The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-11-07
CULTURE AND USE OF
FLUE-CURED TOBACCO
The Only American Grown Variety
That Has Tendency to EN-
pand Our Exports.

Washington, Nov 6.-The normal
annual production of fiue-cured to-
bacco on a farm-weight basis is esti-
mated to be about 215,000,OOO
pounds, according to Bulletin No. 16
of the department of agriculture.
This type of tobacco is the only
American grown variety that has
shown tendency to expand our ex-
ports. About 40 per cent, or around
9O,0O0,000 pounds, is exported and
the remainder is used in domestic
consumption.
"All things considered, this hue-
cured type of tobacco is unsurpassed
in universal popularity" states the
report land it is adapted to a var
iety of uses, including granulated
and cut smoking tobacco, both paper
and all-tobacco cirgarettes, and plug
filler and wrapper; in fact, 1t is
adapted to all the regular forms in
which tobacco is used except stand
ard cigars and snuff. In color and
general appearance it Is very attrac-
tive. while its low nicotine content.
mildness, aromatic sweetness, frag-
rance, and good keeping qualities
render 1T very satisfying to the user"
The use of fiues in curing tobac-
| co became popular after the close of
the Civil War and by the middle
eighties the demand had increased
so that about 20 counties in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina had been
planted in this variety. There are
a number Of varieties of flue-cured
tobacco, prominently among which
are the Warne, Yellow Oronoco,
White-stem Oronoco. Big Oronoco,
| Adcock, Adkin, Willow-Leaf, Gooch,
| Tilley, and Hester. The Warne is
the standard wrapper type and per
| haps the most popular. The Adcock
| is a great favorite in the noted
wrapper-producing section of Gran
vile county, North Carolina, while
the Adkin is popular as an early ma
turing variety.
Apart from the natural character
Of the soil itself there is no more
important matter for the tobacco
grower to consider than the manage
ment of his fields. Indeed the char
acter OF the tobacco produced will
depend as much on how the fields
have been handled in rotation be-
tween the successive tobacco crops
as upon the fertilizer used or the
cultivation given directly to the to-
bacco crop itself Tobacco land
should be so handled as to be kept in
good life. A liberal supply of vege-
table matter in an advanced stage of
decay is highly desirable, but 1t
should be of the kind not excessively
rich in ammonia.
1t is well known that the organic
matter OF freshly cleared or broom
sedge fields is of kind we'll suited
to tobacco. 1t consists principally of
dead leaves, twigs. roots, pine tags,
broom-sedge and roots. Such vege-
table matter, while poor in ammonia.
by its ample volume makes the soil
very mellow and friable and OF good
water-holding capacity. There is
probably no better humus crop for
rotation than herds grass or red
top.
Specking, or "diseasing," as it is
generally called, is the most common
disease injury to which tot eco in
the fiue-cured district is subject. 1t
is believed to be a fungus disease
disseminated by spores. The only
practical method of reducing the in
jury to the crop caused by the dis
ease is by using potash more liberal
ly in the fertilizer, which seems to
Increase the resistance of the plant
to the disease