120 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



and again in the evening. Soaking the seed before 

 sowing will hasten germination. 



TRA NSPL ANTING . 



Usually the plants need no cultivation in the seed- 

 bed, but weeds must be kept down. As the earlier 

 cultivation in the field is somewhat difficult, it is bet- 

 ter to have the plants to do as much growing in the 

 plant bed as possible. They may be left in the plant- 

 bed until the largest leaves are four inches long, if the 

 plants are not so thick as to make them grow spindling. 



Transplanting is still done, largely by hand, though 

 several good machines have been invented, and are 

 being used by some. 



FERTILIZER FORMULA. 



Nitrogen 4 per cent. 



Potash 10 per cent. 



Available phosphoric acid.. 6 per cent. 

 Use 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of the above formula per 

 acre. 



Ordinary manure is not adapted for fertilizers for 

 this crop, and should not be applied unless some other 

 crop is first to be raised. Nor should a commercial 

 fertilizer that contains any chlorin be used, as it pro 

 duces a tobacco that does not burn evenly. 



The following substances can be recommended as 

 free from objectionable qualities : 



Element. Amount of different materials for one acre. 



T650 to 1,000 Ibs. cotton-seed meal ; or 

 W 250 to 400 Ibs. nitrate of soda ; or 



Mtr g en j 400 to 600 dried blood ; or 



[ 200 to 300 sulphate of ammonia. 

 f 700 to 1,000 Ibs. cotton-seed hull ashes. 

 J 300 to 500 Ibs. saw palmetto ashes ; or 

 "1 200 to 300 Ibs. high-grade sulphate of 

 L potash. 



f 600 to 900 Ibs. acid phosphate ; 

 Phosphoric acid { 600 to 750 lbg> disso f ve d bone. 



