The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-08-17
RAISING TOBACCO.
Specified Directions for Sue
cessful Growing.

The NEws has 'scurel series Of ar.
lticles on the cultivation and curing OF
tobacco ia Eastern Kentucky ard will
/ publish the several installments AT seas
enable dates WITHIN the present year
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nrLKfNG.
Having your crop all stripped
it's now ready ilr bulking. This
is the most particular work We
have to do il the tobacco crop,
in getting the case right, if too
damp it will flank and havea bal
smell, and bc q atty DEPRECATED in
value. And 90 dry it will break
and will look rough and be dam.
aged in consequence. Heavy bod
led tobacco Will stand more easing
than a fine fancy article will, To get
lin proper oouaitions for bulking
1t should dry I'll roughly after STRIP.
ping and then as il cones in ca,
/ before the stem becomes soft, TIT
stem should b. lry enough that il
will break twothirds OF the way
from the butt cad, the leaf should
be Just moist enough to nul
break as you bulk ii, The stems
may be dry enough To break under
the knee as ii Is put down, hui that
viii not dam Sc the tobacco it Il {
leaf has sufficient moisture to ktrI
1 it rom breaking. When the tohac
co is found TO ba in the proper cai {
10 bulk, u qunllty Of it is cribbto
down preparatory to DulkiEg-per
haps half the crop-kseping each
class seperalr. The sticks arr
handed down with the tobacco OF
u
them and laid in u large bulk thai
II may remain in the same cas-,
while the work of bulking is going
on. Bulk OF floor by taking
two hands by tie ties in one EanG
and stripping he other hand To.
ward the points OF the hands so a,
to sIraighten allo: the leaves out
placing them So that the ties will he
on straight line on the floor foI
twelve or more or feet, turning tht
| corners so that the points of the
leaves will be IN the center of the
bulk, and the ties will present a
perpendicular Lace IN building mp
on the sides and ends and The
bulk will be tnur feet wide, laying
| down two hands at a time and
placing the knee on them, goins
a 'ound on the bulk in this manel
and ocoasiOnlly putting a course il
the middle to keep it level till ont
class is exhausted, and then a.
other clSss till al is bulked. La,
plank on topand weight down thai
it may remain in the same case til
we meet with suitable time To re.
move to the warehouse. If puI
down IN case il ought to keep foI
years il bulked at the right time il
the year. The best time yeaI
10 bulk ism May or June, wher
Z the tobacco comes in case from
dew in warm weather, When
very liltlo moisture will make il
soft Buiked from dew case " !
/ give the tobacco very fine flavor
I and will keep in this case bette
than any other, and has finer and
olllcr appearance. Tobacco hulked
IN the winter will scarcely evel
keep through the warm weather
( IN summer. Tie bulk should BE-
examined from time to time by lit
ing anu drawing out hand, and
! if II commences to funk the only
remedy is TO raise and air it.
sometimes it Is beet to hang il
I again. Tobacco must never be al.
lowed TO 60 through the swea,
while hanging, which will come in
June or July Ii allowed to &,
through the sweat while hanging
Int viii mi!dew and become dead
and harsh AID dark, ami will
/ be almost worthless besides this
the case will be 30 high while it is
lin the sweat that ii will not do to
bulk without spelling in the bulk
This difficulty should be carefully
avoided by buking before it goes
into the sweat in summer. And
the tobacco will be improved by
sweating in the bulk if put down
50 that it will 90 through the sweat
and no, funk.
HOGsHEAD.
The vessel, or package TO hold the
tobacco when taken TO market is a
loosely put up hogshead made OF
planks which are five feet long and
rom four to five inches wide FIVE
eights of an inch thick, of popular,
! YAK, linn or almost any other kind
icflimber, with heads made of cheap
broad inch plank, with tour Hat
loops two inches wide and fourteen
iect long, riylted together with
small nails. The slaves and head
/ ing should be well seasoned to pre-.
vent injury TO the tobacco. Hogs.
head tour feet across the head and