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l^lowed under. After this has been done for two or three years the 

 field is again ready for tobacco, and it has really gained in general 

 fertility. 



While it is the special purpose of the farm to grow tobacco, any 

 concern operating such a farm will strive to produce corn, oats, hay, 

 and all such produce as may be necessary to sustain the farm. The 

 first thing is to carefully select the lands best suited for tobacco and to 

 plant on these lands only such crops as will tend to improve the soil. 

 Potatoes, sugar cane and the like should never be raised on tobacco 

 lands, as tbey are very exhausting to the soil. Many farmers, as soon 

 as they locate the lands on which they expect to grow tobacco, sow 

 such fields in beggar weed and cockleburs, and as soon as a good 

 growth of either of these weeds can be obtained it is plowed under. 

 This tends to improve the land. 



In the following figures it will be noted that no credit is given the 

 farm for any other crop than tobacco, all cost being applied to the 

 tobacco crop, because whatever else is grown is simply used to sustain 

 the farm and assist in i)roducing the tobacco. Feed for stock is 

 charged against the first crop — January to June, six months — by which 

 time the farm should have produced oats, millet, and such other forage 

 as may be necessary to feed the stock. 



Cost of form and buildings. 



500 acres of land $5, 000. 00 



House for superiutendeut 500. 00 



House for assistant superiutendeut 250. 00 



20 tenement Louses or cabins 1, 000. 00 



10 barns, 36 by 96 feet 5, 818. 50 



160,000 laths 320.00 



Stables, cribs, and other outhouses 500. 00 



Total cost of land and improvements $13, 388. 50 



Stock and implements. 



8 mules, at $120 each 960. 00 



1 horse for superintendent 125. 00 



Wagons, harnesses, and implements 500. 00 



Total cost of stock and implements 1, 585. 00 



Total 14, 973. 50 



Labor and general expenses. 



Superintendent, for twelve months 900. 00 



Assistant superintendent, t welve months 480. 00 



2 foremen, for twelve months 360. 00 



10 men laborers, for twelve months 1, 560. 00 , 



15 men laborers, for six months * 1, 170. 00 



25 womeu, for six months 1, 200. 00 



Feed for stock for six months 270. 00 



