HOUSE AND GARDEN 
268 
November, 1914 
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Clark 
Constable 
Corot 
Correggio 
Crome 
Da Vinci 
Detaille 
Duverger 
Fragonard 
Furse 
Gainsborough 
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Rossetti 
Rubens 
Sadler 
Sargent 
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Titian 
Troyon 
Tuke 
Turner 
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plans or were expecting to do so, but have 
not actually started to execute the work, is 
uncertain. The consensus of opinion 
among business men appears to be that 
conditions in this country are fundamen¬ 
tally sound, that our mineral and agricul¬ 
tural wealth is greater than ever before, 
and that, in the long run, we have nothing 
to lose, and possibly much of commercial 
advantage to gain, as a result of the un¬ 
fortunate conflict of civilized nations. If, 
from a humanitarian standpoint, some 
question the advisability of preparing for 
war in time of peace, all will probably 
agree that in time of war non-combatants 
should most energetically prepare for a 
long period of prosperity. At best, the pro¬ 
posed building activity is but a resumption 
of normal conditions. In view of the 
solidity of our institutions and the assur¬ 
ance of commercial expansion in the near 
future, there seems good reason for pro¬ 
ceeding in the execution of all well-con¬ 
sidered projects. 
Tobacco Stems as Valuable 
Fertilizers 
S HOULD the demand of Europe for 
American tobacco stems cease, says 
a recent bulletin from the Department of 
Agriculture, tobacco stems, which contain 
large quantities of plant food, especially 
potash, may be used to good advantage by 
the American grower of tobacco as fer¬ 
tilizer. Soil fertilized by these stems se¬ 
cured from the cigar and tobacco factories 
and stemmeries will produce leaf tobacco 
of better burning qualities and texture. 
Tobacco stems as fertilizer should be 
applied in smaller quantities than manure, 
because they contain larger quantities of 
the constituents which feed the plant, ac¬ 
cording to the Department’s tobacco spe¬ 
cialists. Two tons per acre of “seed stems” 
(stems from cigar factories), or 2)4 tons 
of “Kentucky stems” (stems from the 
tobacco factories and stemmeries) are 
known to give good results in New 
England, and, so far as available, these 
stems will undoubtedly furnish a very sat¬ 
isfactory source of potash, as well as other 
plant foods, in other tobacco sections. 
Considerable quantities of tobacco stems 
have long been exported to Germany and 
other parts of Europe, where they are 
often used in the manufacture of low- 
grade smoking tobacco and as a source of 
nicotine. 
Tobacco stalks which are not removed 
from the farm under prevailing methods 
are not always used to the best advantage 
as a fertilizer. Like the stems, they con¬ 
tain considerable quantities of valuable 
plant food (though not so much), and may 
be used freely as a fertilizer for tobacco 
and other crops. They may be profitably 
used to improve the hay lot by simply 
spreading the stalks over the land in the 
fall. 
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