The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-18

This is a somewhat difficult process, re-
quiring practice to insure the best results
The curing barn should be made alright
and provided with ample ventilation readi-
ly controlled. We give the Ragland
method:
l. Following process, 9Os, from twenty
four to thirty hours.
2 Fixing color, 1907, four hours; 1909 to
110s, increasing 215s every two hours; 100
to 1909. four to eight hours.
8. Curing the leaf, 1908 to 1853, six to
eight hours.
4. Curing stalk and stem, 1859 to 17O".
increasing 50 en- hour, and continue at l70e
until stalk and stem are thoroughly killed
and dry, which usually requires from
twelve to fifteen hours.
After the tobacco has been cured 1t must
be stripped aud sorted, during damp
weather, and, if not sold loose, it must be
bulked or rehunR and packed. 1t should be
handled only when in good order. The
leaves are generally sorted as they are
stripped from this stalk into five or six
gradeS-three or four of leaf and two of
Tugs The different grades are tied in small
bands or bundles, and the crop is sold loose
or placed on the sticks and hung up as soon
as stripped, to be taken down and packed in
spring or summer.
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE.
Success in the production of tobacco in
wolves not only a knowledge OF the best
methods to be employed in Its culture and
curipg, but also knowledge OF what types
can be most successfully raised in different
soils. And when it is know what class Of
tobacco may be produced IN any locality,
it is also necessary to know what varieties
must be cultivated to produce the most per-
| fect type of that class.
Climate determines the class of tobacco
which may be produced within certain
areas. Thus the fortieth parallel marks,
quite abruptly, the boundary line between
the cigar-leaf districts on the north and the
| regions which produce the manufacturing
and export types south Of that line.
Between the fortieth and thirty-flfth
! parallels of latitude lies the great tobocco
belt Of The United States, where tobacco has
always been a leading crop and where it's
cultivation is generally well understood.
Sauth OF the thirty-ffth parallel, in the
states OF South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba-
| ma, and Mississippi, tobacco has been
grown to some extent, mainly for home con-
sumption, in nearly every county since the
date Of the earliest settlements. Its Guilt
walton in these states has never been fol-
lowed as a regular industry. What varie-
ties and types will succeed here best is not,
therefoee, definitely known. These facts
can be ascertained only by careful experi-
| ment. We know, however, that for several
years past South Carolina has produced an
excellent type of bright tobacco, and that
! Florida has produced the highest grade OF
| cigar leaf
These facts indicate that bright tobacco
may be successfully grown In the northern
portions of Georgia and Alabama, aud that
cigar tobacco. of the Cuban type, may be
proftably cultivated in the extreme south
ern portions of the states; white if we
| judge of the types of tobacco which may
be raised in Mississippi from those which are
produced In contiguous states, both the bright
and the dark heavy varieties may be grown
there, varying according to soil.