Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-06-23

baked. The Maryland system 10 TO ffe
without fuea and ~ben the precauIlon
I'is taken 10 lay pIanks or boards directly
over the 6rss, accidents seldom occur.
Slow fires srekepl up for The fouror,five
dsys after the house is flleo, so Rs TO
give it moderate heat throughout, until
the Tobacco is generally yellow, when
the 6res are raised or increased so as 10
Kill the leaf and stem in forty light
hours or less. When cured on the stalk
as done in Maryland, il can be better
assorted, or the different eualhiss more
readily separated, than when stripped in
the field and cured in the Leaf When
stripping and tying up in bundles, 1t
should be assorted according to the fol
lowing classifcauons: let Fine yellow,
I'd Yellow-3d. Spapgled- 4rh Fine
Red-5th. Good Red 9th. Brown and
, Common.
II is often put up ss il there we're but
two or three quaIileO, hence there lie a
great mixture ofthe several sortsfwhich
is very material disadvantage 10 sci
ling, ss the purchasersge generally Values
it at the price Of the most inferior in the
sample. After stripping, put il in close
bulk, Of two or four courses, and let il so
remain until it loses its green favor,
taking care not 10 lei it heat in bulk +,
then hangit up until it iS perfectly air
dried, or fire it a.second lime as dry as
when first fired; and when the weather
becomes sufficiently damp orgiVing, 10
handle it without breaking the leaf, but
the stem still so dry as TO break in all
in that order take il down and
put it 10 large six course bulks, and put
heavy weights on it TO excude the air.
1t may then be packed al leisure, taking
caFe TO expose it to the air aS little as
possible when packing, and be cautious
also not to pack it in too high cases, so
as to insure it to pass inspection, for fit
should be Stay, that ,s, 10 bad order,
damp, and heated, or likely heat, il
will be heavy Draw back on safes.
1t should be tied up neatly in bundles
about as thick aS a mans thumb, and mol
packed SO hard as 10 bruse it,whlCh
would depFeciate it one to two cents per
pound. About 750 10 500 pounds Of the
fine yellow, or wrsppery leaf red, will
be enough 10 put in a hogshesd - Of the
more common, S5O TO 900 pounds, II
too light, say $50 10 200 pounds, ii a'so
Injuries the sales from rs cents lo$l per
hundred peundS, because to freight and
other charges hence to Europe amount
to'$A tots per hogshead, withou ref-
erence to weigh consequently the ship
per will give betterprice il The weights
are good. 'Quarler packing, without ia
eing, is the best mode
The process for curing uu6red or air
dried Tobacco, is similar 10 the above,
except the firing When so cured it is
more difficult 10 condition, 80 as to make
it keep than such as has been fred, bu
it generally sellS as we'll or better.
The usual size Of an Ohio Tobacco
bogsEead is 50 inches length Of stave, 80
inches diameter Of the heads, and az in
ches diameter Of the bulge, inside clear
ol the slaves
The hogshcadS should be made Of good
materials, we'll hooped, lined and nailed,
and should be marked with the owners
name, and numbered on the heads, and
also on The side across The slaves, be
tween The head and bulge hoops, for The
heads often fall out aud are lost, and it is
then impossible to designate them, which
the marks on the side would generally
obSiate, end in some instances perhaps
prevent ultimate loss.
We think such management, as drec
ted above, would raise the value OF Ohio
Tsbacco fully as high as similar quail.
ties OF Maryland,
Yours respectfully,
JOHN SULLIVAN & SONS.