The Queen of the Colonies Or Queensland As I Knew It
The Queen of the Colonies Or Queensland As I Knew It
Francis Penrose
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This dissatisfied them, and, cotton and sugar at that time beginning to attract attention, very few have done much in this crop since. A few manufacturers still obtain enough of the leaf to carry on business, but the industry is by no means in the position it should be. According CLIMATE AND CROPS. 203 to all aecounts we have gathered and from the experiments we have ourselves made, the growth of tobacco will pay- better to the small capitalist than any other crop. The dried leaf will sell read...ily at 1*. Per pound if well cured, at which rate the return per acre would not with a fair crop fall short of 10/. And might reach half as much more. There is, howevei', considerable labour attendant on this crop. In its early stages the plant is treated very simi- larly to the cabbage, and there is no more trouble with it. Subsequently the plants have all to be examined daily to remove any grubs, which would otherwise destroy the leaves, and also when the proper quantity of leaves, eight to ten, are developed, to pinch off all shoots as they come out.
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