The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-16

aI-, - say mat on small scale we are
IiiaA'hs quite a success of tobacco RAISING.
NJ, 80 80 nluch on what we have shipped. but
what we are selling here at home What
we nave shipped Melted US a fraction o,,er
cents per pound, but we are selling the
sumo TOBACCO here for Is and % cents nor
pounds, which makes a very nice nro6t
on the growing Of it.
me Dry weather this and last wear nre-
vented our getting a good stand. as the sun
was 100 not for the young plants and the
GROUND too dry for the roots. II Is rro-
nounced by those who use il a very 9ood
tooscco, and one of our saw mil men Mr.
faux Garputt, told me that he got a twist
from some old farmer and Thought thai he
had rather chew 1t than the tobacco thar
ne was selling for 81 per pound. I expect
u Increase my crop considerably another
year.
As to tobacco culture, if one should
stuuy IT, 1t would be but little more trou-
be than the cultivation of cotton Toboc-
co seed should be planted the first DAYS
OF January, on a well-buTnt bed. which
mas been well fortified with harvard
manure. AS soon as the plants get up to
nave leaVes little larger than a silver dol
Isr' they are ready 10 transplant. say
from the middle of March 70 the middle Of
april me cultivation then is similar 70
that OF cotton, using a little Paris green
every week or two TO DESTROY the worms
BESIDES this, II is necessary to pick the
worms on once CT twice a week
Wheh the tobacco gets about waist
h!gh, say about the middle of July or first
OF august, 1t should be topped TO make the
Top leaves develop as well as the bottom
leaves. Nhen the bottom leaves begin to
turn an amber color they are ready for the
barn. and should be pulled off lied In
bands of about six or eight leaves and
put on sticks about four feet long and
then hung up in the barn as close as
you can well get them. All tobacco barns
nave a system of iron flues inside of the
barn and the furnace Is built lust out
side. These flues are made of sheet iron
twelve inches in diameter, and they are
SO arranged that the smoke returns back
outside of the barn just above the fur
mace. The barn is built sixteen by sixteen
and twenty feet high, and eight sets of
Joists ranging from seven feet above
ground every two feet to the top of the
roof. The tobacco is tied in bands, about
five or six leaves in a band, and hung on
sticks until every tier of joists is fned
comfortably.
Then The barn should be closed and fire
started in the furnace; a slow fire, so as
not TO get the heat too high the first day
Have thermometer placed in the harm
and gradually increase the heat until il
reaches $50 degrees, keeping ii at that fig
ure for about six hours: then take down
some OF the tobacco and break the stem
to see if IL is well cured. ANY man of good
judgment can ten when 1t is cured The
tobacco is then taken to the pack house
where it is taken off the sticks and packed
In tiers, same as they would pack fodder
If the farmers Throughout Georgia will
give little time to this subject, and start
in small way as I have done they VIII
soon find their profits increase materially,
and viii realize that tobacco culture is a
good-payinS business which gives excel
lent returns for the time, care and energy
expended on il.
AS you seem to be somewhat interested
in agriculture, I win tell you of my sugar
experiment. Some time ago 1 ordered a
centrifugal machine for drying sugar, and
from a little experiment I made I think
that IT is the biggest thing in the country.
as l feel sure that we can get from 50 to
so per cent. sugar out Of our syrup, and
find grade of &C" sugar which retails
for &c per pound at my store. l will take
occasion to send you a sample of nv SUI
gar
Haskell on Fertilizers.
Mr.. L. w. Haskell, manager of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company of Savan-
nah writes:
THE value of fertilizers in the growth
of cotton, commencing thirty odd years
ago, has been so clearly demonstrated In
the Eastern states that the amount of
fertilizer sold is a large factor in the esti-
mate of the cotton crop, and has become
a necessary expense of the planters in
these states.
"The use of cotton seed as fertilizer
antedates the use of commercial fertilizer
many years, and has been such a favorite
fertilizing material that even at the pres
ent time many of the best planters are
averse to selling their seed, pTeferring 10
use them as fertilizer.
THE use of cotton seed in the Eastern
states by the farmer makes keener COM
petition for the article and higher prices
than is paid for cotton seed in the West.
THE cheaper price of cotton seed in the
Western states enables them to fix the
price of oil. The oil mills of the East,
therefore, are at a disadvantage. For
tuuately the fact has been developed that
by feeding cattle on cotton seed meal and
hulls, and by using the manure so OBJ
tanned in the crops, such increased results
are obtained from this portion of the pro-
ducts as to Justify the belief that the gen.
era use in this way would put both the
oil mills and the farmers on a better
footing.
Numerous oil mills and certain feeders
have demons ted beyond a doubt that
the increased value of beef resulting from
ficient to pay for the cost of the feed and
attention. In many cases there is a large
profit in this operation, but at times there
is a small loss.
But the important fact has also been
demonstrated, that the ammonia, phos-
phate acid and potash, valuable fertiiiz-
ing ingredients, are so slightly reduced
in quantity by the digestive organs of the
cattle that the droppings for all practical
purposes viii have the same value for
fertilizer purposes as the meal and hults
fed: in mechanical condition they are
probably superior
If, now, we can bring to the attention of
the farming community generally this
important fact, the inevitable consequences
will be an increase in cattle feeding, an
increase in ire raising of cattle, and de-
crease in the importation of meat"
Division of Profits.
Mrs FELTON, says
have Just received your kind letter of
the 29th, in which you ask me 10 write
YOU nv opinion Of the proposition that
farmers share the proceeds ana profits