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winds, it will sometimes be entirely ruined, by being 

 broken and bruised. Indeed, in some situations, good 

 wrappers can scarcely be obtained at all. In lands 

 highly manured with nitrogenous manures, it will con- 

 sist so much of nitre, that it will spit and fume in burn- 

 ing, which can only be tempered by age ; therefore, after 

 making the land sufficiently rich, some other crop should 

 precede it. The best soil is thought to be a deep sandy 

 loam, rich in potash, lime, soda, and carbonaceous 

 matter." 



The distinctive requirements of tobacco, as regards 

 soils, and still more as regards climate, resemble those 

 of Indian corn. Hence we find that, as a general rule, 

 the best corn-growing regions of our country, have 

 hitherto most largely grown tobacco. Lorin Blodget, 

 author of an able essay, in the Patent Office Report, on 

 climatology, has these remarks : 



" Wherever the growth of corn is completely success- 

 ful, as in districts of a temperature for July above 68°, 

 tobacco is and may be freely grown. Connecticut, Cen- 

 tral New York, Ohio, and parts of Michigan, Indiana, 

 lUineis, and part of Iowa, are all scarcely less adapted 

 to tobacco culture than Kentucky and Virginia. The 

 chief difference is a slight limitation of its period in 

 time, and experience has fully shown that, tO'this extent, 

 this may be very safely effected by a little care in selec- 

 tion of varieties. 



Southward, its range is, also, like that of maize, 

 with perhaps the exception of . producing more desira- 

 ble varieties in tropical climates. Cuba is the favorite 

 of all known districts indeed, and there seem to be no 

 dangers to this plant from tropical excesses either of 

 heat or humidity during the period of growth alone. 



The editor of the Country Gentleman, July, 1802, 



