TOBACCO CULTURE. II 



eraging over 60 per cent, of clear sand, but contain very 

 little (less than 3$) clay. They are, therefore, early lands, 

 easily worked, warm and responsive. 



The " binder" and "filler" soils of Pennsylvania, Ohio 

 and Wisconsin are heavier in character and finer in texture. 

 They contain about 20 per cent, moisture, an average of say 

 25 per cent, clay, and from 30 to 35 per cent silt. They are 

 consequently more fertile, more generally productive, later, 

 slower, and harder to cultivate, than are the soils producing 

 the lightest cigar leaf. 



The "Bright Leaf" soils of North Carolina and Virginia 

 are sandy to a depth of from one to ten feet, always un- 

 derlaid by a heavy clay sub-soil. The surface soil averages 

 8 to 9 per cent, clay, about 15 per cent, silt, and nearly 60 

 per cent. sand. These soils are not fertile or productive, 

 though easily worked, early and quite liable to drouth. 



" Export" tobaccos come from heavy, fertile soils, con- 

 taining high percentages of silt and clay, with considerable 

 iron, and pebbly material. These soils are stiff, but easy to 

 work when properly broken. They hold moisture, and are 

 slow and late. 



The White Burley soils contain a large percentage of 

 carbonate of lime, and they are filled with small particles of 

 limestone rock, which contains a considerable amount of 

 phosphate of lime. These soils are not so stiff as the soils 

 adapted to the growth of heavy shipping tobacco. 



The " Perique " soils of Louisiana, differ greatly from 

 all other tobacco soils, as much so as the product itself. 



