The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-03-23


PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOB
kfs MARKET. Ia
Extinct from Che Remarks Of JEsssE n. tIUT-
Gibson, Richmond, Val y y = .
\ 10 asserting the Bright Yellow Wrap
per tobacco unless it is oil perfectly
bright, which is seldom the case-it is
best % make Ave classes, long bright, short
bright. long dark. short dark and lugs-
1tshould be stripped and tied up in neat
bundles with smooth heads and not over
eight leaves to any bundle, aud got into
soft and plant order and packed straight.
in tierces. that will weigh six hundred to
seven hundred pounds. The common
kind Of tobacco should be assorted into
three classes long leaf, short leaf and
Tugs; and should, likewise. be tied up into
neat and small bundles, never exceeding
I eight leaves to the bundlc-always select
! ing neat tie leaf that the heads may be
smooth aud nicely tied up; it should then
be hung upin the barn sOthin as to come
to q regular and uniform condition through
the entire house. After It is once perfect
ly dry, you may look out for your CObdi-
ton season. This will frequently occur
when you least expect it-sonstimes un-
der the influence ola warm Eastern or
Southern wind, it will be found to soften.
Whenever it has come sufficiently in order
to press in the hand without breaking the
leaf, (but the stem still dry tw o.thirds Of
tho way down, your tobacco is in safe
pricing order and you must make haste to
secure it in this order, BY packing it in a
broad bulk, 1.-The larger the etter-when
ifweishted and wrapped with straw, it
will await your convenience for pricing
1t is best that your condition bulk should
be slightly elevated and the stalks remoy-
ed. 50 that the air can pass freely under il.
or you may find the bottom courses Affect
cd somewhat by the damppess arising from
the earth; and if it remains long in bulk,
straw should be basted around the heads Of
bundles, which will prevent any appear
ance Of mould. And here we would re-
mind you, is the point at which many
planters fail. and, consequently. are dis
appointed in their expectations, and make
heavy complaints against their commission
merchants, buyers Of tobacco, markets,
&c., while tho fault is with themselves.
Tobacco is by uomeans an exception to
the general laws Of trade in this respect n
A man who tbrusts horse on the market,
in bad condition. or "out,of ORDER" does
not expect more than half price, and is not
usually disappointed. Owing to the pc
culiar nature Of tobacco, there is no point
more essential than PARTICULARLY of the or
der, and keeping each color, size and kind
to itself. The buyer in bidding for hogs
head Of tobacco, is frequently governed
not by what it is worth at the moment, but
what it will probably be worth when he is
ready to use it, two or three months hence,
when-if the order was bad-it will have
materially deprecated in value. The to-
bacco When it comes to the hogshead
should be in safe keeping order-straight
and well assorted as to length aud color;
never put two kinds in the same hogshead,
for nine times out of ten the hogshead will
be sold by the most inferior fake drawn
for the sale-sample; and We have often seen
ono bundle Of inferior tobacco injure the
sale of the hogshead one or two dollars
per cwt. A safe rule in pricing is, for the
planter to expect the most indifferent to-
bacco in the hogshead to turn out the sale
sample, and he will fnd-it safe basis Of
expectation. The hogshead should be
made Of we'll seasoned, sawed pine slaves,
clear of knots, 8. 70 10 inches wide and
( to : thick, A feet long, and the hogs
head to be thirty-eight inches across the
head within the crow. strongly and tight
ly coopered. with 8 good hoops, and there
should be nail in every stave at the bot
tom, for the convenience Of stripping at
the warehouse. Fine tobacco should
rather be very carefully packed and press.
ed than strictly priced. Hogsheads Of
fne manufacturing or stemming tobacco
should not exceed 1000 lbs. in weight
Shipping tobacco and Jugs should be pri-
zed to weigh 14oO to 1900 pounds.