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I intended to use a thin layer of tobac¬ 
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one time tried I hem and did not go; any 
berries the following Spring, while where 
lie Used manure they were all right. He 
could not tell me why they were harmful 
Is there anything in them that would he 
harmful to a berry patch? fad 
Norristown. Pa. 
I fan see no reason for the tobacco 
stems doing harm if they are not put on 
too heavily. They carry more plant food 
than stable manure of the same weight, 
but are more slow in becoming available 
as manure. I believe that coarse manure 
will ho better. Tobacco sterns would be 
useful on truck crops, like lettuce and 
cabbage, which are apt to he attacked by 
aphids or plant lice of various colors. To¬ 
bacco stems buried in the soil will stop 
any of these insects from coming out and 
attacking the plants. w. f. MASSEY. 
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