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Judge Adam Beatty, Vice-President of the Kentucky- 

 State Agricultural Society, at the time of writing the 

 treatise on tobacco culture, from which we quote, said : 



" Tobacco requires a rich soil, and that which is new, 

 or nearly so, answers best. Next to ground which has 

 been recently cleared, lands which have been long in 

 grass, especially if pastured by sheep, answer best for 

 tobacco. In preparing ground for tobacco, great care 

 should be taken to plow it deep, and pulverize it 

 completely. Grass land intended for tobacco, should 

 always be plowed the previous fall. And it is better 

 that all kinds of land intended for that purpose, should 

 be plowed in time to have the benefit of the previous 

 winter frosts. It should be kept light and free from 

 weeds, by repeated plowings, till near the time of 

 planting." 



Allen's American Agriculture says : 



" The soil may be a light, loamy sand or alluvial 

 earth, well drained and fertile. New land, free from 

 weeds, and full of saline matters, is best for it ; and next 

 to this, is a rich grass sod which has long remained un- 

 tilled. The seed should be sown in beds which must be 

 kept clean, as the plant is small and slow of growth in 

 the early stages of its existence, and easily smotliered 

 by weeds. If not newly cleared, the beds ought to be 

 burned with a heavy coating of brush." 



In the Prairie Farmer of December 21, 1862, -we find 

 the following by Jonathan Periam, we presume a 

 practical Tobacco Cultivator : " Tobacco, being so much 

 afiected by soil and climatic influences, cannot be raised 

 in all situations, even where it will mature. In rank 

 soils, it will be strong and acid, and the price obtained 

 for it will not be sufiicient to pay the cost and trouble 

 of raising. In exposed situations, subject to strong 



