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211. A Field of Velvet Beans 504 



212. Cutting Sugar-cane in Louisiana. (W. R. Dodson) . . 608 



213. A Cane Stripper . 509 



214. Diagram of Tobacco Flower. (After Shamel and Cobey) . 527 



215. Showing the Results of Breeding a Strain of Tobacco Re- 



sistant to Disease. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture) 528 



216. Young Tobacco Plants. (Bureau of Plant Industiy, U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) ....... 528 



217. A Tobacco Seed Blower. (A. D. Shamel) . . . .529 



218. A Cloth Shade or Tent. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) 530 



219. A Transplanting Machine for Setting Tobacco. (Bureau 



of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture) . 534 



220. Young Tobacco Plants growing under a Lath Shade in 



Alabama 536 



221. Diagram showing how Leaves of Wrapper Tobacco are Cut. 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture) 543 



222. Southern Tobacco Worm. (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of 



Entomology) 545 



