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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 70, 9 November 1864, Page 3

In a letter a Ure^e! to: the Weteon Colonist , \tr. Trank Main writes aa follows on the cultivation an:l preparation of tobacco To,' sheep- washing t ."— "The moie of culture [-would -reccommend is to 30\v fcho seal hv soffij sheltared pla^e^an I when. :ibout .an inrsh or so highr it should ba'i taken up .'aril clibblaJL into shallow .boxe3,'>nd- whan strong, : transplanted into the fi.4d;, this plan .insures a ■500.1 maas of roofsto eavh' plant,.which atart3 at ones to a vigorous i growth. Butit is, fojthe; field c-.ulture I wish more particularly ~to call attention,; The plants ahoulcl Btand about three .fept apart,* but the richness of the land ..-must determine this, for the richer, the land,; the. stronger ; and more ra : )id is the growth. When the plants haye produced trom six to tun leaves go carefully over them and nip off the top of each plant, and every day till the harvesting, after; this; has been done, the lateral shoots should be carefully plucked but. The object of this is to throwthe , wliole. vigor of the growth into the leaves, otherwise ;if A plants are allowed to produce flowers and seeds. all the virtue of the plants in nicotin will have disapVared. The fitness for harvesting may. be knbwn^by thft exceeding brittbness of the leaves,' or -which is a better proof, the leaves assume a mottled appearanoe; The plants should be then. cut ;clo_wn. -lose y to the ground, and wHen soft, wliick- will' be very soon after they are cut down;' they; should he carried into the shed or drying, houie- this should always be done in fine dry weather, the morning dew has evaporated, that the plants may .be.'-hung up without any moisture being atr-ached to them; and when hung up, care should be taken they do not touch each other ; if-thev do; damp and mildew is createdj and this spoils the; tobacco —wherever mild jw'atteches: itself ta the* leaves during the process of drying that? portiqii^of the leaf is destroyed. It should' be ■thoroughly dried while hanging up (the atmosphere of the house is generally raised to 75 deg". Fah.; ; by means or fire,) the leases will beapine a fine', brown in ■ about sis days, but to brown the midribs of > tlieJleaf tho heatmiist be increased to 80 degsi or 90 ;degs. and in five or six days more the whole will; be of a fine brown color, and at the same time -so very brittle that the midribs will readily break.' -The' fire is ; discontinued and. water thrown on the' floor two or three limis in the course of one day, that is, sprinkled on, which soon evaporates, and- when - this is done two or three times the leaves will be found quite soft and pliant ; they should be then taken and tied in bundles of six leaves together, ; , and packed into a cask and firmly pressed down. In about t3ii days or a fortnight, depending .a great deal on. the weather, they wilLshoWj mould 0r .,; ihildew on them ; take thorn, out, hang them up, . ; and dry them by a slight application of fire and; and heat, and bring them back to a soft state by .. the process described, and finally pack them away ' in a cask, ; press them heavily, aid if the process* ha^ been carefully performed the tobacco will con- : tinue to improve in smell and appearance as it' attainsage.- ; ' ' ' ; r: - .-■'.• '' : : '- .■■'■■• ' : ' ■''■■'."\- '' "' The time required to bring a crop to maturity • is something more tlian three months, but -not four months ; and the: number of leaves a plant should produce must be determined by the richuess^ of the laud. G-pod tobacco, i.e., tobacco with its full percentage of nicotin, may be known from its.; softness,' toughness, and the leaves having -ah , unctuous smell. VTiiat" is cliiefly objectionable in Che method adopted generally in the prorinie, in cultivating tobacco, is the allowing the plants J^. producie floiosrs and seeds, lateral or side-shoots; withouthiudrance. and in harvesting it is cut down' or pulled. up and. left sometimes in a heap, fora day or two, or hung up crowded together and left to boconie dry or moist as the weather permits./ If the plants were attended to as directed in the manner" above described and a. little .\ more care devoted to the drying process, a stronger tobacco, would be secured for the purpose of sheep wash, and consequently a greater success in curing the disease. ,-..'■. ' -.-■ r - ■ ■ : .':. : '■

Wo^r-N require mor=> sleep than men, and fanners " less than tlioae engaged in any other occupation. Editors, reporter:*, and printers" need no Bleep at all. Lawyers may sleep as .much as they chose r — it will keep them out of »»i=ohief. If an oil woaian sawnbcußd'i n tro,- what thre* pop\ilr:r, uuthors would, she bo likely \Q flsttftfrt.