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Tennessee Types (Yellow Pryor, Oronoco, [mproved Yellow 



Mammoth). 



The soil besl suited for the seed beds of these types is rich, friable, 

 black virgin loam or sandy soil with a southern exposure. The time 

 for sowing the seed is from March I to April 15. The preparation 

 and management of the seed bed are the same as for Cuban tobacco. 

 The plants should be ready for transplanting about May LO. The 

 rows in the field should l>e placed 3£ feet apart each way. Ten da\ - 

 are necessary for the plants to establish themselves in the soil, and at 

 the end of that time cultivation with the plow should begin; after- 

 wards the hoe should he used. The field should he worked first one 

 way and then the other. 



About six or eight week- after transplanting the plants ought to be 

 ready for topping. This is done by pinching oil' the bud. leaving 8 or 

 pi leaves to the stalk, not Including the leaves at a distance of 6 inches 

 from the ground. All suckers should be kept off the plant. 



The tobacco should be allowed to get thoroughly ripe before har- 

 vesting, which is done in the following manner: Split the stalk down 

 from the top to within a few inches of the last set of leaves. Cut two 

 rows, laying the plants right and left, and when wilted hang the plants 

 on laths, from 8 to 12 stalks to a lath. These should be laid in small 

 piles at a sufficient distance apart to allow between them the passage 

 of a wagon, on which the laths are loaded and carried to the curing- 

 shed. Care should be taken not to cut the plants after a rain or in the 

 hot sun. 



This tobacco is cured as follows: After it has been hanging- in the 

 barn four or five days, slow fires should be kindled under it, and at 

 the expiration of twenty-four hours the heat should be gradually 

 increased until 150° is reached. The leafy part and one-half the stem 

 should be cured in three days and nights. After this the tobacco 

 should be allowed to come in "order" (soft and pliable) and be dried 

 out by fires. This alternation of getting the tobacco moist and dry- 

 ing it out should be kept up for three or four weeks. This tobacco is 

 cured by open wood fires, made by placing two logs side by side and 

 building a fire between them. Open-lire heat is preferred for all 

 tobacco to be sent abroad. 



The soil best adapted to these types is a strong, rich loam with a 

 deep reddish subsoil. 



Kentucky White Burley Tobacco. 



The seed bed for this variety of tobacco is selected and prepared as 

 in the case of the Cuban type, the only variation being in the time of 

 seeding, which for the Burley is limited to February. 



As soon as the plants are well rooted cultivation should begin, and 



