Y iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Ijanoaster county 



Situation and extent 149' 



Geological features : 149 



The soil 14* 



Varieties of tobacco cultivated 150 



The seed-bed 150 



Preparation of tobacco ground 150 



Setting out the plants 151 



Field cultivation 151- 



Worming the tobacco 151 



Topping and suckering 151, 152 



Cutting the crop 



The field scaffold 152 



Cutting off and placing on laths 152 



New method of hanging tobacco ou laths - - 153, 154 



Stripping and bulking 154, 155 



Tobacco-bams 155-157 



Marketing the crop 157 



Packing tobacco 157, 158 



Tobacco warehouses 158 



Does tobacco impoverish the soil - - 158 



Labor and wages : 158-161 



The yield per acre 161 



Inspection of tobacco 161 



Stalks as fertilizers - 161, 162 



Bla<;k-root 162 



Foxy tobacco 162 



Rapid growth desirable 162 



Timber land of the county 162 



By whom tobacco is cultivated 162 



Second tobacco cn\p 162 



Sowing tobacco seed in the fall 162 



Insurance of tobacco barns and crops 162 



Wide or close planting 163 



Berks county 



Bradford county 163 



Bucks county 16;!, 164 



Chester county - 164 



Clinton county 164,165 



Cumberland county 165 



Daii|ihin county ; 165 



Lebanon county 165, 166 



Tioga county 166 



Westmoreland county 166 



York county 166,167 



CHAPTER XV. CULTURE AND CURING OF TOBACCO IN TENNESSEE. 



Topography, geology, and soils of Tennessee . 168-172- 



Climate 172 



Tobacco districts of Tennessee 173 



The West Tennessee district 173,174 



Varieties of tobacco planted - - 173 



Soils preferred for toliaoco - 173, 174 



Fertilization and rotation of tobacco 174 



Clarksville district 174-176 



Vadeties of tobacco grown 175 



Soils adapted to the growth of tobacco in the Clarksville district 175,176 



Upper Cumberland River district 177,178 



Varieties of tobacco cultivated 177, 178 



Preparation of tobacco soil and planting 178 



Transplanting tobacco 179 



Cultivation of the tobacco crop 179 



Topping, worming, and snckering tobacco - - 180, 181 



Tobacco- houses 181-183 



Dotting and harvesting the tobacco crop 183, 184 



Curing tobacco 184, 185 



Assorting, stripping, and preparing tobacco for market 185-187 



Tobacco prizes and their construction 187,188 



Marketing the tobacco crop 188, 189 



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