CULTURE AND MANAGEJIENT OF TOBACCO. JgS 



same manner, and sold on the same day. The buyer must take 

 the tobacco as it comes from the planter's hand ; he can only use 

 a certain part of it per day. That in safe condition he can keep 

 for future use, and is always willing to pay for it full market rates; 

 that out of condition he must keep until he can use it ; and, if he 

 considers his interest, buys at what it will be worth to him when 

 he shall be ready to work it up, thereby throwing on the planter 

 the injury and loss in the tobacco from the time of purchase to that 

 of manufacturing. This loss is considerable. The planter has to 

 bear it ; it is right that he should. He has no cause to complain 

 of the manufacturer ; if he feels like doing so, let him come here in 

 September or October, and walk into one of our large factories, 

 and take a Wok at a hogshead then being pulled up, bearing his 

 own name on its head, which he sold in the spring. We presume 

 he would then feel rather more sympathy than blame for the manu- 

 facturer, and congratulate himself that he and that tobacco parted 

 long ago. But planters can remedy this evil. It is useless for 

 them to talk about bad seasons for striking, bad winds, cold winds, 

 too much or too little rain, &c. This will not exonerate them from 

 the duty they owe themselves. These bad seasons are not uni- 

 versal ; they do not affect every planter ; when they do we shall 

 believe them. There are planters who always manage their crops 

 properly, in defiance of too much season, too little season, or any 

 season at all. They are men of reputation as planters, and will do 

 all they can to sustain it. Examine their crops year after year, 

 and they will invariably be found in good condition, and will 

 always bring the highest prices. 

 Augusta, February 2, 1863. 



