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CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO IN OSWEGO COUNTY, N. y. 



The tobacco plant mentioned in the following letter was receiv- 

 ed in good order, and placed on exhibition at the late Fair, where 

 it attracted much attention. 



LivERPooL, Oswego Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1852. 

 Dear Sir — I send you this day a tobacco plant I have selected, 

 a late plant in order to show more of the appearance of the weed 

 in its natural state. It is of fair growth, but not as large as the 

 earlier plants. On its arrival you will make such disposition of 

 it as you judge proper The growing of tobacco in this county is 

 a new branch of agriculture, and is increasing. I was among the 

 first who produced it here. It was regarded by most farmers as 

 an experiment likely to fail. I have raised a crop ranging from 

 five to thirty acres each year since 1846, and have had as good 

 success as I anticipated. Most of the farmers in this vicinity 

 who have suitable soil, are now raising crops, mostJy small, from 

 one to five acres. The seed is cautiously sown about the first of 

 April. We select for the plant bed a warm location on the 

 southerly side of a building or board fence, which breaks off the 

 cold northerly winds which prevail in the spring. We manure 

 the bed with rotten barn-yard manure, or manure from the hog- 



