The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05
81 SUMTER S. 9, WEDNESDAY, NoVEMBER B. 1918
A BIG TOBACCO YIELD.
MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
COME IN FROM GROWTH OF
WEED.
Normal Production Of Flue-C Cured To-
baccO Amounts to 215,OOO,OOO
POunds-Its Use General.

Washington, Oct. 3O.-The normal
annual production of hue-cured to-
baccO on a farm weight basis is esti-
mated to be about 215, 100000 pounds,
according to experts in the depart
ment of agriculture. This type Of to-
bacco is the only American grown va
riety that has shown a tendency to ex-
pand our exports. About 40 per cent
or around 9O,OOO,OOO pounds is ex-
ported and the remainder is used in
domestic consumption.
"All things considered, this fiue.
cured type Of tobacco is unsurpassed
in universal popularity" state the ex-
pefts. "and it is adapted to a variety
Of uses, including granulated and Gu,
smoking tobacco, both paper and all
tobacco cigarettes, and plug filler and
wrapper; in fact it is adapted to all
the regular forms in which tobacco is
used except standard cigars and snuff.
In color and general appearance it is
very attractive, while it's low nicotine
content, mildness, aromatic sweetness,
fragrance and good keeping qualities
The use of fiues in curing tobacco
became popular after the close Of the
War Between the Sections and by the
middle SOS the demand had increased
so that about 20 counties in Virginia
and North Carolina had been planted
to 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 Hes
ter. The Warne is the standard wrap
per type and perhaps the most popu.
lar. The AdcOck is a great favorite
in the noted wrapper-producing Sec
ton of Granville county, North Caro-
lima, while the Adkin is popular as an
early maturing variety. 81
Apart from the natural character
OF the soil itself. there is no more inS--
pOrtant matter for the tobacco grower
to consider than the management Of
his fields. Indeed the character of the
tobacco produced will depend as mucli
on how the fields have been handled
in rotation between the successive to-
bacco crops as upon the fertilizer = ,ed
or the cultivation given directly to the
tobacco crop itself. Tobacco Ian
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 it should
ammonia.
1t is we'll known that the organic
matter Of freshly cleared or broom
sedge fields is Of a kind we'll suited
to tobacco. 1t consists principally of
dead leaves, twigs, roots, pine tags,
broom sedge and roots Such vegeta-
BILE matter while poor in ammonia, by
it's 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 tobacco in the
ilue-cured district is subject. 1t is be-
lieved to be fungus disease, dissem-
mated by spores. The only practical
method of reducing the injury to the
crop caused by the disease is by using
potash more literally in the fertilizer,
which seems to increase the resistance
of the plant to the disease.
T.