The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-09-26
CURING DARK TOBACCO o.

Curing dark tobacco requires tho exer.
SHOULD be housed ifum lie fold immediate
b after cutting. Alter hanging in the
barn from twelve - twenty -folr hours,
commence slow iirss. which continue about
ono day aud night Or iong enough 10 dry
Oh the sweat, when yellow spots Legiu u
show on the leaf. Then increase the Fir.
ing, 2u. ii tie logs and make the barn 81
hot for two days and nights that man
cant stay III il, or IN othcr words, keep up
heavy firing until tie tobacco il thoroughly
cGrcd. iSe careful not to crowd the To-
ilacco 50 close thu, the heat or steam eau.
not pass through aud dry OF the sweat in
the beginning, IN which ease the tobacco
will thlckcn nni get into strut. and like.
~ e-buru and cure greeu, liieisSs
color. If Of large Leaf, good substance,
small stem and fine ibre il makes beau
t;fal biack wrapper, aud will command the
highest market price. Mr q. ". Jessup.
vino is Que Of the finest tobacco growers il
Todd county, says be has found from long
experience that rich dark color is more
easily cured wheu the tobacco is cut about
half ripe and wbon just beginning to grain.
In tue gear 1874. when tho crop was very
,a,o. be cut few days after toPping-be-
fgro tho suckers were fully Quito save
the crop from frost. The leaves, when
cured, were about ten 10 twelve inches long,
aud altogether carei nice, dark color
flo thoughtit worthless, and offered 10 take
$500 per hundred for il. When Mr.. VIM
Turnley advised him to wait, and lie sub,
scqucnlly received Sl7.c0 for il on tho
board.
Bright wrapper is the most difficult Of
sll classes 70 cure The slightest mistake
Or neglect spoils tic color AMI renders the
tobacco less desirable ihan the dark. There
j. no particular ralo By which success i.
certain 10 follow. As IN tho other case, il
requires the exercise Of good Judgment, q
knogledgG Of the character 81 tobacco snit,
ablo FOR making brigL. wrappers. Mr.. W.
II. Rudolph. Of Clarksville. has had great.
er success ID ibis speciality than any otbcr
planter in our district. lie finds that to-
bacco grown upon thin soil, long maturing.
Of tough nature and yelIoWish cas-, 10 the
field j. the most suitable for bright wrap
per. Ills plan il 70 cnt WHOM half ripe
aud commence very slow fires about twenty
four hours after hanging up. Continue one
beai-something ike chip fires, barely O.
Rough 10 warn the barn-for Que day aud
hight, until bright yellow spots come vi il.
thea gradually Increase tho fires until CON-
pletely cured. Il is best - have Their
mUmetcr ID tho barn that tie increase or
beat may be correctly observed 1.-THE
fires should 30 rushed TO drying hoas 1T
any stage u .be process before the grocn all
disappears from the leaf the tobacco will
be All full u green splotcbes. II the Gres
are allowed 70 die ont before the process is
completed. The result will 10 red aud yell
low Or pie.bald color, ii either case
failure We have no doubt, from the aan,
dy character ~ tic soil that West TeEnes.
SEQ Is well adapted to this class Of tobacco.
and also believe that tho country south Of
Springfield ii Robertson would. II properly
managed. produce the finest quality Of
bright wrapper. worth from 30 cents u 81
per pound. --Cldrksciile 7OL4Iceo Lelf.