The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-09-01
FARMER AND PLANTER.
CUTTING AND CURING.
Reasonable Hints to Tobacco Raisers ior
Handling lie Crop

Reasonable Hints TO Tobacco haiSe's 'O {
Handling lie Crop. I
should the season continue favorable -,
the harvest of the tobacco crop VIII
begin perhaps by the middle OF August,
says Law p Alexander in Home anu
Farm. As a rule the early piaii'inS
and cutting is the best OF the GRIP
There is much difference OF OPINION as
to when the crop is ready for the KNIT &,
The indications for the ripening VIII
begin where the growth has peeh Ine
most rapid, in spots that Will graouailS
spread over the entire Held -begin
ming toward the bottom OF the piah'
extending upward, until the top leaVss
are spotted. II dry weather prevails
it is better for the color, Tor Wee
weather should come on about the oline
of ripening. the continued How OF sap
Is apt to run the color down IN tie
crop, and give it gray TINT that - 10
desirable. boasting begins at the po'.
tom of the plant and then you must
! determine for yourself when the plant
is losing weight, instead OF gaming.
The nature of the White Burley is that
whenever it ceases to take on weigh' II
begins tol lose. -. s.
4 certain amount of preparation -
always necessary before cuttlng ee
gins. If barn room is not sutfielent, !.
ouoht To be prepared before hand. IL
sticks are scarce they ought to DC Sc
cured. The barn ought to be thor-
ouphly cleaned of obstruction, ana the
tiers arranged. Rails. forks ana pores
ought to be brought upon the grouI !,
if scaffolding out is contemporaries !
the fence is used for scaffolds' th'
corners ought to be cleared out -
that there win be no delay, as a
this season every hour is precious
Take the first-cutting to the oarnw
peciallv If the weather IS hot-nii
comfortably by allowing circulation
light and air between the tiers, an
: between the sticks in the tiers. IL III
n,ants are about medium size allo'
Ave nlants to the stick, and tines
ought to be arranged on the SUCK
that YOU can lay the hand between 90
butts of the stalks In 1act' "he
there is free circulation OF ar tooa
90 is not inclined to injure in the par
When the barn is filed in the ma
.nar.indicatcd. keep the doors OPEN
S'th ere is lack of Circulation at the 10
a plank removed here and there w
proye beneficial Ii this part Oh .
work is done in judicious manner
IL will paw the man well that Goes IT,
Usually this is the first run MADE
tho cron. Suckers and worms Will
accommodating in the field while this
be;no done. and they must have att'
tom At this point the work Will
Gin TO crowd the average grower
that event additional help must
called into the field. If the crop Is 70
bauled from DISTANT part of the la
:, NOV mo necessary to have addltio
teams.
AS this work is being carried
ward. everyone should unoers.'
; that the value of the crop depends
large degree upon how the wor'
done. ,
In handling the crop we oelle'
will pay to observe these rules. Inc
adare of ''haste makes waste Is pc
iarly adapted to this business An
dustrious, painstalSing man Is usuai
good tobacco grower.
See that each stalk is split IN
middle. to within uniform dist
from the ground just below the
leaf that is of value.
.. Don't allow the plants when G.
! Law in thc'iield after II Is sunici'
withercd 70 handle.
9. Don't allow it to be throw
heaps. especially when the PLANS
i thoroughly dead and taking neat
u ,ho SIM Avoid handling rs mue
4 possible to the end. Whenever
II l. filed. take it from the field as
n as practicable.
II This close following of the knife
! vast importance, especially in wa
4 unsettled weather, ami it is lmpo
Il 70 secure good crop without II.
"A AS the first cutting cures close
n alternate tiers. Never allow the
u closed except in stormy weatne
y scaffolding out come as near TO III
a as possible, or, for that matter,
i the harm. Otherwise select 10
where the high winds can not re
When these prevail 1t is sometiin
essary to clear the scaffold an'
a the barn.
To secure a large crop and do
cessfully needs not only lndust
considerable executive ability
..or,s+;mes weather conditions I
impossible, even where these PR
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