The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-08-10
HANGING TOBACCO.


Ter way is to hang wider apart at
first and as it CUES move it close
together. II the weather is moist |
and warm and sweatty the tobacco
will frequently commence swelling
in the barn in four or five days af.
ter it is hanged in the barn, the 1
suckers will gnrn up ard com
meRce growing, nd the leaves will
strut out on the stalks, and il there
is no wind and the weather re-
mains warm AMI murky it will re-
main in this stat till it is ruined.
TIN, is what isralled strutting, the
leaves will turn black aud drop OIL.
The remedy In this case is to hang
it in the sun if the weather is not
cloudy, charcoal, IS made in it and
allowed to burn till the smoke and
sparks fly of, then it is carried in
to the barn and he heat is allowed
to pass up through the tobacco
enough of these Kettles are used to
drive the dampness out of the barn.
\ better way Is o have two stoves
in the center of the barn with pipes
extending to tn, ends Of the barn,
which may be fired up till the barn
is dried out. In such case the
barn should be opened by throwing
all TIE end windows and side plank
that are hanged on hinges open,
when ever the sun and air is drying,
and close them up tight and firing
in the stoves when the air is foggy
or damp. Fog i, very damaging in
curing tobacco, as il penetrates al
through the barn and envelopes
the tobacco in cloud and damp
ems it. The tobacco should not be
allowed.to get wet or even damp
while curing, for this reason we
have particularly described a barn
for this purpose. Wei might add
that a floor in lie barn would be a
great improvement to cut off the
dampness from below. Shut the
barn close at night, unless the wind
is very drying, which is very sell
dom the case, aud open when the
dew dIies off IN the morning until
the tobacco is cured. When the
the barn is kept closed thereafter SO
that storms of snow or rain or fog
may not damage it and make il
lrrk and Of a cheap quality. Very
damp weather will cause it to mold
or mldew after ii Is cured; in this
case the stoves hould be fired up
to drive out the plampness and dry
the tobacco.
STRIPPING TOBACCO.
A good hand can strip two nun
bred pounds in a day, yet the care
required to assert tobacco and fit it
for the best price in the market is
so important that the amount
| slr,poe should be a question Of
secondary Importance almost any
crop Of tobacco has at least Eve
different qillllies, all distinct
clqsses. First, We find chaffy trash
leaves at bottom Of the stalk Sec
lond the bright trash or lugs: these
are the Thin leaves before we come
to the bright leaves near Il G middle
Of The stalk. Third, the bright
leaf Fourth. the red leaf Fifth.
tins or short leaf on topof the stalk
Some stalks may have but two
kinds. bright trash or Tugs, that il
the frs; leaf at the but of the stalk
NAV he too good To be classed as
living or NOR trash and will be
classed fine trash. with two or three
other thin leaves the rest of the
stalk NAV be all bright leaves. The
next stalk may have ragged leaves
that should not he classed with any
Of the above named qualities. but
should be laid aside and kept in a
class TO themselves. The next may
he a small stalk and have nothing
hint trash and short red leaves with
tro.h and tins The next NAV be a
lnrre rcd stalk with nothing but
rash and red leaf. Thus YOU SIC