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of no crop that a farmer raises that requires as much 

 practice as this. All growers of tobacco say they learn 

 something every year. Still, any person can raise it 

 with practice. 



The quantity of tobacco raised per acre varies like 

 any other crop, from 1000 pounds to 1 ton per acre, and 

 some get more than 1 ton ; 1500 pounds is called an 

 average crop. This depends on land and cultivation. 

 Some claim to have raised 2500 pounds per acre. This 

 I call an extraordinary crop. 



The soil best adapted to the g-rovring of tobacco is 

 the upland, as it is called, suitable for wheat or corn, 

 to be manured from 20 to 30 loads per acre, spread over 

 the whole surface, and plowed in. A field that will pro- 

 duce from 40 to 60 bushels of shelled corn per acre, will 

 produce a good crop of tobacco. 



Use any manure that you use for corn or other crops. 



It is said that land rather moist or wet will not pro- 

 duce a fine quality of tobacco ; even should it produce 

 a large growth, the tobacco will be coarse and burn 

 black, with a disagreeable flavor, and of but little 

 value. Tobacco derives its qualities from the soil and 

 climate. 



One acre of tobacco, set 3 feet by 2 J distant, will 

 contain 6,050 plants. This will fill a building 36 by 24 

 feet, with 12 feet posts, with the attic. 



Tobacco should not be hung nearer the ground than 

 18 inches. The space between the rows of poles should 

 be about 4 feet, in order to give a free circulation of air, 

 and the poles should be about 12 inches from each other, 

 according to the size of tobacco, of which the person 

 hanging must use his own judgment. 



H. BEAKDSLEE. 



Trumbull, Ct., February 24, 1863. 



