AGRICULTURAL * EXPERIMENT ^~ STATION 



OF THE 



Agrigui^tural and Me:ghanigai, Goi,i,ege, 



BULLETIN NO. 44, - - MAY, 1893, 



TOBACCO PLANT,. 



Alex. J. Bondurant 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



I. Object of Experiment 3-6 



II . Botanical Characteristics of Tobacco (> -7 



III . Climatic Conditions 7-10 



IV. Raising the Plants 11-12 



V . Field Culture 12-14 



VI . Transplanting 14-15^ 



VII. Chemical Properties and Fertilizers 15-19* 



VIII . Management of the Plant 19-24 



IX . Insect Pests 25-27 



X. Variety of Tobacco and Harvesting 27-32 



XI . Modern Virginia Tobacco Barn 32-34 



XII. Snow's Modern Tobacco Barn 34-39' 



XIII . Stripping and Prizing 39-42, 



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 Station, Auburn, Ala. 



All communications should be addressed to 



EXPERIMENT STATION, 



Auburn, Ala. 



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Alabama Priming Co., Montgomery, Ala. 



