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Some Minor Farm Crops. 
Schedule showing actual cost per acre when ready 
to he manufactured. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
2 Ploughing^ at 85 . per acre 
16 
0 
Contracts. 
2 Harrowings ...... 
4 
0 
? J 
Seed to pricking ...... 
5 
0 
Coke ........ 
3 
0 
Pricking out . . . . . 1.?. per 1,000 
12 
0 
By contract. 
Rent, rates, &c. ...... 
10 
0 
Manure and spreading per acre 
4 
10 
0 
Dibbing out in field 
12 
0 
Contract. 
2 Hoeings per acre ..... 
6 
0 
Suckering and topping, 8 weeks at 8 s. . 
1 
4 
0 
1 girl to 2 acres. 
Harvesting 1 man 9 days per acre. 
1 
7 
0 
Carting 2 carts 1 day at 7s. . 
14 
0 
Contract. 
Curing per acre 
2 
10 
0 
Labour and fuel. 
Re-handling per acre ..... 
4 
0 
0 
17 
13 
0 
Interest on Capital for buildings &c., per acre 
4 
0 
0 
21 
13 
0 
per acre. 
On a farm of 40 acres the outside cost including expert 
should be no more than 25 1. per acre from seed sowing to finished 
tobacco. On a smaller scale the cost will be proportionately 
more, and on a larger, proportionately less, but without expert 
or re-handling the cost would not be more than 1 6Z. to 111. per 
acre. In the writers’ opinion a light sandy soil is the best soil 
to grow smoking tobacco ; though he understands good results 
have been obtained from heavy soil when growing for Nicotine 
extraction. 
“Blue Pryor” was the first variety to be grown and proved 
to be very satisfactory. In 1912 other varieties were tried, 
among which “Yellow Orinoco” was found to be the best, 
but its yield did not come up to that of “Blue Pryor.” 
This article refers entirely to Virginian tobaccos as grown 
on light sandy soil. The writer has tried Turkish but owing 
to the cost, the climate and the more delicate nature of the 
plant, he has for the present given up growing this variety. 
He found that wet seasons caused “brown spot” on the Turkish 
but did not effect the Virginian. The process of re-handling 
Turkish is entirely different from that described here for 
Virginian. 
With the Virginian some of the best plants have been 
allowed to seed as stock for future seasons. The writer’s 
intention is to devote his time to the varieties of Virginia, 
Orinoco, and Carolina, fully believing, as he does, that tobacco- 
growing under these circumstances is quite a profitable industry. 
G. F. Whitmore, M.A. 
The Glebe Wood, 
Methwold, Norfolk. 
