The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-01
lSecond Part.l

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g following paper on the culture OF
Geo was prepared by Otto Carl Butter
Of Brooksville, Fla. This paper, the
part OF which was published last week,
submitted ia response to Invitations
out by the secretary of agriculture.
was selected from lot OF thirty pa
submitted upon the same subject. 1t
been approved by the Texas Tobacco
Wers association.
PLANTING.
e field selected for the tobacco should
blowed in the fall. This will tend TO.
1t into good filth and will help to
roy larvae of all kinds which may be
FUGITIVE to the crop when it is young.
bcalities where the ground freezes 1t is
to pillow in the fall for the purpose Of
FoyiIg the cutwonms. AT the fall plow-
1t Is we'll also to apply all rough
ures which need time for rotting. In
| spring the land Is plowed again as
4 as possible, and the fertilizers are
applied and narrowed in. Two or
weeks before planting the land is
b narrowed and laid off in rows either
throwing a furrow each way with =
Ing plow or with rfiger. The dis
Q apart varies somewhat in different
itiss, but a general RUE is from three
hree and a half feet apart each way.
etimes the land is checked three by
feet, I'm order that the cultivation may
ontinued longer. In this case, II in the
fh, the wide burrows should run north
south for additional sunlight for the
With Sumatra tobacco as grown In
South. four feet are allowed between
rows.
the Northern States sunlight is sought
/, while in Florida and Cuba shade is
red. Tobacco raised in the orange grove
uba always brings better price than
poo raised in the open field. In Florida
lattice sheds, with strips three inches
and three inches apart overhead, are
ded to shaiie the tobacco field. This
(od is growing in popularity.
r the smaller and finer varieties of
lifacturing tobacco the checks may be
feet or three feet three INCHES square,
nmatra, where the coolie does all the
by hand, the rows are made two feet
t, and the plants stand two feet apart
10 row. In Cuba and in Southern Flor
where hand cultivation is still largely
ficed, the rows are made two feet six
p apart, and the plants are set from
He TO eighteen inches apart In the row,
rdtrlg to the strength OF the soil and
hmount of guano applied. Such close
ing as this could not, of course, be
tea where horse cultivation is prac-
as In. tho Northern States
e plants are set ont when they are
four to six inches high In the se.fi
This is an invariable rule in all the
Poo districts OF this country; but In
they are allowed to grow much
r, even as much as eight or ten inches
In drawing the plants the seed bed
loroughly watered, so that II will be
and Will not tear the roots much in
4ing the plants. 1t 10 also advisable to
as much OF the soil adhere to the
when taken up as possible. The draw
should be done in the early morning
the dew is on the plants, as the
p are less liable to be injured. The
should be grasped in onie hand be-
the thumb and finger and gently
by means OF q fork or small pointed
TO prevent as much as possible in-
70 the stem and roots and to bring up
OF the dirt adhering to the roots. The
are then put in baskets or small
the roots together. The pacla1s is
covered with damp cloth and placed
nut tho plants.
the early spring. especially when the
. cloudy and damp 4ust after a rain.
may be set ont ct any time In the
Lister IN tho season. however, az tho
Pccmes drier and the Temperature
plants are usually set out after
Tho later the season the later the
81 setting ont. Also the more southern
ocahty or the higher the temperature
aser IN the day the plants should be
re are two methods OF planting,
ny hand or by the use Of a planter.
20 planting the plants are dropped at
ar Intervals. usually by boys. girls.
men vki3e another hand follows with
oie maae Of . round stick ono and
uetFer inches In Diameter and len
hng. With tbs he makes hole
Snich be inserts the roots OF the
holdlrls the plant firmly with the
between tho thumb and hnssr. The
then PRESSED around tho roots With
anNe 70 arm the soil. and then loose
prourht up around the plant ard
80 surface left IN Is loose . condi-
- 2oeeible. enstAuses The holes are
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