No. 4.] TOBACCO GROWING. 45 



Mr. Searle. Of course you would close the shed in that 

 case? 



Dr. Jenkins. Yes, but 1 would open it up above. I 

 would place the lanterns at the bottom, and then you would 

 have a chimney. Circulation will begin to dry the tobacco, 

 and that is what you want to do. 



Mr. Smith. Have experiments been tried in spotting 

 tobacco ? 



Dr. Jenkins. There has been a lot of fine tobacco ruined 

 by it. We are praying that the fad will go over this year, 

 so we will not have to spray for the spot next year. It is 

 hard to get an arrangement to put on the spot as you want 

 it. We got a Vermorel sprayer, and by fixing the nozzle 

 we did what was called excellent work. Any one who 

 sprays for the spot is likely to be prosecuted for infringe- 

 ment of patent. One suit has been brought in Connecticut, 

 and we hope it will be tried this winter. It imitates the 

 Sumatra spot, and I do not think the patent will stand. It 

 would not be wise to undertake to spot tobacco until that 

 suit has been decided. I hope the fad will blow over before 

 another year. 



The Chairman. We have some expert tobacco growers 

 here, and I wish we might hear from some of them. Their 

 experiences have covered many years, and they have been 

 getting fine crops and great prices. Mr. Newhall of Con- 

 way has sold a good crop, and does not tell how much he 

 got, because he got so much. 



Mr. J. C. Newhall. I think the raising of the tobacco 

 crop is a lottery. One year you raise a good crop and the 

 next year you do not, and you cannot tell what makes the 

 difference. We have had more heat this year than was 

 needed. There is no pole sweat here, it is somewhere else. 

 Would not very late ploughing before cold weather sets in 

 use up the cut-worms by destroying the egg or larva ? The 

 lecturer spoke of putting on middlings and Paris green. 

 We go over ours and give each plant a dose of the dry 

 dust. 



Dr. Jenkins. Did it set the plants back ? 



Mr. Newhall. I do not know that it did. I think it used 



