The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-01-18
Wealth From the Weed.

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/ have had so very many inquiries about
raising tobacco that it is impossible fol
me to answer, 30 turn to your column'
to give the desired information. l take
it that you will gladly give the space, fol
the News and Courier first urged pom the
people of South Carolina to plant to-
bacco, and especially will you give aic
through your columns to anything which
tends to build up the material prosperity
of the country.
HOW TO SELECT AND PREPARE A sEEI
BED.
Select slopiug place with southern
exposure near a branch or pond. Burr
the ground thoroughly by placing on the
bed dry wood or brush to a depth of 81
inch. Then take mattock and dig tht
ground, rake it and get all the clod'
broken and all the roots out. Lay of
the land or bed up the bill in rows eigh
feet wide. From the centre of furroW
pull the earth up towards the centre o
your row, 30 as to raise the middle three
or four inches. The former furrowI
will be drain taking of the water from
the centre of the bed aud path, so tha
in pulling plants your hands can reach
the centre of the bed. Mix the seeC
with corn or cotton seed meal, 80 as 10 b.
easily seen, and Bow two tablespoousfu
of seed to the acre. Use the Hester va
riety grown by R. l. Rsgland, Hyco
Va. They cost 50 per pound and ONT
pound will plant say fifty acres, allowing
for bad stands.
After sowing run hand roller ovel
the bed and press the seed in. Set {
plank along the edges of the bed, and or
this tack cloth to cover the beds, 80 al
to protect the plants from frost. VIM
NJ. Bird & Co., Charleston, keep clott
for plant bed covering that costs 3.
cents per yard.
THE KIND OF LAND
Select piece of land having fsIr
open front go The seu vii chine on it a.!
day.
Should have from eight to ten iDche
OF soil with a good yellow clay subsoil
Break the land we'll with a two-Aorat
plough in January ; rebreak with small
scooter plough in March, in April har'
row over the land and make it fine; re-
duce to a powder if p~-.ibie. Lay OF
your rows three and half feet vic
With a shovel plough. In the furrov
put whatever stable manure can be had
and on that put from 1000 pounds t.
1900 pounds of F. w. Wagener & Co.'S
high grade fertilizsr-same as you wouit
use for cotton. I name F. W. Wagene
& Co.'S. fertilizers because 1 have triet
them and know they sre quick and re-
spond readily. Bed as you would 10
cotton, only use small plough, 80 as tt
have fat bed. Tue plants will b.
ready by the Goth o April.
CURING HOUSE.
Go into the woods and cut pine logs 2
by 20 feet long. Have two sides rougl
hewn, leaving the bark Oh two sides
then put up just as you would lol
house, making the house twenty fee
high; put in tier poles every two feet a
you build and four feet apart, just as yo
erect meat or smoke house. When th
house has settled daub with clay. Late
on will tell you how to put in Aues an'
furnaces. In the meantime, write Msjo
R. L. Rsglsnd, Hyco, Va, for his psm'
phlet on tobacco. Then do as near q
you can what he tells you. Get you
seed and SOW this month.
THE RESULTS OF A CROP.
I planted thirty-three and ope-hal
acres near Denmark, Barnwell County
and have sold my entire crop and | mus
say some of my tobacco was poor, but tn
larger portion was good and some wa
6ne-very fine. 1 averaged about 20
pounds to the acre and sold good and ba
as it lay graded in my barns for Is
cents per pound. I might have don
better, but I am content to let goo
enough alone. l received about $l5
per acre. If all Of my tobacco had beeg
like that grown on field of fifteen acre
I would have averaged 1S to 20 cents pc
pound. But I did not know that goo
ploughing aud high manuring was so es
sential to successful tobacco farming
You need not spend money for expen
sive sticks to cure Oh, as did, and bas
kets, etc, but later l will tell you how t.
save On this line.
THE KIND TO PLANT.
One word about the kind of tobacco t
plant and what kind to plant for. l use'
the Hester, and it made tobacco whic;
all judges pronounced fine, aud whic
cannot be surpassed for wrappers AM
filters for plug work. So expert tobacc
men say, and they back their judgmen
with their money. 1t has wonderful
adaptability for soil and climate. Th
American Tobacco Company has forme'
trust and reduced the price of fin
bright tobacco, so that that type is no
now 80 remunerative US it once was. Blu
mahogany tobacco can be grown all owe
South Carolina, from the coast to tn
mountains. From 500 to 1000 pound
can be grown to the acre, according t
the condition of the soil. Do not plan
the Cuban tobacco, is my advice, and i
is based on what the manager of Cuba1
tobacco in this State told me. Plant, 70
strong, oily, working tobacco, on LAM
that will make half of bale to three
quarters of bale of cotton to the acre
Manure with quick fertilizer and use
freely as above directed and you ca
make the tobacco and hire all of you
labor for $50 per acre AID less. | hav