The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-02-26
How L, Prcpare Tobacco Land.

In my FIRST article | endeavo1el to tell you
how to raise plants, but the types make me say
ten ounces instead of one ounce. | will now try
and Tell you how to prepare your land. mean
old land, such as we plant in Gads len. Break it
broadcast with turning shovel, and if the clay
is near the surface and you wish to subsoil run
scooter after the turning shovel, being careful
not TO turn UP the clay over The soil. Land pre-
pared in this way will st md wet or droulh much
letter than by the shallow plOwlng OF The
shovel. HavngplOWcd your land run It off into
rows three and Il half feet apart, with a round
shovel. II your land requires manure, pu, your
manure into The marked turrow at the ralc o
about six wagon loads e. lorse) of stable manure
- the acre. List on this with two turrnws
Let ii stand two or three weeks and then break
out with good elzed round shovel and immcli-
atcIy throw two burrows together again an m Ike
up your row, in a finished state as you would for
planting cotton. Th" reason Tor breaking ont tie
liSl is 10 mix The manure lnole with The soil, the
list having concentrated H. When your plants
are large enough to sci ou, say as large as cab
bagc or c0llaNd plant, scrapc off The top Of
the row with IA board. Wake compass OF a
small smooth pole, about .eot long, and another
Ct about feet prepare th ~ 20 lay on each other
and put them together viii a screw point at the
ends and space them the dis!aac' You WISH to
pni yoar plants apart II ihc 70" by railing q
Sinal piece oi wood across the two laps. PIE
fer Is inches, as that distance will bY experience
IS much better than Il largr leaf.
With your compass SQac" your row, then set
yOdr plants in every IN ,llel sptc", iust as yon
would cabbage or any other garden vegetables
being caretul 10 g") the root o. the plant down
straight, and the earth trned ag tinst all parts
OF the root, water the pla;t after pl ln;ing do
noi wait iora scAs N, bul - On plan'ing every
Afternoon after 3 o'rlpck. i You have Gu
worms in your ground uS@ tie Paris green and
plaster mixture, dredging q little on every plant
after planting and watering. Il the sun Is very
hot You ought 10 crvrr each plant early next
morning. oar experienced : that plant, do net
require much covering during the month Of
April We find the b->t and most ccOlomic1l
cover n small piece OF Old field pine top. SA nd
the weather b. very dry the plan on4hh To- havr
second watering We find plants pltnfri in
this WAY - giV.a nlch 5"t'er sand ana 10 grow
of better tHan thosr pul 0ui ~ season 90
clllcd) Is sure - get . stand, because rcplant-
inE Wili never amoInt to anything Ike th" first
planting T." stand depeA = upon the plants
b-ing properly put in tn ground and wt'ere l.
The mAHur" u.s.. here i able manure and
cotton scrG. cpnp pstc,l, the rate ~ 50 buSht +.
ot cotton sod tu fiYr MnGon loads - hpr>e) %!
si'.h. manure Wru~" * Wagpa jold~ oi thi,
'on,'pS - lhr a"t, - lne ,i,lii ~tafri t'3oy.
Tins IS nut tnol41 70 brotI",,' the nanUl" Oh
'Dr ilud. ypt l.tv- on u sh manure - h:os.;-
cast il ana p.oN il - ! j0iuk il is p,r:rrahsc u
pa Z "a ne t;.1'. iITCToR i}RrCE.
QUINCY, F.a. :! 1850