30. Growing a Field of Tobacco for Profit.* 



Project Work Plan 



Study Involved 



Select the type and variety you want 

 and secure seed 



Select field 



Manure, disk, and sow cover crop. . , 

 Build curing house 



Plan bed and select site. . . 

 Make bed and plant seeds . 



Plow and prepare field for setting 



plants 

 Set plants in field : 



Fertilize 



Cultivate, weed, and sucker 



Destroy worms and other enemies. . . 

 Topping and selection of seed plants . 



Priming 



Harvest crop and hang in curing house 



Cure crop 



Sell or store crop 



Compute Profits 



Write account of project. 



Types suited to the region. Yields, values and purposes of various 



types. How seed is selected and improved. Amount seed needed. 

 Soils for tobacco. Rotations with tobacco. 

 Effects of manure and green manure. Benefits of cover crops. 

 Types of houses. Methods of curing. Probable capacity required. 



Cost of buildings. 

 Size of bed needed for field chosen. Methods of making bed. 



Materials needed. Suitable sites. 

 Sterilizing soils. Best time to start beds. Care and management 



of beds when started. 

 Best time and depth for plowing. Steps in preparation of soil for 



setting. Level vs. ridge setting. 

 Methods of setting. Modern machines. Carrying plants to place. 



Methods of watering. Distances for setting. Number of plants 



per acre. Suitable weather conditions. 

 Best time to fertilize; amounts; kinds; methods of applying; special 



effects; weather conditions. 

 Importance of thrifty growth. Thorough cultivation. Mulch. 



Freedom from weeds. Need of suckering. Tillage implements. 

 Methods of control of tobacco worms and other enemies. Picking 



compared with spraying. Poisons compared. 

 Choice of good seed plants. Disease resistance. Signs of health 



and disease. Need of topping. Number of seed plants to save. 

 Economy and saving due to priming. Control of disease by priming. 

 Different methods of harvesting for different types of tobacco. 



Tools, wagons, other equipment. Cost of harvesting. Space 



required in shed per acre of crop. Weather conditions. 

 Care in curing to produce best results. Steps in curing. Judging 



conditions of leaf and weather. 

 Methods of marketing, grading, storing, handling, warehouses. 



Insurance. Price variations. Profits and losses. 

 Farm accounts. 



31. Make a 



Demonstrations with Projects in Tobacco Growing 

 by 



comparison Dy growing part of the crop with, and part without 

 green manure. 



32. In like manner demonstrate the effects of barnyard manure. 



33. Compare different formulas of commercial fertilizers. 



34. Compare two very promising types or varieties, both probably suited to the soil 

 and region. Both should be suited to your type of house and methods of curing. 



35. Compare two methods of curing if your facilities will permit, and if the type of 

 tobacco is suited to both, as curing with open fires and air curing. If there are three types 

 of houses in the region compare all the different methods of curing. 



36. Methods of harvesting may be compared if both will suit the type of tobacco 

 priming all the leaves and cutting the stalks. 



* Outlined by K. C. Davis, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville. Tenn. 



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