The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-27
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n Over in Gadsdenr county they have.
fdapper, little andeActive, nimble, nvel
8 neat ia appearances, spruce, smart gentI,
r man, but at times 1t does not seem .
though Henry J. Fenton, when lec,urin
on the cultivation Of tobacco for the f, {
& P. r. R. and Henry j. Fenton as a to
bacco buyer for the Owl company, wer
one and the same person. -
White veins are still discussed In the to
bacco journals at length. .ss s,ssas
Morning sun and a north shelter-that Il
what a tobacco bed needs.
Too much care cannot be taken in pre-
pairing tobacco bed. ,.rEilz.sass1 .. 1000
We sold seed sufficient, the other day, tc
plant twenty acres of tobacco, near Seattle
Wash, nearly 1900 miles away.
Last week we put out seven different
beds, each one containing different va
riety of tobacco seed. 1t is our intention
to give all the varieties within our reach a
test. Vuelta Abajo Is good enough, but
who knows but what there is something
better?
Have your beds trench all around them?
If not, make them at once. Tobacco seeds
are very small and no seed browns easier.
To prevent drying and freezing, cover
the beds with dry, light brush. VS..
The bugs are coming and they will be
hungry bugs. Sow black mustard seed
around the tobacco beds for them to feed
upon.
Alter the plants are well up SOW an ad-
ditional tablespoonful of seed on the old
beds so as to have plants for replanting.
The late census tells US that during the
past thirty years the tobacco growing in
the following States has fallen of as fol-
lows:
Virginia. Observation-Disclosures. 73 00O, 900
marylano.. &C. 0O0 900
Kentucky during the past twenty three
years has increased her crop 116 800 900
pounds.
Mr.. Kelly, of Greensboro, Ky, has To-
Gated in Leon county and with Will Epley
as partner will grow fifteen acres OF
tobacco. Wewill test some of his prime
favorite for plug, Kentucky Burley, that
he made US present of.
The tobacco grower of 1892 who does
not pay careful, strict and proper attention
TO bis crop at curing time will lose money,
and it would not be drawing it 100 strong
to say he ought to lose it. 1t would be The
cheapest lesson that could be furnished to
him. Buyers will never pay top prices for
interior tobaccO.-DcLand Agriculturist
With improved methods, with the addi-
tional light that has been thrown upon the
agricultural world during the past genera
ton, ii is indeed monstrous strange if the
same soil which sustained the Crackers
years ago with their crude methods would
not he better under favorable conditions
DeLapd Agriculturist.
All kinds of tobacco plants are cult
waited on about the same principle, so lar
as the seed bed, blowing, hoeing, worming
and cutting are concerned But when il
comes to the barn, then there is differ
epce. In the Carolinas t. ey grow tobacco
that is very heavy, and has to be cured by
heat Not so with the Vuelta AbajO. 1t
IS best cured by breeze from the gulf of
Mexico. 1t requires plenty of air imme-
diately after cutting; therefore we urge
every farmer who is short on barn room to
put up cheap whiting shed and as the to.
bacco dries out continue to lift it from this
shed as he crowds the sticks closer to-
gether in the tobacco barn.
In the neighborhood Of three acres is as
much tobacco as any ablebodied Florida
farmer is capable of properly caring for es-
pecially if all other work about the farm
receives the proper care and attention it is
entitled TO-
Ever week we throw out hints about
how the best tobacco results can be al
tanned and we feel satisfied that MANY of
them will not come amiss.
No matter who it is that intends to grow
crop Of tobacco this season, he should
strive with might and main to make it a
crop of evenly good quality.
Early plants and lots of them are what
every grower should have.