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advantageous for the cultivation of tobacco, since it 

 requires a great amount of readily accessible inorganic 

 matter in the soil, especially potash and lime. Although 

 the importance of cultivating tobacco in rotation is 

 admitted, there may be circumstances that justify the 

 growth of this crop consecutively for several years in the 

 same field. In America, tobacco is grown successively for 

 several years on new land, where the elements of plant 

 food exist in such abundance that the crop may be thus 

 cultivated without for a time showing any notable decrease 

 in yield ; it is even said that the outturn of the second 

 year is heavier than that of the first. In Hungary and 

 Holland, the best tobacco is grown for many years in 

 succession on the same land. There the plan is adopted 

 partly out of necessity and partly for convenience. The 

 small landholder is often obliged to grow tobacco on the 

 same field, because he has only one properly fitted for it ; 

 for convenience, he grows it every year on the same place 

 near his homestead, to allow of the closest attention to the 

 crop, but he manures heavily. Nessler, in Carlsruhe, 

 cultivated tobacco during six consecutive years in the 

 same field, without noticing any perceptible decrease in 

 yield or quality. To admit of such a system, the soil 

 must either be very rich in the essential elements, or be 

 heavily manured, as is the practice in Holland. It is 

 generally assumed that, when tobacco is grown on the 

 same field in succession, the leaves do not become so large 

 after the first year, but grow thicker and more gummy, 

 and contain less water. 



From the foregoing, it would appear that, although 

 tobacco may be grown successfully on the same land 



