. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. 236 Effective Farming the middle leaves turn light green. The plants are carefully laid on the ground where they remain until the leaves have wilted enough to avoid much breaking when handled. Each plant is then hung on a four-foot lath by piercing it near the base with a steel point attached to the end of the lath (Fig. 98). Usually six plants are placed on a lath and these are hung on racks on the wagon and hauled to the curing barn. They are hung in tiers with a space of six to twelve inches be- tween the laths. When harves
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. 236 Effective Farming the middle leaves turn light green. The plants are carefully laid on the ground where they remain until the leaves have wilted enough to avoid much breaking when handled. Each plant is then hung on a four-foot lath by piercing it near the base with a steel point attached to the end of the lath (Fig. 98). Usually six plants are placed on a lath and these are hung on racks on the wagon and hauled to the curing barn. They are hung in tiers with a space of six to twelve inches be- tween the laths. When harvesting by the second method, the. Fig. 98. —- Harvesting tobacco by cutting the stalk, showing method of spearing the plant on the stick. leaves as they ripen are picked from the plants, five pickings usually being made. The leaves are laid in the spaces between the rows and later carried to the curing barn where they are strung on cords attached to four-foot laths. These laths with the plants are hung in the barn where the leaves cure. The method of curing varies with the type of tobacco. In the air-cured method the barn is provided with ventilators which are opened to secure ventilation and the tobacco is then subjected to a slow air curing. In the fire-cured method the tobacco in the barn is treated by artificial 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 Sampson, Harry Oscar, 1879-. New York, Macmillan
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