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can now bo readily obtained, could be used to advantage by our 

 hop-growers say at the rate, in addition to farm-yard manure, of 

 500 Ibs. per acre, sown broadcast early in the spring. 



MANURES FOR TOBACCO. 



When tobacco is grown for wrappers, it is desirable to get a 

 largo, strong leaf. The richest land is selected for the crop, and 

 large quantities of the richest and most stimulating manures are 

 used. 



Like cabbages, this crop requires a large amount of plant-food 

 per acre ; and, like them, it can only be grown by constant and 

 high manuring. More manure must be used than the plants can 

 take up out of the soil, and hence it is, that land which has been 

 used for growing tobacco for some years, will be in high condition 

 for other crops without further manuring. 



Farm-yard or stable-manure, must be the mainstay of the tobac- 

 co-planter. With this, he can use artificial fertilizers to advantage 

 such as fish-scrap, woollen-rags, Peruvian guano, dried blood, 

 slaughter-house offal, sulphate of ammonia, nitrate of soda, etc. 



For choice, high-flavored smoking-tobacco, the grower aims to 

 get quality rather than quantity. This seems to depend more on 

 the land and the climate than on the manures used. Superphos- 

 phate of lime would be likely to prove advantageous in favor- 

 ing the early growth and maturity of the crop. And in raising 

 tobacco-plants in the seed-bed, I should expect good results from 

 the use of superphosphate, raked into the soil at the rate of three 

 or four Ibs. per square rod. 



MANURES FOR INDIAN CORN. 



We know less about the manurial requirements of Indian corn, 

 than of almost any other crop we cultivate. We know that wheat, 

 barley, oats, and grasses, require for their maximum growth a lib- 

 eral supply of available nitrogen in the soil. And such facts and 

 experiments as we have, seem to indicate that the same is also true 

 of Indian corn. It is, at any rate, reasonable to suppose that, as 

 Indian corn belongs to the same botanical order as wheat, barley, 

 oats, rye, timothy, and other grasses, the general manurial require- 

 ments would be the same. Such, I presume, is the case ; and yet 

 there seem to be some facts that would incline us to place Indian 

 corn with the leguminous plants, such as clover, peas, and beans, 

 rather than with the cereals, wheat, barley, oats, etc. 



" Why so," asked the Deacon, " Indian corn does not have much 

 in common with beans, peas, and clover? " 



