The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

failed. Ky ,rhe sumatra seed brought 8ilnto$
Connect lcut IN 1901 left Its original type
and through the difference Of soil and 81 "a
mate lroke ,lp into hundreds of 81 ffcrent5
typcs, each distinct in itself me sue
cc.sors OF these types made otnerBlSp H PCS,
and the5planters were IN desrar. Soilles
OF the types had the large round sulnilt1ra
lea which Isl SO :valua bic for. SIN sclsa ri&
wrappers can beSc,it out 81 out& s'l5
were long and stringy and more ike shoe-
II rings than the IVA liable Sunlatra type. &
This was tile case when tho scientists
~ the Agriculture Department began to
study the matter and toBexperimcn with
it. Nj. 3A d. Shamel, whose u work M !,
corn / have already ferred y was sent
10 Cuba Ia study the tobacco there. Iic \
went to 4: Connecticut and experiment ed
and al ter a tlnle found that by, tnking
certain plants Which had %i the proper q,
suma ira leaf afand covering VA them VIII WI ~
bags to prevent the insects from 4 bri r6nga
any pollen from q Their plants to 5fertilize
them. that the seed grown inside hose
BAG plants would, when planted ere pro- 70
duce alSthe characteristics Of the original
plants. The ma Leland the female elements F
OF the tobacco plant arc found on Y me
same stem, but you may have q hig y
grade fplant aand ~ bee Sor other
Insect which has come from some q l'oor
starved nongrel plant q he Same "a 81
may carry; on its legs some Of the pollen
which wIllifertilzea the former plant The
exneriment prevent ed this BY the bags,
and they have now found that When they
get AZ plant ofsgthcEright kind they can
reproduce 1t without limit {3 j
The Littlss q obacc "a; i'et:
what this means car, only be appre-t
cited by those who und erstandt something
Of toba Geo and t!Iie So
IIow big do YOU think a toba Geo seed is X
SE,rhe plant grows to be taller than q man. K
| It8has leaves from twenty o fifty inches
llong and from three ito eighteen inches
vide. One would think these mightrbef
| the size of walnut III us N fact. q bout
the smallest seed known. j have before
mo 4 bottle about half the length Of my
1 little finger. and not so large around..iit =
contains $50 such seeds l1a ~ SEED ,.'s q
4 Nevertheless, Is ts%pro his mighty
/ plant. and ), more s:wond erful astill, ION the
nlant viii grow from 500 900 to 100. 600 SEEDS.
j a single seed OF TOBACCO Will, in one
j nlanting, produce hal E q million children
ii will furnish enough seed ITO plant one
4 hundred acres fstobn Geo, and that SEED
i has in 1t all the8hereditary germs Of the
plant from WHICH It comes. me me f ,
Il grow in pods, Of which y here ma be q
hundred on a single seed plant, eaen POD
i containing from 5000 to 900 seeds, d IS.
Growing Seeds in Bags.
The agricultural SCIENTISTS have found lr
that If they take one OF the long-lleaaIy''ed1 q
plants and enclose It ina bag. It's seed VIII y
i produce n long-leayed plant, with all}lts
1 chara If they take asfull,around
4 leaf of the kind needed for Wra ppefs, IL
seed / so treated prodlsre ~ ~
Il TYNE. and this ID true not only as 70 me
! shane OF the loaf, abut as to the ilayorf%ot
. tho tobacco, IN other words, whatever the
4 character or the tobacco plant, they can
Il renrodlce It under similar circumstance
n, ~ merely keeping It's seed true TO type
4 They can 60 to the field and select select ne I
A ideal plant and- grow,ithe next lycnr,n
& whole field Of such$plants' insteaa OF 4 no : ,
ragged moor plants found IN the rest "
q the field. Sbi 5S
rhev have discovered that they cannot
s onlvfbettor tho shape of the lea +. but also
, Increase the number OF leaves on fttne
i stnlk. some tobacco stalks may have only
4 dve leaves on them, whereas others Hay
nave forty. rhe seed from the forty
lcayed stalks, properly treated, VII VII p lIt
ducc plants having many leaves, ot LEI
as many as forty, and thus grehtly ~ ~.
:. crease the sIze OF the crop II they taKe
] seeds from plants having but @gcWg SUCK, !,
/ crs. the children Of those plants, -ah "
!, each seed, YOU must remember, may have
! q half million i children--wllltabe COM
I nnrntiyely free from suckers; SO, YOU see,
i they can by seed alone mn terlal ~ change
(. the tobacco crop the 2 nlted n A.
: A Talk With a To bacco Expert '',F'ty
y t' q
During my talk with Mr., sllamel asked
I him whether tho tobacco growers in '5'll'
{ fercnt parts Of tho United states Wera
! lettering thclrcrops in this way, Ho rs re-
y piled: \. I. I, 1, u 1. !,
8"Not YET. The discovery has only hoeN
= made within n comparatively few months
J and 1t Is practically unlnoWll 20 tno so pn
! ernl public eghayc only had one ss ,,'
sons work at 1t, hut we have. gone w w
/ enough To believe that we shall snoceel
a in greatly Improving the size or our, w
\ bacco crop and Its value. we expectt IN, !.
!, develop new varieties by crossing ithe
y. beet plants from different localities, ,apt
g 10 produce tobacco llch wiz nave allittilt
y hardness of our native. tobacco g "a 20
j the same time the flavor ana lal''yf Y
y l;the Imported strain !, & ... Il !, q,
q Where are our fancy to q ,''u 7
y grpwn?" Va s3 u Y, \. I. \, \, ,,,,,,,,,
I on IN connecticut! and .Florda, sald ..slF
Y shame, ..fns Florida they ~ re "a lslp o 70