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Tobacco as a Farm Crop for England. 
for in my experience the slow curing was much the safer. It is, however, in 
my opinion, quite necessary to be able to apply sufficient heat, when required, 
to dry the leaves and make them hard and brittle ; for this seems the only 
way in the damp cold days of November to save the tobacco, even though 
it has been thoroughly cured and baked, from the attacks of mould. 
When I am asked whether tobacco-growing will pay, I say " Yes, if we 
can grow better quality, or larger quantitj% than they can in America." I 
think it possible that we may do both — and probable that we may win ou 
quantity. 
Approximate [Cost of Growing. — The following account gives approxi- 
mately the cost of growing my crop, and carrying it to the oast. I have not 
continued it further, because my expenses in the curing were, very many 
of them, unnecessary. 
My area was not quite half an acre, as I had not plants enough to fill the 
measured plot. 
I have charged nothing for my own labour in topping, suckering and 
carrying. It would bring the cost to quite 101. 
But experience would no doubt enable me to reduce this total another year. 
I have charged only 15s. for rent, rates, tithes, and taxes — because one half 
was grown between raspberries, and the other as a second crop, after rye : — 
£ s. d. £ d. 
Seed and cost of raising Plants 017 0 
Rent, Rates, Tithes and Taxes 015 0 
Manures 2 2 0 
Preparation : — 
Field 10 4J 
Plantation 012 6 
1 12 lOJ 
Planting: : — 
Field 0 S lOJ 
Plantation 0 4 l| 
0 13 0 
Watering 0 4 4| 
Cultivation : — 
Field 0 11 7J 
Plantation 1 2 11 J 
1 14 7 
Topping, Suckering, &c. : — 
Field 0 0 0 
Plantation 0 3 4| 
0 9 4J 
Cutting and Carrying .. 015 1 
£9 3 4 
1 am indebted to Mr. Wingham for the following three 
communications containing the results of his examination of 
the tobaccos. The first, dealing with the plants grown by 
Lord Harris, has already been published in the ' Journal of 
the Society of Chemical Industry,' February 28th, 1887. The 
two sections referring to the plants grown by Mr. Wigan and 
myself are here published for the first time. 
