Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-11-10

Tobacco that understands thoroughly the
best manner of handling the crop after
it is grown, we give place to the follow
ing very judicious remarks from the Com.
ReUietC.
"After having worked hard and rails
ed good crops Of Tobacco, a great deal
of money has been lost by Farmers from
not properly understanding how it should
be managed after it is ready for the knife
There is no great secret in the cultiva-
ton of Tobacco. Like all other crops,
when planted in due time, in good soil,
well cultivated, and kept clear Of weeds,
worms, and suckers, it will give good
yield; but the difficulty seems to be in
bad management after the crop has been
raised.
"The plant shonld be allowed to stand
in the field as long as possible before cut
ting, so that it may become thoroughly
ripe, and should never be cut immediate
ly after rain if it can possibly be avoided,
as the gum, which is very essential to
good tobacco, is washed off. Great care
should be taken not to bruise or let the
sun burn it after it has been cut. When
the sun is very hot it should only be cut
late in the evening, and when properly
wilted, hung on scafolds, which should be
covered with thin brush so as to keep the
sun from scorChing it. IF the weather
be favorable, it should be allowed to
hang out in the sun until it was well
yellowed, after which it should be taken
to the barns. The barns should be care
fully prepared and the cracks well stop
ped, otherwise the tobacco is apt to mould
and will be exposed all winter to the wind
and rain, which will materially iniure it.
As soon as the tobacco is housed, small
fires should be kept under it until it be-
gins to cure up.
When bright piebald or spangled to-
bacco is desired, such as is used by the
manufacturers for wrappers, it should not
be allowed to cure up slow enough to lose
the yellow color, but when it is half cur
ed, heavy fires should be kept up until
the process is completed, which will re-
quire some two or three weeks. 1t now
requires no more attention, unlessa damp
spell of weather should occur, when small
fires should be kept under it to KEEP it from
moulding. When the leaf can be cured
and the bright color retained without fire
it is much more durable, but this can sell
dom be done in the Northern States, ex-
cept during a very dry autumn. when the
plant can almost be cured by the sun, on
the scafold but when it has to be taken
in out of the rain, which is almost always
the.case, the desered result cannot be OBJ
tanned without the aid of artificial heat.
The above applies more particularly to
the Green River country than to some
other parts Of Kentucky. In the coun-
ties bordering on the Kentucky River,
the soil is not so well adapted TO manu-.
featuring leaf. The tobacco of this lat
ter region is used almost exclusively for
cutting purposes, for which the piebald or
spangled is not required. This tobacco,
almost devoid Of gum, may be cured Of
bright red color in good barns, without
the aid Of fire. This makes a very de-
sirable tobacco for cutting.
After the tobacco is well cured, il
should be stripped out as early as possi-
bic, and great pains should be taken to
assort it properly. When the crop is
large enough 10 make three sorts, the i'm
perfect leaves should be carefully picked
out to make lugs, the short ones for sec
onds, leaving none but the best for good
It should now be tied in small hands and
bulked down straight and nice, covered
up well with straw or fodder, and weigh
ed down properly. When the proper
season arrives hang it up in the barn and
let it get thoroughly dry, and take advan.
tage of the first warm, gentle rain thai
softens it, to take it down, as it is diff.
cult to do so without iniuring it when it j.
100 dry Too much care, however, can
not be taken at this time, as half of las
seasons crop was damaged from one t.
FIVE dollars per 100 lbs, from having beer
priced too wet.
Have the casks make Of good season
ed timber Tobacco is often damaged tel
times the price Of a good cask, by being
put up in green ones. Have your cask
of medium size. In prizing fine piebalc
manufacturing leaf, put from 1000 Il
200 lbs. in a cask. 1t operates pretti
er and will bring more money ihhan whel
pressed hard and matted together. Ricl
shipping leaf you should put from / ,50l
to 1,S00 lbs. in hogshead, and of rich
heavy lugs, from 1,S00t 1900. In pri
zing cutting leaf, such as is put up il
the region of the Kentucky River, thl
casks Of good tobacco should weigh from
1,200 to 500 lbs, and light, chafy lug
not more than 1900 to 100 lbs. Il
all cases try and have all tobacco that
: in hogshead uniform and Of the samr
quality. color and length (this is yer,
importantly and pack it carefully an
straight. Nothings pays the farmer bet
, ter than taking pains in handling his to
bacco. If he could be about the ware
! houses and see the difference IN the con
, dition of different packages of the sam
qualities of the weed when offered fq
sale, he would cease to wonder at III
wide range Of prices which are obtaine
for similBr grades.
The Western Farmer and 11ardenc
says that the reaeo- - ~. Lilo h,