The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-26
What Mr.. G. M. Bird, Who Av-
eraged Over $40O Per Acre,
Has TO Say on this Impor-
tant Subject.

tant Subject.
Continued form last Week.
Tie plant should be prlmed lights
anl topped according u its growth.
Ii vigorous. say twelve, SIX sen, and
sometimes eighteen leaves, if il will
staud il. II weekly, top-to the mum.
Der you think il can mature properly
n1t TO dwarf the srze. The worms
should be closely walcne1 and not
allowed TO eat holes in it.
/. Is always besLto build your barn
on top Of someeleyated point, 10 give
perfeUt drainage from eyery side. Tor
curing rainy spells percuiaiing water
would lurni pools in IL anu lneteby
put the management If Inc curing
beyoud contFoi, and then after CUES
ale effected the color could not be
held ~ barn cDnIiauallY damp.
The largest size barn 10 West Vir-
ginla ranges about twenty b. twenty
IN the clear and e,ght tiers high, jet
Is Dy Is feet b4rus can be easier
coutroiled IN uaiavJrab.e weather,
I'D duiipg a late, chilly fall iMahy
planters ilaye = space .. al ihch be-
lNe.n tac root and plate wall, - 4s
70 cause The hot air To- aw uniformly
70 al sides, equally as well as up
lhryugn the Top II the roof. Most
Vi tie plarte.s build log. barns tnl
liaub tie cracks with mud aad. NOR
tar from BOLTON IL TOP, yet fame
liJu.g made air-tigh1 will Answer
eser, p,rposc.
ay ,ime Tor cutting commea>
ca ab tie last week in August,
Eld Ids the last Vi September. /
aim to cut the most uniform plants
frat. should the difference in size
make it Ltcess AIRY, seeing that Tie
size aud texture run as nearly alike
as possible, 50 the treatment Of heat
d, gr,es may act on all alike, yellow
iDg all together, aud sitting or fixing
the color Of all just at the critical
stage, which could not be done WITH
..lge and small plants Of different
char. cler hung promEcuOusly III tue
same BAN, for the heat which would
save the light, silky.textured plant
would spyl the heayllr, coarser
D ants; at least make les sueeess-
| inl cure under the best management.
| | handle the plant with great care
10 prevent bruising the leaf IN cut
| ting, and hang Immediately in the
barn before j. willis, 30 each pant
can swlng freely without erouding,
admitting of free circulation Of the
hot air uniformly through II, and
starr the fires a. once, guafdi0g against
fluctuations Of temperature, u is
be-. 10 have two % thermometers,
one hung outside at lew rods from
lthe barn, as u basis for working the
heat degrees OF the inside thermom-
eler. Fur convenience, il would be
best 10 bore an augershole over a
pane Of glass previously inserted in
tue barn, and run q resd or pole
through, attaching the thermometer
20 the eEd Of it, soft could hang In
center ii barn " set the average heat,
laEd, when wanting to inspect it,
ldrawins IL cut 90 It could be seen
al short inttrvAls) through the glass,
without gong III and out, chilling
| Tie barn with frequent draughts u
cold air, distur Ing the heat.
/ AIlthiugs being ready, and the
outside thermometer registering, say
| Z plity degrees natural temperature,
aud ihe day soft, ron the first heat
up To ITO degrees, holding at this
haf hour, drenching the hoor and
walls With water oyUTy few minutes
The object Of the water Is 10 pro.
ducc u steamy yapor, or closeness in
| the barn, that hastenS the ,ellowing,
aud al,o prevents the tobacco from
driving or the sap from setting before
lie ,elloriag has been fully cOmpIet'
al. whicn, Oi course, wOuiu ruin the
cu,o. " alcn tbc outside thermom'
e,rr, aud II IL Il stll eighty degree
ur along there, aud your tobacco
thoroughly wilt d, :un your heat tc
| l2U 81 l25 degrees, pprlnkling The
walls, and cooling down the dues y
die ,ulsae temperature Of eighty, oI
about, c.os,ng the doors, and letting
In remain 10 this condition thieS ol
Nov. run The hnnI IN 4