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it is highly desirable that the land should be occasionally allowed 

 to rest. Hence, to grow an annual crop of 100 acres of tobacco the 

 planter should own or have available, if required, from 250 to 350 

 acres. (Hawaii E. S. B. 15.) 



Marketing Tobacco. For the production of a salable article 

 much depends upon the character of the soil, and a great deal de- 

 pends upon the skill in curing. Fully as much, however, depends 

 upon the proper grading and sorting of the tobacco, and the style 

 of package in which it is sent to the manufacturer. Too much can 

 not be said about the necessity for very careful attention to these 

 apparently small details. It is very important, moreover, that the 

 planters should study the (markets, the demands from foreign coun- 

 tries, the requirements of our own manufacturers, and aim to pro- 

 duce exactly what they want, and to get it to them in the way in 

 which they can best use it, rather than to study the matter of 

 economy. 



A great deal can be accomplished by improving the seed, by 

 importing new seed, and by improving the methods of cultivation, 

 but more can be accomplished by a steady and persistent effort to 

 produce, through methods of cultivation and fermentation, sorting, 

 grading, etc., the closest possible resemblance to the type which is 

 desired by the manufacturer and the consumer. This is the business 

 side of the transaction. A careful study of and compliance with the 

 requirements of the market undoubtedly will insure a better price 

 quite as much as any difference in the smoking and chewing quali- 

 ties of the leaf. The excellence of tobacco in these qualities has im- 

 proved much more than the practice of grading and sorting, in com- 

 pliance with the market demands. There is yet plenty of room for 

 improvement in the quality of tobacco, but just at present the chief 

 need is for additional attention to these commercial details. (F. 

 B. 60.) 



Tobacco is always sold on sample, and, needless to say, the qual- 

 ity of the tobacco in the bale must correspond to that of the sample. 

 It is well to emphasize the point that the value of the lowest grade, 

 quality, or size of tobacco in the bale governs the selling price of 

 the whole bale. (Hawaii E. S. B. 15.) 



(Additional References. Ky. E. S. B. 66, 129, 139; Y. B. 1905, 

 1908; Pa. E. S. B. 30, 72; F. B. 82, 83, 343, 416; B. P. I. B. 96, 

 133, 143, 212, 492; S. C. E. S. B. 86; Md. E. S. B. 67, 103; Mass. 

 E. S. B. 47; Fla. E. S. B. 19, 30, 38; B. S. B. 27, 29, 37, 46; Wis. 

 E. S. B. 176, 206 ; Conn. E. S. R. 1905 and B. 150 ; Tex. E. S. B. 61 ; 

 N. C. E. S. B. 86; Nev. E. S. B. 20; Va. E. S. B. 166, 175; La. E. S. 

 B. 20, 25, 33, 41 ; Porto Rico E. S. B. 5 ; O. E. S. B. 59, 161.) 



THE SUGAR BEET. 



The successful growing of sugar beets is an art that one acquires 

 by practice. The farmer who has made a success of raising other 

 crops will quite often fail at first in this one, as the methods of cul- 

 tivating ordinary crops do not apply in the case of sugar beets. Cer- 

 tain directions for the preparation of the soil, the planting, thinning, 



