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perior quality for chewing and smoking. Tobacco of high 

 grade will not grow in the calcareous regions. A better 

 soil is one that rests upon the primary foundation. 



A"I. Transplanting. 



— Figure 2 

 shows the plan 

 of placing and 

 setting the 

 plants. 



Transplanting 

 should be done 

 in the evening 

 or on a cloudy 

 day. B e f o r e 

 transplanting, 

 the seed-bed 

 should receive 



Figure 2. 



a good watering so that the plants can be drawn without 

 injury to the roots. 



The planting is similar to the planting of cabbage and 

 is no more difficult. A good plan is, for a boy to walk be- 

 tween the ridges, placing the plants alternately to right 

 and left, being followed by the planters, who place the 

 plants in the hills or ridges, taking the precaution to leave 

 the bud well above the surface. 



In a few days any missing hills which occur should be 

 replanted, and during the early growth a close watch must 

 be kept for the cut worm, bore worm, and other injurious 

 insects. When the plants have taken root they grow very 

 quickly and subsequent cultivation is simple, though re- 

 quiring care. 



When the plants are from six to nine inches liigh they 

 require to be hilled, by mounding the earth around the 



