The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-04
THE N0RRfgT0WV GA2E1FTE NAY /. 1881
HOW TO: GR01V TOBACCO-NO. 2

HOW TO: GR0gV TOBACCO-EO. 2.
From The Bristol News.
In our last article we urged the
importance of making tobacco with
large leaves having what the trade
calls spread. To do this requires
rich ground and thorough cuItiva-
ton. We say to our planters, don't
be afraid to work your tobacco deep
and thoroughly. Tobacco is like
other plants : improved by good cul-
tivation. By all means 90 for pounds
first and quality next. Ifyou hap
pen to hit on both, you are all right.
If you fail in either or both, your
crop is failure and loss to you.
Your tobacco ground, if not
already rich, should be made so by
using such manures as are available.
Spread these manures thinly broad
cast, and in killing gather as much
of them into the hill as possible.
This is better than manuring in the
hill. In addition to these domestic
manures, and approved fertilizer
ought to be used The fertilizer can
be put in the hill, or scattered along
the row. Ifput in the hill, it should
be scattered over as large a space as
practicable and covered with the
dirt, so that when the plant is set
out, the fertilizer will be about three
or four inches below the level sur
face of the hill One of the best
modes Of applying fertilizers is to
open the rows say three feet apart,
with a broad shovel plow-then sow
the fertilizer continually in this
furrow, then cover with a shovel
pillow, running two burrows on each
side This makes neat little bed
or ridge. Then with a few ticks of
the hoe, and clap, the ground is
ready for the plant. In this way
the writer has raised in eastern Vir-
ginia on an old field from straw land,
plowed under in the fall, as fine
crops of tobacco as he ever saw
grow. An application of 250 or 300
lbs. of fertilizer on these old fields
that have been lying out for years,
too poor to be cultivated, will yield
from 1000 to 1900 lbs. of tobacco
equal in quality to that grown on
the best new ground. On our lands
we would advise the use of one bag
Of fertilizer to the acre. The best
results come from using that amount,
I refer the reader to Mr.. James
Sproles and Mr.. J. NJ. Shaukle Mr.
Shankle used a bag to the acre last
year, and this year he intends to
use more. His crop, which we sold
some weeks ago averaged over
$1,000 to the acre.
If you ask me which is the best
fertilizer for tobacco, / will say that
there is no great difference in any
brands each manufacturer and
dealer claims that his fertilizer is
the best. The sAnchor Brand" and
the complete Tobacco Food" have
proved to be equal to any on the
market. They are well established
brands and have given the best re
suits through long period of years.
We would advise our planters by
all means to use these commercial
fertilizers. They are prepared es-
pecially to supply the wants of the
plant They should be used on ali
sorts of land-rich and pOor-using
less OF rich land an more on the
poor. They give Sis and smooth
ness to the leaf, and Cause the crop
to ripen uniformly SID evenly, and
bring it in at least ten days earlier
than otherwise, an advantage that
cannot By t9Q highly estimated.
They also give more body and q
brighter color to the leaf
-.s J. II. WINSTON. %