The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-12-21
TO SHADE TO-
BACCo GROWERS
D. A. Shaw Of GAdsdsn County. In
Times, To Tobacco Growers.

prosperous standing, and the writer
thinks it is of the utmost Importance
for each grower to take a personal
pride in holding the standard Of merit
as high as it is at present, and in inn
proving 1t to the point where our wrap
per tobacco will be second to none for
manufacturing five cent cigars.
Shade tobacco TO be elassed as excel
lent requires great vigilance on the
part of the grower: First, in selecting
good soil ON which Il Is to be grown
Then the next question, and this 10 the
reason this article is written, is 10 en-
phasiEe the vital Importance Of every
grower producing good burning To-
bacco. II we make the most beautiful
tobacco that the world affords and Il
does not burn good, Il ie WORTHLESS and
more than worthless, for II viii ruin
the reputation Of the grower, the dealer
who celia it, the manufacturer who puts
the retailer who sells the cigars 70 The
consumes.
Bad burning cigar wrappers has been
our greatest hindFance IN establishing
name and . reputation Tor onr tobacco.
When once customer buys q lot Of
Florida tobacco and e does not busm,
all statesmen should nhnn such o ones
place as though Il wa infested with 3
pestilence, for then al Florida tobacco
and those who offer &c for sale are alike
condemned as frauds and imposteEB BY
the customer, who u % unfortunate a.
to get poor burning lot Of tobacco.
Good burning tobacco can be had by
avoiding all guanoe, goat, sheep and
hog manures, and by not using any low
grade pOtashes, such as kainit, muYiato
or sulphAte Of potash.
Now this should be used by every
intelligent tobacco grower: Nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash, for these
are the three essentials In plant
growth.
The writer has found the following
70 be an excellent formula for growing
good burning tobacco This FOR one
acre One thousand pounds air Stacked
lime broadcasted and ploughed IN at
least three months before transplant
ing, four hundred pounds pure calcined
carbonate Of potash, analysing 80 per
cent. carbonate potash, six hundred
pounds ground bone dust, one and one
half tons cotton seed meal Tor one.half
ton cotton seed meal and one hundred
bushels cotton seed, and twenty loads
of COW or horse manure. This with
favorable seasons will make q good
yield in pounds per acre and will make
a good burning tobacco, If persisted in
by the grower.
or course IL the lands have been
poisoned by having guano used there
on the year before, Il will take longer
to get the soil thoroughly permeated
with this fertilizer that produces good
burning tobacco.
The good house Of Schroeder q Arq-
nimbau spent Thousands Of dollars In
experimenting 20 discover this formula.
Some may ask why we are % free 20
give such q valuable formula I The
reason IL this All tobacco that goes
out from this section IL known as Flor
ida tobacco, and II IL IL bad burning to-
bacco the single lot Of poor tobacco
does not get the weight Of cOndemna-
ton, but all Florida tobacco is con-
demned thereby.
We have the eyes Of the wrapper to-
bacco consumer turned our way. Lat
US, one and all, use every endeavor TO
hold and improve our present standing
by Cet US emphasize Il aRain) produc-
ing good burning tobacco then by care
to use the seed to make large siSed
leaves, keeping them free from worm
holes and free from damage; by careful
handling In the fields at harvest time;
by having q surplus Of barn room and
by carefully guarding against the many
forms Of damage that occur IN curing to-
baceo In barns. But after all Is said and
done, IL our tobacco does not burn good
our enterprise will be q failure.
When q grower IL ambitious to pro-
cure fine lot Of good burning shade
tobacco, and IL willing to devote his
time and energies thereto diligently 10
the exclusion of other money-mAking
crops, our advice TO him is not to sell
his crop under = contract, but 10 grow
and harvest his crop independently and
sell Il on its merits; for IL the crop
should be q poor one allowance will have
20 be made TO the full extent of damages
the crop may show, and IL the crop be
fine no more will be paid as rule than
the contract calls for. Whereas IL
the crop - not under a contract, and Is
a fine one, with the big demands there
are for such goods. competition will be
keen for the purchase Of all such crops.
from the present outlook, for at least
two years.
Mrs. c. G. Sanders, who has been Wis
iting her mother in the neighborh0Od of
Tallahassee for several months, re-
turned today and went down TO Dunnel-
Ion on matters % business that will de-
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