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L]; These are the results of only one year’s work, hence conclu- l
sons cannot at present be too strictly drawn. Experiments will
be continued and the data more completely worked up. The
results are those obtained to_date and may be modined to some
extent by subsequent work.
Tobacco is sometimes regarded as a potash plant, in that
a crop of 1,000 pounds takes more potash from the soil than is '
taken out by the same number of pounds of most crops; in
fact, tobacco removes several times as much potash as is taken
by the connnon crops, such as corn, wheat, cotton and hemp.
Sulphate of potash is found best adapted for tobacco. The
ehlorin in niuriate of potash is considered injurious to both the
growing plant and the manufactured article. Tobacco stalks
make a valuable manure and should be hauled out and turned
under in the early spring. The use of barnyard manure is not
to be recommended where a fancy, highly colored `Burley to-
bacco is tobe produced. lt can be used to good advantage, how-
ever, where a great deal of weight and body is demanded.
Generally speaking, barnyard manure has a tendency to produce
a coarse tobacco.
l’lllCl°.\ll.\'l`il”ON OF Tllli SON,.
r\’i'ter breaking. the soil should be thoroughly harrowed and
rolled (Figures Ti and tt) in order to reduce all clots and leave
the surface smooth an·l mellow.
lf a crust should form l»et`ore trausplanting the seedlings, it
should be broken with a light barrow (Figure T,) or wccder.
This prevents the soil ‘t`roni becoming dry and hard and stops
excessive evaporation ot moisture, and less rain will be re-
quired to atlord a season suitable for transplanting.
Laying otl the ground is the tiual operation before trans-
. planting. A good implement for doing this is a marker con-
structed similar to the one shown in l*`igure 9. .·\·markor
7 or S feet long will mark oil three rows in one drive. The in-
dicator arme makes a slight mark sufficiently distinct to center
with the tongue on the return trip. The arm is so constructed
that it can be reversed to the other side on the return trip. ”l*`or
setting tobacco where it is desirable to have it 19 inches in the
, drill, the marker shown in the cut will lay oft 5 rows and in-
‘ sure an equal number of plants to each drill, This implement