EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)LLLocal NOTES AND TOBACCO JOTTINGS |; ge :BY o. L. Jones.. {CONCLUDED FROM YESTERDAY.)In about eight days after thetobacco has been transplanted Iuse thetura plow with the Patewing attechment which is fastenedon tothe bar, I ran the -ber sideto the tobacco not over two inches deep, I let it remain in thiscondition about eight days, andthen side it up with a cotton plownot very deep and split middleszimmediately. When young tobacco is ploughed deep especiallywithaturn plow the manure isleft exposed to vhe sun and rainand hence loses a great deal ofits strength, besides the youngroots are cut which of course isinjutions to the growth oof theplant. The land should be stirredafter every packing rain so as tokeep it in a soft,mellow condition.-I do notthiuk it necessary to usethe hoe more than one time andthatis often the first ploughingwith cotton plougr Sone verygood farmers claim that hillingtobacco with the hoe after it hasbeen topped does it good but myeiperience teaches me that it isunnecessary expense and besides has atendency tv make thetobacco take the second growth.If the land has been propertyprepared during the fall, winterand spring we will have but littleuse for the hoe ia the cultivationefthe crop. Tuopping tobacco isa lottery business. Some timesyou strike it right and then againyou miss it outright. Strong,healthy plants on good land maybe topped from 14 to 16 leaveshigh while poor plants on medi-um iand must be cut down tofrom 8 to 10 and sometimes 12.Hf you top it too high it is easyenough to go over and~ top it_agaio, but not so if you get it toolowthe first time. So my advicejs to tor sufficiently higa the firsttime to warrant you against daa"_gér of getting it too low and goover the second time if necessary==and prime it dowu. The bestpeoplan is to use your own judgmentsont epee: Aad then "off worms put you got, do thesuckering and you certainly mustattend strictly to that part -of . 1otherwise your tobacco will not- be much. In curing tobacco it is40 have some one thathas had expé@rience. Green andripe tobacco. ~will not cure alikehence it i mecessary to havesome one aid in the catting whounderstands it. Itisaseless forme to undertake to give 4formula for curing tobaccofor as every tobacco farmerknows no two barns will takeheat alikeand in that, like topping, every curer must be his ownjudge. \Vhen tobacco is first tak-en from the barn you should beparticular not to ti ke it out in toohigh order. Let it be dry enoughfor the stems to break if mashed.The tobacco hould Be first sheeted or shingied dewa in the: packhouse in even rows and after itjhas remained a few days then re"bulk it in sqaare pens, leaving thebutt of the stalks out, so in caseof wet weather there will be nodanger of the tobacco damagingfrom coming in cOutact with thestubs of the stalks which frequent-|ly are not killed. Above all things~be sure that your tobacco ts han-dled carefully when you are pre-!Paring it for market. DonTt haa-dle itin such 8 way as to causethe warehouseman and buyer tokick but handle your tobacconicely, so that you can get thetop market price. They hke tobuy tobacco that is nicely hban-dled.After tobacco is graded it shouldbe bulked in a safe condition andrebuiked often. It will get betterevery time it is changed.In conclastron, I will say thatfrom my limited experience, I amlead to believe that there is moremoney and satisfaction in a smallcrop of tebacco well cultivatedandfnicely handied than a largebusiness trying to cultivate a cropof tobacco, anless he is going tostay with it and giye it his undi-divided attention.With best .wishes,I am yours truly,J. W. Drxon.Mr. Dixon has made great suc-crop strack at. -No wan has anycasu la Sokadad salle a Lak soakbacco ower threlars " ; .he got fe. dente: Re i ordollars. Such farmers as he, arethe kind for the new-begiuners intobacco to be governed by, and asthere are numbers of new. men intobacco who want information wewrote Mr. Dixon to write us hisyiews. Next week we shall try togive our readers aletter from someother successful, practical farmer.Mr. Cone, President. of. theCone Export ard CommissionCompany, sometimes called theplaid trost responded to the toastoNorth Carolina's Cotton Man-"ufactures� at the banquet of thePress Association. He said hewas a free trader, buat uncompromisingly opposed to the freecoinage of silver, and propcsedto give $500 to defray the expen-ses of two editors to Mexico sothat they might see the conditionof a free silyer conutry--they toreturn nnd report the facts justasthey sawthem. He nominatedasthe two editors to make thetrip. J. P. Caidwell. of the Charlotte Observer, and JosephusDaniels, of the News and ObserverThis was a novel proposition ascoming from Mr. Cone, and cre-ated considerable commentamong tre editors.gfMen who are all the time try-ing to get out of business or outof town wiil never build up eith-er. Qne of the two things murtbe done"run the town for for allit is worth, get up steam andkeep it up, or quit the wholething, slide out and let naturetrade? Bid for it. Do you wantbusiness to come to your town ?Kacourage those who do come.Do you want-a prosperous town,where people can coms who aredisposed to make homes? Therdo away with, bury from sight,all-spite work ; work no mure fora few individuals, but all worktogether for a common prosper-ity aod matual benefit. .Wakeup, rub yours eyes, roll ap yoursleeves and go to work. DonTtwork. with fear and trembling, buttake it for granted that bioodwill tell. Leaye results withthemselves; borrow no trouble,geek kind of a city.he sold from abouT atuke its course. Do you wantbut all unite to make it the big-| Oe sap reget eras -16 mateo, ular man in~Thi popelarity ie de tEngland.ais love of sports and aittraits which are particuldrmendablie in the eyes of the average7. oo hEarly *Britisher. Asa youth, bis audacityand appreciation of a joke, either as@ perpetrator or victim, were wellknown.One of his early escapades resultedin her majesty, the queen, footing abil] for broken crackery and wreckedfurniture which the young princecaused in the house of one of thelesser members of the nobility. A _rather elderly countess, whosequick temper and sharp tonguedrove even her servants away fromher, advertised fora footman. Theprince, to whose ears tales of the pe-suliarities of the old lady had come,resolved to teach her T@tesson. Hetherefore presented himself in dis-guise at her ladyshipTs houses and ap-plied for the position of footman.The countess had just finished herDreakfast, and, pushing her chairback from the table, instructed theservant to bring before her the ap-nlicant. The prince was thereforeushered into the room. The cougtesslooked him over from his feet up.Apparently pleased with the ap-pearance of the prince, she said:oLet me seé you walk.�Albert Edward did as commandedand walked backward and forwardeveral times across the floor from»ne end of the room to the other, nowvalking briskly at the request of theold lady and then pacing slowly, asshe wished to obtain points on thiscore.This pérformance over, . thecountess ordered him totrot. Thediniug room still the theater ofuction, the prince trotted around itseveral times. When this exercisewas completed he again came to astandstill near the head of the table,where the countess was seated. Herladyship seemed pleased, and wasiust on the point ofasking the youngman some questions about himselfwhen he shouted:~ooNow see me gadllopt�TGrasping a corner of the tablecloth firmly in one hand, the princerushed around the room, pulling thecrockery off on the floor in a heap,knocking over the furniture andfinally winding her ladyship up inthe folds of the cloth, He thenbolted for the door, leaving ~thecountess sputtering and shoutingaad the servants running about in adistracted way to liberate their mis-tress and quiet her rage.In the hubbub and confuston theprince escaped. The next day acheck from the keeper of the privypurse settled the amount of the-damages, and likewise established