Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-05-31
MOSELEY BAKER.
Interesting 20 the l olacco Pfamycr.

81 Viii suD9e -lber has discovered a new system
M or modes of proceeiiue for curing or driving of
tobacco, which has been secured to INN by ettrrs
paten:, and the right 10 use which he now proposes
10 sell, through his AGENTS u the tobacco planters
OF the I. States, on the following erms Every
planter whose crop shall exceed ten thousand
pounds, Will be entitled to the privilege of applying
9>e system without limit ofnme alter paying, or
s<srng to any OF my agents twenty dollars; those
whose crops shall be less after PAYING. or secur-
Inc III like manner,trn dollars Ey.rY planter v no
purchases aPryllego will receive an Essay which
Is placed under a copy righD upon the rufn., r,n
aSemcnt and cultivation of tooaeco, intended as a
guide for the application ofthc system This Es-
say extends 10 sixty octave pages. Dr. Thonlus
!. Jones' OF " ,"hhSten City, professor of che
m'aiy IN the oo.4nioan College John II f.us-
taco, OF the city OF Richmond, Va; J D. Towaes,
o' fetefSourg, "a. lloleombc and ryree, OF
Lynch9arg, Va andCapt. Henry EdrnonIs, Of
'.alf'l1 county V arr authorized agents, ard
~lap,rnutany gentleman tn examine the System
'r e51ay. vino may wish 10 judge Of It's utility, or
Propfloty Of ado, tu., II. 0tncr agencies will
be established IA du, Tine, particularly i'm tie toba,-
co markets o. the Western States d. aamas
p. Jones - authorized to appoint ageus N the
States Of Maryland and Ohio
fhe system Was deduced from a scres of long
continued experiments the different quantities Of
beat, or ranges of temperature, which dried or
urcd my last three crops, with the various effects
upon the different descriptions Of tobacco were &c
clracly registered The particular state of the to-
bacco at the time 1t was cut the period from The
cutting until the hoat was applied the effect ofhr sun
& atmosphere DURING that per.od,lhe dampn,ss and
temperature Of the weather generally the particular
a. fg tobacco IA bp tb,b ,,t
the effect ofthe atmosphere upon II wals, IT, PRO
cess was in operation, and the yarloa5 ,.fc,s Of IN
atmosphere and oiner agents upon IN properties o.
the toblc amer 1t %as u"led, ia buih ar III Ag.,-
head with numerous other incidents. Wtsc us.
accurately registered This register is retained and
will be hereafter appended TO the Essay, If circum-
stances shall ranspre 10 render 1t necessary In
conducting those eXpcTlmsn wide latitude wa.
given 10 them; but tIule egard was paid to the
aggregate value OF the cropi my great and leading
objects were 10 produce all the Elects upon the TO-
slco, Or place Il IN all the various states Of which
b. ~aS susceptible and to ascertain accurately the
various causes agents or circumstances, which pro
'1eed tho@" effects ~ how to create and control
them. twas my Wishto rest emeritso of any system
winch might deduce from the experiments, upon
a thorough knowledge ofthosc causes and effects
and not upon the price which the tobacco might
command IN the market. Circumstances might
occur incidentally OF otherwise which would cause
crop to sell for moro, perhaps less, than its rcal
value but poRe can occur to arrest the operation Of
conrollabe agents, or causes, IN producing their
legitimate effects. Those perts ofthc crops, how.
ever, to which the system was applied, were made
Of superior quality. This assertion, as we'll as the
successful application of the system other crops
when 1t was IN the hands ofthose who clearly UNI
derstood and properly applied it, could be easily Is
tahllshed, by the most lrretraSble testimony. i
could also, II chose, introduce rccommendatory o
pnons OF gentlemen of high standing and inte-
geacc, and other evidence TO show TINT the sys
tenn is It successful exposition of the subject .nbra
ced-sueh aids, however, viii not bc resorted to-
The SYSTEM placed, as all subjects OF any ulpor
lance SHOULD be, before an intelligent community
upon its own merits and unless it can be thus sus
tanned under the rigid scrutiny Of such a community
II ought, aud am perfectly willing it should re-
cleye It's marked disapprobation.
The subscriber has recently removed from Hall
fax Court House, Va, and his address hereafter
viii be iopkinSvlllc, Christian county, State OF
Kentucky ID. G. TUCK.
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