hours to cook the soil properly. i Yellow tobacco ought to be planted ' The board of county commiioner
Or, better still, rake off nicely the
plat to be burned, then place down
poles from two to four inches in diam
eter, three and a half to four feet
apart, oyer the entire surface to be
burned. Then throw brush thickly-
over the plat and weight down with
wood, over which throw leaves, trash
or other combustible material; over
this sprinkle kerosene oil, and set the
whole on fire and burn at one opera
tion
But any mode of burning the plat
win suthce, provided that it is effect
ually done. After the plat has been
burned and has cooled, rake off the
large coals and brands, "but let the
ashes remain, as they are essentially a
first-class manure. Then coulther over
the plat deeply, or break with grub
hos, and make fine the 'soft by re
peated chopping and raking,' observing
not to bring the subsoil to the surface,
and remove all roots and tufts. Ma
nure from the stable, hog pen or poul
try house, or some reliable commer
cial fertilizer should be chopped into
and thoroughly incorporated with the
soil while preparing the bed to be
sown. Experience has demonstrated
that it is better to use both. But be
ware of using manure with grass seed
The judgment of the planter must
guide him in the amount of fertilizing
material to be applied at this stage ;
but it were well to remind him that
the tobacco plant rarely responds to
homoepathic doses of plant food, but
that the alopathic usage suits it best.
