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AGRICULTURE 



The land for the crop is plowed deep, harrowed fine, and well 



supplied with plant food. 

 The plants must be transplanted, preferably when the weather 



is moist and cloudy, and given frequent shallow cultivation to 



keep the soil free from weeds 

 and in good condition. They 

 must be protected against 

 worms by poison or by picking. 

 They are ' topped,' that is, 

 LEAVES STALKS the main stem is broken off, 



This diagram shows the amount of fertility leavin a CCrtain nUITlber f 



removed from an acre of soil by a crop of to- leaVCS, to make the leaVCS 



bacco producing 1000 Ibs. of leaves and 1750 ^ ^ ^ and quality and 



Ibs. of stalks. J m 



time of ripening as possible. 



After the plant is topped, in its efforts to continue its growth it 

 throws out ' suckers,' or shoots, from the joints of the stem; 



49.5 Ibs. 



as ins. 



TOBACCO SEEDLINGS FROM LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND HEAVY SEED 



these must be kept pinched off so as not to lessen the leaves' 

 supply of food. 



