Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-01-27
TOBACCO ASsORTING, STRIP.
PING AND FINAL PREPARA-
TION For MARKET.

peflecIly TlSu winch IS seldom
5I91s the csse-It is best TO make Eve
.ss1r1l classes, long bright, short bright
.iqU3 long dark, short dark and lugs.
,dt 1t should be stripped and tied up
lSjEfr inneat bundles with smooth heads
.iin3u and not over eight leaves to any
10 eigg bundle, and got into soft and
plant order and packed straight,
in tlerces that will weigh 600 or
700 lbs. The common kind of
tobacco should be assorted into
SD three classes-long leaf, short leaf
al, and Jugs; and should, likewise, be
aattled up into neat aand small
bundles, never exceeding eight
leaves to the bundle-always Sc
.5itl Letting a neat tie leaf that the
sagis heads may be smooth and nicely
-asE tied up; it should then be hung
bIpow up in the barn so thin as TO come
ai sspto a regular and uniform condition
through the entire house. After it
sidl lis once perfectly dry, you may
.tsIl look out for your condition season.
400 This will frequently occur when
.sqsi you little expect it-sometimes
aIgT under the influence of a warm
mn Eastern or Southern wind, it will
.eIlbs be found to soften. Whenever it
issla has come sufficiently in order to
ad- i1 press in the hand without break
au B ing the leaf, (but the stem still
rsned dry tworthirds OF the way down.
.st.ag your tobacco is in safe prlzing
% order and you must make haste to
glsaY secure it in this order, by packing
.gO it in a broad bulk,-the larger the
brev better-when, if weighed and
tca wrapped with straw, it will await
tsidg your convenience for prizln9, 1t
is best that your condition bulk
should be slightly elevated and
,.rs the stalks removed so that the air
glgia can pass freely under it, or 0
may find the bottom courses affect
,,,e8 ed somewhat by the dampness aris-
al ing from the earth; and if it re-
mains long in bulk, straw should
.rfia be basted around the heads of the
bundles, which will prevent any
o,I.s appearance of mould. And here
sa,s we would remind you, is the point
sgr1 at which many planters fail, and,
Jdvu consequently, are disappointed in
MA their expectations, and make heavy
a complaints against their commits
"a sion merchants, buyers of tobacco,
bi,i.tm markets, DC, while the fault is
with themselves. B Tobacco is by
M no means an exception to the gen
eral laws Of trade III this respect.
"A man who trusts a horse on the
market, in bad condition, or ''out
a'A of ORDER" does not expect more
o5 than half price, and is not usually
-mi disappointed. Owing to the pecu-
DAN liar nature Of tobacco, there is no
point more essential than particu-
4j larity of the order, and keeping
"a each color, size, and kind to itself.
hsh The buyer, in bidding for a hogs
head of tobacco, is frequently
lo. governed-not by what it is worth
eos at the moment, but what it will
. probably be worth when he is
sa. ready to use it, two or three
hl. months hence, when-if the order
ossew was bad-it will have materially
al 4 deprecated In value. The tobacco
ra when ii comes to the hogshead
,a should be in safe keeping order
9na straight and well assorted As to
length and color; never put Two
au kinds in the same hogshead, for
- nine times ont of ten the hogshead
will be sold by the most inferior
flake drawn for the s~ale-sample;
va and we have often seen one
bundle of interior tobacco injure
the sale of the hogshead one or
two dollars per cwt. A safe rule
q ihE prizing is, for the planter to ex-
pect the most Indifferent tobacco
in the hogshcad to turn out the
sale sample, and he will find it a
safe basis of expectation. The
a,l hogshead shonld be made Of well
seasoned, sawed pine slaves, clear
goo of knots, s to 10 inches wide and
6 to I thick, Al feet long, and the
hogshead to be thirty eight inches
across the crow strongly and
tightly coopered, with s good
hoops, and there should be a nail
laa in every stave at the bottom, for
hl the convenience Of stripping at
the warehouse, Fine tobacco
aa should rather be carefully packed
1 and pressed than priced. Hogs
io heads of fine manufacturing or
t'F stemming tobacco should not eX-
"i coed 1000 lbs. In weight. Ship
To ping tabacco and Tugs Should be
laa priced to weigh 1,4O0 to 1900
~" pounds, ',.'
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