2F ;z?3 :> X \ PLANTING, GROWING, CURING AND HANDLING FINE TOBACCO, -B-^*- DUKHAM, N. C. H. E. SEEMAN's steam PRESSES., 1886. AN 7 !' ^ Bntei^ed according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by K. B. Harper, in the Office of the Libra- rian of Congress at "Washington. THE AUTHOR'S CARD. ^^'^ °vvith call your attention to the fact that heretofore having had his book ij,,. gj^ig^ J j^jjj j^jQ^^ enabled to present you with it through and )y the aid of tr.^ Business Houses advertised herein. The only favor ask in return fot ..,^;g ^^^^j^ jg^ ^.^ g^^^ jj^g Houses herein advertised a call vhen you wish any go.^^g j^^ ^l^^j^. jj^^^^ provided you can conveniently do io before purchasing else\> i J. B. WARREN & CO.'S GLOBE WAREHOUSE, DURHAM, N.C., Is the largest in the State. This Mammoth Warehouse has iriNETY-SIX SOLID SKY-LIGHTS, Which makes it the best lighted in North Carolina or Virginia, and is conceded by everybodj^ to be the best arranged for the convenience and comfort of farmers of any Ware- house in this country. Has UNLIMITED DEMANDS For all grades of Tobacco. Buys more largely than any Ware- house firm in Durham. If you have Bright Wrappers, Cut- ters, Waxy Fillers and Bright Smokers, you ought by all means to sell at the O- Xj O B E , A.S their demands alone calls for a large proportion of those grades. MR. C. A. W. BARHAM Whom you all know to be the finest Tobacco Auctioneer upon the ''American Continent,'' sells exclusively for this house. Your friends, J. B. WARREN & CO. J TH E ART OF PLANTING, GROW- ING, CURING AND HAND- LING FINE TOBACCO. SITUATION OF PLANT BELS. The growth of the plants depends a great deal on the situation of tlie beds, A plant bed should be located on the south or south west side of a stream, say a branch or creek, but far enough oft' the stream to prevent any overflow in case of a wet spell. BURNING, MANURING AND CULTIVATING PLANT BEDS. Plant lands should never be burned when the ground is too wet. But always burn when in good order. The best time to burn beds and sow seed is from the middle of January or the first of February until the first of March; but there has been very good tobacco raised from plants that were sown as late as the middle of March. The manuring of plant beds is of very much importance. Stable manure, beat up very fine with some kind of good guano, thoroughly mixed, is a very good fertilizer for plant beds. Sow the same evenlj' over the bed, after you have raked the coals, &c., off thoroughly; then hoe your bed thoroughly, turning up as little of the soil as possible. After you have prepared the bed, rak- ing off all the clods, sticks, &c., the bed is ready for the seed, which should be sown one or one and a half table spoonfuls to every one hun- dred square yards. Mix the seed well with about six quarts of drj- sifted ashes. After the seed is sown trample your bed with a weeding hoe or your feet. Tobacco seed requires but little covering, and when covered deep they will not be likely to ccme up. Drain your bed well and put on fine brush or canvass, (the canvass is a good deal the best,) which you can remove from the hed as soon as the plants are safe from frost and the fties. Any one can give a very good idea as to when to relieve the bed of its cover, but as a general thing you can take the cover from the bed about the first or the middle of April. You should by all means keep the grass and the weeds out of the bed as ihey are very injurious to the young jjlants. THE KIND OF LAND AND ITS PR/ilPARATION. The best land for growing fine yellow tobacco i^ of a sandy soil, with a deep, yellowish subsoil. In selecting land for fine tobacco always se- lect land free from wet, spouty places. Remember tobacco of all kinds requires a thorough preparation of the soil and the verj' best cultivation is ab.solnfely esseutral to saocesp. If you work bottom laiul break in the fall with a two horse plow, luriung ap as little of the subsoil as possible- Ff fresh land, break early in spring with a single plow. If you have: much vegetation plow as deep as tlie land wtU admit, turning under all the vegetation possible. If your land is clear of vegetation use a small plow as deep as the nature of ths land will admit. If there should be a drought repeat the plowing as often as necessary until the land is in good order. If new ground clean oil" all litter, trash, &c., and break with a cultivator or some other kind of small plovr that will turn up as little of the under soil as possible. Cross plow and get out all the roots, turf. &c. and get the laud clean and as clear of roots, trash, &c., as you pos- sibly can. Be sure and get your land in good condition before you set your plants in it. Kmi the rows three feet three inches to three feet six inches J You may check near or the same distance the first rows are apart. Any one may give a very good idea as to the width to have their rows, judging from the strength of their lauds. In this case tobacco is lik) most any other plant, the better the laud the further apart you may put the rows or the plants. Farm manure beat up very fine and mixed thoroughly w'ith Seventy-five to one hundred pounds of some good kind of guano to every one thousand tobacco hills is as good manure as you can use. Of course if the land is very poor you can use more of the guano and use a good quantity of the farm manure. The fertilizer should be covered immediately after it is put in the drill, by running two fiuTOWs together. Hun your plow very shallow in order to keep the lulls from being too high, then throw out the middles in like manner. Now if your beds are too hiirh make a sweep and drag them down. You can tell how long to have your sweep, judging from the distance your rows are apart. Then put the hills in order with hoes. PLANTING TOBACCO. This is a mailer of ver}' much importance and should by all means have strict attention. If the plants ar&iiot well planted the growth will be very irregular. Be very careful not to break or bruise the plants while drawing from the bed or putting in baskets. Never set out a plant that is bruised. It is a verj- important matter that you should not make the holes deeper than the plants are long, and be sure that the dirt is well put to the roots. But don't pack the dirt very hard as it will prevent the growth of the plants in case the weather should turn off dry. &c. THE CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO. As soon as the plants have taken root so there is no danger in killing or injuring in any way by working, you must commence cultivatujg it. The cultivation is es-ential,and must be done as early as the plants will admit, whether you lave auy grass or not. Plow deep enough to lo(»sen k 3. the soil beneath ilie plants, you can also follow wi,th hoes, but be very careful not to work too deep near the plants. You continue wor^dng the tobacco with suitable plows and hoes until the tobacco gets too h rge to use a plow, then you continue with hoes working among it. Be very careful all the time from the beginning of the cultivation until laid by, using every precaution possible to prevent breaking or bruising the leaves. Xever work tobacco deep after the fi'-st plants begin to come in top. PRIMING TOBACCO. As soon as the plants are large enough to bear priming without injur- ing the stalk, the bottom leaves jnust be taken from the stalk. This will supply the plant with food and will also give the upper leaves a better growth. Keep up the priming until the bottom leaves are clear of the ground. By keeping up this treatment the tobacco will not be as trashy as it would be provided you failed to do so. TOPPING TOBACCO. There has been a great deal of tobacco ruined or damaged by not know- ing how or when to top it. Never permit it to run up or bloom before topping, as soon as a button appears it should be topped. Yet it is not necessary to wait until a button appears before topping, if the tobacco is of good size. If the tobacco is topped too high the bottom leaves will, as a general thing, burn or fire up before the top leaves get any ways ripe, and of course, under these circumstances, it would be a matter of impossibility to get much, if iiuy, good tobacco. If your tobacco i*- very fair the first topping will bear ten to twelve leaves, and in some cases where it is extra large, you may leave 14 to 16 leaves. But the later the season the lower you must top, in order that it may ripen before frost SUCKERING TOBACCO. Suckering tobacco should be looked after very carefully, as it is of too much importance to neglect. Never let the suckers get more than three or four inches in heighth, the older they get the tougher they be- come of course, and after they become old and tough it is almost a mat- ter of impossibility to relieve the plant of them without an injury to the plant in some.way, either by breakmg loose the leaves or damaging the stalk. WORMING TOBACCO. The importance that is attached to this part of tobacco raising is hardly imaginable. Common sense should teach any one that they can not make a crop of tobacco unless they keep the worms ofi" of it, and besides worm-cut tobacco will not sell for u good price on the market. Some people will tell you to worm your tobacco two or thiee times a week. But you should by all means worm yoiu- tobacco every day, provided it he&h it. The best time to worm tobacco is soon fn the monu'ng or lau in tlie afternoon, as the worms will try to hide during tiie middle of tin day, either bj going in the gromul or secreting themselves soniewher( ?ibout the stalk which njalces them troublesome to find. CTTTiNG AND PLACING TOBACCO IX THE BARX. In cutting, go over the patch and ctit the plant.^ that are a.'^ near tht >amo siz<3 and color as possible, in order that it may cure as uniform n» possible, using all precaution possible to prevent breaking the leaves oi,'' bruising the tobacco, as bruised tobacco will be black when cored. Put the tobacco on sticks as you cut it; have the sticks four to four and a half feet li*ng. You can tell the length to hare sticks, judging from the size ofthabarn. Let tobacco lie on the ground long enough to prevent the. leaves from breaking while hauling to the barn. Put six to eight stalks on a stick, and place the sticks from eight to ten inches apart in the barn. You can put it nearer together as the weather gets cooler. It depend^^ somewhat on the size of tobacco as to the distance you put it. Bear in mind that you can not use too much care in handling tobacco while in a green state. HOW TO ARRANGE WAGON FOR CONVEYING TOBACCO FROM THE FIELD TO THE BARN. Malie a frame about twelve feet long, put four standards on each side, the same distance apart. Have a smooth- plank floor, lap and relap the tobacco, letting the sticks rest against the standards on each side. Any one may be their own judge as to the quantity to put on for a load. THE SIZE AND HOW TO BUILD TOBACCO BARNS. People difler a little as to the size to build barns, but 70u~ cannot select a better size than eighteen feet square. Select logs as straight as possi- ble, from six to eighi inches in diameter. It will take from eighty to eighty-four logs to make a barn the proper heighth. Cover with boards '>r shingles, of course shingles make the best co\^r, but board roofs will lure the best in warm weather. Chink the cracks thoroughly with wood and mortar. Make barn as near air tight as possible. Put the first set of tiers five or six feet from the ground. If the logs aijs large putin tiers for every three logs, if small skip four, nail on to the rafters until you reach the top. Put door in south side, you may put a window in both or one of the gable ends. Put two arches in one end, make them of rock oi brick, brick is the best. Extend arches about eight feet inside, one oi 1wo feet on the outside. Ten inch piping is as good size as you can ust CURING TOBACCO. Curing tobacco is a very important matter and should by all meai: have the most strict attention. There is no one that can tell anotiu "C'XnctVy liow his tx)bacco should be cured. It makes nt> dlffereuce hov\ %vell his experience might have been in curing tobacco, as it depends a jrreat deal on tlie nature of the land, and also the condition of tobacco vvlien cut. as to how it will cure. xVny one in curing tobacco muse use tlieir own judgment to a great extent. I will give some receipts and in- formation that might aid any one a good deal in curing tobacco, provided they us« their own judgment and take all the interest in the business that is possible, FIRST RECEIPT— CURING RIPE THIM TOBACCO. 95 degrees for 7 hours, 100 for 8 hours, 105 for 12 hours, 110 for 6 3iours, 115 for 6 hours, 120 for 5 hours, 125 for 4 hours, 130 for 8 hours. 135 for 6 hours, 140 for IJ hours, 145 for 1^ hours, 150 for 1^ hours, 155 for l^v hours, 160 for 3 hours, 165 for IJ hours, 170 fo^ 1^ hours, 175 for 1 hour, 180 to 190 until stalk and stem is thoroughly killed. SECOND RECEIPT— CURING RIPE THICK OR HEAVY TOBACCO. 95 degrees for 7 or 8 hours, 100 for 9 or 10 hours, 105 for 13 or 14 hours, lie for 8 hours, 115 for 6 hours, 120 for 7 hours, 125 for 5 hours. 130 for or 8 hours, 135 for 6 hours. Proceed as in first receipt. THIRD RECEIPT— CURING TOBACCO THAT IS NOT THOROUGHLY RIPE. 95 degrees for 9 hours, 100 for 13 hom's, 105 for 12 hours, 110 for 7 hours, 115 for 4 hours, 120 for 6 hours, 125 for 3 hours, 130 for 6 or 8 hours, 135 for 3 hours. Proceed as in first receipt. FOURTH RECEIPT— CURING TOBACCO THAT IS GREEN. 90 degrees for 5 to 6 hours, 95 for 6 to 8 hours, 100 for 14 to 16 hours, remain here until the lugs begin to cure. Then move up to 110 or 115 and remahi until the leaf yellows. Proceed as in first receipt. riFTH— GENERAL RECEIPT. Go to 95 degrees after putting fire in the barn in about two or three hours. Don't begin to count time until you reach 95 degrees. It is best to put fire iu as soon as you get the tobacco in the barn, as fermenta- tion takes place as soon as tobacco is cut, and the sooner it is cured ^the better. Tobacco will not cure well that hangs in the barn long enough to begin to yellow before the fire is put under it. In ciu'ing tobacco, if you are going too fast, the face side of the leaf will sploch, in this case drop back four or five degrees and remain an hour or two. Then pro- ceed as you first intended. If your tobacco is thoroughly ripe before you leave 110, see that the lugs are dry, but not cured, the middle leaves yel- low and the tips nearly yellow. If the tobacco is not thoroughly ripe the tips should be only part yellow. Y'ou can not make yellow tobacco 6'. oat ofgreen tips if 3-00 cure the leaves bright. One iinportant iiiatler ii curing tobacco is to j'ellow the tobacco liigh euougli to expell tlie smj ^vliile yellowing. If you are going too slow the face side of Ihf leaf wil' sponge or redden. If tobac-co sliould get to sweating wlfde yellowuig give it ventilation by opening the d«sliould be nicely handled and well assorted. When ready to strip take as much tobacco as v want to strip, hang it up in a damp place, the curing barn is a good place to hang it until it becomes in order, so you maj handle it without break- ing or shattering otf. Select leaves as near the same size and color as possible, making from four to seven diflerent grades. Never tie mor(> than six leaves in a bundle unless it is common lugs or very small leave- In this case you may put more leaves to the Jjundle and they will lo(»k just as wel| or better. Then put it on well dressed sticks. Dres.ericn.:e in raisiiiir tobiicco, f raised in the year of 1885, on two acres of land, live liundred and twen- ty dollars and eirrhty-tliree cents wortli of tobacco. One of my adjoin- ing neighbors raised on 2G acres of land tlie samw year cotton and it onlv :«oJd for $250. His treatise isundoubtedlv good. J. S. WILLIAMS, Ehn Grove, N. C. This is to certify tliat I have examined the treatise of R. 13. Harper on the culture, curing and management of tobacco and take pleasure in re- '•ommending the same as e-ntirely practicable and safe in procuring a good niarketnbls crop of tobacco, having had considerable e:iperiencein the management of tobacco in evei"y way from the planting f)f the seed to preparing it for the manufacturer, and being fiimiliar with tlie curing in particular, I can safoly say I believe his receipts are as reliable as could he given for the curing of tlie various kinds of tobacco. E. H. LYON. Durham, N. C, Feb. lOth, 188G. I liave exaniined Mr. R. E. Harper's trenlise on the cultivation a:i(( ruring of tobacco, and I consider it very well gotten up. and believe it to be of service to all inexperienced persons v\-ish'ing to eng;ige in the culti- s'ation of tobacco. Respectfully, 11. A. REAMS. Durliam, X. C, Feb. 17th. 188G.' Knowing the within named gentlemen and knowing them to be men of ureat experience in the culture and handling of tobacco and judging from their certificates I believe tliis treatise on tobacco correct. W. T. REDMOND, J. P., Durham. N.. C, Feb. 13th, 1886. Knowing the within named gentlemen and knowing then) to be expe- rienced m the culture of to])acco, and also perfectly reliable for what they say. I believe Mr. 1^. B. Harper's treatise on, tobacco of benefit to any one that is not thoroughly experienced in raising tobacco. W. A. LEA, Pi'opiietor of tlie Globe Warehouse, Durham. X. C. W. DUKE, The original founder of the great world renowned Duke of Durham Smoking Tobacco and Cigarettes. B. L. DUKE. One of the firm of Duke, .Sons & Co.. Durham. X. C. We know several of the parties whose certificates arc given above as recommending Mr. Harper's book and believe them to be reliable. BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO. I know the gentlemen who have given above certificates and am sun- ihey not only know what is a good process for curing tobacco, and would not give a certificate to any treatise unless they believe it to "be a good one. ' * E. J. PARRIsil. 9. J". Tt. C3-J^TTIS, Will pay in cash the highest market price for your Green and Dry Hides, Sheep Skin, Wool, Furs, Old Copper, Brass, Bones, Rags, &c., (SUCCESSORS TO C. M. HERNDON.) MARKET HOUSE, DURHAM, N. C, Dealers in all kinds of Fresh Meats. Highest prices paid for Beef, Pork, Mutton, &c. If you have cattle of any kind for sale you would do well to give us a call before disposing of them. Opposite E. J. Parrish's Wagon Yard, IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION At Rock Bottom Prices. Call and see us before you purchase elsewhere. W. H. PROCTOR & CO. W. H. Proctor, formerly with A. M. Rigsbee. o^o xo — For Cheap Drj?^ Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c. Of Chatham, would be pleased to see all of his friends. They will receive polite attention. Respectfully, CHARLES ROBBINS. Between Railroad and Main Streets, Durham, N". C. 10. Tliis is our NEW BRAND, put upon the market for the first time in 1886, but wherever introduced it has taken the FRONT RANK i.moug TOBACCO FF.R ITLIZERS. 1st. It is made only of the VERY BEST MATERIALS known to the Fertilizer trade. 2nd. It is put together with the GREATEST POSSIBLE CARE. 8rd. It is HIGHER IN ANALYSIS Ihan any Fertilizer on the market, witli one or two exceptions. The following is the OFFICIAL Analysis of the Virginia De- partment of Agriculture, copied from the Official Bulletin of the Department, May, 1886 : OFFICIAL SAMPLE, NO. 1162, "CAPITAL" TOBACCO FERTILIZER. .Available Phosphate Acid, 9.44 per ct. Insoluble " " 51 per ct. Pota.sh, (K20.) .3.86 per ct. Ammonia, 3.61 per ct. We confidently recommend the "CAPITAL" for Tobacco, or wherever a strong and pushing Fertilizer is desired. Give it a trial. Sold for cash or on time, and laid down at the farmers depot, freight prepaid. S. W. TRAVERS & CO.. Manufacturers, Richmond, Va. n. 1865. 1887. ^Y\\S®B ^ F(^%@^g -6 Continues to hold the Front Rank in the Line of Commercial Fertilizers, FOR CR0W8NC FINE BRIGHT TCBACCO. The constantly increasing demand for this High Grade; Standard Fertilizer is the best evidence of its value. BVEltY BAG IS GUARANTEED TO BE OF STANDARD QUALITY. ALLISON & ADDISON, Manufacturers, Richmond, Va. 12. 1869. ESTABLISHED 1869. PIEDMONT CUANO — F*OR — TOBJLGOO- Eighteen years experience of many of the most successful plant- ers in Virginia and North Carolina show conclusiv'^ely that for FINE YELLOW TOBACCO Nothing equals these goods. Being made expressly for this crop, they supply whatever is requisite to the plant in every stage of its GROWTH s MATURING. TH PIEDMONT GUANO AND MANUFACTURING CO. Office, No. 109, South Street, Baltimore, Md. For Sale by our gents Throughout North Carolina and Virginia. 13. H. S. ZELL, President. 0. CARROLL ZELL, Vice Pres't. P. B. HOGE, Sec'y & Treas. THE ZELL GUANO COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE CITY, ZELL HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS, 30, Fourth Street, The best goods on the market for Tobacco or Cotton Crop. For sale at Durham, Oxford and other prominent points in North Carolina. SEE A FEW CERTIFICATES BELOW: Flat River, Durham Co., N. C, Nov. 27, 1885. Mr. C. J. Rogers. Dear Sir. — I take pleasure in stating that I have, for the past two years, used Zell's Fertilizer by the side of other standard grades, and find it better than any of them. LEE MANGUM. Brooklyn, Va., Oct. 19, 1885. Zell Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. Sirs. — Yours to hand, and in reply I consider your Guano the best in market; for this reason, I used two hundred and twenty odd sacks. Yours very truly, J. A. OSBORN. Madison, N. C, Oct. 23, 1885. The Zell Guano Co. • Dear Sirs. — I used your goods with two other brands, and can say the tobacco ripened yellow and better with j^our goods than any others, and I like it very much. JAMES OLIVER. Kentuck P. O., Pittsylvania Co., Va., Oct. 14, 1885. The Zell Guano Co.. Baltimore, Md. Gentlemen. — I ha\e used j^our Tobacco Fertilizer for several years, and consider it superior to any for tobacco. Yours, &c., W. J. BROWN. Brooklyn, Va., Oct. 26, 1885. The Zell Guano Co. Q-ents. — I used your Guano last season, and am so well pleased with it that I expect to use it again the coming season. Yours truly, E. COLLEY. u. STOUT, GOODWIN & CO., MACHINISTS AND FOUNDERS, Railroad Street, Near Passenger Depot, Machine and Foundry Work of every description. Piping and Plumbing a specialty. Machinists Supplier. 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To this inquiry is this : We have established in New York city a purchaser, with cash in hand, whose business it is to look after everj'^ house on the verge of bankruptcy and ruin, to buy the lump, or in lots, every class of merchandise which we can get at less than i1 s value. Hence the astonishingly low prices at which we sell. Call and examine our stock before buying elsewhere. Respectfully, PAGE, WHEELER & CO. MEALS, FIFTY CENTS EACH. Convenient to all Warehouses. W. J. POGUE, Proprietor. TERRY ^ PLEASAITT'S ~ PARRISH STREET, ID XT 2^ H -A. 3^ , 3Sr. O. They carry the largest, purest and best stock of Whiskey, Bran- dy, Beer, Ale, Wines, Cigars, Tobacco, &c., to be found in the State. 16. THAT EVERY GROWER OF FINE YELLOW TOBACCO SHOULD CAREFULLY READ. Fine Yellow Tobacco ia too valuable a crop for any planter to take risks on, and he is not -wise to iuvest in a fertilizer that time has not thoroughly tested, and proved. It is not enough for such a fertilizer to "analyze" -well (for the most indif- ferent materials "analyze" as well as the best); its elements must be of the right sort, and put together in the right way, to produce the best resuits in the field. Two things must be specially provided for in such a fertilizer : First, it must feed the plant with regularity from the beginning to the end of the crop, (not start off with a flirt and wind up with a poor, chaffy leaf); anJ second, it must burn the plant as little as possible in dry weather. Now all thi.s is secured by the use of the "ANCHOR m. BRAND" TOBACCO FERTILIZER! It has had twenty years of successful use, is the most complex article ever made for tobacco, furnishing the food needed as called for, and the universal judgment on it is that it stands a DROUGHT BETTER than any other fertilizer ever oflTered for this crop. 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