The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
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ahittl,ie,i ,Lctn-rlte s toIis use. Ia 49,
IL wA> iruuglt from Eau Domingo iht"
Europe Ly HERNANDEZ lie I"ie'io. ah'i a.
III, sam. wear Jean Nicot. euvuI 'r"'t
tic court - E~.nce ~ Purtu-ti u">
miitrl from thence To Queen attn Z .
ia Nc.,.- some tobacco seeds, anu .toi Y
tt.- cir, um7tauCe. and IN honor oi ~.
envoy, il received it gener4c name -
cotianq. Ia 1868 many botanl-ts GU
tiyated Il III tIeir .ardeus. and >ir JoLfi
Hawkins carried il from Florida -
EupEtud. uarilt who went out Ia al
expedition under the AUSPICES 2! II
Walter Raleigh. which resulted ia the
discovery of EIrg ula and North tato-
lima. m ntious tie tact that me span
lar,i~ called Il Tobacco. ms eNte"i-
ton commanded by Sr Rchard Grtu-
vile. aud both lie and Sr Ralph Lane.
who was the first governor >cut ouL -
Raleigh. on their return nome. looo'
carried with them pipes and tobacco.
which was Their first introduction INTO
E.luland. SO it was not S.r alter
Raleigh. a, is generally believed. tut
| his agents. who tirst introduced the prac-
Tee OF smoking INTO England
John Role. tie husband OF PocaAon-
tas. in 1912. first engaged Systematically
| II its cultivation. and -four years there
after. unIer the fostering care ot IT
| George Yeardley. the deputy governor.
the colonists first engaged III planting II
| Tor profit. In IGl1 Capt Samuel Ar@ail.
who was sent out as governor, iouiln
the market-places. streets and all spare
places about jamestown planted III To-
| bacco. while the house. public works
| and buildings were fallen TO decay. llit
colonists had e exhausted the insane gold
| fever and had tried everything else III
vain. Every occupation, every venture
had proved a failure. Almost worn-out
By disease and fatigue, tired OF the periis
OF the wilderness and enduring the worst
fall Ills -hOmesickuess the ihiant col
ony would have proved "A disastrous lall-
| ure, but Tor the timely assistance which
the were able to command ~ the Ill
! PRODUCTION Of the cultivation OF tobacco.
| Its culture proved to be rcmUneratlve
and a tobacco mania seized the excited
| ~colonists. Eager to grasp everything
| that gave them hope, tobacco became
the currency CT the country ana The
measure of ali values, the subject oil ton
by day aud Of dreams By night.
The first shipment OF 10000 pounds
was made 10 In LAND III June, log,
the crop Of the proceeding year James
l.. the most pedantiG OF ali the mOb6rchs
that have occupied the throne OF Eng
| gland, IN the same yea issued bis TURF
| rious .-Counterblast to Tobacco and
| by his influence a du Y was levied on the
(, nrodUct Of siXpence a pound. From
this date the colony began TO prosper
| 1t began to spread out and subdue the
| dark forests around, and the delicious
| narcotic became the most active agent
I! in building up society and the means OF
| inducing aud promoting social ties. And
thus the building up of a great common
wealth. the beginning OF law, the eX-
pansion of justice, the increase OF com
merce. civilization, culture, refinement
all rested upon the weed whose fumes
King James compared to the Times OF
hell. SO far from being an emasculator
it peopled Virginia with those whose
! descendants were great and noble. Sue
cess. growing wealth, created the want
OF social ties, coupled with the hope oil
obtaining them. Those who were build
ing houses and amassing fortunes want
ed yet the crownlng gem the queen IL
reign in the cot. aud make the wilder.
ness blossom with beauty. The %colOnists
were chiefly young and unmarried men,
and in loco ninety young women Of res
probability were sent out II two ship
ments to supply the colonists with wives.
they being cliargeable with the cost OF
transportation. which was l2O, aud af.
forwards, $50 pounds of tobacco each.
Sixty more, 10 1921, followed seeking
husbands and homes, and were readily
taken up at an advances. From that
time one social tie was added To anotl-
er. FIom colony of soiourners they le-
came a colony Of Nirginiaus, and to
tobacco is due the credit OF making pos.
sible the settlement of the State, hel
growth, her subsequent civilization, cul.
ture and craftsmanship.
1t is curious to observe What minute
regulations and restrictions Were imIos.
ed upon the growers bY the governor
and his councii So infatuated had the
colonists become with its cultivation
that they neglected to raise a supply o
the necessaries of life. IN 1924 tn,
Virginia Company wrote TO the govern,
or OF the colony that after that yeal
they FAUST not expect any further supply
OF neCessalles tn be exchanged W.tl
them inr their darling tabacca.' The
g0.ri:!>ts were restricted i'll their crops
P.antl - of two plants per head. upoi
VI which p'auts there were t. BE left
Tut nlae tedvts. In l62S tNclv, leaves
were allowed INSTEAD OF twenty-five OF
thirty as b ttoiore.' In 1922. 3 coo
plants per y Il were allowed, and Loco
each iur vonlei, aud ch lI:cn. Tnis wa,
rtGaJr,i :" tuu tie 10 i1ving yer.
No W. b i%,",in9 ,Le>r vi %iuI>ical reg
n!a IGnr IL, cute t Of thc weed I atm
u,d ~ c'ca>., d. i The psice as. IN
l6-l sialyhuG 4 d q iatiO t, &c tslab
>Ecd AZ Mil Il, ha.y and f.. Ii AID
- mo uuuds Yora xp r Il Io Holland,
bat n"ne TO E1ran in c~onsequance OF
The excessive dut. nil,h had bee iml os.
ed. The crop Of ,G22 va 6tOl0 pound
The price in Engllu,. was usually between
three shilliDgs (15 cents to 81 a round.