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pounds of plaster, and one hundred pounds of salt 

 per acre. This application, upon . fair land, will 

 produce from one thousand to twelve hundred 

 pounds of good tobacco to the acre. The manipu- 

 lated manure should be sown just before the plows 

 which are bedding up to the land, so that all can be 

 bedded in every day, or the ammonia of the guano 

 may escape. 



The beds, or rows, should be from three and a half 

 to four feet apart, according to the character of the 

 land, and the plants set three feet apart in the row, 

 This will give about four thousand five hundred 

 plants to the acre. 



PLANTING. 



The season for planting in Virginia, is from the 

 15th of May to the 25th of June, and even as late as 

 the 4th of July. A careful hand should draw the 

 plants from the bed, which can be done with the 

 hand alone, as it is very important to guard against 

 bruising either the top or the roots of the young 

 plant. 



Some of the weaker hands take the plants in baskets 3 

 and following those engaged in flattening the hills or 

 beds, drop a plant to each hill, while others follow 

 with sharpened pegs, with which they make holes in 

 the center of the hills to receive the roots. Care 

 should be taken to have the root extend straight 

 downward in. the hole, and not doubled back upon 

 itself; it is then more certain to grow. After the 

 root has been inserted in the hill, the soil is pressed 

 firmly around it. Of course, setting out plants can 

 only be done when there is a good season in the laud. 



