The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-10-17

the seed stocks, leaving three Or four
of the crown panicles to bear capsules.
and shorten these, SO as to throw the |
whole force of the plant to the pro-
duction of fewer and consequently
larger capsules filled with seeds of the
highest vitality.
If anyone knows of a better mode
for selecting and raising tobacco seed
than described above, let him make it
known for the benefit of the tobacco
planting interest.-Ve,1tas, tn Cinein-
matt Tobacco Journal
MAY SWEATS.
Let the planter have care that his
tobacco is bulked in the right order.
The leaf should be pliable and the
stem hard, bulk one row, lap and tips,
the stems outward, and as high as
you please. Cover the pile with blank
cts, let it lay two or three months in
bulk, it will go through the May sweat
in September and October and if it is
not exposed to the air more than nee
essary when handling and tieing, it
will never sweat again. The May sweat
the bugaboo Of all tobacco men is
myth, it. should be classed with the
planting of beans in the full moon. A
bin of newly thrashed wheat will 60
through a sweat, so will pile of sweet
potatoes or barrel of apples. A pile
of oak brush won't sweat neither will
pile of tobacco with the stalk and
tobacco sticks among it and for the
same reason. The tobacco is then taken
up and aired to get in order to hand lie.
1t has never been through a sweat, be-
cause it has not been in close COM
pact body until the buyer gets it, and
when the warm weather in May comes
then the sweat that should have come
to it in September comes in May.
All wire cured tobacco properly
handled will mil not go through a
May sweat.-W H. Snoz0 in South
ern Tobacco Journal.
HANGING TOCACCO ON PATENT STICKS.
The patent sticks upon which to
hang tobacco in the barn bid fair to
create a revolution in tobacco culture
in this section and to give great i'm
petus to it. The old plan has been to
cut the stalk and hang it in the barn,
having previously brought all the leaves
on it as near to the same state of ma
turity as possible by deep topping and
by pulling off several tiers of ground
leaves. By the new process very little
topping is necessary and all the ground
leaves are saved and cured. The
stalks are not cut at all but, as the
lower leaves ripen, the farmer goes
over his field and strips them off,
strings them upon the wires attached
to the patent sticks. Thus. the first
leaves to ripen are in the barn curing
while the younger leaves are on the
stalks coming to maturity. Curing
can begin earlier in this way and uni
tormity in age, size, color and quality
of the tobacco is secured, doing away
with the work of sorting after curing
The time required to cure is also short
ened, as the farmer escapes the long
t application of high temperature nee
essary to cure the thick and sappy
stalks, which are never thoroughly
3 cured but which " fade'' into the lea
t and streak the bright yellow color O
it. A barn full of leaves strung or
r patent sticks can be cured in less thar
y 5 days. Mr.. J. S. Tilley, Of NORTH
r Catawba, cured four barns in 28 days
: The new process is great invention
a though it is quite simple contrivance
S 1t consists of an ordinary tobacco
: stick transversely across which art
bound six wires extending out abou
six inches on each side of the stick. 4
stick will hold in leaves as much to
bacco as an ordinary stick will hold
in hands.-Leuoir Topic.