The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-05
MANNING, c. NOVEBER 5, 1913
TOBACCO A GOOD CROP
FLUE-CURED SUPPLY ABOUT 215,.
100000 POUNDS.
Is Very Popular and surpasses All
Other Kind in General Use-So
Say Government Experts.

The normal annual production o.
fue-cured tobacco on farm-welgh
basis is estimated to be about 215,
100000 pounds, according to expertl
in the department of agriculture
This type of tobacco is the only Amer
lean grown variety that has shown .
tendency to expand our exports
About 40 per cent, or around co.
100000 pounds, is exported and the
remainder is used in domestic con
sumption.
call things considered, this fue.
cured type Of tobacco is unsurpassed
in universal popularity" state the
experts, land it is adapted to va
riety Of uses, including granulated
and cut smoking tobacco, both paper
and all-tobacco cigarettes, 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, fra
GRANGE and good keeping qualities
render it very satisfying to the user"
The use Of hues in curing tobacco
became popular after the close OF the
War Between the Sections and by the
middle '80s the demand had tncreas-
ed so that about 20 counties in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina had been
planted to this variety. There are
number Of varieties Of due-cured to-
bacco, 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 stand
ard wrapper type and perhaps the
most popular. The Adcock is great
fayorite in the noted wrapper-produc-
ing section Of Granvill ecounty, North
Carolina, while the Adkin Is popular
as an early maturing 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 90 handled as to be kept
in good life. A liberal supply OF veg
etable matter in an advanced stage
Of decay is highly desirable, but 1t
should be Of the kind not excessively
rich In ammonia.
It is well known that the organic
matter of freshly cleared or broom
sedge fields is OF kind well suited
to tobacco. It consists principally OF
dead leaves, tWigs, roots, pine tags,
broom-sedge and roots. Such veseta-
BILE matter while poor in ammonia, by
its ample volume makes the soil very
mellow and friable and Of good wat
er-holding capacity. There Is prob
ably no better humus crop for rota-
ton than herds grass or red top.
Specking, or "diseasing", as 1t IS
generally called, is the most common
disease injury to which tobacco In
the aue-cured district is subject. It
is believed to be fungus disease,
disseminated by spores. The only
practical method of reducing the in
jury 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 di-