TOBACCO EXPERIMENT. 



I. 



OBJECT OF EXPERIMENT. 



Experimeuts in Tobacco, which were commenced on the 

 Station in 1892, and were reported in Bulletin No. 44:, were 

 continued the past year with seed from several varieties 

 raised in Virginia, purchased from R. L. Raglaud A: Co. 

 Hyco, Va., who are raisers of tobacco seed, to sup])ly the 

 agricultural department at Washington, 1). C. Seed were 

 also used of the Connecticut Seed Leaf and Havana, fur- 

 nished hv the agricultural department at Wushiugton. Seed 

 furnished by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 and seeds prot-ured from Meguiar, Harris S: Co., Louisville, 

 Ky., of the Burley tol)acco. 



These experiments were undertaken to ascertain the kinds 

 of tobacco that seemed best adai)ted to this climate and soil. 



Experiment Station work, conducted in a general way, was 

 more with reference to the growth of the different varieties 

 planted, their qualities, and methods of curing, than to the 

 particulars of fertilizers suitable to the crop in this climate 

 and on this soil. 



Methods of raisimj tlic plants. These Experiments were 

 commenced on the twenty-sixth of January, and at that 

 time preparation was begun for raising the plants in the 

 Phytopathological, or plant laboratory, in open air beds 

 burnt in the woods and in a hot bed covered with cheese 

 cloth. A brief account of the method followed in each case 

 will be given. 



[ a ] Phytopathological laboratory. Rich wood mould, free 



