Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-23
From, The Farmers Register.
TOBACCO CULTURE.-No. /.
Stripping and prtSsiRe.

Stripping and pressing being the subject of my
fourth namLcr already too long delay'd) tie re
marks thereon viii conclude The practical part of
the subject As soon rs tobacco is thoroughly cultd
By fire. it should be taken down, and removed 10
the pressing house which should ne Kept store
House) and crowded away on the ter poles aS
c0,e as possible, 10 prevent rs sstilnS IN " high
auI,h as tobacco loses ID wright, and changes CO.
lor, every time it gets very high. Is soon as the
pressing house is filled, other houses should be set
part for the same purpose, Until the whole crop is
slowed away. Tobacco thus crowded away, is in
much better condition tn IN when hanging open, or
bukea down; f1r rc'nins tive color an substance
which. il nal when cdre', ami IS no, liable to &C
q1ire a sou, smell, which is very OF IN tie conse.
qncnce Of carry bllking.
When there comes season for stripping, the 10.
bacco on the lowest tiers viii be in order, which
should be taken down and bulkcd anil then there
will be room 10 open that above which when il
in Order should in like m amer be taken and
81 on, until he Whole crop Is gene through Tobao-
co should not be taken down In very high order TO
strip, as II will be impossible 10 strip much ow-
ING 10 the difficulty in pulling the lie off of the
stalks and it will be imp siibe also to get the dirt
Ofofii, which should always be done before il is
taAcd down or tlse ii never be as ctlcctualIy
Importance, particularly in the management Of a
dirty crop
In Stripping, the tobacco should lie carefully as
soI!cd into at least three classes wit long, short
and Tugs. have usually divided II in four classes
the fourth being simply a SEPARATION of the bright
rom the dak The FIST and second qualities
should beEicd up in neat bundles Of about SIX CT
eight leaves all being nearly Of the same length
Inc Tugs can be lied INTO much lar bundles.
As the tobacco Is stripped, i, shopld be bulkei
down, until sufhcIency is procured to commence
NtSsng, when Il should be rel hung in uniform aud
open order, aud Suffered to remain until ges tno-
roughly dry, leaf and stem, and then the frs, time II
comes IN older 10 be handled without much break.
ing, II should be taken down and ne.iIy bulked, and
heavily weighted.
loo much caution cannot be used about the or
DER IN Which tobacco is taken Own for pressing
Experience has tau9h ne that no season is 10 be
tehed Oh bet" cen the months Of November and
ApTi, unless the wind is from the south or south
west. No matter how fine the order may appear to
DC, the Wind is from the northeast oI tie north
west, let 1t alone, for it will certoinly prove too
hish when II Is opened in market If any one
'hins is more essential than other in the man
asemen Of tobacco il is dry order. ! have almost
invariably pressed my tobacco dry as TO make it
necessary 10 steam it little over fl immediately
seose handing it into the hogshead in order that Il
.eay be packed without breukng and never had
shogshead that was said 10 be too d,y when open
Cd in market
The casks should be made of well seasoned
waves, about three fourlhs of inch in thickness,
a"d should be thirty ght inches in diameter across
uE hcads, and ffty-four inches in length made
"'a''y straight. The mode of packing the tobacco
!" vac casksis so well understood and so universal
9'oe same, that il is deemed unnecessary 10 give
s"hute description of it, TIE simplest and most
'..'e"ieh' machines fer pressing, arc those that,
Wy VIC. Ked with lever. The beam should not be
s so,e man twenty-five feet long, and the lever is
' ao'Aea IN permanent sword that passes through
MVehd OF IT, Three hands can press two hogshcads
%'0u' or hive days. which should each weigh about
'H r' hundred ponds net
-n.se views on The subject of tobacco culture,
%ssuoni'ted with great dffdtnce 10 the intelligent
r'.'e's OF Virginia and should they fail 10 sug.
my shins new OF v,lJabc, may bc the means
n,., "."'g information from others, much more Gu
rssas 'nah myself to give instruction in this, the
u'' intricate and laoorous of all our agricultural
r,a uS' The effect of tobacco culture on the az
cultural interest of Virginia. will form the sublec,
o,o,, 5 "s@' number, and will complete the series
'1 III 'he commencement.
a. No 5
''' eDee'S Of the Tobacco crop on The dgrleuI
t@Tal interests of Vireinie.
wv" Inc earliest history OF this country to The
,oD ''n moment the tobacco crop has been one Of
h, s'aoe interest," not only to individuals, but to
Pro- ~,''uhl'y at large; and although it has been
hS IT,. source OF wealth to this community, and to
Of vis,' o'a'es IN general, in COMMERCIAL point
wv " mas done more to blight aud imroverlSh