TOBACCO CULTURE.
INCREASE IN AREA
Writing of tobacco culture in the Nelson district a travelling correspondent of the "New Zealand Smalfc holder" states there is a great increase in the area planted in tobacco, and those who have had contracts appear to have done well out of their crops. Flue drying appears to be the usual method, but there is still a certain: amount of air-ouring in vogue. It ishard to gain precise information as to the different varieties of the leaf grown, for the contracting companies usually supply the seed under number. There has been a greaT deal of permanent as well as casual labour absorbed in this comparatively new industry, states'the correspondent. Its development, not only in Nelson, but elsewhere, will be followed with the keenest interest. Judging by opinions expressed, there is yet much to learn, not only of varieties, but of nursery and cultural drying practice,, which, when better understood, should lessen the cost o£ production, increase the crop, and make the cured product of greater value. While there does hot appear to be any fortune to be madein growing the leaf, there is ampleevidence that the industry become a remunerative one to those engaged in it.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17695, 20 September 1929, Page 6
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201TOBACCO CULTURE. Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17695, 20 September 1929, Page 6
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