Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — Farm and Garden [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Farm and Garden

A NEW TOBACCO. Valuable Cigar Wrapper Variety Grown Under Bhade. The original plants of this variety were found by the writer growing In a crop of tobacco under cloth by M. L. Floyd near Tariffvllle, Conn., In the season of 1903. This crop was raised from seed brought to Connecticut from Florida and which originally came from the island of Sumatra. In this

field of the so called Sumatra variety of tobacco were found upon investigation eleven very distinct general types of tobacco plants which were strong; ly enough differentiated by certain characteristics of habit of growth, shape and size of leaves and quality to be designated as incipient varieties. Among these types was found one which most nearly approached the Ideal of a cigar wrapper plant, both as regards development of plant and character of leaves and strikingly different from every other type found in this field or in other fields. This was designated as “Type No. 8” for convenience in the breeding experiments and was so known until It was considered of sufficient importance to he named. After very careful and satisfactory tests in 1904 and 1903 theresults have proved beyond a doubt the value of this variety for growing commercially, together with'the fact that the seed comes true to type year after year when saved under bog. The name Uncle Sam Sumatra was given to this variety. It is a cigar wrapper variety of tobqcco and adapted for growing under shade in the cigar wrapper producing regions. The plants reach an average height of about eight feet at the time of maturity, and they bear an average of about twentjr-six leaves before topping. The cured leaves will average about sixteen Inches in width by twenty Inches In length, although tMb size varies according to field and cultural conditions. The yield of the crops of this variety Is high, being as much as 1,(500 pounds

of cured tobacco to the acre under favorable conditions. The percentage of the best grades of wrapper in these crops Is correspondingly high and satisfactory to the grower and manufacturer alike.—A. D. Shamel. Sorting and Packing Eggs. Eggs to be placed on the market Should be carefully sorted aud packed as to size, shape and color. It Is better not to put eggs having different colored shells iu the same package: neither should eggs varying much In size be placed in the same package. Every egg should be perfectly clean, and If slightly soiled it may be wiped clean with a damp cloth. If badly soiled the eggs should be discarded, for the washing required to clean them injures their appearance. The discarded eggs can be disposed of at some of the cheaper and less exacting markets. Eggs may be placed in large shipping cases or in small pasteboard boxes, according to how they are to he marketed.—G. A. Bell.

Pumpkins In ths Cornfield.

Pumpkin seeds are cheap, and they can be saved on any farm with almost no trouble. The cost of the seeds is the main expense of a good supply of pumpkins when planted In the cornfield, and they are very valuable to fiMd. Why, then, do farmers not plant them? Because the modern cultivator when adjusted for corn Is hard on the Tinea,— Agricola In lowa homestead.

TYPICAL LEAF —UNCLE SAM SUMATRA TOBACCO.

TYPICAL PLANT —UNCLE SAM SUMATRA LEAF TOBACCO.