The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-23
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12as per cent over the crop of 1850

 1895 per cent. over the crop of 1850.
 Observe that the per centum of in- crease, in the production of tobacco was greater than the increase in cotton pfo- duetion.
 The strictly cotton sSStsss. as a rule: Ls. of years after the civil war.
 Tobacco q Desirable Crop.
 The results accomplished since tobac- co was again put on the list as cultiv- able and desirable crop in the cotton belt. have been very satisfactory.
 The plant. each year t was diligently cultivated, responded liberally and re. muneratively.
 Alas, alas. that cotton is so great a temptation.
 of Southern soil which is clothed with the dignity of collateral.
 At the same time, it should be borne in mind that, with the same close at planting and cultivation of cotton. to bacco will yield larger cash return per acre.
 Cash Return per Acre. cents iSVf, a pound, a or sis7.so Der acre; the. Alabama crop. 24 cents a pound, or $96.00 per acre; the North Carolina crop. cents pound or $51. sS per acre. In 1905, the Georgia crop was mar keted at II cents a pound or $Ss.25 per acre: Alabama, 16 cents per pound or $64.50 per acre: the North Carolina crop h.o cents pound or $0o.OV per acre, the South Carolina crop at ST cents a pound or $6403 per acre.
 Tobacco raised in Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas com any produced in the United states with the single exception of Florida, k3o centsl
 The average yield per acre in the cotton States in 1902 was SIT pounds; 1905, 5SS pounds.
 The acreage in the cotton States given to tobacco in 1902 was 25s,S11 acres; 1905, 151, 637 arces.
 The yield per acre Is far below the standard of possibility and the acreage far too small-absolutely Insignificant.
 Production By States.
 That we may get clearer idea as to production in 1909 and 1905, let us study the following array--round pum- bers being used;
 Sorth Staffs Carolina lsos Ss ssiseoo sGS iSs South Carolina .. 25,s2s.ooo s'2Ss'oo0 Georgia 1,Sl400e l,0S9'u9o Alabama. .. ... 2eo,00o 2S5,000 Mississippi. Ss,0o0 6a a,ooo Arkansas so0,o00 .7sS.OOO The foregoing figures (19O5 psrticu- larly) show that we do not appreelatiee ai ie of the supposed lion in the path.
 We should feel encouraged by what has been done. In 1902, the United States crop amounted to s22.o0O,oo0 pounds; double that of 1860, and the cotton States made twenty per cent of it.
 amounted to 6S5.0o0,000 pounds The cotton States produced fifteen per cent of the crop. We might easily have made fifty per cent of 1t.
 The Product in Constant Demand.
 Tobacco is ever increasing in de- Of the 1905 crop, we exported 26s,- O00, 900 pounds of leaf and 6,500,000 manufactured. We imported 10000. .000 pounds of leaf and O,444 pounds man
 Not DimcuIt of Cultivation.
 Tobacco requires attention, but not much more in the beginning than to- matoes, or, in the harvesting and mar" First. the seed bed must be properly prepared and the soil of the acreage to be set in the plants must be put in fine time for transplanting. The soil must not only be prepared by deep ploughing and thorough narrowing, but an abun- dant supply of the right kind or tertl- good quantity with which to feed the plants as they grow.
 The PIants Must Be Fed.
 Tobacco requires q balanced ration of phosphoric acid. nitrogen and pot ash A fertilizer which VIII make corn ar cotton will not answer for tobacco. The plants must be fed with food that will bring them into their own-giv- ing to the tobacco grower the full fruition of his hopes. 6-4-10 goods will meet the wants Of the plants, Do not use Muriate. of Potash. Scientists and they are the men that know, tell us that the Muriate is too rich In chlorine which latter the plants will absorb in large quantities; result: the burning properties of the tobacco will be great iy impaired. The Sulphate of Potash Is poorer in chlorine and Is, therefore, to be preferred.
 DO not say that you do not under stand the niceties pointed out; just be- lieVe them-accept them as you would message over a telephone line You may not understand the philosophy of transmitting the message, but you wil get 1t if you will follow directions You cannot make a crop without the right kind of fertilizer. which must be liberally applied to and incorpo- rated with the soil.
 Why not set apart a reasonable acre age on your farm, neighbor. and set the same in tobacco this year? It will pay you, Try 1t.
 Martin v. Calvin. Augusta, Ga. Jan.2o. 1906.
 
 We should always" said the iajl evangelist. consider any circunstances