42 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Tlehl (iiid shriiikaf/e in curivf/ of rariclies of htlmcco. 



Ko. of 

 plat. 



Variety. 



Connecticut Secrt Leaf . 



Havana Seed Leaf 



I'eunsylvania Seed Leaf. 



Vnelta de Abajo 



Persian Rose 



IiiiIiort('<l Mavaua 



East Il:nrf()rd 



(Uioiie Havana 



Ciinistock Spanish 



Pinii|iel!ev 



Little Dutcb 



Cured 



tobacco per 



acre. 



Pounds. 

 1,875 

 1,095 



1,(W0 



780 



7'JO 



750 



9.0 



1,140 



1, IGO 



1, 275 



780 



Loss in cur- 



■ cent. 

 72. 09 

 79. 92 



80. 09 



81. 02 

 81.02 

 81.51 

 85. 91 

 80.71 

 8:i. 18 

 77.39 

 85. 71 



The largest yield was made by Connecticut Seed Leaf, followed by 

 Pnmpelley, Comstock Spanish, and Choice Havana. The crop of 

 tobacco was sold in Durham, Korth Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, and 

 Jersey City, New Jersey, bringing $135.80 per acre, or, after deduct- 

 ing freight, commissions, etc., $111.58 per acre. 



Tobacco plants were furnished to farmers at Shreveport, Monroe, and 

 Mound City, respectively in the Eed, Ouachita, and Mississippi River 

 valleys, to ascertain if the alluvial soils of iforth Louisiana are suited 

 to cigar tobacco. The results were not conclusive. At Baton Rouge 

 the cigar types cured well, and at Hammond both types were success- 

 fully grown. 



The following table gives the results of a fertilizer experiment occu- 

 pying 10 plats: 



Effect of fertUi-cvs on iolmcco. 



No. of 

 plat. 



Kind of fertilizer used. 



Nitrate .soda 



Nitrate soda 



Acid pbospliate. 



Nitrate .soda 



Acid phospliato. 

 Muriate potash . 

 Nitrate soda . . . . 

 Acid pbospliate. 

 Kainiti 



Nitrate soda 



Acid pbo.spbate 



Cotton seed hull ashes. 



No manure 



Nitrate soda 



Acid phosphate 



Sulphate potash 



Sulphate anunonia 



Acid plios]>hatc 



Sulphate potash 



Dried blood 



Acid phosphate 



Sulphate j>otash 



Cotton-seed meal 



Acid phosphate 



Sulphate potash 



Quantity of 

 fertilizer 

 per acre. 



Pom 



nds. 

 100 

 100 ( 

 100) 

 1(J0) 

 101) )■ 



m) 



100) 

 IfiO V 

 240 i 

 160) 

 100^ 

 140 S 



160 

 160 



60 



120) 

 160 \ 



60 i 

 190 

 160 



60 

 340) 

 160 V 



60) 



Cured 



tobacco per 



acre. 



Potmds. 

 660 



793 

 850 



740 



742 

 300 



770 



750 

 620 

 610 



Los.s inctir- 



Per cent. 

 70.30 



75.81 

 82.75 



84.80 



84.79 

 80. 54 

 76. 66 



77. 20 



71.87 



72.27 



From the table it appears that nitrogen increased the yield. 



