TIHt WISCONSIN FARMER.



every respect like the sweet potato. Plant the
peanut in a hot bed, or box in the house, about
the first of April, where they will germinate
and get a good start for early transplanting in
your field or garden. Then cultivate like the
tomato or potato. The vine of the peanut is
similar to the myrtle, and bears a yellow blos-
som, very fragrant. The soil should be sandy,
as you can get a quicker growth, for they need
a long season to ripen.  C. B. CHURCH.
OWIULD, Wi.
Cultivation of Tobagoo in Wiuooain.-Prpepra,
tion of the loiL-Planting ad Transplanting.
  Tobacco has so strong a hold upon the crav-
ing appetite of the semi-civilized man of to-
day, that we have pretty much despaired of
success in convincing the agriculturists of
America that it ought not to be grown. De-
mand is pretty sure to create a supply. no
matter how vile the thing demanded. Men will
chew and smoke and snuff the abominable
weed, and hence we may expect that it will
continue to be produced somewhere, if not ev-
erywhere.  Statisticians tell us that no less
than one billion two hundred and fifty millions
dollars worth are consumed every year! Think
of how many schools might be munificently
endowed with this annual waste!
  The whole amount of broad consumed in
New York city in one year is valued at $3,-
000,000.  Total value of cigars consumed,
three and a half millions! And yet the Go-
thamites claim to be civilized people, and are,
as the world now understands civilization.
  But we have set it down as a sure thing that
the tyrant Tobacco will still reign on for at
least a hundred years; and the question now
comes, who will attend to the succession, so
that the family become not extinct Not we.
But we are told that there are farmers in Wis-
consin who, stimulated by the hope of gain,
now that the Southern supply is cut off, are
anxious to try what can be done with it in this
State, and at the solicitation of such we have
consented to so far compromise the Christian
character of our journal as to give them the
benefit of such practical information as we
have at hand.



  Several gentlemen have already turned their
attention to this crop, and a fbw have been cul-
tivating it with profit for years. As a State,
however, we have done almost nothing in this
direction. On the other hand, Iowa, our next
door neighbor, has made it quite an important
branch of her husbandry, producing, accord-
ing to the last U. S. census, three hundred and
twelverthousand, nine hundred and nineteen
pounds of tobacco-" an amount," says Mr.
Klippart, of Ohio, " greater than was produced
by California, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, Texas, Minne-
sota, and Wisconsin, all together, in that year."
As a whole, Iowa is undoubtedly better adapt-
ed for the production of tobacco than this State;
at the same time the results of experiments
made here show conclusively that it may be
made an important crop with us.

               PROPAGATION.
  The tobacco plant has a luxuriant growth,
and requires a good, rich soil, in order to the
best results, though we have seen very good
crops upon what wou d be called a light and
rather weak soiL In this northern climate, it
is our conviction that a considerable admixture
of send would the better insure its proper
growth and early maturity.
  The more common way of propagating is to
sow the seed in a hot-bed, or cold frame, very
much after the method employed for tomatoes
or cabbages.  Pulverize the soil thoroughly,
rake off smoothly, sow on the seed at the rate
of about one ounce to the square rod, roll with
& hand-roller, not covering the seed, and cover
over with a glass frame. In two to three weeks
the plants will be up, after which care must be
Laken to keep the frames well ventilated. As
the plants progress, they will reqaire frequent
watering, and, if too thick, mod t be thinned
out. If the weather should be warm and sus-
my, the cover may be taken off during the mid-
Ile of the day to give the plants a preparatory
hardening f r transplanting; which may be
Wttended to as soon as they are about three
inches high. But, uhless very late in starting
* hot-bed will not be essentiaL



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