The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-18
acres. Seed should be sown from
10th to Goth OF April.
TransnlanfinU Ground sho,,ld no

acres. Seed should be sown from
10th to Doth OF April.
Transplanting. Ground should be
plcwed early, any time In March or
April. When it is in . suitable con-
ditfon it should be. cultivated. Be
sure that your ground is as fine as a
garden, free Of clods, and level, and
free of weeds. If you use a tobacco
planter, plant rows apart feet, and
IL inches in row. II you plant by
hand set in hills, we'll made, 3 feet
between rows and 20 inches for Span
ish and "a inches for seed and Bur
leigh. II by hand the ground should
be quite moist. AS soon as you can
tell, you should replant. The main
thing Is. to get good plants and a
good stand. When your plants have
leaves by 3 inches. or about that,
they are ready to set. Pull at each
setting, plants uniform in size, as
this will give you a uniform crop and
aid you in topping, cutting and sue
corius. If it is dry when plants
should be set, plant and pour tinful
of water around the plant and draw
dry dirt around the plant.
Cultivating. You should pay strict
attention to level cultivation, hence
your shovels should be small. You
should pillow as soon as you can after
transplanting, even the next day.
Plow often, not less than once
week, or twice is better. If the
ground is dry follow each blowing
with board drag, wide as the row,
so as to form dust mulch to retain
the moisture. Plow as long as you
can get through it. Use the hoe as
much as is necessary to keep out the
! weeds. Tobacco will not endure
weeds.
Topping. When the great majority
of the plants have the bud well de-
yeloped, begin to top. Pinch out the
buds just appearing. The buds that
are out full, break off with it two or
three OF the top leaves, but don't top
too high. In a few days 60 over your
patch and top every plant left, bud
or not.
Worming. You must keep worms
Oft. If they are bad you should hunt
them two or three times week, but
necessity will direct you.
Succoring. AS fast as succors ap-
pear two or three inches long, they
should be pulled off.
Cutting. Cut as soon as ripe, not
toe. green, nor dead ripe. When the
leaf is spotted when turned to the
sun, or when the leaf will crack or
break when pinched double.
Be sure to let your tobacco wilt
before you spear it, timber as rag,
but watch that it don't sunburn. If
there seems danger turn it. Our
tobacco sticks are 4 feet long Il to II
wide and or ! inches thick. Our
| 70 D,,f -
II stalks on stick. according to size,
and from 20 to rs sticks on a rail.
Now let it cure thoroughly and when
it comes in good case, not too high.
but so it will not break, take it down.
Leave the tobacco on the sticks and
place in piles, tops tapping. Protect
the piles by using covering on TOP
and sides; fodder is good.
| Stripping. First remove the trash,
just the butt, and throw it away.
Then remove three or four of the
ground leaves and the ragged ones
for filters. Keep these separate from
the wrappers. One man usually does
this and passes the stalk to Others
who pull off the wrappers, tie them
in hands of about 20 leaves to the
hand. The best plan l think is to
knee this down in rick, keeping the
butts out on each side and tapping
enough to keep the middle full.
Here If you keep until April or May
it will get hot and sweat: don't dis
turb it when in this condition. You
can box your tobacco when you choose
by placing it carefully and straight
in boxes; keep the middle full and
press about $50 pounds in a box, Is
inches wide, % inches deep and 80
inches long.
The selling of your tobacco will be
troublesome perhaps. If you can get
fifty or more cases together you car
perhaps get some one to come to buy
it, or you can ship to Cincinnati,
: Ohio. This is the best market we
have because it buys any kind. ]
will send ysu pure thinner Spanish
seed and seed leaf if can get it.
have recently learned that the farm
ers in Missouri are trying White
Burleigh and have met with gooc
success. ! am trying to get you som,
of these seed but may not succeed
| will ship the seed when l send Thu
SO you can about tell when it will
arrive Any information you ma,
want at any time | will be glad t,
give.
f. M. Denote.
Wheeler OR SNEEZER?
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