Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-03
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

growing large and coarse. AS soon
as practical, within a week or ten
days after transplanting, the field
should be gone over and transplanteG
with good strong plants. Cut
worms and wireworms sometimes
cause a great deal of trouble in get
ting a stand. When there is doubt
about a plant living, a new one
should be set about three inches
from the old plant. Later the 10
ferior of the two plants should be
removed. Every possible effort
should be made to secure perfect
stand with the first planting. When
the stand is regular the tobacco rip
ems nicely and evenly. If the stand
is poor the tobacco will be irregular
in rfpening. Some plants will have
too much space and will be over
grown, coarse, and will not ripen or
cure properly. A hand transplanter
is very convenient in replanting as
we'll as for planting the first time.
Early; rapid and thorough cult
vations are necessary to produce
good crop of tobacco. In order to
start the tobacco growing quickly a
good cultivation and careful hand
hoeing should be given as soon as
the plants become established, gec-
orally in about a week or ten days
after tranSplanting. A little fresh
soil should be- drawn about each
plant, but care should be used not
to loosen the new roots. Usually
only one more hand hoeing is neces-
sary. The tobacco should be Guilt
waited every ten days until it is
time for it to be topped. Cultiva-
ton should be. discontinued after
topping, as the tobacco will ripen
better if not cultivated too late.
Four to six civilizations may be
given to good advantage. The first
two civilizations should be fairly
deep to loosen the soil and make it
mellow. Later, as the roots begin
to spread through the row, only
shallow cultivation should be prao-
ticed. Short singletree should :e
used after the plants are half
grown to prevent tearing and break
ing the leaves. Every precautian
should be used to avoid injury %
the plants. Any bruising of the
leaves will injure both the yield and
quality of tobacco. In cultivation
the field should not be left in. con-
dition that would allow water t.
stand. around the tobacco plants in
case of heavy rains. > Z
A great many growers make a
practice of sowing peas in the. to-
bacco the last cultivation. Others
wait until, the tobacco is harvested
to sow the peas. When peas are
sown in tobacco fields the Iron or
Brabham should be used. These
varieties are not attacked by the
nematode or eelworms. Nematodes
cause root knot, which may do a
great deal of damage to tobacco.
Grasshoppers sometimes appear
On the young plants as soon as they
are set in the field, although they
seldom do much damage. The
guinea does more damage in catch
ing them than the insect itself. Pol
soned bait that is used for cut
worms is very satisfactory in con-
trolling grasshoppers. With good
weather and rapid cultivation grass
hoppers usually abandon the tobacco
in short time.
Cutworms sometimes make it hard
to get a stand, especially where a
great deaf of vegetable matter has
been. turned under. One remedy is
to poison them with Parts green. Use
one pound of Paris green to twenty
five pounds of wheat bran mixed in
& soft batter with molasses. =, Lay
this around the field SO that when
the worms crawl OMIT they will eat
it. A few chopped lemons or oranges
added to the poisoned bait will some
times help to attract the worms. An
other of the best ways to control
cutworms is to hunt \for them and
kill each marauder found 1t is easy
to detect signs of the cutworm and
with a little experience they can be
located and destroyed very rapidly.
Tobacco horn worms are some
times a serious pest. When labor was
cheap and plentiful, hand-worming
was a fairly satisfactory means of
control, but with the. scarcity, cost
and inefficiency of hand labor this
method is unreliable and the grower
will get much better results by using
insecticides. Until recently Paris
green has been the principal poison
used, although there has always been
objection to it's use, as it frequently
seriously burns the tobacco.
Arsenate jof lead has been found
to be the most satisfactory poison
for the horn worm. It can be used