The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-05-14

To the Editor of the FLoRprAS:

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| To the Editor of the FLoRIpIAS
Catching tobacco fly the other night having
we'll developed eggs reminded me that another
article on tobacco cultivation would be oop)r-
! tune.
Those yon who have set out your tobacco and
the plauts started will no doubt find the tobacco
nv depos',inS her eggs on the plants, you must
! pick them off and destroy the worms and also
set ont poison. The poisonous liquid is made
and used as follows At any drug store buy a
quarters worth of cobalt. put two teasp ,onsful
OF the cobalt into pint fl ,sk, put thereon two
thirds OF pint o: water and one third of pint
OF sugar. syrup or honey, shake up we'll three or
tour times day fnrtwo days, iraw off The LIQUID
INTO another fl .sk, pat hen feather through a
good cork in this last like you would in A pepper
sauce bottle and by turnin, the fl lsk bottom
upwards about two or three drops will be dis
cha'g"d through The quill at 4 time While the
iiq1or IS being prepared yol can prepare vour
Stands by taking barrel stave, or something OF
that kind, boring half or fiye-aiyh,h inch hole
through the centre OF gravity Of same and ~
holes of a quarter or three-cighths inch. large
enough to admit the stem of the Jlmcs,own
through. Take pole about FIVE feet long.
pointed at one end, and draw down the other
end to III the hole in centre of stave, stick pole
FIRMLY in the ground in your tobacco field, put
stave thereon; about sone hour By shutdown
gather your jamestown weed blossoms. Dun
them in the holes IN the stand and put about
three drops Of the liquid into each flower,
three stands will be enough for one acre. If
1here are more fDwers on your jamestown
weeds than you require for your stands, pluck
them of, as you do not want to give the flies
any feeling ground but yolr stands, and if
there are flies around they will go to your stand
and every one tina. has fed on the poison won't
trouble you any more. You will come across
them occasionally dead in your Aeld Moon
light nights arg their time for working d. NOT
pat hsppison o, the Jam .stown weed pl,ni,
because il will Kill it, and when puttng .he
poison oct on the stand b., careful that YOU do
not let it drop on the tobscco as il will b,acken
and burn the leaf it falls on. Distribute your
stands through yoor fields. After having drawn
Cd The clea- liquid from your frst q .sk add tea
spoonful OF cobalt to- the groun Is remaining aad
ill up flask with water and sweetening az at
Ill yol require or have used up your first clear
liquid, then draw of and prepare third ani 30
contiDae until you have vO.R tobacco housed
Should there cfhne a shower or wet weather
the poison may - diluted add, possibly. might
not be effective. You have T., watch your to-
bacco plants an9 if you see any signs of worms
you must 60 ovez your feAIs and get them OF
but if you set out the poison regularly you viii
have veyy little trouble with the horned worm.
When your tobacco takes . good start TO-
grew, if your land requires manure as al first.
barr It OF as you would cote. for chopping. put
a halfhandful of well rotsed cotton seed on
each side Of each pant and cover up, hoe and
pillow at lenst once every ven days, or once a
week ID better possible Let your cultivation
be shallow, AS yoor tnbaeco fsld will be a
mass Of Gne fbrous roots co@ing up near the
surface and no hoeipE shoul4 be deeper than a |
hat-inch, jn.t enough to break the crust and ad-
NIT the air to the roots. The sweep is the best
pillow TO uso, siding very shallow and putting .
little dirt 20 the plant, the middle can be powed
little deeper. Remember that wrapper is
what gives value to your crop end that in order /
TO get wrapper you must make il grow quick |
and keep the Leaf whole.
Next week will Try and give you some deas
about topping, suckering, etc.
HECTOR BRUCE,
Quincy, Florida Nav Ieth. 1889