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thirty minutes set the plants. If the weather should be 

 warm, I cover the plants with a handful of fresh mown 

 grass. This protects them sufficiently ag-ainst the rays 

 of the sun, retains the moisture about the plant, and at 

 the same time gives it the benefit of the dews and rains. 

 In about one week the grass can be removed. The 

 water can be drawn and placed in tubs about the field, 

 as is most convenient. The expense of watering is 

 about $5 per acre, the expense of covering an acre 

 about $1.50, and if the sun is bright and warm, it is 

 economy to cover, if the soil is sufficiently moist of it- 

 self. By this means you will save most of your plants. 

 The transplanting is finished about the 25th of June. 



The next morning, after setting, I take a pan of 

 plants, go over the field, reset all plants destroyed by 

 the brown, or corn worm, as we call it, and continue to 

 do this for several days. You can find him near th6 

 plant, just under the surface. He is to be destroyed to 

 prevent further depredations. The plant is not injured 

 unless the centre is eaten. I also set, in different parts 

 of the field, substitutes between plants, to be removed 

 immediately after a rain, after it is too late to reset. 

 For these I dig the hole, and remove the substitute, with 

 the soil, to the place designed, while the soil is wet. By 

 this means every hill can be supplied. 



From the 15th to the 20th of July the tobacco-worm 

 will make its appearance, and can be detected by small 

 holes in the leaf. He will be found on the under side, 

 and is to be destroyed while small. You will find him 

 an unwelcome visitor as long as your tobacco remains 

 in the field. I worm tobacco three times in each week, 

 at least. This requires some care. You can detect by 

 the fresh work, as the holes have an old appearance very 

 soon, by reason of the dews and rains. 

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