QUANTITY OF SEED.

 The quantity of seed to sow depends upon the area to be planted. One
oz., if a good stand is had, will furnish plants for three acres. It is not
safe, however, to be governed by such a rule. The tobacco seed are so
small and the plants so tender and tiny when they first come up as to
make them of all seeds and plants the most easily killed or injured. If
seed are covered too deep, or if theground is allowed to become dry after
they have sprouted, they will die. Again, insects may destroy them in
a day. Seed may come and the stand be good, and they may be the
prey of insects, or be dried out by the sun. Again, plants may come
and the fertilizer, not having been put in the soil long enough, may
burn them up directly. In view of these facts, and possibly others, it
is well to have on hand sufficient seed to provide against these contin-
gencies oraccidents. Again. No one should depend upon one sowing.
The firstshould be followed by another every week or two, not only as
a protection against accident, but to have fresh plants with which to
supply missing places in the field, for which purpose they are always
needed.
 Oneoz., mixed thoroughly in three quarts of fine meal, will sow
broadcast 100 square feet. The meal indicates whether you have evenly
sowed the bed.
 A hand roller can be made by sawing off a log, which is from
six to eight inches thick, and making a frame with handle to it, or it
can be used where beds are smill without. In place of a roller,
the hand, or a board may be used to press the dirt to the seed.

 WHAT KIND OF SEED TO SOW.

 The common impression prevails that Cuba seed, after they have
seeded here a year or longer, are better than freshly imported seed;
that they make a better wrapper, &c. This has not been the experience
of the station. Fresh imported seed have grown as large leaf, as good
wrapper and filling, and in every way done equally as well as those
which have been in the State from one to five years.

 WATERING.

 A great many tobacco beds are ruined by improper watering. To
properly water is of the utmost importance. The object sought is to
water so as not to pack the earth either on the seed or around the
growing plant. A simple contrivance is a barrel placed on a stand
eight or ten feet above the bed and to one side. In the bottom of this
barrel insert a M-inch pipe that will reach near the ground. To this
attach a hose long enough to reach the centre of seed bed. Attach the
hose to a pointed stick, to support it in middle of bed and in the
end place a revolving sprinkler and turn the water on. This will give
results as near a light rainfall as can be obtained. Other methods can
be used, such as the common rose sprinkler or sprayer. If beds are made
narrow and the trenches kept intact the trenches can be filled with
water and allowed to soak through beds.
 The best time to water is in the evening, beginning early enough
to allow time to place sufficient water on beds, so that they will not dry
out the next day. Sometimes whole beds, during a dry time, are killed
by not wetting the bed sufficiently so that they will retain moisture
during the following day. The beds should be watered daily and
kept up until the plants are large enough to do without it.