The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-23
TOBACCO CULTURE.
The Success Attending It in the Neigh
borhood Of Quincy.

The Success Attending it in the Neigh
borhood Of Quincy.
QUINCY, FLA, Jan. 22.-One has TO be in
Quincy but a short time TO feel the influence
Of that which is doing so much for our peo-
ple-tobacco. II has been said. and with a
great deal of truth, that Quincy has
brighter future than any place IN Florida,
due % the fact that her people realize that
/ the cultivation Of tobacco Is a success. We
have only to look about among the farmers
to see what hiss been done il the past few
years. With those who have planted to-
baccO instead OF cotton during this time
you can see prosperity in every form, while
those who have doubted the venture and
raised only cotton have the same trouble as
OF old-no money and little credit. Standing
midway OF the town we see, coming from
the western portion Of the county, farmers
driving oxen. while from the eastern they
drive fine pairs Of horses Why this differ
encesin the same county, do you ask? The
former have not as yet taken up tobacco
culture while the latter have. Those in the
latter section have bank accounts and will
pay you by checks; the former are hardly
able to pay at all. There has been to the
credit to farmers of our county $4,000 in
the Quincy State Bank. Another year will
find cotton generally discarded. Those who
have planted tobacco in the past will in
crease their crop, while those who have
never planted it will do 80 this year.
The crop last year amounted.sto about
100000 pounds average good, bringing
good prices. therefore the farmers are on
firmer foundation than ever before. The
variety generally planted has been the
Cuba, which is said to be equal to that
raised anywhere, the crop yielding a good
percentage Of first wrappers" Speaking
of tobacco reminds me that now is the time
to prepare and SOW the seed for this years
crop, and our farmers are busily at work.
1t has been found that the "second YEARS
Cuba seedn is best adapted to our soil and
climate. The seed bed must first be selected
and prepared; small sandy magnolia or
beach hammock near branc drained
naturally is best for the bed. Select your
bed, cut and burn, then SOW bed, say 20x40
feet, the number Of such beds depend on
the size Of the crop 20 be planted, but it is
well to SOW seed sufficient to plant the crop,
but in different beds, because if the worms
get into one bed you can fall back on the
Others. This is generally repeated weekly
until you have planted three sets of
beds IN 30 many weeks, each time planting
sufficient to plant the entire crop. This
will furnish plants TO suit the weather, and
also for replanting. Ole more planting of
seed beds must be made about the middle of
March for late planting and resetting With
this number of beds, separated to prevent
worms from attacking all the plants, one
should be well supplied with young plants
for planting. For the plants to grow in, it
has been found that new ground is best. and
requires as fertilizer cotton seed-about
fifty or seventy-ive bushels to the acre.
This will be spoken of later. The prepara-
ton Of the seed beds, ETC.. will require great
care, and should be carefully attended TO.
r. c. Stearns has given out the contract
for Broom brick hotel. 1t is to replace
the old DUPONT house, recently destroyed by
fire.
The Owl Cigar Company is to build
twenty houses, to be rented to its oper-
atives.
There are also in contemplation some
twenty-five or thirty other houses, besides
the bank building, all of which is due to the
tobacco culture.