EXPERIMENTS WITH TOBACCO. 
outside ones in the center. The tobacco may now remain 
in bulk until there is a chance for sale, when it is packed 
in boxes. The tobacco grown from our own seed, raised 
here a year ago, proved to be much inferior to that grown 
from imported seed, and it would not pay to raise such 
tobacco. The experiences of this year show that nothing 
but Havana seed leaf should be grown in this region. A 
fine Havana leaf will always command a ready sale at a 
good price. The expense of raising the crop was some¬ 
what greater than a year ago, and we think it would be 
of interest to compare the crop of 1888 with that of 
Green Cured 
Tob., lbs. Tob., lbs. 
Relative Expense 
Expense. Per Acre. 
1888 _4,858 850 
1889 _5,842 732 
The price offered for the crop of 1888 was 17 cents 
per lb., which would make the following showing: 
850 lbs. tobacco at 17 cts._$144.50 
Expense of raising 
Net profit, two-thirds acre, $ 92.16 
Or the rate of $138.24 net per acre. 
A computation for the crop of 1889 would show the 
following result: 
732 lbs. at 17 cts_ 
Deduct expense of raising 
$124.44 
39.25 
Net profit, one-half acre__$ 85.19 
This would make a net profit at the rate of $170.38 
per acre for the crop of 1889, although the cost of raising 
the one-half acre in 1889 was more than that of raising 
