The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-30
TOBACCO
Supply for The Future May Be
Greatly Reduced as Result
of Blasting.

\. Af.Astttll MILTON, ID. C., Oct. 80
The, normal annual production or
fue-cbred tobacco ON a farm-weig ht
basis Is estimated to be about 2i5,-
100000 pounds, according to Bulie-
tin No. / 6 OF the Department OF Ag-
rieulture. THIS type OF tobacco IS
the only American grown yaristy
that has shown a tendency to expend
our exports. About forty per &c At
or around 90s000,900 pounds. Is ex-
ported and the ref1ainder Is used in
domestic consumption.
All things considered, this fiue-
Ncured type of tobacco Is unsurpassed
in universal popularity" states the
report, and It is adapted to va
riety OF uses, including granulated
and cut smoking tobacco, both pa
per and all-tobacco cigarettes, and
plug hller and wrapper: in fact. 1t
is adapted to all the regular forms
In which tobacco is used except
standard cigars and snuff. In color
and generalappearance it Is very at
tractive while its low nicotine con-
tent nldness, aromatic sweetness,
fragrance and good keeping qualities
render It very satisfying to the user
The use Of fiues in curing tobacco
became popular after the close OF the
Civil war and BY the middle eighties
the demand had increase SO that
about twenty counties in Virginia
and North iEarolfna had been planted
70 this variety. There are d number
OF varieties of fiiIe-cured tobacco,
prominently among which are the
Warne. yellow oronoco, White
stem oronoco, bic Oronoco, Adcock,
Adkin, Willow2Leat, Gooch, e Tiliey
and Hester. The Warne is the stand
ard wrapper type and pefhaps the
most popular. The Adcock IS a
great favorite in the noted wrapper
producing section of Granville coun-
ty, n. c., 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 man.
agement OF his fields. Indeed. the
character of the tobacco produced
will depend as much on how the
fields have. been handled in rotation
between 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
vegetable matter in an advanced
stage OF decay is highly. desirable,
but it should be OF the kind not ex-
cesslvely rich in ammonia.
1t is we'll known that the organic
matter of freshly cleared or broom
sedge. fields is OF kind we'll suited
to tobacco. It consists principally
OF dead leaves. twigs, roots, pine
tags, broom-sedge and roots. Such
vegetable matter, while poor in
amonia, 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 herd 's-grass
or red top.
Speaking, or "diseasing," as it,is
generally called, is the most common
disease injury to which tobacco in
the flue-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 dis
ease is by using potash more lfber-.
ally in the fertilizer, which seems to
increase the resistance OF the plant
to the disease.