DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 31


Fig. 15: Tobacco Fertilized with 1200 Pounds 4-8-10 Fertilizer

 TABLE 6

 CONVERSION TABLE FOR PLANTS PER ACRE


36" rows
Plant
Spacing
36" x 14"
36" x 15"
36" x 16"
36" x 17"
36" x 18"
36" x 19"
36" x 20"
36" x 21"
36" x 22"
36" x 23"
36" x 24"
36" x 25"
36" x 26"


Plants
per
acre
12,517
11,616
10,917
10,225
9,680
9,189
8,747
8,297
7,934
7,562
7,260
6,980
6,691


42" rows
Plant
Spacing
42"x 14"
42" x 15"
42" x 16"
42" x 17"
42" x 18"
42" x 19"
42" x 20"
42" x 21"
42" x 22"
42" x 23"
42" x 24"
42" x 25"
42" x 26"


Plants
per
acre
10,729
9,967
9,367
8,764
8,297
7,877
7,497
7,117
6,806
6,482
6,222
5,983
5,731


48" rows
Plant
Spacing
48" x 14"
48" x 15"
48" x 16"
48" x 17"
48" x 18"
48" x 19"
48" x 20"
48" x 21"
48" x 22"
48" x 23"
48" x 24"
48" x 25"
48" x 26"


Plants
 per
 acre
 9,388
 8,712
 8,187
 7,669
 7,260
 6,892
 6,560
 6,222
 5,950
 5,672
 5,445
 5,235
 5,018


row method of applying the fertilizers which they do by opening
a furrow with a large shovel and then applying the fertilizer and
covering immediately with disc or hillers which makes a small
bed. It has been an observation of the authors that in the
skipping every fifth row method of planting that growers
would profit by cutting down on the fertilizer on the outside
border rows; or possibly increase the number of plants in
order to reduce border effects on the outside rows. The tobacco