﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  189 
  

  

  No. 
  5 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  bright 
  tobacco 
  section 
  of 
  Catawba 
  county, 
  

   in 
  tlie 
  Piedmont 
  district, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Hickory. 
  The 
  

   . 
  growth 
  is 
  medium 
  to 
  small-sized 
  oak. 
  blackjack, 
  sourwood 
  

   and 
  pine: 
  the 
  soil 
  yellowish 
  gra}', 
  a 
  little 
  sand}^ 
  : 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   soil 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  sandy. 
  

  

  No. 
  G 
  is 
  from 
  Mitchell 
  county. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  represent 
  the 
  

   precise 
  variety 
  of 
  soils 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  fine 
  tobacco 
  of 
  that 
  

   county 
  is 
  produced. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  last 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  

   texture, 
  but 
  is 
  much 
  poorer. 
  The 
  growth 
  is 
  chestnut, 
  Span- 
  

   ish 
  oak, 
  post 
  oak, 
  sourwood, 
  and 
  laurel 
  [kaltnia). 
  These 
  last 
  

   two 
  soils 
  resemble 
  more 
  the 
  mahogany 
  tobacco 
  soils 
  of 
  

   Henry 
  and 
  Franklin 
  counties, 
  in 
  Virginia, 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  all 
  virgin 
  soils, 
  and 
  therefore 
  contain 
  a 
  much 
  

   higher 
  percentage 
  of 
  humus 
  than 
  ordinary 
  cultivated 
  bright 
  

   tobacco 
  soils, 
  this 
  element 
  being 
  subject 
  to 
  very 
  rapid 
  

   diminution 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  sandy 
  and 
  porus 
  texture 
  of 
  

   the 
  soil, 
  and 
  of 
  course 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  percentage 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  an 
  

   available 
  condition. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  these 
  soils 
  would 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  poor 
  from 
  the 
  anal- 
  

   ysis. 
  The 
  low 
  i^ercentage 
  of 
  clay 
  and 
  of 
  iron 
  is 
  also 
  nota- 
  

   ble, 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  two, 
  which 
  arc 
  not 
  bright-tobacco 
  soils. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  II. 
  

  

  Extra 
  Important 
  Information. 
  

  

  Seed 
  Beds 
  — 
  Insect 
  Enemies 
  of 
  the 
  Tobacco 
  Plant 
  — 
  

   Diseases 
  of 
  the 
  Plant 
  — 
  The 
  Bonsack 
  Cigarette 
  

   Machine. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  facts 
  have 
  been 
  gleaned 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  high- 
  

   est 
  authority, 
  at 
  considerable 
  expense, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  relied 
  

   upon 
  as 
  accurate. 
  They 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  of 
  great 
  benefit 
  to 
  plant- 
  

   ers 
  and 
  others 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  weed." 
  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  

   mainly 
  to 
  ]\Iajor 
  Ragland 
  and 
  John 
  Ott, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Census, 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C., 
  for 
  

  

  