The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-21
Tobacco is Favored to Suit Var
iOuS Tastes,
KINDS WHICH ARE SENT ABROAD
Tennessee Town of GAINESVILLE is the
Market of the World for the
Weed.

second and kentucky tnlru. Len years
ago Kentucky was second and Tennes-
see third.
GAINESVILLE has been the tobacco mar
ket of the world for the past ten years
that is, the tobacco exchange at
GAINESVILLE rules the prices of tobacco.
Liverpool and New York may say at
what cotton shall be quoted, but two
dozen Tennesseans meet every day in .
the exchange at GAINESVILLE and say
what leaf tobacco shall be held at.
So writes Milan, Tenn, correspond
ent of the Chicago Record.
The average yield to the acre is be-
tween 900 and 1900 pounds, although
as much as 1900 and 1000 can be grown .
on the best soils in favorable seasons. |
Tobacco grown in some of the soils of
Tennessee and Kentucky acquires
peculiar richness. Tough, thick, gum
my and leathery in its character, it has
the capacity of absorbing water.
which makes it peculiarly adapted to
the. manufacture of strips for the Eng
fish market.
The tobacco known as the "Clarks-
ville' tobacco is capable of absorbing
33 per cent of its weight in water. 1t
is prepared for the English and foreign
markets by pulling out the main stem
and packing it in hogsheads as dry as
possible. These "strips" are watered
after reaching the English markets,
and, inasmuch as the duty on tobacco
! hos 70
every pound of water absorbed by the
strips" meant ~ cents in the pocket
of the importer. He is thus enabled TO
sell pound at the same price at which
he buys and still make handsome
profit.
Some of the counties of the upper
Cumberland River raise tobacco not
we'll suited to the manufacturer. 1t is
large. leafy, coarser than the Clarks-
vile tobacco, and is deficient in the
active principle of absorption. 1t is
principally consumed in the French and
Spanish markets, some of it going also
to Italy and Germany. The upper
counties of western Tennessee raise a
very fine manufacturing leaf.
1t is rich, silky and mild, of light
color, some of it rivaling the bright
colors of the fading hickory leaf. and it
is especially valued for bright and
notified wrappers. The man who fills
his pipe with the light, mild mixture
from the daintiest boxes with fancy and
high-sounding name smokes Tennessee
tobacco. All of this tobacco is con
sumed in the United States, none being
exported, on account of it's high price
and scarcity.
Every county in Tennessee raises to
bacco, but the mountain counties O.
, East Tennessee, with three exceptions
grow it only for home consumption.
, Tobacco plants are carefully set GU
in the spring and grow sometimes to ;
height of four feet. Much care i
necessary during the early spring t.
/ keep off the tobacco worm. Negroe
4 are hired to attend the growing plant
r through the season. AS fall come
9 on the leaves begin to brown.
Green tobacco tea is great remed
among the country folks for sores ant
a swelling when externally applied, am
j is used by primitive physicians in case
. of lockjaw and CONGESTION. Some ide
II of the Importance which the wee
l. discovered by Walter Raleigh plays i
the commercial world is obtained whe
it is known that the annual crop of tn
y world amounts to 5000. 100000 i
! value. Tennessee takes 5000, 90
D. of this enormous sum.
a When tobacco is manufactured it
=. favored to suit various tastes. TIL
A most common flavor is mixture {
A lemon and orange peel, figs, coriandt
a seed, sassafras, elder flowers. an
"a berries, cinnamon, salt peter, salt an
N sugar. This mixture is digested in fiji
m parts of water, and, before applyin,
q is favored with an alcoholic solution
r gum benzoes, mastic and myrrh. TIL
n decoction gives a flavor to commo
ct leaves resembling Porto Rico. TIL
as leaves must be we'll dried, about We,
I'd old and we'll preserved. The tobac,
rk is kept in a pile for eight days, bei1
turned each day, and is then taken O
and dried.
Most of the famous Latakia Tobacco
ns which is claimed comes from Syria,
us really raised in the rich soil of La
= county. Lake county is on the Missi
TX sippi River, and contains Reelfoot La
et within its borders. The soil is ric
aa reeking in jungle growth. At the Ell
Oh Of December the ground overfows, al
70 in January. when the water recedt
ne the sowing takes place, ten or twel
wv seeds being placed in hill. AS so
VI as the sprouts appear they are cover
y. with mats, which are raised only VIII
Va the sun shines. Women and childr
~ are employed in keeping off birds Al
" wedding out the weaklings.
In February and March the plan
are transplanted to another field. wbt
ter the earth is piled up well about the
les in March they are we'll watered and
, a May the harvest commences. T
,er first leaves form what is called {
nd new tobacco, which are the stronge
eel and these leaves obtain fancy pric
lie From May to August or September
;si. plants are we'll watered, and the r,
ho harvest takes place in September.
les The plant is cut, the leaves remov,
Ies tied in hundles and placed On m ots