PROFITABLE FARMING. 



about two dollars and fifty cents. The cost of piping for a small barn varies from 

 eight to ten dollars, or less. 



Patented flues cost more, and some of them are well worth the diflference in 

 the cost over the plain flue. The "Regulator" is one of the best, and costs verj 

 little more, and as a fuel-saver alone will more than compensate for difference in 

 cost in one season's curing. By the use of this flue the heat is more easily under 

 the control of the curer — the temperature being regulated at will by throwing the 

 heat into or out of the barn. The "Regulator" is manufactured at South Boston, 

 Va., by Jordan & Easley. 



SELECTION OP SEED. 



There is no farm crop grown as a staple in the United States that pays better 

 than "good" tobacco; and to grow good tobacco requires, in the first place, good 

 seed;^ for good seed is at the foundation of all successful farming; and more essen- 

 tial, if possible, as regards tobacco, than in any oth^r crop. For in this, the range 

 of types, grades, and prices, are wider than in any other crop, while the seed affect 



stove for Fiues. 



and control all these more than any other factor. Soil, climate, and management 

 next to variety, operate to determine the character of the product. * 



The variety must be suited to the type which the planter intends to raise 

 and the soil must be adapted to the type, or failure is certain. Bright vellow 

 tobacco cannot be produced on dark rich soil, nor rich dark " shipping" on poor 

 gray soil; nor will the rich, coarse varieties produce fine silky yellow goods or the 

 thin silky varieties make heavy, fat, tough export tobaccos. ' 



There has been a wonderful improvement in varieties of tobacco during the 

 postgeneration— improvement by selection in the old kinds and the introduction 

 ol new varieties with superior qualities and characteristics for everv tvne of 

 tobacco. None but an old fogy will continue to plant the old. unimproved varie- 

 ties because they were his father's or grandfather's favorites. The world moves 

 seeds are improved, and industries developed and advanced. Our ancestors suo- 



