The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-29
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
TOBACCO CULTURE.

A Few Hints on the Subject For the
Coming Season.
The following hints on the subject OF
tobacco-culture are taken from cir
cular pre- pared by Colonel Il. l.. Rag
land, OF Virginia, and, as he is regarded
as very high authority on the SUBJECT
NAV prove entertaining and valuable to
tobacco-groWers:
The tobacco plant thrives best in
rich, warm, well-drained soil, and can be
successfully grown from the equator to
beyond the fiftieth parallel OF latitude, |
showing most wonderful adaptation to !
climate.
Beyond any other field crop grown, to-
bacco requires high farming" i. e.,
heavy manuring and thorough tillage;
and no crop responds more readily or
beautifully, when the right types are
planted on soils adapted thereto, and the
product properly cultivated, cured and
handled.
| SOILS ADAPTED TO TYPES.
A deep, rich soil OVERLAPPING red or
dark-brown subsoii, Is best suited Tor
the dark, rich export type. A grayelly
or sandy soil, with red or light-broWn
sub-soil, is best adapted to the produc-
ton of sweet filters and stemming to-
baccos. Alluvials and rich flats pro-
duce the best cigar stock. White Bur-
lev is most successfully grown on
dark, rich limestone soil. For yellow
wrappers, smokers and cutters, gray,
sandy or slaty top-soil with yellowish
porous subsoil is preferable. The land
must be loamy, dry and warm, rather
than close, clammy and cold; and the
finer and whittier the sand therein, the
surer the indication of it's thorough
adaptation to the yellow type. Inc
soil so greatly affects the character ana
quality of the products that success IS
attainable only where the right seiec-
ton of both soil and variety is made Tor
each plat planted, and planters DO weli
to heed this suggestion.
VARIETIES SUITED FOR THE SEVERAL
TYPES.
For dark, rich shipping, nothing has
. been found superior to the following:
, James River Blue Prior, Lacks or Beat
I All and Medley Prior. For sweet NIL
ers: Sweet Orono1zo and Flanagan. For
, stemming: Long Leaf and Broad Leaf
, Gooch, Hester, Tuckahoe and Big ORC
I noko. For mahogany wrappers: Pri'
8 mus, Tuekahoe, Hobgood, Yellow Prior
: Flanagan and Gold Leaf. For cutters
, Hyco, White-stem Oronoko, Yellow Orc
: noko, Silky Prior and Granville Yellow
: For yellow wrappers and filters: Ster'
n ling. Primus, Granville Yellow, White
y stem Oronoko, Tuckahoe, Hester, Long
!, Leaf Gooch, Yellow Oronoko and Vel
j. low Prior.
Trial will determine what variety IL
a best for any locality, as no one variet.
J. is best for all locations. TO plant va
Il rieties unsuited to the type, or on sol
a unadapted thereto is to invite fallur
y every time.
j. The leading cigar varieties are: Cor
l. necticut and Pennsylvania Seed Leaf
10 Imported and American Grown Havana
General Grant, Bradley Broad Leaf an
% several Spanish Strains
b: START RIGHT.
u The planter shou1d se1ect anu proPat
y, land suited to the type he purposes
p raise, and then SOW seeds Of varletie
to recommended herein for the types spec
u fed, in good time, on beds thorough
le prepared and tertilized-warm southeF
SO and southeastern slopes preferred-an
I'd cover the beds with thin canvas.
n, South of 81 deg. north latitude see
IN NAV be sown from 18th Of December
Id 10th of March-the month OF Janua1
go preferable. Further north, SOW late
ut Sow at the rate Of one ounce Of seed
ce the 100 square yards, and firm the SO
ly with the feet or lightly brush them il
ne Raking buries the seeds too deep Il
On successful termination. If the see
's' beds are thoroughly MANFRED and ca
yased as directed, they will require b
little further attention, and the plan
be ready for transplanting soon after
OK of Nav. Plant no tobacco after LIST
July, but fill up the missing hills wi
field peas or other crop.-Farme
ay Home Journal.