Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01
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AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING
BY 1NDPEny M Sow

bacco should be watched as closely
| as the thermometer.
When the leaves are dry, raise the
| temperature to degrees an hour
until no or IT'S degrees is reached.
| Keep this temperature until the
| stems are thoroughly dry, and there
are no swell" stems. The corners
Of the barn are usually the last to
| cure. When all of the stems are dry
! the fire may be allowed to go out.
! Tobacco put in the barn on Monday
! is usually cured out by Friday night.
| 1t must be remembered that these
| of tobacco are alike, and no two barns
are exactly alike. The condition of
| the weather may control the temper
allure. 1t will require a higher tenn
| perature to dry the leaves in damp,
| rainy weather than in dry weather.
| Common sense and sound judgment
~are the growers best guides. AS
rule, more mistakes in curing are
made by going too fast than by going
| too slow.
About sunset on the day the curing
| is finished, open the. doors and .Venti-
| latorS of the barn, so as to allow
| the tobacco to absorb moisture. 1t
must be gotten into such a condition
| that it may be removed from the
| barn without breaking the leaves.
Tobacco absorbs moisture very rap
idly If the weather is damp. The
| door and ventilators should be closed
curing the day. Usually two nights
! with the ventilators open will be SUI
, ficient to get the tobacco in condition
| to handle If the weather is very dry
| it may be necessary to wet the floor
i of the barn before the tobacco will
come in order" Do. not put water
| on the tobacco. In damp weather
| tobacco is sometimes damaged on &C.
count of becoming too high in "or-
DER when being taken out of the
J barn. It is better to take it out of
| the barn as dry as possible (when the
| leaves may be squeezed gently IN the
| hand without breaking).
| The tobacco is taken from the barn
| to the storage house and "bulked
| down." If there is not suitable
house for storing the tobacco after
it is taken out of the barn one should
be provided. Tobacco is often Sc
riously damaged by storing in open
houses. The storage house should
be tight and well ventilated: A
square bulk" is. usually made by
placing four sticks in on direction
| agonally and above the first ones in
the same manner that shingles are
| packed.
Just. how long TOBACCO SHOULD re-
ditions. and such factors as room,
| space, labor and market conditions.
| Tobacco changes great deal in
bulk" and usually improves by re-
Enough sticks should be on hand for
filling the barn and curing at least
twice. However. If the sticks are
needed for curing, the tobacco may
be removed from or them at any ytr time
are removed and the tobacco re
bulked, and then kept until ready for
sale. Care should be taken at all
times to keep the tobacco from get
ting too high in order" for in such
ma mold
It is not advisable to handle tobacco
during rainy weather. Sometimes
when the tobacco is taken out of the
barn it will have a motley green
color, but after it has been "bulked'
for two weeks the color will be uni
form.
In removing the tobacco from the
barn, or in other handling, if any
swell" stems are found, they should
be taken out and put in the next barn
Tobacco growers should keep post
ed on market conditions. In South
Carolina and Georgia the tobacco
cured, without either asserting or
tying the leaves into hands. How
ever, it will pay the grower to dis
card inferior and trashy leaves.
Usually it will not not pay to make max more
should consist Of the good tobacco,
the second grade should consist of
the green and otherwise inferior
leaves and the third grade should
consist of the trashy leaves that are
considered as scrap. A great deal
of labor can be saved in grading by
using good judgment in harvesting.
Leaves that you know will make moth
ing more than scrap should be left
in the field.
The leaves should not be smoothed
out. The system of printing the
leaves taken off represent the bottom,
middle or top leaves as the case may
be. Tobacco should be "bulked" at
least ten days or two weeks before
it is sold.
A common way of taking tobacco
to market is in sheets. The tobac-
is stacked in the bulk. After ri putting tt g
on all that can be tied well, tie like
SO much. cotton and sew the sides
OF the sheet so as to leave no to-
bacco exposed. Tobacco may also
barrels. In bulking tobacco on sheets
care should be used to turn the butt
end of the leaves outward This will
insure least amount of damage from
handling and from exposure to the
atmosphere.
Tobacco is shipped to the manu-
factory in hogsheads made for the
purpose and holding 500 to 1,OO0l
pounds.
Tobacco is sold in warehouses to
the highest bidder. The selling of
tobacco for the highest market price
is one of the fine arts, and may be
studied by the tobacco grower with
profit.
R. W. S., Woodbury., Ca, writes: 1
have COW with q calf two months old
running on Bermuda pasture and being |
fed on cottonseed bulls and meal. After
the milk clabbers water rises to the top,
and after churning the milk turns to
water, and 1t makes practically no but
ter. Can you advise trouble and remedy?
An undesirable ferment has found
its way into the milk about which
Invasion of the udder or it NAV be |
due to bacterial development in the |
milk after it has been drawn. 1t |
is not unusual for troubles of this |
character to appear at this season |
of the year.
This trouble can be best over
come by proceeding as follows: First, |
take all the utensils of every kind |
and description and boil them thor
oughly.. BY this 1 do not mean to
bring the water to the boiling point, |
but to continue the boiling process |
for two or three hours. The same |
thing should be done on succeeding |
ments of the character have been |
given all the utensils. This should |
include the churn and the buckets |
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