The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-03
Gobaffo department.
Curing Of Fine Yellow and
Shipping Tobacco From the
Plant Bed to Market,
BY MAJ. ROBERT J. RAGLAND.
1Confnued from last ueek

[Confinuei from last ueek4J
After curing. As soon a. the tobacco
: Is sufficiently soft ~ move 1t ahouldt bt
run up into the roof OF the barn, anc
crowded close. II warm, rainy OF DAMP
seasons occur soon after, dry = the TO.
bacco with fires. commencing witt
small fires. rs when curing. and gradu-
ally raise them till the tobacco Is wei
dried. II i important To attend strictly
u this for if Your tobacco i cured yell
ioW it viii not remain ~. If soon after
curing. ii i suffered 10 get IN too high
order: that is, absorb too much mos,
ture. When ready Ia strip, 1t should
be assorted well. the several grades put
together. making about three grade, OF
leaf and two 81 Tugs. Tie III neat bund-
les five or six leaves OF leaf and eight
to To ten Tugs. Place twenty-five
bundles on the stick and strike down as
soon as stripped. mes III too nigh or
der.
But it i not safe to permit tobacco
thus struck down Ill winter order. tore
lnain down longer than the first ofJune.
Watch 1t closely to preserve from injury.
1t Is better 10 market IN winter order
than to hang up it the barn to dry Out
and be 'rcordcrel, for tobacco once
| buIked down and then hung up in a.
barn again, loses that sweet mellow TIA
| yor, so desirable and never I~e-ainS it
when priced,
Pack neatly in ~tierces half hogs
heads making the best and most econo-
mical.t to weigh from four hundred to
five hundred pounds net. Take care
that the tobacco be pressed, 80 a. To
stick together, OF be bruised, and let
| each ticrce be filel with tobacco uni
form III color, length and quantity. Ii
your tobacco is fine, sound and nicely
handed, YOU il have the satisfaction 81
getting at the least 4 ~remunerating
price for it although poor and nondes
clipt stock may be selling Ion less than
cost OF production. The world is now
full OF low grade OF tobacco. We must
plant less surface, manure heavier, ana
cultivate and manage better ii We would |
get better prices.
There are other classes Of tobacco
grown produced OF different soils and
by different nia2lagement-Sun cured. |
sweet fl!eIs amt shipping"
. SWEET FILTERS.
10 produce III perfection this class OF
tobacco Il mellow upland sol! IS indi>-
pelSibLe, The same general rules foyal
preparation for this class should he
male as Tor br1ghts, except that richer
soil OF more manure IS necessary to Sc
cuIe 4 full crop OF fine quality.
W hat constitutes the main difference
IN the production OF Briehts and Sweet
Filters lsthe different mode Of curing.
Nothing economies labor So much al
this state Of the crop as to havean
abundance Of scatlold room ready made
and al abundance also ct well venti!at-
ed house room. For sun curing tohac.
co, the house should be set east and
west, and made any length YOU wish.
Tho scaffold, should be on the south |.
SIDE, 4 adjoining the house 50 that
the TOBACCO, While curing, and when
necessary to dc, 50, can be readily trans
terred from one to the other.
rs uniformity Of SIZE, color and kind !!
has always. been desirable, and nov =
!n44re recently urged by the buyers, Sci !.
iefs and inspectors OF the Richmond !
ln4Iket would advise t~ieid-sortine )
n diplcklng while clitting. | have par
tlaiil adopted this plan for several years. p,
ana found that ]. facilitates and lesson, {
- lapol "a ooitihs t"hhe stripping :
'eisj lIaIeI4aiiF' '# !
IL al are crop there VIII be found =.
! great many rough course, early MA
.pref, and somewhat wasted plauts. {
'ieli pe cut and kept TO themsel- (,
vi n''ol day, a cutting Of the :
ipol', seiioNe1' siilootiicst ana largest J
,l",is.o itaA De made And AGAIN, !
mother cutting 81 coarse green I'm col