will have TO he governed
by size Of plants. II large, four to six Is
plenty on fourfoot stick.
HANGING AND STRIPPING.
In hanging in the barn the stick my be
hung about eight inches apart, ii dry and
well wilted. Never take tobacco in the
barn IL wet with dew or rain, as YOU are
likely TO have il house burned. Never use
fire in curing White tobacco, rs The smoke
renders II useless for cutting purposes; bur
keep the barn open, so that the air can cir
cuate freely. When your tobacco is sufli.
| cleotiy cured TO strip, you should be care.
ful IN Keeping each sort by itself First,
keep all the chafiy trash leaves together;
then your bright trash or Tugs next come,
! bright leG, which Is about the centre Of The
sia,k, and sometimes all on the stalk Is
bright otter the hugs are off, BE sure and
keep each color and each length together
by Itself.
| BrEENG.
Having yelr crop all stripped, Il is now
ready fer bu(kmg. Great care should be
exercised in having the case right, rs too
much casing " III causey our tobacco 10 funk.
| Heavy-ssodod tobacco will stand mose cas-.
ing thsa fancy articlewil to get In proper
c0nditioa for baking. 1t should drg out
! tborougtty otter stripping. and then. az the
leaf comes in ease before the stem, IL should
be ust MOST eneagb so De not 10 breai iin.
der your koees rs you buzz IT. The stems
may be dry enough TO break, but that will
nol damage the tobacco il Toe leaf has ssrsli-
cient moisture 70 keep il from breaking.
PACKING AND PRIzixG.
Next comes piizing in begsbelds, pre-
paralory TO shipping. This Is not a very
great tack. but great many make II So
There is but one way 10 which tobacco should
De put In The bogsbead, and that is, every
KIND you have should be packed In hogs.
head by Itself. Don't mix ditiefent kinds
together; II you do you aressure TO get the
worst OF the inspection, and your tobacco
viii sell for what the lowest grade in your
sample ~ worth; therefore you lose si