The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-19
VIRGINIA TOBACCO.
WEST VIRGINIA
BRIGHTS.
THESECRET OETHElR CURE
INSTRUCTIONS AND RE-
ELECTIONS AS TO Sc
LECTING LAND, SEE
DING, GROWING,
CURING, AND uE.
HANDLING.

3&$#s# tSs se>0 sFAAfot
CURING, AND
HANDLING.
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what MrC. M R,rd wno Av.
erayed Over 400 psr A...
Has to Gov ~, th,. Imno
,ont S,,,,;aa,
ANY one who has ever read two o.
more articles from experienced and
successful growers Of hue-cured to.
Dacco must nave oetn struck a. I'M
WIDE oiiierence 10 the apparent treat
ment OF any Two houses, .he Sid'
range IN degrees OF heat used ~ any
TWO not agreeing oy any mean.; ys'
70 one familiar with the nus-cnrinl
process II Is readily seen they all lead
% tne sane result, only . different
way y applying The heat, Lsne o.
mem giving over certain number y q
neat degrees during certain condl
.ons u tne tobacco. and the sum to'
tai Git all Ding The same in The
end.
III tobacco is cultivated properly
and handled right when put in the
barn, inexperienced curers, with no
assistance but common sense, often
make the very best cures, while many
intelligent men, who stick rigidly to
the printed schedule, without giving
any thought to the nature Of tobacco,
generally fail and as these facts Of.
ten caure outsiders TO think there 10
more luck than brains involved in !
good cure, we wish that erroneous
impression corrected. for no man can
possibly be success In curing fancy
bright tobacco unless he gives the
subject deep study and watches and
notes in his minds eye all the various
changes as they occur with . success
ful cure. so he can repeat it under
like or approximate conditions In his
next cure, and make improvements
with time. There are ever arising
during q planters life new contin
gencIes with each year, some favors
able and many very unfsvorsble; 90
IL is the close observer who prepares
himself for these happenings, one OF
which is sudden fall and also fncs
tuating temperature, which requires
extraordinary skill 10 overcome, since
the best planters make total failures
during such times, they not being able
70 control or obtain . proper, unifsrm
heat in the barn unless very watch
ful. There 10 no time for sleep, as
every moment must be used in watch.
ing the outside and inside thermoms-
Ter, TO see that there are just 50 many
degrees Of artificial heat, according
to the printed schedule, making the
basis or normal stmosphsricsl heat 80
degrees TO work on. For every .de>
gree that the outside temperature falls
below 80 degrees during curing, he
must drop % many degrees by the
inside thermometer--thst Is, follow
the fluctuations Of the outside ther.
right along. To make Il
palmer: Should the planter reach
the point Of Mr.. Birds schedule,
where 1856 degrees were called for.
which means 105 degrees Of artificial
heat, added 10 so degrees Of tide out
side temperature and the outside
suddenly falls 10 40 de.
Qrees, should the planter, under such
conditions, run bis heat up 10 1856 do
grses be would have las degrees Of
artificial heat, instead Of los, since
the outside Thermometer. on which
he had been basing his heat schedule,
had fallen 40 degrees, making The
equivalent Of 225 degrees on the basis
Of . warm days temperature, which