The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-11-12
Preparing Ground for Tobacco

There are many good people that 40
not like tobacco and think it shoulo
not be raised. Yet we are forced to
confess that the growing OF topacco
seems to be on the increase and to pc
coming more into prominence every
year as an agricultural crop. Inc zone
of it's influence seems to be enlarglns
in an agricultural sense. Parts OF the
country that were formerly regarded
as untitled for the growing OF this
plant are coming into prominence as
tobacco growing regions. The tobacco
plant holds unique place in our agrl-
culture. We cannot look upon 1t
either as food or ornamental plant.
In itself it is a poisonous weed. 1t was
formerly thought that tobacco growing
greatly exhausted the ground, but un-
der proper methods this is believed
now not to be the case.
Growers of tobacco say that the Gull
ture. of the soil should begin a long
time before the culture of the plant,
to get the best fesults. The land should
be thoroughly plowed and narrowed in
the fall. Stable manure should be
used in large quantities, and some fol-
low the practice of cutting it on the
ground before the blowing is done.
Others put it on after the field is plow-
ed and harrow it in. At least this
should be done in the fall to give the
manure time to decay, as the tobacco
plant grows so rapidly that there is
no time for manure to undergo chem
ical changes after the seed has sent
out the shoot. 1t is advised to avoid
the use of manures too heavily nitro
genous, and to use considerable pot
ash. The ground should be we'll har-
roWed, and there are growers that as
sert that tobacco field cannot be har-
rowed too much. After the plants are
on the ground cultivation should be
frequent and thorough. -
Trick Of German Stockmen.-The
following paragraph is clipped from
the London News: The enterprising
German merchants have lately begun
to run the proverbial carriage and six
through the Contagious Disease Act
and regulations of the agricultural de-
partment. Under the regulations based
on that act, the prohibition of the i'm
portation of cattle from Germany is
strictly enforced. A method of evad-
ing the requirements of the act has,
however, been discovered, and is now
| in operation. The German merchants
ship cattle on steamers, and send with
L k1,o h11fn h yho Ill
during the passage and have the car
casses all dressed for market by the
time the vessel arrives at the English
port. This week supply of fresh
German meat thus prepared was land
ed in the Tees and at once sent off to
the Manchester market.
| Crushed OATS. Cut Hay and Straw
are Better than Whole Oats and Hay
The London General Omnibus Com
spany have recently completed an in
teresting experiment with their horses.
They divided them off for the purpose
of testing the effects of two systems
I of diet. The first section were given
daily 16 pounds of crushed oats, IN
pounds of cut hay and 21a pounds OF
cut straw. The other section had 10
pounds of whole oats and 10 pounds
If uncut hay It was found that the
demolition Of the animals under No. j
diet had decidedly improved, while at
1.-The same time a saving was effected
Of 211ad per horse a day. The whole
stud is accordingly now placed on the
| first named dietary. ---:Ex. s.ss.
Tree Borers. For borers near the.
collar Of fruit trees the use Of various
alkaline washes is desirable, as they
keep the bark smooth and the eggs are
not likely to be deposited. The adj
Idition Of paris green, lime, sulphur
and carbolic acid is recommended BY
{ somo orohardists.