Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-09
and also hastens the second stage
of curing.
Care of Tobacco after it is
| Cured.

Cured.
AS soon as the tobacco is cured,
let it remain as it is until it be-
comes in order so you may han
die it without tearing or breaking
the leaves. Then move it to an
other house and bulk it down. Be
careful to lay it straight as it will
look better on the market. After
the tobacco has lain in bulk six OF
eight days take it up and rsrack
| it, turning the butts out and the
leaves all in, SO the leaves will not
be exposed to the air.
Stripping and Hssorti ting.
Tobacco should never be stripped
from the stalks except in pliable
order, and the leaves on every
plant should be carefully assorted,
and every grade tied up separately.
Usually there will be three grades
of leaf, assorted with reference to
color and size, and two of lugs.
Of leaf tie six to eight leaves in a
bundle, and of lugs eight to ten.
AS fast as you strip, either hang
the "hands'' on sticks-25 to
each stick and hang up or bulk
down in two layers, the heads of
bands or bundles facing outward.
If bulked down watch frequently
to see that it does not heat. If the
bulk becomes warm it must be
broken up, aired and rebulked, or
hung up if too soft 1t is safer
always to hang up as soon as
stripped, unless you design to sell
soon, and strike down sin safe
keeping order'' in spring or sum
mer. 1t is considered in sssafe
order" when the leaf is pliable,
and the stem will crack half way
down the tie.
Ordering.
If, after the tobacco is cured,
the weather remains dry and it
fails to get soft readily, so that it
can be moved, it may be brought
in order in the following way:
Place green bushes with the leaves
on over the floor and sprinkle
water over them copiously; if the
tobacco is very dry and the atmos-
phere contains but little moisture,
and if the weather is cool, a little
fire kindled in the tlues will assist
in making the tobacco soft. Straw,
wet or made SO, will answer the
same purpose. If the weather is
damp, there will be no necessity
to use either straw, brush or
water. But when it is necessary
to use any means to order tobacco,
it is best to apply them in the af-
ternoon, that the tobacco may be
removed the next morning.
If the weather continues warm
and damp or rainy, tobacco that
remains hanging will be apt to
change color, unless dried out by
fues. When this becomes neces-
sary, build small fires at first and
raise the heat gradually.
Packing.
If you sell loose, deliver in
large uniform piles-such will
cost less, and your tobacco bring
more in price. But to sell in a
distant market, pack in tierces
half hogsheads make the best and
cheapest-to weigh about four
hundred pounds net, taking care
not to press the tobacco so as to
bruise it, or pack it too closely to-
gether. The best leaf is wanted
for wrappers, and it must open
easily when shaken in the hand.
Pack one grade only in each tierce
uniform in color and length; but
if it becomes necessary to put
more than one grade in a tierce,
place strips of paper or straw be-
tween to mark and separate them.
Pack honestly, for honesty is al
ways the best policy The man
who stnests'' his tobacco will Ger
tainly go on the s.Black List, and
buyers have good memories.