Practical farming wisdom for crop care and field building that you can use today.
This edition offers hands-on guidance on growing and curing tobacco, plus practical notes on fencing and farm infrastructure to support reliable yields and efficient work.
The text combines step-by-step advice for tobacco cultivation—from soil preparation and planting to topping, disease and worm management, leaf handling, and curing methods—with guidance on how to stage, classify, and store the crop for best market value. It also includes clear discussions on building and maintaining tobacco houses, choosing manures and soil amendments, and planning field layouts to optimize labor and quality.
- Tobacco cultivation: soil preparation, bed ridging, plant spacing, topping, sucker removal, and pest control
- Curing and handling: dew management, shedding, curing color, and strategies to minimize damage during handling
- Farm setup: building tobacco houses, proper ventilation, and the importance of sunlight and air for color and quality
- Fencing and gates: practical designs for all-wire and mixed wire-lumber fences, gate construction, and maintenance tips
Ideal for readers seeking practical, era-appropriate farming techniques and durable, low-tech solutions for crop and farmyard management.