Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-02-20

The tobacco shed should be "a feet wide.
with posts II feet above ground. This will
givcyiirss tiers 7ofC poies. The poles arc 2
feet long, and are laid in tiers five feet apart,
and from 10 to 1S inches from center to Gen.
ter. The shed should be closely boarded to
prevent snow driving in and to keep the to-
bacco from ffctting by being blown about by
tho wind. Every third o., fourth board should
be % hung us to open TO allow free circu
lation of air; these boards should be opened
while tho .tohaccotA drying onthe sid. oppo-
site to the wind.
The plants are hung npon these poles; if
larae28 to IS on q pole; if small more can
be hung. II there is no floor to the shed
the lower tier II plants shoull be full two
feasfrqmths ground, and ithe whole should
be hung in such manner as to secure
thorough draft Of air about every plant. NJ
'IfsTSt AvorisfK MODS tl[kf11s-
Fcrthosc who cultivate but little, the fol
lowipg XPlaHwhieh'is practiccd in Ohio to
some extent, may be found the most econon-
icaL especially where room is limited. tits
to StFip The ledf ffom the stalk loosely at the
tou,ndr running, the hand to the bottom,
which really does the work. When this is
done me leaves are carried to the room Or
hoasensed for the. purpose, where they are
strung upon sticks about four feet long as
follows: Thesstick, which is blunt at one
end is inserted firmly in an augcr hole made
in log OF heavy block OF wood; to the in
serted end is tied a strong piece OF Irvine
close up 10 the block the string to be about
two feet longer than the stick, with long
needle fastened to the detached end the
leaves are then taken separately and the
natile put through the butt end Of each leaf
which is run upsn the string up to the end
of the stick inserted in the block; as they
are run nm, the leaves are alternately thrown
on each side Of The stick, every other one or
two occupying different sides, thus balancing
each other. The stick. being filled the nee
die eud q the stHug is fastened to the other
end az the stick. Care should be taken to
pd{ ~ more leaves on the string aidstick,
nee ont SO close, as to prevent the air, circu-
hating freely among the leaves when hung
nm to cure. These sticks are then placed
upon poles IN the drying house, and man.
aged very asifnitar TO the mode described
above. This plan cures the tobacco the
quickest. ..
We now resume the Connecticut plan -
Thest0haseo is.left bangipg until the3s is
ctseA s,fficiertiy to break when it is dry
ThAns on. some damp day, when the leaf is
Timber enough to hahtlle without breaking,
it is taken down and laid in piles, the butts
out, until it answers to, strip. ~ s.e II al
A person, who should be good judge,
t6H ~ piaik And strips from the poorer
portion Of the leaves, such as will only an
s3FNr fffllefs t.ien are taken off the par
tially damaged leaves, those that are ragged
or little sunburnt, those near the ground
that are of inferior quality as to texture and
color and the top leaves that are not fully
nltNraF These MAKE inferior, wrappers.-
The remaining leaves are all first class wrap
Tho practice Of making three grades is by
no means universal; many cultivators mere
" select the portion that will answer for FL
lers, and call the rest Wrappers. The best
price IS undoubtedly obtained for closely Sc
i&tydQtovhecby The stalks are housed till
Spring when they are used for manure.
sExch kind or 9cbacto is carefully and sep
arately packed as soon afterit is taken down
MS possible. fit ferments while it lies loose
it "sweats imperfsctly. 1t is opened and
cooled after fermentation commences, before
it;scanpletsyit becomes tender and com.
psratiysiJ wufthlsss. SThs wrappers are
psgkeS sle9eN in hands hands. So. some g.
otffef fidSibef Of ieaSes are tied together at
the butts it is called 'hand.D Care is ia
ken that the leaves lie even and straight
The filters are packed closely to prevent the
Af5r0ad psssing thlough:
After whiting, draw to the house, which
s66dldf be txenty four feet wide, fifteen feet
higlAs6 asto haye three tiers, one above the
OTHER. A building Of this width and height,
thirty five feet long, will store an acre or one
ton Of tobacco. The grts on the side of the
building should be Eve feet apart; row of
posts through the middle is necessary to put
sifts III, to hold the poles that the plants are
tied to. The best poles arc made of bass
wood sawed ono and . half by four inches,
and twelve feet long. r sa
y Tie plants are handed to q man who, stand
ise.on movable platform made BY light
plank, receives them, and beginning at the
upper. tier he winds . piece Of prepared
Irvine aroiiad asstalk, = fastening the first
plant to the pele;s the second plant is placed
on the other side Of the pole, and single
torn Is made around the stalk; then again
the third stalk is put upon the same side Of
the first, the twinc passed around, and the
next On NE other side, and SO on to the end
Of the pole, where the twine is made fast
About thirty essthirty- six are hung on pole,
one-half on each side. II this Irvine gives
way il is manifest that they will be letloosc.
The poles are. put on the girts about fourteen
inches apart. In this way the whole build
ing is filled. Skill is now demanded to reg.
ulatc the ventilation until the crop is cured
which is dctermined by. examining the stem
In the leaf, which should be hard up to the
Ia8b&kS ahtn in dsup weather the to
% Co can 0S taken down and laid in piles
with thertips together to keep it from drying
and to secure this cover with boards. The
next tiisng Is the removal of the leaves from
the stalks, taking this time to separate the
broken leaves from the unbroken ones
They are then ,1ade into parcels of s'xtee7
orkikAAesh, called hands" and are fastene
~ winding 1eaf around them. Pile these
bands tips on tips, the square ends OUT