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obsiGGO*^ 



How to Raise it 



and. . 



How to Mal^e it Pay. 



By R/L. RMGLHND. 



How to grow and cure — Flues and flue curing^Selections of seed — Varieties for specific types — Vi^rietie 

 suited for the various types— Hybridizing— Preparation of plant beds— MulchiQ^n and covering— A standing 

 plant bed — ^Present status of the various leaf types in the markets — Selection of soil, &c.— Fertilizers for to- 

 bacco—Planting—Cultivating—Pruning and topping— Out wprms and bud worms— Worming and suokering— 

 Ripening — Cutting and housing — Siin cured — Curing sweet fillers with fluesrr'TQ cure mahogany color — 

 Shipping tobaooB^Curing bright yellow tobacco— The new method Of curing— 'Th^Jpoience of euriiig^^ y'eljlow 

 tobacco — Bipening of tobacco — Changes induced by flue curing — Ordering— Shippiiag — Packing. ' 



R R I c e 



Ce N TS. 



ROR S7CL.e BV 



SOUTHERIff PLAN^XSR, 



RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 



PubHshed by t^. L. RAQLAND SEED COriPANY, 



HVCO, 

 Halifax County, Virginia. 



1895. 



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