. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 39 XIII. Stripping. This process is represented by Figure FlOURE -23. After the tobacco is thoroughly cured it has to be stripped. The leaves become soft and pliant in damp weather and can be readily taken down out of the barn ior stripping. After taking down, the i)lants should be packed, in order to be kept moist until stripping. This operation consists in taking the leaves from the Rtalk and tying them in bundles after assorting the various qualities and kee
. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 39 XIII. Stripping. This process is represented by Figure FlOURE -23. After the tobacco is thoroughly cured it has to be stripped. The leaves become soft and pliant in damp weather and can be readily taken down out of the barn ior stripping. After taking down, the i)lants should be packed, in order to be kept moist until stripping. This operation consists in taking the leaves from the Rtalk and tying them in bundles after assorting the various qualities and keeping them separate. Each hand or bun- dle of the best grades should contain at least twelve leaves. In the old tobacco tStates the plant is usually made into three grades—long, short, and lugs, or worm eaten leaves. In Cuba the leaves are divided into four classes; first, the leaves at the top of the plant, which constitute the best quality, from the fact that they get more equally the benelit of the sun's rays by day and the dew at night; second, the leaves which are next to the above; third, the inferior or small leaves; fourth, the lug leaves, or those nearest the ground. The assorting of the plant previous to putting in hands or bundles is an operation that requires judgment and a. 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 Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Agricultural Experiment Station. Auburn, Ala. : The Station
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