The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-07-04

than your finger. When breaking
them out be sure that not one Leaf is
torn.
Grass and cattle should be the
watchword of every Middle Florids
farmer.
Great interest is being manifested
in tobacco culture in Georgia, and
some valuable experiments will be
made this year by enterprising farm
ers who are convinced that the weed
can be successfully grown here.
The citizens of Thomas, Decatur,
Whitfield and other counties are in.
terested in the work and will devote
considerable attention to the grow
ing Of tobacco this year. In Thomas
county it has been demonstrated
that there is money in tobacco for
those who will cultivate it.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Tobacco is nothing more nor less
than weed.
A crop of Vuelta Abajo tobacco
has been harvested in Florida 70
days after planting.
Tobacco growers bear it in mind
that you pay no duty but are pro-
tected by duty of 50 per pound on
all foreign tobaccos. This should
encourage one and all to push for
ward.
Work for a light-colored leaf.
Ripen before cutting.
We have urged all Of our neigh
bors to do as we are doing, build
fires in the tobacco field. They have
commenced.
By careful study it has been ascer-
tanned that the tobacco moth or mil
Ter searches for its food in the even
ing, that is after sunset and before
dark. The remainder Of the night
it is busily engaged in depositing it's
eggs upon the leaves Of the growing
tobacco.
Every tobacco grower can sell to
any buyer that comes along and he
need not keep record of the sales
made, unless he wants to for his own
satisfaction.
Never mind the horned worm.
His progeny is small one and soon
disappears. Another litter of them
will appear during July. Keep a
sharp lookout for them, and never
put crop in the house with a worm
of any kind hanging to the leaves.
The wasp is a worm destroyer.
Allow him full play in your field.
If the morning is cloudy, COM
mence cutting, but if not wait until
4 pm.
After tobacco is cut in the after
noon it should be laid on grassy
place out of the sun and rain, if pos
sible.
Use a strong pocket knife for cut
ting and don't split the stalk.
Remove all worthless leaves when
cutting.
The 10 O'Clock sun will sunburn
tobacco in twenty minutes-avoid it.
Never commence hauling to the
barn until the leaf is thoroughly
wilted.
Never allow fresh cut leaves to
lay horizontally and in heaps over
night. 1t will heat and spoil.
If impossible to hang all the to-
bacco stand against the wall, stem
downward. BY so doing the great.
est amount of heat will escape.
After a plant has grown to be OF
moderate size, the rootlets begin to
spread out into the centre Of the
rows, and such being the case, it is
not safe to run the cultivator too
near the growing plants in a manner
to injure the roots.
1t seems to be forgotten that
Florida two years ago took the
sweepstakes At Cincinnati for the
best tobacco Of any description
Yet this tobacco was grown anG
cured by the cracker farmers Of old
, Columbia county, none of whom haG
doubtless ever seen q Cuban.
: There will be a sucker to eacl
. leaf after the plant has beer
t tapped. Never allow them to re
main.
E Hang up the tobacco 80 that
signs of mould show themselves
p fire can be built.
A spell of damp weather is liabl
to come at any time.
= The Great Benefit
which people in rundown state of healt
d derive from Hoods Sarsaparilla conclu