Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-11
Remarks Oh the Growth Gull
turc and General Manage
ment of
II Q B A Q GO.
Tho Cutting, Housing and Cur.
il of the crop.

InO cutting, housing ana Cur.
l.. z of the crop.
The plant should never he cut until 1t
Is fully ripe, viii III IS generally shown
10y yellow spots on the leaf An uner-
ring sigu OF ITS readiness for the knife
is shown hy taking the leaf betwe, n
the thumb and fore finger, and if /,
breaks upon Lressure II H. Il certain in
dicutlon ut its perfect maturity. Ripe
tobacco is twice As sweet, double tie
weight, and always commands u far
higher price than the green article
There il as much difference between
ripe and green tobacco, rs there is
between ripe aud green apple or
peach-just HI much ~ in the flavor or
taste OF green and ripe watcrm, lon =,
and here the judgment mast govern
the action. Tobacco should never be
cut whilst wet with dew or ram. if We
IL sire it 10 cure T., ably and well.
We will suppose. then, that the leaf
has ripeaed uniformly and we'll. The
hruad AID seeming ruillrd crisp and
deeply notified leaves, seem, with
genuine abandon to WOO the Halter ing
embraces of SeptcnhCr's sun. The
dreary laZlneSs OF the atmosphere, the
deep blue clouds which anon hIde the
run from view, the first ihint ming
ling OF autumln's own yellow with the
green Of far-Sprnt summer, admOnish
tEe planter that he must soon enter
upon tie closing scenes of his years
labor The barus ARE all ready. well
Chnked, closely daubed with. clay auu
made perfectly tight. AbHndauce ut
good. seasoned oak or hickory wood is
at the door, or the charcoal secure v
Il Ion l,..,
the faithful labprers of the farm, eager
for the fray. with eXuIting andglIslen-
ing blades, open the ball. The pc ut
ed end of an old scyihe blade WIKI u
handle attached, makes the best knife,
and when thrsturdy and truSty foreman
uf the c,ew lays his resOlute hold upon
such an implement, the INSPIRATION OF
the moment will spread among his
comrades; while the deep, rich cry OF
the opening stalk is music to the plan
ter's ear. Aud here We would remark
that tobacco should he cut as soon as
ripe; il must be borne in mud that
each after il viii do to house, IL Is neces-
| sarIly subjected to the CASUALTIES of
| the Weather--huil. wind and frost, or,
| that most destructive of all ailments,
| the spot. This very often originates
in violent wind and rain. The leaves
are bruised by the wiud-the bruised
| spots, when healthy development
! ceases, will rot, aud the habit thus es-
| tablished, continues In effect the whole
! plant. When IL first make its appear
ance the bet think to he done, is To
cut II Immediately, for you may rest
assured that all improvement is at an
! end. In cutting he careful to split
each stalk in the centre aud as low
! down as possible. not to allow complete
/ separation. then sever the stalk HS
near the bottom leaf AS you can and
! put the plant gently to one side with
base of the plant towards the sun, and
! proceed with the cutting as rapidly
| possible. The plant should he I'M
mrdtatcly convened Ia the barn while
they are yet still. DO not delay think.
! ing they will break less and admit of
! being hauled in larger loads, DC, hy
! being allowed To wit. This is u dan
! gerous practice and must not br allow
! ed. II we could we would always fol-
! low after the cutter with stick in
! hand, hang aud convey to the barn
| 10y had, hoist AID regulate. II the
tobacco should tie large q 10 8 plants
| equal distance on the stick. Medium
! size 10 to the stick, and placed on the
he observed in placing the sticks on
! the tier pole, that the end of the stick
| is at leass 3 inches on the pole, To pre-
! vent the stick falling during the pro-
! cess of iireing, as many II planter has
seen his barn burnt by neglect OF this,
| the stick falling when the fires WEI Z
at their height, aud the tobacco beng
! dry would ignite like powder, aud al
4 once communicate the flames To the
whole building Having filled the
| harms, string the leaves which may
been broken from the stalks and have
! the floor properly swept When this
il done, II IL be large strong lot land
tobacco, suited only for shipping pur-
poses, there IL but little Difficulty ia
it, curing. Let il hang until ii shows
disposition 10 turn yellow, which
will usually take place I'm about three
days, when fires may be raised under
it, keeping them quite SMALL at first,
when the tails of the tobacco begin "a
rattle, raise The fires gradually as nigh
~ may he done with safety, and keep
them SO. until the leaf aud stem ale
perfectly cured, which is easily ascer
tained hy the appearance Of the STEM,
which becomes dry and hard. lttakes
from eight to ten days, and SOM times
longer to cure tObaccO ehertually, 'ut
If the tOhacrO Toe grown on new land
we'll ripened ana suitable far manu-
featuring purposes, il should b cured
without FIRE, or nc all events without