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Tobacco. 



§ 1. Tobacco flourishes from the sea-shore to a 

 height of 6000 Metres tip the mountains; nevertheless, 

 the lower regions must be preferred, as the manufacturing 

 can be done with less trouble on account of great damp- 

 ness or heavy winds. 



The crops from the higher grounds dry_ but slowly 

 and sometimes only on the outside, so that the product 

 gets mouldy and often becomes quite valueless. 



Soil composed of a mixture of clay with sand (es- 

 pecially when it contains vegetable-mould) is most adap- 

 ted to the tobacco-culture ; the situation and the climate 

 are also of great importance. It must be possible to drain 

 the plots and the plants must from time to time be wat- 

 ered by rain. 



§ 2. To obtain good tabacco, it is necessary to use 

 good seed. This is taken from the best developed plants, 

 and only those grains the development of which can be 

 relied upon are plucked. 



