. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. TOBACCO 643 usually advantageous to fill the bam promptly so that all of the tobacco may at the same time reach a similar stage in the curing process. The changes brought abo,ut in the curing and subsequent fermentation of tobacco are largely the result of chemical ferments or enzjones. 533. Further treatment on the farm. — After curing is completed, tobacco cured on the stalk must be stripped from the stalk, and the leaves tied into bundles, after great pains have been taken to assort them into their different grades, which are
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. TOBACCO 643 usually advantageous to fill the bam promptly so that all of the tobacco may at the same time reach a similar stage in the curing process. The changes brought abo,ut in the curing and subsequent fermentation of tobacco are largely the result of chemical ferments or enzjones. 533. Further treatment on the farm. — After curing is completed, tobacco cured on the stalk must be stripped from the stalk, and the leaves tied into bundles, after great pains have been taken to assort them into their different grades, which are usually four or five in number. Subsequent treatment of tobacco, including sev- eral steps in the ferment- ing of certain types, are usually performed in the factory, and hence are not discussed here. 534. Yields and prices. — A fair yield of cured tobacco in the dark-tobacco district of Virginia is 800 pounds or more per acre. The same figure represents somewhat above the average yield of the bright-tobacco region of North Carohna. In Kentucky a good yield of Burley tobacco is from 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre. In Florida, shade-grown Cuban or Sumatra tobacco is expected to yield between 1200 and 2000 pounds per Fig. 221. — Diaqkam showing that Bboad Tobacco Leaves affokd a MtrcH Largbb Number of Wrappebs THAN DO Narrow Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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