Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-11-19
A FEW REMARKS ON foBAooo.


Some five years since, when we opened
our house here, we addressed to our friends
in the Tobacco region Circular, contain
ing instructions for the proper preRara-
tions of tobacco for this market. With!
few exceptions, however the results we
aimed at seem az far off as ever !, little or
no improvement in the management being
discernable. The two great errors com
mitted are insufficient drying and TOO hard
prizing; and these are more particularly
Objectionable in light leaf used by our
home manufacturers, and known as Gut
ting Tobacco.
For this trade we want a light, bright
leaf cured well by hanging--not by ire.
The smell of smoke spoils it. Hard pri-
zing, causing the tobacco to cake, spoils it..
Dark color, and funky flavor, arising from
soft condition, spoils it. As the tobacco
must FIRST be stemmed, all small, narrow,
unstemmable leaves are an objection.
AS most of the light tobacco raised in
Kentucky is used for this purpose, either
in this country or Europe, it is surely
worth while to have it properly prepared
yet for one proper hid. we receive twenty
lil1b are tlIn6T HI6u w QCdtH, "a RACbNJ PAS-
bald leaf, perhaps suitable for wrapper
to manufactured tobacco, and saleable in
st. Louis or Louisville, but totally Insult
ed for cutting-or dark color, bad favor,
and hard priced, from being put up too
soft and priced too hard--or half bright
and half black-part caky and part free
some long and some short-stemable leaves
and small ones, and Tugs mixed together.
As we understand the present crop is
both large and fine one, we hope our
friends Especially on the Ohio and Green
Rivers will endeavor to put it up prop
erly
/. Select, and prize the various kinds
together-the ripe tobacco--the unripe
worm eaten, and other inferior grades
and the Tugs. The same lengths, colors
and quality in one hid.
2. Dry it WE'LL IF you have not suffi-
cient room, we advise you to prize your
Tugs and commend leaf, and ship them off
resefving your hangroom for your good
leaf This is great point. Tobacco will
neither retain its color nor flavor unless
very dry. Many lots, shipped to us from
New Orleans and interior markets this
summer, changed their character complete
ly, so that no one would suspect it was the
same tobacco by comparing the original
and New York samples-the former being
bright and sweet, and the latter dark and
sour. Our factory died lots, on the con-
trary, have retained their original color
and flavor, and would do so for years. Il
the tobacco is gummy, additional hanging
is also necessary, by which and the chang
es of weather, it parts with its sickness
and is easier to cut.
3. Prize straight and lightly. About
], 200 lbs. nett is proper weight for hid
we think every 100 lbs over this dimin
ishes its value. The leaves should shake
asunder readily when drawn from the hhd
and showing the requisites of gooG
cutting hid, being bright, sweet, leafy
and free, you could scold your commission
merchant, with show of justice, if he did
not get fine price for fine article. We
have, however, been amused at the high
opinion our friends have expressed of theil
shipments, from which we have in vair
endeavored to keep the mould by the in
cessant use of shoe brush.
Heavy shipping leaf does not require
the same care in drying, but we think {
little more attention in this respect nigh
be advantageous. From some cause thu
demand for Blackfat tobacco has greatly
diminished, and shippers take lighter
article We do not suppose they object t.
the natural richness of the tobacco, but t.
the artifcidl-caused by soft condition
and hard prizing, bruising and blackeniua
the leaf We think it would be best tc
leave the tobacco to its natural color, anC
reduce the weight of the hid, to 100 lbs
as maximum. A gentleman, just from
Bremen, informs us that bruised, black
ened leaf-a ton to hhd.-is not as wei
liked now as formerly-and that is an i'm
portant market for it. In this quality
uniformity of length, neat tying in small
hands, and straight prizing are great re
concentrations.
We shall be happy to give you any far
Their information you may desire.
Respectfully,
OIyUunu WATT AnE A. IN