Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-04-21

cuIIeu. Will give the method as
it is used bv the up 10 date farmers
who are looking 10 the cost OF manu-
featuring the crop.
As each plant is culled, put u
into its own pile ss 10 color and
length thereby emitting out the time
actually wasted looking for plant
to match that which YOU have a.
ready stripped, for as each pile In
composed OF only such plants a.
match as to color and length there
is GO need 70 hunt for Q plant 10
match.
In stripping OF the best. start as
the top as far up % the best goes
and strip down getting from two 70
dozen leaves at once. Il will bs
awkward at first but q very little
practice allows you 10 catch oil the
leaves evenly. but IL by chance they
are not even at the head do not for
Q moment think OF stopping to even
them up as IL Is q waste OF time for
1t does not make particle OF differ
ence. as the sample tyer fixes that
for you and as you have the color
and length rightly matched q poor
head makes no difference for the
buyer never even seems 70 glance
ct the head.
Rapid tying is half the saving OF
time In stripping and fast way is
to give one wrap to the head and
while doing it, carry the bundle 70
the knee and holding the leaf in the
last two fingers. roll another wrap
with the front fingers which is easi-
ly learned and takes just half the
time OF the old way.
Have q stick stuck in q post or
big log handy, and put the bundle
direct on the stick for then no extra
time is taken up with hanging on
the stick.
Sum up what can and should be
saved on a 30. 900 crop counting one
man as the labor employed and We
get II days on seed bed ! to I days
on getting hills ready probably 8
days in not having to weed 3 to 4
days on not pulling suckers, and
saving 10 handling / to ! more on
each stick, and from 10 to Is days
less time to strip the crop. making
close to 26 days. which is one month
Of working days and is also one
twelfth Of the year. The up to date
farmer. and you should be one, will
readily see that the above is possi-
BILE. and IL he does not already prac-
tice the methods described. you will
find him the coming season trying
TO cut the cost, possibly more. for
he knows that he must DO the man.
ufacturing at the minimum cost so
that he may be able TO save title
out OF the 35 cents which is the av-
erage that a farmer gets out OF the
consumers dollar.
A word about the uncomfortable
condition Of the barns during the
Winter when the crop could and
should be stripped. One often lets
Q good season go by On account Of
It's being too cold TO sit In the open
barn. and nine out OF ten could fix
q stripping room where they could
strip even when il was freezing out
side and be fairly comfortable and
the cost would be practically moth
ing. Have the hogshead slaves that
are needed gotten before Winter,
and use them 70 cut Oh a room In
one corner of the barn and also put
them overhead. but II there is not
enough. stripped tobacco can be put
close together overhead 10 cut Oh
drafts. Bnilding paper In q good
investment for papering tenporari-
ly and, with good care, can be used
many years. Old newspapers may
be used also to cut out the drafts
and which makes the room well
worth the trouble. II no window
OF glass is to be had, one Of cheap
cotton will give ample light il kept
well busted. II there is no means
Of having a FIRE q lantern in box
with holes in the top may be used
10 warm the feet by standing on the
box and covering with q bag.
The cost Of the room is very little
and is moro than paid for by the
saving in weight and also In color
by the early stripping which can Go
done il one has q comfortable place
10 strip 10, for he can then put Q
few days stripping down in Q pile
ard cover with damp straw or fod-
der. knOwing that b. can then strip
most any day.
He cannot strip as many stalk Il
tobacco that has been down 10 q pile
as he can right from The barn, but
IL enables him 70 get il stripped on
many days when il would be unfit
70 do much else and then b, cou'd
have 1t all out D. the Spring Hhen
IL would bs more pleasant to wOGk