. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO TOBACCO 649 The plants are usually cut with a regular tobacco hatchet (Pig. 874) or knife, and are strung on laths. Five or six plants are usually strung on each lath, after which they are hauled to the sheds in wagons specially prepared for this purpose. A wagon with special rack arranged for transporting the plants from the field to the curing shed is shown in Fig. 875. These laths are usually four. feet in length, and are so hung in the curing sh
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO TOBACCO 649 The plants are usually cut with a regular tobacco hatchet (Pig. 874) or knife, and are strung on laths. Five or six plants are usually strung on each lath, after which they are hauled to the sheds in wagons specially prepared for this purpose. A wagon with special rack arranged for transporting the plants from the field to the curing shed is shown in Fig. 875. These laths are usually four. feet in length, and are so hung in the curing shed that a space is left between each two plants in order to get a circulation of air. Common types of curing sheds are shown in Figs. Fig. 877. Tobacco ricks. FiUed carriers on way to curing barn. The old method was a wheelbarrow which had to be run by each worker. Every time it was filled it had to be carried to end of row and emptied,—a slow and nuprofitable procedure. This saves much time and does with six workers about the work of twelve or more by the old method. The curing process requires, as a rule, four to six weeks. The manipulation of the barn or curing shed during this period is governed entirely by the conditions of weather and the nature of the tobacco, so that no fixed rules can be given. How- ever, in a general way it can be said that if the barn is filled with green tobacco and the weather is hot and dry, the ventilators should be open most of the time for about three days, by which time the tobacco should begin to yellow. The ventilators should be closed only to prevent too rapid curing during this period. The barn should then be opened at night and kept closed during the day. This is to prevent too rapid curing, which destroys the life of the leaf and produces uneven colors in the tobacco. If there are frequent showers and but little sunshine, the barn should be kept closed, and if there are indications of pole-bum or pole-sweat, small fires, at l
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