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of watering and weeding-. I water as soon as sown, 

 and continue to water every day, if necessary, until I am 

 through with setting. The time of sowing is from the 

 first to the middle of April. Water applied from the 

 well should be drawn and exposed to the sun twenty- 

 four hours before used. Plants should be watered night 

 and morning, 7iever ivhile under a hot sun. 



The plants will generally appear about the first of 

 May. The beds are to be weeded by hand as the weeds 

 appear, and from the 10th to the 15th of June the plants 

 will be ready for transplanting, the leaves being about 

 three inches in length. One tablespoonful of seed will 

 produce plants enough for one acre of tobacco, if they 

 do well. I generally sow two or three times the quanti- 

 ty of land for plants that I expect to use, as the plants 

 sometimes fail. Take the plants from the bed by means 

 of some pointed instrument, leaving the -smaller plants 

 to grow as they are wanted. 



The soil designed for a crop of tobacco should be 

 rich, mellow, and recently manured, and should be kept 

 free from weeds by frequent plowings, if necessary. I 

 make small ridges about three feet distant, and set the 

 plants about two and a half feet distant on the ridge, 

 removing some of the soil to the furrow in order to set 

 the plants about on a level, so that, the hoeing being 

 finished, the field will have about a level surface, and 

 the plants stand as they did in the bed. I make rowg 

 but one way ; plow and hoe twice ; plow with a horse 

 — generally turn the soil from the plant the first time 

 plowing, using a small plow. 



In setting plants when the soil is rather dry, it is 

 frequently necessary to water. I dig small holes, put 

 into each hole about one pint of water, and in about 



