TOBACCO. 



The value of tobacco depends so much upon its 

 grade, and the grade so much upon the soil and cli- 

 mate, as well as fertilization, that general rules for 

 tobacco culture should not be mathematically laid 

 down. Leaving out special kinds, such as Perique, 

 the simplest classification of tobacco is as follows: 

 Cigar. — Tobacco for cigar manufacture, grown 

 chiefly in Connecticut and Wisconsin. Manufactur- 

 ing. — Tobacco manufactured into plug, or the vari- 

 ous forms for pipe smoking and cigarettes. All kinds 

 of tobacco have the same general habits of growth, 

 but the two classes mentioned have very different 

 plant food requirements. 



Cigar tobaccos generally require a rather light soil ; 

 the manufacturing kinds prefer heavy, fertile soils. 

 In either case, the soil must be clean, deeply broken, 

 and thoroughly pulverized. Fall plowing is always 

 practiced on heavy lands, or lands new to tobacco 

 culture. Tobacco may be safely grown on the same 

 land year after year. The plant must be richly fer- 

 tilized; it has thick, fleshy roots, and comparatively 

 little foraging power — that is, ability to send out 

 roots over an extensive tract of soil in search of plant 

 food. 



Fertilizer for tobacco is used in quantities per acre 

 as low as 400 pounds of high grade and as much as 

 3,000 pounds of low grade. While the production of 

 leaf may be greatly increased by the use of Nitrate, 



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