Archive image from page 30 of The culture of flue-cured tobacco. The culture of flue-cured tobacco cultureoffluecur16math Year: 1913 ( THE CULTURE OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 29 mately its stage of maximum development, should be best. The priming method requires somewhat more labor than the cutting- method, and the Xew Belt section has this labor in better supply, Fig. 7.—Harvesting tobacco by the priming method. The form of truck shown, with a high body which passes over the tops of the standing plants without damage, is convenient for hauling out the leaves. owing to the surplus that can be s

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Archive image from page 30 of The culture of flue-cured tobacco. The culture of flue-cured tobacco cultureoffluecur16math Year: 1913 ( THE CULTURE OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 29 mately its stage of maximum development, should be best. The priming method requires somewhat more labor than the cutting- method, and the Xew Belt section has this labor in better supply, Fig. 7.—Harvesting tobacco by the priming method. The form of truck shown, with a high body which passes over the tops of the standing plants without damage, is convenient for hauling out the leaves. owing to the surplus that can be shifted temporarily from the cotton fields. The lighter soils of the Xew Belt and the consequent greater tendency in many cases for the bottom leaves to waste before the top

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