The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-10-28
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT,
THE FoBAcC0 EXPERIMENT.
Precautions to be Taken to Make it Sue
cessrul:


Precautions I'd be Taken to Make 1t Sue
cessrul:
There is no plant which has wider
climatic range than tobacco. On this
Continent it grows wherever planted
from Canads to Patagonia, but with
variations Of types due to soil, climate
and exposure. In the United States
we have almost endless varieties of the
same distinct plant. Ohio tobacco
resembles Maryland, but the one is
easily distin ng1ished from the other,
and both have their chief sale i'll Eu-
rope. The dark tobaccos of Virginia
are different from those of Kentucky,
and the tobacco Of Tennessee differs
from both. Even in the yellow tobac-
co of Virginia and North Carolina dis
tinct varieties with distinct names
exist, and in western North Carolina
the tobacco varies in different couties,
although originally grown from the
same seed.
It is impossible, therefore, to predict
what the South Carolina tobacco Of the
resnacts variation from the parent
fvnes min he nrodnced in the different
localities of the State. Like all plant
other life on our globe, tobacco, even
in itssassisted struggle for existence,
will in its evolution to the most at
tainable perfect species, accommodate
itself TO the Influence of the soil upon
which Il fasds and the air which it
sae6s and II can onlv survive as per
roanant tvne of the nlant family to
TS;cb = bstonos snh;ect to these con-
t;ons TbGs tSa tobocco of tho Wins.
tom district of North Carolina is rich
in favor ana substance and of an
orange and somewhat reddish color,
wtile that,nf Western North Carolina
Sc th;,nes:sn6 a, hriohtar yellow. and
1ecEs The Eysel)ence Of favor Of :he
fornoa,. Perhans the tobacco of the
piedmont of Soptb Carolina will more
nesrIv resemhle the former than the
IottaT
.rns+ s;ncore,v +bot vonr commits.
s;orass 49, oe s, aer,SaH1irra ~ Mi, nioce 81 tho
] S;snoest " ~ Sba S.r,ne-s carefn]Iv nre.
n.reS ;,strncf;ons % ~ ihe sorts of to-
paooo @ hast a.- ] oS.nte5 - +othe ~ @ seversI cor S;vis-
49, o ~ ~. so;I % Igh;cb y. cborsctar;se I The
Stase @ f.orn ~ tho COO SEQ to the Mountains
Is. go of
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aionss aols oa peopsS sS ~ 80 IA aud n ~ :"
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u!eiors ULsuisao!e ~ tusLI se's d 49,
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.9e acqoisi..on v. .ue iSss G @.saan,. saa.;..
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sana siet 80 eo ~ tba sa,oo.;on as ' ~ 500 saoS
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t.om sogA none SoMh sIaaS ~ n1,n.o,s " q,
sSs IAesS.see sso ou. o.t;o- an a ;sI.as
sne p.os e Stetn SteSaoaa ~ ;n 10 SaaaS I
. eosSSp. T 5000 ~ Ss to tSs "I so;Is W snS III;
- ~ SortS oi;,a thsm ono
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som ."as faora TSna;n;a oo a, LIZ. a,sot.Sana .Se.Un
~ ToSsssosaws lssss.soI So We = u o c aScent the
s,,r an,a5 w,.o,,-,o,.s ~ v;,sr;n;o nor.b
I 81 .ba Ismas and The c;gar loaf of
otb.r states nnet he c,reS IN harms
@ baetaS hv snota.t;1ht Amos This in,
1oITes - . u Ioy1s ~ eynenSifnre Of fnaI the
sunnly ] nS wh;cb Is = CONS; sarat;on , Of
nrspc acononoy and imnorts nee
r. is sSe..roy e.au ese,,e,.aiI "a ~ rece;ved tbat
the soil ~ anvsS5srt of Sonth Carolina
resemble thai ofthe celebrated Veta
A6iio ofenba. of the Valley of the
Connecticut, or Of Lancaster county,
Pa. The Cuban, the Connecticut and
the Pennsylvania soils are similar, the
formation being tsSossic, and of " hich
formation I can discover no trace any
where in South Carolina. Doubtless
the terraces of your river lands will
prodnce good cigar tobacco from
Havana seed. Certainly, if it can be
ascertsined that these soils resemble
the cigar leaf soils of Gadsden county,
Florida, which in the past produced
cigar leaf almost in excellence to that
of Havana. The census OF 1880 gives
the profit per acre from tobacco grown
On Eorida, soil as the largest in the
United States. There is far less differ
ence between the climates Of South
between the climates Of South Caro-
lima andsof Florida than there IS be-
tween Connecticut and Cuba. =
AS IN everything else, so is it in
agriculture dangerous to generalize
from isolated results. Individual
farmers in North Carolina growing
yellow tobacco have realized $500 and
more per acre, yet the average price
com ~rn;oh {ha. .oron 30 fb;c Srota cold IN