CV :li?()()l\EO(_)ti’:\"l‘Y HAS sou ACRES OF 'l‘OBA(‘iC() Many .\'evi' Barns Building Near Hiini.0-t the pliant» Two jit mi‘ coiJiJMBiA'.\iissoURiAN, .\io2~IDAi'. JULY 16. 19 i OBA CCO "IN BOONE i C 7 ‘ or - ..;-j.-q...3 ‘J- :j.——:——._ T':lIll(‘¢‘() field on THHSE WHO ARE Ii’.lI5'l.\'(} TOB.4('(i'() I,\' /mo.\'h‘ ('01 'J\' T)’ Here the roll (‘Jill M.’ Boom- ('oun'_\ '-'l*1t<‘(Ii growers in nearly cc-nip!»-tr ti‘ tm- .‘ll'~"UUFl&li ha~ viiiikv it from ii large nunilui Ill ~uiirro- All o‘ these fur'n~ air ;i: the \frBaim- lluntsdale district A l-‘. llnit gnwing ll acre~ if ii-hon-i. ,t i>uil«ling 11 new linri‘ to store I? Fred and ! H lliilj. iire growing ‘J acres and building on ziddiii--ii ii» an old burn. iitile 1.. rear t‘llIl with out ii plant int-- t‘ll(‘ll damp spot aim cover :1.‘ roots ii» the ]IlIl‘|lt'l i~ drawn diiwi: the row Some Tohacco History. T«-ban-u ¢'UllUft‘ was brought in to lltmrr 4’nun’._\' h_\ the early wt tlo-r-A from Kt‘.'1lUt‘l\_\, To-nno-.~'~‘H'. and Virginia .\'i-.irl_\ _\'o;ir hii~ fi.un«l some tohui-ro grown in Hnti.'.«' l«unt_v. although for the llI'4l feu yearn only iim-all patt'l'\e.~ -.~o-r-- grovii rnnstuiiiptimi men riding n'l the i-l.'.ir'.~ lD('ltI!‘O' ll‘it‘l‘.‘ 0-Vt-r_‘. ‘Hr lw il 'l‘l‘.i- ld‘l izsrgv H-riturr i_-- i..l.u«-M in Boone 1 ountf. failed in IA‘? >armio~!~ 4‘o.'ilo-_\' Jr .Vl.B:iino- uhii n lH'4l .I lUl|.l"lH i'mitivr_\ ll‘ tinni- .~-I-: ‘--' ."Vll iii, \l~ .'."v.’i I -l Hii-Iv }“~'. ‘.5:-~ vi. ! o- [ire-~01" '1 ~’.ilinli_ at one l.'l:v' than ‘nu iovni»nii_\' alto-iiip'o~vl to Hnglunol in nii~_iudging ix--rv urn-i kc-il tm:inri.4lly holiiiwiig tl~-- liiilure i f iiii~ lung. i’llIl"Y), ifllltil «-igiir rlIt'lHllo'~ \.wr~ l~‘h'._' ltllcl lP**Z Hn~ ~-2‘ iii»-1. fxia torn-~, which \\‘:i.*~' run l~_\ .lll;ll“‘ lml iwr--u ~ In l'~.. rlllli l I iiiun-ifiiu ’-ir---l the l'. ’ [till l'l i'iFl'l. .i'-2, ark-f "l.'Il‘: ~l'.o-d In l.ilg:ir \ l:0'lHlt‘_\‘_ one llllir in- growing on large wale. Boone (ounty deaervea more t'Tt‘(llt zia being among the first, the soil found here is found all ulu-ng the M|,'l§tILl."l River. clear into state of l-ma. according to the (‘ol- lege of Agriculture soil experts. The l".xt.en.~uon Department of the (‘ol- lege of Agriculture Ilau reports in large lh."H'I.~'t' in the acreage in the ~outhwe.stern Huirli M-ctinn of the Tl£l‘.L'_\’, (lreen. Lawrence-. and Jasper counties in thi- .~('(‘tlnn are growing tobacco exteii— .*~I\'|'l_\' uift_i-r experimenting on small scale last year. l\ are considered good enough to warrant the building of a warehouse in Taney ('ount)' by the Iarketing A.uociii- tion of Platte County The growing of tobacco in .\lis.-mu- ri has taken such a jump within the last year that the Agricultural Fix- periment Station of the ('ollege of Agriculture has again taken up the work of experimenting with tobacco to find the I-mi varieties for the dif- ferent soils of tho atata. wiiiu Bur- ‘ley la the ubafi uofltly grown in Iiasouri, act‘ to the ' ties of the Expcinant Station Q. unofficially for fine aolla. Ilxporiinrat Station is at the present in‘ mvntr on three-dfiartnt aoil type: in the county, and ll flaking chec on crops in all sections of the state. r"" '3? .- thv l.. IX.’ 4., '9 I q— ..—.o~.——a- .___..._. o-:—... _ l.. llu". i'.ir rii adjoining Huntsdale. 4 ui..:»i « .u - Fl-l:\ ll.‘ ~_" “mg I‘ IL’T¢a 5:.".i1 11'.’ 4 \"“T-' t"lllll.‘l‘L' | ‘A '-urn l‘ iv ' 1:. v '-- 1 gr.’--uiiig ll) iii re~ ‘vl . ' « ..i d ~. . ';' ;i ?"..\‘ turn. i' ,’ ‘- ~i '1 ' ' .l.int< .i..'. .i Lina l '"lL\'lll1! P't'jHIfZltl(\Vi in kill tho- “llll .'i' l¢';i~It .'i toovlli the lie . ,.‘ lludk \re l'incned UH. \\ lit I ‘lit’ '.<~li(u't‘«~ pl.ii:l~ li.i»- ."'.:illl'l ll do-~ii'i-d he-iglit. illlll in- l'v'v' they ~tiii' \t'l‘1l!HK, the litltl“ ano- [v'.iii'llt'vl will ml the hip ml lll-' in -vrdvr tn pr:-\t'iit the fin 9' any into the iiiakiiig of .\I‘|'lit «ii wn the l‘0’lllI‘." of tho- "illi ' \~'it.‘.ivi iilmut six llI('llt“i of uio-ir ll‘.u' ciitto-i‘ into-iid~ In (nit lllt'lll l'i"I~i- ll--'ii the V'mit~ Tl]:-ti nliriut Q'\ N‘. 1'l|(lll or ten -tulk~ down the row thv Hitter -ll(‘l\'\ up n tritium-ii stick 1'IL'l\'. to ten feet long. Aw he cuta the plalltn lnu-t' he thrmivs them on thew ~tick~. half of the split stalk till t‘iI(‘h side. After the pliant-< have l-egun to wilt they are spaced iilnng the .'|tl(‘l( so that none of the leaves of one plant touches that of another. iinal the stielu are hung along rack.-. made of poles so arranged that none of the tiers of plants will touch the anther This of storing the Qnbacco for seasoning accounts for the nae of so much barn space. In the liarn the 10&('(‘1I is left until It ‘I cure them. but the varieties grown i'i Boone County are natural cured. "““‘ l'¢"nR lakenonly to see that tho- plmit.~ are kept dry and do not mold. Much to Be Done Altar Curing. After the tobacco is cured a feat deal of work in still left to be done. The crop in marketable through the winu-r months up into mg (‘fly spring months without serious loan in price. which given the fjfmgr un- '*-nw U"0¢€lIPiod months in which to .-trip the tobacco and pack it for mar. ket, In pading the lava are «ripped from the aunt. laid flat. loaf Upon leaf with the tips all even and then tied into handi. with one of the leafs. The hands weigh from 3 us the buyers {fie u cording to co or. thickness of leaf and condition. by the-‘leaf on the out. Wk’ _-M thv two which are left showing. it is no t among harm farwrerii that the ‘best leaf of the hand should always be uggd .3 4151-wrapper, The white hurley vurietiea grown Eta Boone (‘«nmry'ar!'*uoetl on-luaivg- l.V ll)’ "30 Clllrette raaiaifactunrs. ‘"1’? "R to . lair eoavaionly referred to as the leaf. has haan _I‘|U0d by-the buycrrlt 5 pa,-had '"'° “"19 ltotthoada for ahlprnent. LIFQI’ ‘Off ‘PC’ . -. -A, . onus-on &'Hgh'pri'o§a-i ‘ml inH.Ior'tIhIao-Ia&o1:Ian'froai a to the lots range of pricfi‘ P-"U" ("' other farm prudui-i~ The the acreage thi- . uccordinfl to .i recev". !‘*‘l*"V' the llepurtnieiit of .-\L'?'H'~1lWv"‘ around lU in-r mm: The ~tH'1" report pulnt.\ nut Yl‘..'i. l'. is (l~|Ul'll\1 if the iii-manil for lH'X'. \o-iii will ~ increauetl iii pinpqirli->i., Ulll'l‘ that there is ll }IJ.\,'~llilll'.) of RI tit‘ «line in the pl‘lt't' of l‘rl|flt’t'- (in the iiihv llltlltl Ilir «lo-iiiiiwi f- ' .-\l.'it'f'l('lHI ti-titicrii ll-I‘ greatly nllorr the Vbntlcl \\ nl i.\v“ {- : u fl v: I ..f l.\‘ ii nd im‘i'0-'.i~t 4! .'\llH" i-an tuliiinu ~)l‘l(ll(lll0 llI\I‘ lltll ‘haunt the t'XtlUSl-" Vlbflll “’ "'ll l(zl:ui'(‘0 In l"l‘Llll1't‘ tiiiii. illl‘ l'I"'V\'l- li|i\f‘l'l|llIl'H'. 4'. in we .‘ $.£'iMl,UI'| ‘Ilia’; were old» '« d-- Yin l-4:ii'H-. .1 11"‘ 5:‘ M? if. till the utlier l'.ur- |u':i". H-H'i1 «' ulirli l-4't‘liii‘o- iwiili". ' "-1 .\i ii .' 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