Archive image from page 719 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fig. 878. Curing shed for tobacco in Connectictit Valley. pine or charcoal should be used to drive off the excess of moisture and to raise the temperature in the bams. The Broadleaf tobacco is usually fermented in cases holding about .300 pounds, the hands of tobacco being laid in these cases with the butts of the hands on the outside and the tips in the center. The tobacco is then pr
Archive image from page 719 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fig. 878. Curing shed for tobacco in Connectictit Valley. pine or charcoal should be used to drive off the excess of moisture and to raise the temperature in the bams. The Broadleaf tobacco is usually fermented in cases holding about .300 pounds, the hands of tobacco being laid in these cases with the butts of the hands on the outside and the tips in the center. The tobacco is then pressed down under moderate pressure, the tops of the boxes screwed on, and the cases kept in a room having an even temperature. Cuban tobacco. Cuban tobacco is grown under shade for wrapper purposes, and without shade when used as a tiller for domestic cigars. The percentage of wrappers in this outdoor crop is not large, but when the leaves are primed the percentage is considerably increased. The preparation and care of the seed- Fig. 879. Tobacco-curing shed, showing provision lor ventila- tion. Connecticut vallev. beds and methods of cultivation are about the; as in the case of the Sumatra variety. The rows in the field are arranged about three feet four inches apart and the plants set about fourteen inches apart in the row. A greater distance results in thick, heavy leaves. If the plants are set too close, the leaves are too thin and lacking in body for filler purposes. No definite mle can be laid down as to the proper number of leaves to be left on the stalk when the plants are topped. This number varies with the height of the plant and the climatic con- ditions during the season. Fourteen to sixteen leaves, however, are considered desirable during the ordinary season. The suckers begin to appear very soon after topping and should be removed every eight or ten days, or once a week when rains are frequent. The method of harvesting the southern Cuban tobacco is essentially
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