TOBACCO GROWING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 5

TOBACCO GROWING

IDEAL boxtrtlSm IN' NELSON^ - . .■)»:■“!:. I;s-.. V. ;. i , f i-Mt / Before the (o# which Mr R. P. Hudson,. ■ meiinbief) r fn JN apicr, evidence * Wae •* gftta • as {olldWa-:' - r tf--. *'&sss&■ . -taraerGilmcair, tobacco* mtoflf&cHrfi&V said fHSt the-district and Nelscn grew , good tobacco, as good AthericA/ Ndisdri fras but , Hawke’s Bay was gpoifc :i ; -i£he Hawke’s Bay tobacco was: growft : .'ftio®j the sea and, thereforesxffior|jS from tlie salt. The indixsfcry wa*i wep worth going . in for and’.‘had,.come & stay. A light sandy soil UW3 necesSjriG. without Any. late frosts,/ could grow a cabbage coulded, but experience, was wantedr when . the leaf was ripe. If the farmers -took- up_ the cultivation of Jt tvould-,pSX. better than cereals. , lasiructdra.ywMjUJ be required by growers. Experts wes& necessary, otherwise growers,,- wouW.- fJM, the first year and become disheartened,-' To Mr Hudson:, ~ Unless. the ment helped the new industry, ‘ ii~wovad-' be very hard io* at to be' carried, Witness: Motueka was the best.Jtp- ; hacco growing. district in Australia,. American experts had been a faUucy,is'. Australia because, the conditions .y»V sp different./ America was ' the ideal <- o'ountry for .raising the. leaf aS nig was sufficient ..there, in. they had to get rid of impurities, ticularly a bad small noticeably, the leaf was curing. Manufacturing processes could dispose of. the. imporji. iies. Nothing injurious wa? put mtg American tobacco to improve the pays, our. Anything put into tobacco j:c«|j3 be put on a! dinner table w ; th The local plant was right up to date and yvas capable of producing all .th® tobacco that could be smoked in rNewj Zealand. Two-third's- of the tpbacgd grown in Australia was ; ;grown .by Chinamen. Witness had tried.to ,pe?* Buade his employers to remove their, factory to Motueka. ‘ A To Mr Wilkinson: A Government.. royalty of a penny a, pound,. on .'the \&%~f , ished article at barn would greatly Jnelg/the production ip the Dominion, industry would, be suitable for jetprxt, ed soldiers and so wojjld the factors work. In three years he . hoped-to 300 hands employed hr the • tory. It was quite a healthy Business/ Curing barns vteuld cost under. for a ten-acre pgfcpb and merit should assist in erecting 'i,Wf barns. Growers would do well at la fid per pound.