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211. A Field of Velvet Beans 604 



212. Cutting Sugar-cane in Louisiana. (W. R. Dodson) . . 508 



213. A Cane Stripper 509 



214. Diagram of Tobacco Flower. (After Shamel and Cobey) . 527 



215. Showing the Results of Breeding a Strain of Tobacco Re- 



sistant to Disease. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture) . . . ; . . 528 



216. Young Tobacco Plants. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) . ., . r . . . 528 



217. A Tobacco Seed Blower. (A. D. Shamel) . . . . 529 



218. A Cloth Shade or Tent. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) 530 



219. A Transplanting Machine for Setting Tobacco. (Bureau 



of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture) . 534 



220. Young Tobacco Plants growing under a Lath Shade in 



Alabama ' 536 



221. Diagram showing how Leaves of Wrapper Tobacco are Cut. 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture) . .... 543 



222. Southern Tobacco Worm. (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of 



Entomology) . . . . .... . . 545 



