Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-08-24
TOBACCO CULTURE.
II Has Been Made Success in New
Mexico.
A GOOD GRADE CAN Be RAISED.

Some Interesting experiments In tc.
haccO culture have been made in New
Mexico duriag the past few years auI
iho fact ! az been established that TO-.
haccO can ho raised IN this territory
aud that ~ intelligent culture should
bring cleo profit 90 New Mexico
ranch owners A. n result of the iu
torost aroused through the correspond.
cuce between James A. Davis. indus.
trial commissioner for tho Atchlson.
Topeka & Santa Pc Railway company.
and the Albuquerque Commercial
club samples of the New Mexico prod
net were submitted To W. @. Pilklng
ton Of Virginia, an authority on to
bacco. BE reported a. follows:
The tnhaccJ you acut me has an
excellent nayor, bat owing 10 the fact
that u was cut before being thorough.
~ ripo u cured up ercon IN as dry %
climate nE New Mexico. with the prop.
CO kind 81 seed to begin with. tobac.
GO ought to cure "a splendid bright red
color without USING any hrr at all
llut In lrdcg tu get the right color AN
flavor two things are necessary tho
rlght Kind Ot seed aud allowing tha
plant 20 hort nae thoroughly ripe
In Now Mexico the plant bed
should uc made On February and
should bee from twenty to my yards
square. according 60 the size 81 the
crop contemplated and should be- irri.
gated. Che plant bed should be put
In thorough order nnd tho seed should
be sown in it by the 6rEt of March.
The plants should ~ ready 60 set
uut iu iInc. II tho ground is in ron
order, one rain ur Que irrigation VIII
make tho crop. Tobacco requires less
water than any other plant I know o.
Tho great trouble with u8 b. that Wp
have too much rain. which makes Il
cabbage Ir bunch up. " We could
have moisture just when we wanted Il
and not tur much and such soil nH yog
have IN tho west we would make tho
hGcst tobacco iu the world
Further experimental planting last
season resulted most satisfactorih.
These expert ltutf were chiefly ca'
ricd on by Major Frederick Muller az
Santa Fy Herman nlnohOr at Alhu
querquc und r. N Stockton at Bclcn.
m the central pant of the Rio Grand.
valley Speaking OF the latter district
MI Stocktun says
4 have grown tobacco on small
scale in This pau of the territory for
the last thity years with very salts
factory rcnults. Of varieties for cigar.
have uund the following 90 bee co
pccialiy adapted for this locality: Zim
mpr's Spanish ComHtuck and Havana
an imported seed Resides these
nave also grown Rnnnuza sterling
improved White Crloy and General
Grant Ny opinion is that the hno
Havana varieties win do rs well here
as In Florida aud that any tobacco
grown any whcre In the United States
can be- grown with thu same degree ol
success iu this part OF the Rio Grand,
valley"
In the ,iclnlty of Albuquerque NJ
Biuchcr who has amasEed n furtuu,
from truck gardening has mot VIII
thc most pronounced success. ITS
experiments have been made witt
puch varictics ns Zimmer'g Spanish
the small cuban Havana and larK'
Havana ail Of which did well. but ih,
',si iCpuis came f,um the small Ha}
."H tuuacruuists In louisville. Nv.
dtrlafii" that whom u is prCacrh
lrrl % iu fully tho equal 81 the I'm
tUtHG cuban article and supCriu
cvri go hc hirh grade tobacco WhiCl
go ,sr art years has brought Willet
y0uDtg .oXas into widespread fam'
uu' proved so highly profitable 20 tn
,n'W.ta lctoahou.8. Samples of Mr.
t,FOh.i product nre now undorgoiu'
q. 900 o., nthe sweating process Ia IN
c4tSI ~ lmpni of dealer IN Ohio, wh
confidently predicts that u viii com
through The test With results that vi.
prove surprise 90 those engaged gen
orally ln ihc tobacco trade. Propcrl
handled d, is fnld these finer grade
of tounccu will yield In New MeXic
1000 pounds to the acre. worth In IN
mnrkcts of tho county $500 90 81 .G01
This season through Mr. Rluoher's IN
tcrest In tho subject a Mr. Hunter
kCntuckian has been induced To ae
cut some 10000 plants Of the smal
Cuban ylicty near nornalillO and n
this writing thcy are reported as
very promising stand.
Thus u appears that the near futur
Is very encouraging for the introdu'
tiou at q new and highly profitable %
dustry u New MeXicn. With the r.
suits thus far attained. with soil an
climate that seem tu be special,
adapted 90 tobacco culture and q
abundance or cheap AMI reliable lah0
at hand. there would seem 10 be IA
obstacle IN The way of making toba'
co raising one OF tho chief sources q
productive wealth throughout tho ri
Grando valley and lhc valleys of 4
trihutario3