1898.] 



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II. Average Yield of Tobacco, loitli Beference to Wnippe7', per 

 One Thousand Plants. 



Hatfield. 



* Not determined. 



Conclusions drawn from the Third Year of Obser- 

 vation. 



1. Good mechanical preparation of the soil and early 

 application, and thus good diffusion of the fertilizers, not less 

 than early planting and a suitable number of plants to a 

 given area, exert a decided influence on the quantity and the 

 quality of the crop, under otherwise corresponding con- 

 ditions. Planting as early as the local climate admits 

 secures the benefit of the winter moisture. 



Too close planting interferes with a liberal or rapid devel- 

 opment of the leaves, and too large open spaces between the 



