Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-27
Application Of Potash Is
Important To Leaf Quality

Sulphate of potash magneSia and sui
phate OF potash.
However. from 10 to IL per cent
potash may be used safely and pro-
fitablv to give tobacco additional
quality and more uniform ripening
conditions" the State college man
declared. No more than 6 per cent
should be applied in the mixture be-
fore planting, and the supplementary
potash application should be made
about 20 days after the plants are set
in the field.
Sulphate Sue Dress.
Whereas the C::..,,'..,~i application
OF potash should come from three
sources for best results, the side
dressing should be of sulphate of po-
fash. This should be from 100 to 200
pounds OF sulphate OF potash per acre.
Ii tobacco by-products are used as a
source of potash, they must be
Sterilized 10 Kill disease organisms
which will be present.
As further advice to tobacco grow
erS. Weeks recommends that plants Of
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than l8 inches between hills in rows
four feet wide. The l8-inch spacing
is only for the most fertile soils, and
- inches is the best spacing for the
poorer soils.
Tobacco should be kept in bed or
ridge at all times during the grow
ing period This prevents the plants
from getting wet feet. In order to
do this. it is necessary to put it on
a good ridge when planting.
The process that has proven most
satisfactory in preparing and keep
ing tobacco on a good ridge is to lay
off the row with a StoneWall or
similar type, pillow, using large fronts
on it, then applying the fertilizer in
the furrow. After this, the same pillow
is used to open the row, throwing
the fertilizer w up on the should
erS Of the fur. w. Next, turning
p!oW with medium or large wing,
depending on the type Of pillow, is
used to make good ridge.
About d week to 10 days after
transplanting, the tobacco should
have cultivation with small cult
vator. A hoe cultivation is usually
necessary at this time. Following this
first cultivation, tobacco should be
cultlated every week or 10 days until
about 4 week prior to topping.
One Horse Pillow.
At each cultivation, the soil should |
be thoroughly b,sken and the mid
dies scattered, care being taken not
to disturb the root system when sid
ing.
One CT the best plows for cult
waiting tobacco is one-horse turn
ing pillow with sweep attached to |
the bolt that holds the moldboard or
wing. When the tobacco is small the
soil can be thoroughly broken and |
the attached sweep will push the dirt |
around the plant. When it gets lit
tie larger, small moldboard can be
used, and longer sweep attached. |
The third time still larger mold
board or wing with a still larger
sweep is used, and for the last Gull
tlvation, the largest moldboard or
wing that is used on one-horse
pillow, with sweep about Is inches |
long and two 10 two and one-half |
inches wide, is recommended.
Weeks says that, with normal
weather conditions, four civilizations
are all that are necessary. However,
he says that in the case of a hard,
packing rain, the tobacco will need
to be ploWed just as soon as the soil
is dry enough to cultivate, even if it
had been ploWed one hour prior to
the rain.
1T is sufficient to scatter the mid
dies with a sweep Immediately fol-
lowing each siding. One furroW to
the row is sufficient except for the
second cultivation, which should