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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12533, 20 April 1935, Page 6

HOW THIRSTY ARE PLANTS? Scientists who have made a study of the thirst of plants find a great variation, but on the whole Nature demands a lot of water in carrying on her horticultural and agricultural operations. For example, engineers of tfie U.S. Department of Agriculture have found that to produce one pound of alfalfa hay 750 pounds of water are pumped through the plant. In order to raise a crop of the commodity the amount of water required would cover the ground to a depth of twenty inches. In more arid regiops up to SO inches of water is required to allow for the greater loss due to evaporation from the soil. The “thirst” of tobacco plants has not been recorded ,but the process employed with the mature leaves selected for Red Shield and Blue Shield tobaccos is to remove the surplus moisture by flue-curing—in large kilns - where the heat is regulated in an ideal manner. A later step in the process is toasting, which, brings out all the natural goodness, of the tobacco. You -will find New Zealand tobacco at its best in Red 'Shield (Dark) and Blue Shield (Medium). Try a 2 oz. tin at 1/7, or an economical one-pound canister. 78

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