Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

bul when the stems are well killed, should
be taken in the house, and ranged away on
the tier poles as above, and fred in the same
manner, being always careful TO keep up a
moderate lively fire, and not continue it too
long for fear of burning. After the tobacco
is cured, the mist, fog, and drizzing rain
should be kept out OF your tobacco house,
and never suffer your tobacco to mldew or
mould, but should fire it in all long damp
wet weather. When your tobacco is cured,
and you wish 10 commence stripping, you
should permit the tobacco TO come in high
case; have each plant well suspected, pull
ling off the ground leaves with all that is
the least unsound, laying them by Tor
"Trash Hogshead." Have the good, sound,
perfect leaves tied in small nice hands.
Should the stripping season continue one or
two weeks, you should not suffer one hand
Irehung; but when the weather becomes
clear, cold and windy, you will select small
smooth sticks, and re-hang, taking great
care not to suffer one plant to touch anoth-
ter. In this manner your tobacco will all
dry at the same time, straight and in good
order. Should you have commenced re-
hanging while the weather was soft, the re-
suit would have been quite different, one
half of their heads would have crooked
down, and scarcely one hand would have
remained straight, and in this situation-
when the season tor striking down, in prl-
zing order comes, your tobacco must be
come too soft for prizing before you can get
those crooked bundles straight enough 10
bulk.
When your tobacco is all re.hung alter
stripping, and becomes thoroughly dry, the
first time the tobacco becomes soft enough
tor final striking, you will observe and
watch the proper order, for upon this all de.
ponds. AS soon as the tails become suffi-
cicntly soft, and the stems brittle, begin to
!, take down. II the butts are too hard, while
>. the tails are in the light order, take down
} the sticks and lap the tails, while the butts
, are at the same time exposed TO the air.
When the butts become soft enough to bulk,
you will raise a floor Of sIeeperS some dis.
) lance from the ground, laying tobacco sticks
| thereon, very close to each other. Then
bulk down as straight as possible, handling
, but one plant or bundle at time, taking
care not TO break any Of the stems, which
. are yet very hard. Having completed the
i. bulk, you cover it with clean ground leaves
}. only; then weight it, not very heavy until
4 the case goes pretty much through the bulk,
i after which you add very heavy weight, to
: exclude the air if possible. You now have
: your hogshead made from So to SO inches
D within the crows, and from "a TO IS inches
I in length, in a good workmanlike manner,
: of good seasoned timber, which should a.
e ways be gotten out in the winter
: preceding the growing of the crop which II
r is to contain. Each hogshead or cask
! should have at least from TO good hoops
a on, and TO weigh from 10 lbs.
= In these you should prize from 10
! weight OF tobacco. When you commence
! prIzlng you should be very particular 10
4. have your tobacco laid straight in the hogs,
5 head. for, as it is laid in. so 1t will come cut.
i, The packing should De kept even and level.
: With strai ght and even priZing Will insure
e satisfaction to the owner or Inspectors at
j New Orleans or any other port. 1t is also
D necessary, to insure your tobacco 10 pass
e in high credit, that you should have every
-ileaf IN the same hand Of equal length, and
S every hand Of the same hogshead as nearly
o alike as possible. Tobacco of divers kind.
: and Of different colors should not be priced
e in ,he same hogshead:-there are three
/. classes Of Tobacco--First, Second, and< &.
d Ii you would study your interest you would
+ class your tobacco at home, and not mix
5, good and bad IN the same hoFshesd.
!. Hoping that you may profit BY the fore.
;. going remaks,
o remain your obedieut servant,
p WILLIAM WEATHERRED.
d P. S.--A friendly caution to the Plant,
II ers who have been in the habit Of sprink-
ling their Tobacco with water when pr,
j. eng or bulking, especially that which is de
}, nominated Lugs. All such will be con
t demned in future by the New Orleans In,
d spection. W. w.
r TWELVE SQUARES BURNT.-Ioss $4,000
O0O!-The city Of Port au Prince wa
l,braefnned with abstraction bv fire on