The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-07
DISCUSSED IN BULLETIN
Us the Culture and Use of FIue-Cured
Tohacco


Washington, Nov 6.-The normal
annual production of fiue-cured to-
bacco on farm-weight basis is esti-
mated to be about 215,00O,O00 pounds,
according to Bulletin No. Is of the De-
partment of Agriculture. This type
of tobacco is the only American
grown variety that has shown tend
ency to expand our exports. About
40 per cent. or around 90,000.0OO0
pounds is exported and the remainder
is used in domestic consumption.
Cali things considered this flue-cur-
ed tobacco is unsurpassed in univer-
sal popularity" states the report,
| "and it is adopted to a variety of
uses, including granulated and cut
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, aromtic sweetness,
| fragrance and good keeping qualities
render it satisfactory to the user"
! The use of flues in curing tobacco
became popular after the close of the
Civil War and be the middle eighties
the demand had increased SO that
about 20 countries in Virginia and
North Carolina had been planted to
this variety. There are number of
varieties of fue-cured tobacco, prom
inently. among which are the Marine,
Yellow OronocO, White-stem Oronoco,
Big Oronoco, Adock, Adkin, Willow
Leaf, Gooch, Tilley and Hester. The
Warne is the standard wrapper type
and perhaps the most popular. The
Adcock is a great favorite in the not
ed wrapper-producing section of Gran
vile county, North Carolina, while the
Adkin is popular as an early mateur-
ing variety.
Apart from the natural character of
the soil itself, there is no more i'm
portant matter for the tobacco grower
to consider than the. management 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 to-
! bacco crops as upon the fertiliZerSTus-
ed or the cultivation given directly to
the tobacco crop itself Tobacco
land should be SO handled as to keep
it 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 excessive
ly rich in ammonia.
1t is well known that the organic
matter of freshly cleared or broom
seeded 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 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
Speaking, "diseasing," as it is
generally called, is the most common
disease injury to which tobacco in
the 1ue-cured district is subject. 1t
is believed to be a fungus disease,
disseminating by spores. The only
| practical method of reducing the inju-
ry to the crop caused by the disease
is by using potash more literally in
the fertilizer, which seems to increase
the resistenuce of the plant to the dis
ease.