The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-15
PERRY TOBACCO.
Sold te ChieaEe Cigar Manufacturer for
 ID Cents Per Pound.

sold te Chicago Cigar Manufactures fo
 ID Cents Per PounA.
 Marion Standard.
 As previously noted the 1905 crop ot
 the Perry County cigar filler tobaccc amount 95no, wss gs raised y about ! dozen
 government expert. who had charge o ooi
 the second experiment crop raised ir this County. The various crops .were
 secured for the purpose of curing the same for the market which would have
 required about twelve te fourteen RSn When wGfd bGs of ers RaSknE EasSeS aS just S Ss
 manufacturers for the Stock in the green, or barn-dried state. At first il was decided not to. sell but the grow per pound wiiich offer % was made s"ts by a who further agrees to contract for the oof tbs foSaceo oa iargs sScs acreage the bulk
 the samples examined. IF was this latter proposition that induced the growers to make the sale. MT. Ayres quality, and that the Chicagoj Concern has already requested that he select the land on which the tobacco is to be the farmers. Just % how vn many M aes acres whe the manufacturers will take Is not known fut when 1t Is considered that they represent one of the largest corpora ttons In America 1t Is safe to conclude they will not make deal for less than several thousand acres, and if the pro duct Is of the class they want the eents per per Bound for s' the 1eae barn-cSred s 5p The duty alone on the imported Ha- vana filler is 30 cents per pound.
 was fre 5Se ts so fSo onss s isSs the cost of which, Including even the land rental, was not exceeding s cents per pound The time required to. grow the crop from the setting out Of the plant is from sixty to sixty-fve days; and from thirty to forty days to barn cure, strip and pack for shipping. The
 s's ana Saekns m tRs Whsh quires but little time and generally during wet or damp weather when no "ptsids Eh work can be done; done. .,,s makes the growing of tobacco a prof itable crop now that it's culture has been proven success and a ready the culture Is intensive and the plant requires strict care and attention and therefore the average farmer is. forced to plant small acreage. It is esti- the regular one-horse farm, Is as much Rs can be profitably cultivated, but this can be done with little reduction in the and with ths same % force |" fhe ees acfe@Ps er9Ps can be increased in like manner of five acres 70 the blow with equal success and at ptoppFtionate cost. Hence 1t virtually becomes a side or surplus crop with a value almost equal to that of all the other crops combined. To grow the full farm in tobacco would require a number of extra hands for from two to three months and they could not be secured for this short q time, which as above stated forces tho planting of an acreage that can he titled with virtually the regular hands employed. The main cost iA the set ting out of the plants. and this can be reduced to mininAun by the work of chtldren not large enough 10 do moro than pick cotton and keep the babies out of the fire. Florida has demon strated that they far excell men in this The standard notes these featurea in the raising of tQbaceo that our farm srs may consider them inasnuch as a proposition VIII no doubt be made Ihem to grow this tobacco on large scale another year. You have the lands; the speculattve period is passed: ! market established. n1d It is up to you to tillse advantage lof the oppor- unity. Suecess fs easy and q failure as eAsy. But with proper care md the use of common Judgment the profit from the tobacco crop in Perry ,an be made to surpass that of all oth- IT crops combined and can be sold if iesired each year before the. planting.