50 CONDITIONS OF RAISING TOBACCO. 



by the providence and care of Sir Thomas Dale that no 

 f armor or other, who must maintayne themselves shall plant 

 any tobacco, unless he shall yearely manure, set and main- 

 tayne for himself and every man servant two acres of ground 

 with corne, which doing they may plant as much tobacco as 

 they will, els all their tobacco sbalbe forfeite to the colony 

 by which meanes the magazine shall yearely be sure to 

 receave their rent of corne ; to maintayne those who are fedd 

 thereout, being but a few, and manie others, if need be ; they 

 themselves will be well stored to keepe their families with 

 overplus, and reape tobacco enough to buy clothes and such 

 other necessaries as are needful for themselves and household. 

 For an easie laborer will keepe and tend two acres of corne, 

 and cure a good store of tobacco being yet the principal! 

 commoditie the colony for the present yieldeth. 



"For which as for other commodities, the councell and 

 company for Virginia have already sent a ship thither, fur- 

 nished with all manner of clothing, household stuff and such 

 necessaries, to establish a magazine there, which the people 

 shall buy at easie rates for their commodities they selling 

 them at such prices that the adventurers may be no loosers. 

 This magazine shalbe yearelie supplied to furnish them, if 

 they will endeavor, by their labor, to maintayne it which 

 wilbe much beneficiall to the planters and adventurers, by 

 interchanging their commodities, and will add much encour- 

 agement to them and others to preserve and follow the action 

 with a constant resolution to uphold the same." 



The colony at this time was engaged in planting corn and 

 tobacco, "making pitch and tarr, potashes, charcole, salt," 

 and in fishing. Of Jamestown he says : 



" At James Tonne (seated on the north side of the river, 

 from West and Sherley Hundred lower down about thirty- 

 seven miles) are fifty, under the command of lieutenant 

 Sharpe, in the absence of capten Francis West, Esq., brother 

 to the right ho'ble the L. Lawarre, whereof thirty-one are 

 farmers ; all theis maintayne themselves with food and ray- 

 ment. Mr. Richard Buck minister there a verie good 

 preacher." 



Rev. Hugh Jones " Chaplain to the Honourable Assembly, 

 and lately Minister of James-Towne and in Virginia," in a 

 work entitled " The Present State of Virginia," gives the 

 following account of the cultivation of tobacco : 



" When a tract of land is seated, they clear it by felling 



