COJJTENTS. 



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TOBACCO 5 



Nasie , 6 



Generic, from John Xicot 5 



Specific, from Indian pipe 5 



Species 5 



History 6-12 



Ralph Lane takes it to England 6 



Sir Walter Raleigh smokes ~. 6 



The practice becomes general 7 



The Pope's Anathema 8 



Purchase of Wives with Tobacco 12 



England adulterates it 10 



Taxation of Tobacco in Europe 7 



Commencement and Progress of Cultivation 8 



Exportation from 1699 to 1709 9 



From 1744 to 1772 9 



Four years preceding the Revolution 9 



During the Revolutionary War 10 



Commercial value 12, 13 



CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO 13-18 



Soils Required 13-18 



Speculative vievr 13, 14 



Opinions of Practical Men 14-17 



Thaer, on Practical Agriculture ^ 14 



Judge Adam Beatty 's opinion 15 



Prairie Farmer 15, 16 



Lorin Blodget, on climate 16 



TREATMENT OF THE SOIL 18-22 



Deep Ploughing, frequent Stirring, heavy Manuring 18, 19 



A Story illustrative 19, 20 



A Virginia opnion 21 



One from New York 21 



Another from Illinois 21, 22 



RAISING THE PLANTS 22, 31 



Situation for seed bed 22 



Hon, George Geddes' directions 22 



Peter ilinor's (of Virginia) 23 



