Oil city Afro-American., 1900-01-27
the control Of the government and

the control Of the government and
the crop raised there is disposed
of at Amsterdam. / would advise
this association to only purchase
their seed from reliable persons
or firms, as this is one of the most
important features connected
with the successful growing OF
cigar tobacco. The growers who
purchased imported Cuban seed
this year have made a fair crop.
There have been only a few COM
plaints of the seed not germinat-
ing and upon investigation it is
found that they have overlooked
two of the most important things
that is necessary in the sprout-
| ing of seed. First, they did not
use any protection for the seed
beds. such as light canvas or foil
aged limbs. Second, they did not
spray or water their seed beds
each day. Some of the growers
of the state purchased what they
supposed to be cigar toOaccO and
instead they got hurley or chew
inp tobacco seed and some OF
/ them have grown largely of this
class of tobacco which is not
worth near as much on the
market as the cigar tobacco.
There has been some mistakes
made by the growers in planting
two different kinds Of tobacco too
close to each other thereby hy-
bredizing a new kind of tobacco
which should be avoided in the
future. Different characters OS
tobacco should be planted from
)15O to 200 feet from each other.
A few members of this body
failed to use any kind fertilizers,
which was a serious mistake, as
the fertilizers used by the sue
cessful growers of our state must
be adhered to for the purpose OF
giving the tobacco proper burn
ING qualities and aroma. These
two features can not be overcome
by any process that may be used
| after it is once harvested. The
question of fertilizers is one OF
the important features that will
be discussed here by your
body, and, in fact, all the varia-
tions of culture will be discussed
here by practical and sue
cessful growers of this state. by
the efforts Of this association hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
have been saved to the farmers
of our state who have grown u
sufficient amount of both chewing
and smoking tobacco for their
own consumption and at the same
time gathered valuable informa-
ton upon the staple.
! This years crop of cigar tobac-
co that has been raised by expert
enced people should command
very remunerative prices. 1t has
been predicted that the success
full growers who have been ralS-
ing this product in Montgomery,
Liberty, San Jacinto and Hardin
counties should command a price
for their tobacco from 80 to %
cents per pound, as the crop is an
ideal one, owing to the favorable
rains which it has received, MAX
ing the leaf a thin, small one,
leaving sufficient gum upon them.
We can congratulate ourselves
upon the fact that we are to-day
raising the highest grade OF cigar
filters in the United States, which
is due to their excellent burning
Qualities and aroma. One of the
largest cigar manufactures OF
New York visited our state some
time since and inspected some OF
our high grade cigar filler tobac-
CO. and Informed a friend of mine
that he could use the majority of
samples of such tobacco as he
saw at that time in his $12O and
$135 cigars, and would do so as
soon as he could buy it in suffi-
cient quantities. He is in the
habit of using from forty to fifty
I cars of cigar tobacco per year.
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