The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-04-06

THE Ngws has secured 4 series Of ar
hcles On The cultivation and curing of
tobacco Ia Eastern Kentucky AID will
publish the several installments at seas
enable dates within the present year
I'D.
MAKING HILLS
Should be done with care, two and
one-half feet apart in the row, dig
deep and make good large hill re-
moving all leaves, trash or other
distractions.
THE PLANTING
Should be done Immediately after
a ram while the ground is moist
by making small hole in the cen
Ter Of the hill and placing the roots
ofthe plantin the ground pressing
the earth lightly,ii the ground is
wet, and if the ground is dryer
pressing more firmly, leaving the
surface level around the plant; the
the roots of the plant should
not be bruised or doubled
in the earth, the bud Of the plant
may be set slightly below the sur
face that the roots Of the plants
may retain moisture till the plant
starts to grow. Plants should not
be set till the leaves are three inch.
es long if it can be avoided. While
.hls is the case we must be govern
ed by the season for planting, as
showers do not always come when
we are ready to plant; we find it
advisable to plant at the earliest
opportunity even though the plants
are small, before the earth becomes
heated in summer. The farme!
thatis not ready to plant his to-
bacco in the seasons for planting,
from the 10th to the 18th of June
will be liable TO make afailure. The
crops that have been heretofore
planted after the 10th of JUNE
have been partial failure. As it
requires as much OF perhaps more
labor to produce an inferior crop Of
tobacco than good crop We should
make a strong effort to get the crop
planted that it may grow large
enough to shade earth around the
roots OF the plant before the heat OF
summer comes on which generally
comes on in the latter part Of
June. The best time to plant is in
May, as it will not require quite
50 strong land to produce a good
crop planted in May as in June,
and the advantages OF soil, locality
and climate must be very favorable
to produce a good crop planted in
July. The time required to pro.
duce or grow tobacco varies accord
ing TO the growing condition Of
soil and the favorable weather; a
moderately dry season is the best
when the weather is showery and
the showers are not heavy enough
for the water to run off the ground,
but sufficient to keep it in moist
condition; frequent light showers
produce the largest and finest crops
This to a certain extent controls
the length Of time required to grow
a crop of tobacco. The time re-
quired for the tobacco to grow is
generally about two months before
it is ready to Top, and from FIVE to
seven weeks after it is topped till it
should be cut. Tobacco planted in
Nay will have all the time required
TO grow and mature as soon as the
10th day of Sept, which gives am
pie time for it TO cure before the
lrosts are severe enough in the fall
to freeze it in the barn. We advise
setting from the 18th to the last of
May, that the tobacco may have all
the time required to grow, plenty
of time to ripen, and may cure
without frost yet We think it safe
to plant till the middle of June.
We now call attention to the
CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO.
Ard as the proper cultivation is
Very important in producing fine
large stalks, for it is a question il
the little stalks will pay a profit
above the cost OF producing them,
When We take into consideration
that the amount of tobacco on them
is small and the quality is poor,
which depreciates the value OF the
whole crop to such an extent that
the profit on the large fine stalks is
partly overcome by being in COM
pany with small ones. Wc will
suppose that ground is very rich
and plowed deep and close, wsll
narrowed and the clods thoroughly
crushed, and that we have a large
deep soft hill stamped down with
The hoe to begin with and that our
'naacco has been sat out in good or
1i.f'and is commencing to grow, we
not wait for it 10 grow much
for ,ar the weeds and grass get the
crt If us. Great difficulty is fire..
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