The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-28

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the same as that of the first, but the
later leaves bring much more money.
The third gathering will be cutters
and wrappers, Keep the pluoked
leaves out of the sunshine or they
will turn black. Some use a wagon
with a frame twelve to sixteen feet
long. with four TO six standards on
each side the same distance apart,
with a smooth floor. Lap and re-lap
the tobacco, letting the sticks rest
against the standards on each side,
but not piled go high as to bruise the
bottom leaves. Many use carts.
TOBACCO BARNS AND CURING.
For tobacco barns, 10 or 30 feet
square are good sizes. They can be
built either with logs or planks. II
planks are used they should be
doubled, and if logs, they should be
straight, and 6 so 8 inches thick. Is
will take 80 to 81 logs to make a barn
of the right height. Shingles make
the best roof, but boards will cure
best in warm weather. Most farm
ers prefer board roofs. Chink the
logs we'll with mortar of lime and
clay, and make as near air. tight as
possible. Put first set Of tiers seven
feet from the ground. If logs are
large put in tiers for every two logs,
and if small, for every three. Nail
onto the rafters till you reach the
top of the root. Put door in the
south side, and you may put windows
in the gables. If a double furnace Is
used put both in one end and make
them of brick. Let furnace arches
extend eight feet inside the house
and one or two feet outside. Use
IL. inch piping for the fues. With a
single furnace let the brickwork ex-
tend within a foot and u half of the
opposite end of the house.
No man can tell another exactly
how his tobacco should be cured, no
matter how experienced he may be,
as it depends a great deal on the
nature of the land, the condition of
the tobacco when pulled, as to how
it will cure. Any one must use
Judgment with each barn. The first
step is the steaming or following
process. Get the temperature up to
95 degrees as soon as possible, taking
care not TO go 80 fast as TO scald the
lower tier. Keep at 95 for eight
hours and advance TO 100 and remain
for six hours. Then TO los and re-
main FIVE or six hours then TO 10,
when comes the most particular part
of the curing, and the Judgment of
the curer must be the guide. mex.
perienced growers should hire an ex-
pert if they have tobacco suitable
for fine yellow, and then, by giving
close attention, the planter may
in one season TO cure we'll him
self. But avoid the men who pre-
tend to know and do not. There are
of expert urers
PACK HoUsEs-sELLING
When the tobacco is cured and the
stems killed, put out the fire, and let
the tobacco remain till it comes in
order so shat you can handle it with,
out breaking. Then move it to an
other house and bulk down, laying
it straight so that it will look better
on the market After it has been in
bulk eight days examine, and if Ia
too high order 1epaok is, turning
butts out and leaves in, 80 the leaves
will not be exposed TO the air. If
not Ia high order let it alone till you
grade it.
Takethe tobacco from the pack hOuse
ind place in a pit dug for the pur
pose, 80 bring it in order, which will
take twelve hours. The pit may be
dug four feet deep and 2Ox25 feet
Place logs or plank around it three
four feet high, and frame Il root
with the ordinary gables, and cover
the roof with five inches of soil
dig cellars under their pack
houses, reached by trap doors. Hire
an experienced grader, for badly
graded to5acco sells by the lowest
grade. Select leaves the same size
and color as near as possible, making
four to eight different grades. Never
tie o than six or eight leaves in
a bundle, unless Jugs and
small leaves. Then put on smooth
dressed sticks to prevent tearing
when putting on or off Then bulk
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