The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-04
LIE sELEornon AND oURTNq az
TOBACCO.
Lynchhurg News.

We meet one farmer who is de-
lighted with his Gales. and another
Who is enraged. and both are attribu-
ling their sales to wrong causes
each. perhaps, is giving the praise
or blame to the buyer, or the CON-
merchant. or 10 the ware
house, when sometimes and most
often, both results are accidental
and are attributable to the curing.
Planters do not study their business
as they should many read nothing
on the subject. nor do they make
and take accurate account of expert
ments, nor do they study the charac-
ter of their soil, aud test by expert
ment the nature of its productions.
We try to give our readers the bene-
fit of all experiments we see in to.
bacco, and of all the information we
can get from every source. We now
copy a sensible and, we think, rella'
BILE article on this subject, from the
Petersburg Inde1 appeal, and while
our section is different in soil and
climate from lower and Southern
Virginia, yet the careful study OF
this biece will add to almost any
planters stock of information.
The Inden- appeal says: cit is
highly important to a person under
taking any business TO have def
mite idea of what his work is to be,
and what he hopes 10 accomplish.
We fear this is not always the case
with farmers. especially on the sub
iect of tobacco. In regard to this
crop, we wish to gain your attention
to ttoo points in particular.
"The first is, if you have land OF
the strength and quality to grow
rich, thick, black shipping tobacco
or fine black wrappers, then grow
that kind as a speciality, and cure IN
the old way by firing. knowing
what kind Of tobacco your land will
grow best, you should grow that,
and bend every effort and make use
of every device and appliance known
to you to produce a superior staple.
''The second is, if your land is the
kind to produce thin red or light
colony tobacco, suitable for manu-
featuring purposes for home consun9p-
ton, then make that kind your spe-
cialty-but do not cure it by fire, but
by air alone. To cure this kind OF
tobacco by firing ruins it for the pur'
poses for which our manufacturers
wish to use it, and makes the chew
strong and bitter.
These two points in regard to
what your land is adapted to grow
must not be overlooked, for upon
their observance depends your sue
cess as a pIanter-and if you have
not yet decided the matter in the
most thorough and satisfactory man.
ner, we advise you to do so the pres
ent season by experimenting with
both kinds. If our planters will
grow the right variety and cure 1t
properly, they have here at home as
fine markets for both kinds. as there
are in this country, And this leads
us to third suggestion of almost as
much Importance as the first two,
namely: Tobacco of both kinds
must be cured and brought to mar
ket entirely free of dirt or sand.
This is one of the worst faults OF
Virginia tobacco, aud one of the
causes of the low prices our planters
have been getting for the past few
years. In handling your tobacco
avoid as much as possible getting
grit upon it. The grit cannot be en-
tirely removed in the process OF
manufacture, and it makes it very
Objectionable as a chew.
Another mistake with farmers has
been the curing Of their tobacco with
fire, instead of with the air alone.
Firing it renders this sort unsuitable
for the purpose to which the manu-
facturer wishes to put it, which is a
fine mellow chew for a certain class
of custom. The difficulty of obtain
ing this class of tobacco from our
planters has obliged the manufactur-
ers here to send West for it, and
will doubtless surprise many to be
told, what is actually true, that at
least six million pounds of this varie-
ty was brought here at great ex-
pense during the past year and manu-
featured. In addition to that manu-
featured here, Richmond, also takes
largely of it, all of which comes from
Kentucky. They have there to-
bacco of thin red type, called the
Mason county white tobacco, which
has a sweet, pleasant taste, and
they cure it free Of grit. On account
of these qualities it has now become
famous in manufacturing circles and
in the market, and medium leaf now
sells at $15 to $18 per hundred
pounds"
John A. Mckinney, Esq, died at
his residence near Blains- x Roads,