The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-08-24
RAISING TOBACCO.
Specified Directions for Sue
cessfui Growing.

The News Ia. scared a series OF ar
tlcles ON the cultivation aud curing OF
tobacco In Eastern Kentucky Ard will
publish the several installments at seas
enable dates within the present year -
En-,
SUGGESTIONS.
The barn should be built before
the chopping season comes on, for
when the hurry o the farm work
comes on thecrop will be neglected
or the barn will b. too late in be-
ing built and the tobacco will be
injured before II is housed. This
is the case 20 frequently that it
appears to be almost a certainty F;
besides a barn put up Of new timber,
especially OF oak, does not cure up
tobacco so well as a barn that is
seasoned out. The barn should be
built on the most elevated land
on the farm, il possible above fog
and dampness arizing from streams
of water. Tn tobacco will cure
earlier and brighter and less liable
20 mildew.
The greater portion of our
farmers cut tier tobacco be
fore it is thoroughly matured.
Tobacco should stand ill it il
quite ripe unless injured by spot
Tobacco cut green is chaffy and
light. and lacks substance .. rich
ness, flavor. and color, which ar,
the essential q lallties of good
crop. We have not given in detail
the operations of prizlng in hogs
heads as this does not properly be
long to the pro iucer, for the reA
son that there IRE very few farmer,
who produce enough to he able I,
make proper assortment of iheil
tobacco to prize it to advantage
say there are two leaves OF trash OF
a stalk which is not more than Oh,
heavy leaf VIII CHI ought not to b
more than tenth Of the crop
Thus you see we must have Tel
| hogsbeads OF Tobacco before W
get one Of trash. Yet we ma,
| have one AMI half, what can "
do with part OF hogshead? ]
| will not do to pat them with bel
ter class. From the above we fin,
that to priz, to advantage s
that we may draw an even sampl
from each hogshead priced
would require at least twenty thou
sand pounds, as tobacco strips oul
We would advise that some trust
man in the neighborhood receiv
the Tobacco, put ii in its prop1
parcels, accounting to each ma
for his quantity and quality; h
should be well acquainted with tn
classifications and tobacco market
as well as perfectly honest.
RULES FOR INSPECTOR Ar cINcINNA
III.
The inspector shall be Iespuns
bic for his samples and pay or sal
isfy all claims by purchaser c
owner that my be just arisin
from the TACT that the sample b
which any package was sold differ
ed materially from the packag
when drawn.
He must break the package 4
least four times, and oitener 1
his discretion taking not less tina
two nor more than three hand
from each from opposite sides
each hogshead.
He shall personally attend to tn
drawing OF samples, unless he
prevented bv sickness or othe
urgent cause, when he may az
point substitute, for whose san
I pie he shall Oe respun sible til
} same as ii they were drawn b
! himself. lie must break the see
leaf not less than three times, an
at opposite ends Of each cass.
He shall carefully and secured
tie the samples, and affix his oflicis
i zeal in wax over the Tie.
. He shall so arrange the hands {
each sample that those draw
from tie lower break shall be o
the bottom, those on the secOn
j break next, and so on, the sampl
tag being on the upper break. Tn
, trying and sealing must be don
t under his immediate supervision
The fees for inspection are 25ct
per hog'head and 10 cents pc
q hoy.
The Inspector is forbidden
A deal in or h We any interest
e leaf tobacco thlt il sampled
! this market.
When ever the inspector finds
nestod package Of tobacco he sha
:, mark 'nested" on the sample Ia
9 and no person buying such pacI
n ages by that sample shall be Ell
utled to reclamation, but mus
take the same at his own risk. TT
e Inspector snail! so mark nestt
C hogshead that it can be recognize
: # again offered on the breaks.