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OKHi'S AXI CttunlcniTV or 1 ll K I AkMKtl.
WK shall probably devote our next
issue largely to the consideration of
wheat growing.
WK surrender a very lurge propor
tion of our spneo to-day to tliu sixth
of Mr. Dieffeiidcrfcr's interesting |
and instructive articles upon the cul
ture of tobacco. The points which
he considers this week—topping and ■
suckering—are vitally important, and
his instructions and advice concern- j
ing them are approved and practiced -
by the oldest and most experienced !
growers. Tobacco is a crop tlint will
not bear the slightest neglect in any
particular without resenting it, but
whatever else may be alighted, top
ping and suckering WlH>' be attended
to, or the result will be fatal to the
grower's crops.
TUB secret of success in growing |
wheat is in having a good soil and
giving it a thorough preparation be
fore the seed is sown. When this 1
has been accomplished and the seed
•killed in at the proper time, and of
the proper thickness, which should
vary with the condition of the soil,
there need IK- little fear of failure.
By the time this reaches our readers
most of them will have their present
wheat crop safely in the barn, and
then is the time to give attention to
this "thorough preparation" for the
next crop. The more frequently the
fallows are thoroughly stirred be
tween now and seeding,the letter lor
the coming crop. But let this stir
ring IK> on the surface. A mellow
seed lied is essential for success in
wheat growing, but it is better not
to be a deep one.
TOKAfro H I.TTKK.
HOT TO GROW THL COMING CROP.
ami Boa k Jhp 11 ■ H \■. T ■
Priming mat Brno t. Do It 1 ,
</ Sotitrioff (As PtomU m / // a It / •
lh>ne.
There is no |>criod of rest for the
tobacco grower from the moment tie
sets the young plants out in the field
until be hangs the matured stalks
with their wealth of rich green leaves
in the tobacco barn. The entire sea
son is one long struggle with the ene
mies of the plant itself, and continu
ous work in the field with the plant
in order that it may attain its fullest
and most profitable development.
While he goes through the rows
every few days to see that the tobac
co worms do not damage it, in the
fullness of time another and very im
portant stage of its development is
reached, and that is
TOI'I'I.XO.
1 his is an o|MTatiun that requires
not only experience, but nice judg
ment. In ordinary seasons,in six to
eight weeks after setting out the
plants they liegin to develop the seed
bud at the crown of the plant. This,
if left, will develop into a large spike
covered with flowers, ultimately form
ing the seed pods. But if these are
permitted to grow unchecked, they
draw to themselves that nutriment
which is required by the leaves for
their fullest development. It is well
known that the final niin of vegetable
life is the propagation of its kind,
either as seed only or in the form of
fruit containing seed. The strength
of the tobacco plant is concentrated
1'' lt! effort to iierfect the seed, and j
if this is allowed the leafy portion of
| the plant is deprived of those essen
tial properties which give them their
; highest commercial value. It be
comes all important, therefore, that
this deterioration of the leaves shall
be prevented, and the o|>eration by
which this end is attained is by the
process known as topping.
WIIKN To TOP.
Some plants grow more rapidly
than others, and send out the seed
button, or head, earlier than the rest.
No certain period ran therefore lie
fixed to begin this operation. Gener
ally the grower waits until the seed
hud can be easily seen, while n few do
not delay the operation of topping so
long, holding that even the earliest
development of the seed plume ab
stracts strength from the plant which
should Ire directed to the perfecting
of the leaf. \\ can only say it is
far better to err by topping early
than in waiting too long. The less
the strength nnd energy of the plant
is permitted to go into the seed bud.
the more vigor will be Imparted to
the rest of the plant.
now TO TOP.
In removing the seed button, the
all important thing to be considered
is whrre to pinch it off, how much of
the top shall lx removed, and how
many leaves shall Ire left. It is not
easy to lay down a fixed rule to
! govern all cases. Much depends
upon the condition, size and vigor of
the plant. If the stalk is strong and
vigorous, higher topping is pcrmksa
i bit* than when it is small and weak. !
The quality of the product is largely
; dependent upon the proper topping
of the stalk. If topped too high,;
nnd tiro many leaves are left, there
| will not be sufficient strength to ma
ture the leaves properly, and tin; re
sult is a thin, trashy article that has
neither the body nor the color requi- ;
site to command the fullest market
price. Then, too, neighboring st alks
■ may vary, the one be able to mature
from two to six leaves more than the
1 other. This also calls for the exer-
I eise of nice judgment on the part of
I the grower. A little experience will,
however, teach him the plan that
; will secure the most favorable results,
! and be w ill become more expert each
; succeeding season.
HOW I.OW TO TOP.
Kvery grower must, therefore, de- i
j eide from the condition of Ids grow- '
| ing plants how low or how high to
top. We cannot instruct him any i
further in this particular. The ten
dency in most cases is to permit too
many leaves to remain, lie desires
the largest possible yield ami the
temptation to allow more to remain
than the plant can properly take care
of, or than is consistent with the
production of a first-class article, is
j very great. The rule in this county
1 tins all the way from eight to six
teen leaves, twelve and fourteen being
most commonly the number. A few
farmers are persistent advocates of
low topping; they believe that more
weight is secured in this way, which,
of course, implies a greater develop
ment of leaf. The latter half of the
proposition is certainly true, and
sometimes the first half also, but
where the ground is very rich and
the growth very rank, there is a ten
dency to coarseness, which may les
sen the marketable value o( the pro
duct. An extraordinary growth of
leaf carries with it large leaf ribs,
and these are inconsistent with the
production of line e gars, and this
latter should be the point at which
all seed leaf growers should aim.
The large quantity of manure the to
bacco growers of Lancaster county
put 0:1 their fields is another factor
which permits them to top higher
than is possible in some other sec
tions, and growers elsewhere should
Itcnr this in mind. The kind of to
bacco cultivated also governs this j
mutter materially, in tlie foregoing
we have had reference to the "Penn
sylvania Scdleaf" and the "(iless
ner, ' which in ay be taken as the
representative- of the varieties gen
erally grown here. Narrow-leaved
varieties, like "Havana sisal," if top
ped as low, would make a poor show
in the matter of pounds p.-r acre.
Asa rule the tobacco that matures
earliest in the season will bear the
highest topping. As the season ad
vances fevvei leaves call be matured,
unless, indeed, the latter part of the
season should prove unusually favor
able. The latest topping should IK
done at least a month lwfore the sea
son of frost may lie expected to
come along, in order to allow it am
ple time to mature and be securer!
prior to that event. The bud must
lie carefully pinched out with the
fingers, not removed with a knife,
scissors or other sharp cutting instru
ment. The o]eration of twisting off
the crown is highly desirable, inas
much as the cells of the plant are
sharply compressed nnd the loss of
the sap or juices is greatly diminish
ed, a very nn|H>rlanl consideration,
(treat care must nlso lie exercised
| lest the leaves around tin - upper part
! of the plant should W broken or
bruiser! and their growth IHJ thereby
retarded or their value diminished.
I.KAIININW TO Tor.
I nlcss ope is an experienced band,
topping is rather a tedious operation.
If the party at work must go to the
■ trouble of counting the leaves on
j every plant in order to find out where
! the seed hud must be pinched off, he
i is likely to make slow work of it.
There is, however, a rule, which, if
; carefully observed, will save him all
this trouble and ex|Halite the busi
ness in baud very materially. Let
hiin look on the bottom leaf and then
on the one overhanging it in the third
tier and he will find that nine leaves
are below that index leaf. If it is
desirable to top higher, a glance
above that leaf will at once enable
him to add as many more to the nine
lalow it as he may desire. Or, ,f
high topping is warranted, the Index
leaf may lie selected one tier higher
up the plant, slid the operator will
then have twelve leaves as a starting
point, counting the bottom one and
j also the index leaf, and a little addi
tion or subtraction will give him the
required number. At first, sight this
may seem a complicated process, but
I it is easy enough, and a little care
and practice will remove all the diffi
culties that may lc encountered at
first. Besides, we know of no other
way of getting at the end in view
short of counting the leaves, which
is not to be thought of when quick
work is desirable.
I'HIMINO.
This is almost universally prac
ticed in the great Southern tobacco
States, but very rarely among the
seedloaf growers of Pennsylvania,
and we only mention it here to tell
what it is and the reason why it is
performed. Priming, if done "at all,
should be done at the time the plant#
are topped. It consists in removing
from three to five of the lower leaves
"f the plant, which from being near
or on the ground have sustained
; more or less injury from the sand
; and the dirt which ruins tnny have
; cast on them. In the South these
1 are known as the commonest class
of "lugs." Priming has its advan
tages, and perhaps more disadvan-
I tages. If not practiced the lower
leaves protect the upper ones from
grit and sand and leaves them in
finer condition. Their removal may
also lacerate the stalk and do injury.
On the other hand, it is contended
thiil more nutriment is sent into the
remaing leaves by priming the plant,
more gum and oil. A few things are
very certain, the product is consider
ably diminished thereby and the la
| bor the operation entails is also an
important consideration. Our Lan
natter county growers save them
i selves this trouble and prefer to re-
I move them at stripping time when
these "lugs" are placed among the
j lowest grade into which the crop is
I assorted, "fillers." Where priming
is severely practiced very large yields
are out of the question and a promi
nent Southern authority recently
told the planters that if they wished
tobacco farming to become profitable
they must give up priming. A loss
1 of several hundred pounds per nere,
when the crop is sold at a fixed
price "through," means a money loss
that our growers here are unwilling
to encounter. We Wlieve priming
possesses no compensatory advan
' tages and do not encourage it in this
part of the couutry.
HLCKKRNO.
By topping, the natural inclination
of tin- tobacco plant to propagate its
kind through the medium of flowers
and seed is interfered with, but the
plant at once endeavors to repair the
ravage committed. After the lapse
of a few days after topping, say five
or seven in a favorable season, suck
ers or shoots begin to appear at the
junction of tbc leaves with the parent
stem. These arc sitnplv rudimentary
see I spikes into which the life of the
plant would IK- sent, unless removed,
instead of into the leaves. It lie
comes all important, therefore, that
they should IK* pulled oil at an early
stage of their growth. They grow
rapidly and must IK- watched. They
first appear at the tipper leaves.
When three or four inches long they
must pinched off. As in topping,
this must lie done with the thumb and
fingers, and for precisely the same
reasons, namely, to prevent the too
free exudation of the exp, The in
jured part would bleed much more
fn • ly if retnov. i with a knife. They
should never !• permitted to grow
over four inches long; the longer
they are allowed to get the. more they
absorb of the true life of the plant;
tin v 11 1< tally "suck" the juices neces
sary to perfect the leaves, hence their
name, sueki r. Neglect at this june
tuie will certainly result in an infer
ior article of tobacco, one deficient ill
those inherent qualities that give it
its greatest value. The removal of
the upjs-r sucker induce s the plant to
throw out additional ones at the low
er leaves also, and this process is
continued until the attempt has been
made at all of tln-m. But meanwhile
the process of reproduction has l>ecn
quietly going on at the top of the
plant, and in favorable seasons will
continue until the tobacco is ri|>e.
These suckers grow rapidly—four or
five inches in a single week in season
able weather. If any one cares to
know what the result would be if
they were |H - rmittcd to remain, let
hiin try it. The plant will grow into
the semblance of a little thicket,
w ill continue to grow thinner and im
poverish day by day until much
of its commercial value is destroyed.
So well was this fact understood in
Virginia in early days, that special
laws were enacted coni|>e!ling the to
bacco planters to exercise due dili
gence in this matter. After tieing re
moved three limes, the suckers are
no longer so troublesome as at first,
the fourth crop Wing a small one.
They succeed each other at intervals
of about a week. It is as important
to sucker tobacco carefully and as
often as the situation demands it as
i it is to search for and remove the
green horn worm. Unless removed
when young ami tender, they grow
hard and fibrous and must be cut
with a knife, which will result in se
vere bleeding to the plant. In suck
ering. as in worming, tobacco, the ut
most care must be taken not to break
nor bruise the leaves. If ar.y are
found turned up by the wind or any
other cause, they should be put into
their natural position, for the sun lias
a had effect o|Hin the tender under
side of the leaves, often scorching or
blistering it. So much depends on
the careful nnd regular suckering of
plants that we feel we can hardly
impress this fact too earnestly upon
the grower's attention.
A MAN can raise mure corn on
twenty acre* if it is thoroughly ma
nured, carefully ploughed, and" kept
free from weeds,than lie canon forty
acres, with only the same amount of
manure and time to give to It that he
j could give to his twenty.- Moooarhu
) *rlU Ploughman.
I'IIR Farm Journal says that a
piece of mosquito netting two feet
square makes a first rate Paris green
er. Take hold of the four corners
and aliake. "No pateul."
TIIE present is the \mni time, AC
cording to the Cov 11 try fJmtfumtirt, to
remove suckers from the trunks of
orcliaril trees—not by cutting tbem
away and leaving stumps which will
send up new suckers, but by pulling
them off with a brisk jerk downwards,
setting the foot first on tbem if they
are strong. If low down, remove the
earth ulxjut the tree. A gouge ami
| mallet may Is; needed for large suck
ers. By timely rubbing off young
supernumerary shoots on young or
chard trees, the tops may Is: brought
into good shape without, the necessi
ty of heavy pruning in future. Reg*
ister newly set trees in a,book lieforo
the labels or names are lost.
WHAT is called green manuring is
not safe practice with these "soils
that pack'' unless the ground is kept
in fallow for a summer and oltcn
stirred to break the surface-crust.
The ploughing in of a green, unrip
ened crop, and sowing of another
immediately on it, often sickens the
soil with chronic disease, so that it
does not recover for years.
AN English gardener covers tur
nip seeds in the drills with wood
ashes, soot and lime; this has "ijuite
a magical cflect in the start of the
young crops." lie also dusts the
tops with the same mixture, which
tends to keep away vermin and rap
idly pushes the young plants past
the critical stages.
I'rofenHiotuil Curd*.
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