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BY MAJOR R. L. RA.^LAND, OP HYCO, VA« 



INDUSTRY has made greater progress in new and 

 improved varieties, implements, fixtures, methods and man- 

 agement, than tobacco-planting during the past decad©; 

 and as success therein so greatly depends upon starting 

 right and pursuing the latest improved methods and prao- 

 ^^s tices, the publishers sought and obtained from "the most 

 '^^) renowned authority on tobacco culture, Major R. L. Ragland, 

 0^ of Hyco, Va.," a revision of his celebrated manual on 

 =,p^- ^ tobacco, prepared specially for us at our request, that our 

 ^^- readers may be furnished the latest, safest, and best infor- 



on tobacco culture extant. 



AS A MONEY CROP. 



An, examination of the quotations of prices for farm products in our prin- 

 cipal markets, taken in connection with the cost of production, satisfies us that 

 no crop, of which the soils of the United States are capable of producing, pays 

 such large returns as tobacco where successfully grown and of fine quality. But 

 it is only the best grades of the various types which pay handsome returns,, 

 demonstrating the importance of making quality rather than quantity of most, 

 consideration in its production, and, therefore, the purpose of the publishers in. 

 this publication is to furnish such information in regard to the growth and manr- 

 agement of the tobacco crop, as will insure a product of the highest quality and 

 price. 



, THE BEST RESULTS COME FROM EITLIGHTE]ffED PROGRESSIVE EFFORTS 



" This is emphatically a progressive age, and he who fails to keep full abreast 

 with the times in whatever industry he is engaged, can never expect or realizo 

 the full measure of success or honor that follows intelligent industry." — Westera 

 Tobacco Journal, Cincinnati, 0. 



HOW TO GROW AND CURE ALL THE TYPES. 



The several types of tobacco, whether for chewing, pipe-smoking, or cigars^. 

 require diffferent soils and management to insure a product that will command an 

 adequate return for the labor and means expended on the crop. It is, therefor^ 

 of the highest importance that the planter should know what type his lands ar©^ 



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