No Nitrate. 



Virginia Experiments. 100 lbs. Nitrate of Soda 



per acre. 



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Tobacco may be safely grown on the same land year £ J°£ s for 

 after year. The plant must be richly fertilized; it - 

 has thick, fleshy roots, and comparatively little forag- 

 ing power — that is, ability to send out roots over an 

 extensive tract of soil in search of plant food. 



Fertilizer for tobacco is used in quantities per 

 acre as low as 400 pounds, and as high as 3,000 pounds. 

 It should always be supplemented by a top-dressing of 



Tobacco. 



Nitrate of Soda, along the rows of young plants, rang- 

 ing from 200 to 400 pounds per acre. Manufacturing 

 tobaccos are particularly benefited by the application 

 of Nitrate of Soda. While the production of leaf may 

 be enormously increased by abundant use of this 

 Nitrate, the other plant food elements should also be 

 used to secure a well matured crop. In the case of 

 cigar tobaccos, Nitrate should be used exclusively, as 



