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4. Compare methods of sterilizing beds. 



5. Learn rate of seeding. 



6. Investigate distances of planting crop. 



7. Study methods of transplanting. 



8. Study local practice as to topping, suckering, priming and control- 

 ling insect pests. 



9. Study local rotations. 



10. Study houses and housing. 



11. Study local method of curing. 



12. Study method of stripping, grading, tying, storing and marketing. 



13. Investigate yields and prices in the neighborhood. 



14. Study insect pests and fungous diseases. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name the important tobacco States in order of production. 



2. Give botanical name of tobacco. 



3. Name three general classes of tobacco. 



4. Name three types of cigar tobacco. 



5. Name three variety groups of cigar leaf tobacco. 



6. Name principal variety groups used in producing dark and flue-cured 



tobaccos. 



7. Name variety of tobacco produced in the blue-grass section of Kentucky. 



8. On what kinds of soil are the leading types of tobacco produced? 



9. Give fertilizer formulae or analyses for the different districts. 



10. Give form of potash to use. 



11. Name some sources of nitrogen for the tobacco crop. 



12. Name some sources of phosphoric acid. 



13. Give a method of using tobacco stalks on tobacco land. 



14. Give location of plant bed, fertilization, methods of sterilizing and 



preparing for planting. 



15. Give method of sowing tobacco seed, and rate of seeding. 



16. Give after-care of bed. 



17. Give preparation of field for tobacco. 



18. Give distances of planting in different sections. 



19. Give methods of transplanting to field. 



20. Give seasons for transplanting in different sections. 



21. Give cultivation of crop. 



22. Why is topping important and how and when done? 



23. When is suckering done and why is it important? 



24. What, is priming and when is it done? 



25. Give rotations for different sections. 



26. In what States is tobacco grown under shade? 



27. How is ripeness of the crop indicated? 



28. How is the crop harvested? 



29. Give method of air-curing. 



30. Give method of flue-curing. 



31. Give method of open-fire curing. 



32. Discuss stripping, sorting, tying and storing. 



33. Give methods of marketing tobacco in different sections. 



34. Give some yields per acre and prices per pound. 



35. Name important insect enemies and give methods of control. 



36. Name important fungous diseases and give methods of control. 



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