222 Tobacco as a Farm Crop for England. 
put on the land, and for one, and sometimes two crops after- 
wards ; such is no longer the case; therefore less meat will be 
produced in England than formerly, unless the rise in the price 
of meat is proportionate to the fall in wheat. 
Q. — I understand you to say that India is likely to become 
a successful bidder for the corn supply of England. We see 
also, by the admirable Reports of Dr. Forbes Watson, and of 
Mr. J. E. O'Connor, on Tobacco Growing in India,* that the 
growth of tobacco has also been commenced in that country. 
Were these reports compiled by private individuals, or by the 
Indian Government? 
A. — The Indian Report is compiled from instructions given 
by the Secretary to the Government of India for the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Revenue and Commerce, and treats scien- 
tifically of the growth of tobacco over the whole world. It is 
almost as exhaustive as the report on tobacco in the United 
States Statistics for Agriculture (1880), which is so voluminous 
that it occupies no less than 370 folio pages ; but I have con- 
sidered it valuable rather as showing that Government assistance 
in the matter of tobacco growing would not be altogether without 
precedent, than to show how it can be cultivated or cured. 
Q. — What varieties of tobacco did you plant ? 
A. — When permission to grow tobacco was eventually ob- 
tained from the Government, I procured from Messrs. James 
Carter and Co. plants of the following varieties of tobacco : — 
Hester Virginia, Kentucky, Connecticut, Cain's Seed Leaf, 
Maryland Broad Leaf, Big Frederick, One Sucker, Florida, 
Glasner, Island Broad Leaf, and Macrophylla. 
Q. — You manured the land differently, did you not ? 
A. — Yes ; the piece of land on which the tobacco was grown 
was in good heart and was divided into several portions, each 
being manured differently. 
The half acre of land (see plan on page 223) in which I selected 
to plant the tobacco had previously been a hop-garden, and had 
been manured by sheep fed on turnips the previous autumn. 
This rectangular plot of land was surrounded by double lines 
of hop-poles, the outside poles being 16 feet high, and 2 to 3 
inches apart ; and the inner ones, 12 feet high, and 9 inches to 
1 foot apart. The distance between the rows was 3 feet, and 
between the inner poles hops were trained up, which, together- 
with thatched hurdles, afforded an almost perfect shelter from 
wind, and raised the temperature to a high degree. The half 
acre was divided into eight plots, separated by rows of hop- 
poles intertwined with hops as before. 
* Vido page 251 of this article. 
