. The Cuba review and bulletin. CHOICE TOBACCO LEAVES USED FOR WRAPPERS. 42 THE CUBA REVIEW. MODERN DISC PLOW WHICH IS REVOLUTIONIZING CUBANAGRICULTURAL METHODS. or four dajs, it will cure withsoft silky texture and pecu-liar lustre which makes it very: ,fldesirable. Very few of eventhe most experienced growerscan tell with certainty justwhen this most favorable pe-riod arrives. The curing of tobacco, asat present conducted, is almostentirely dependent upon thestate of the weather; heavvlosses in the barns often followperiods of unseasonable rains. Some cheap provision for artificial drying, w
. The Cuba review and bulletin. CHOICE TOBACCO LEAVES USED FOR WRAPPERS. 42 THE CUBA REVIEW. MODERN DISC PLOW WHICH IS REVOLUTIONIZING CUBANAGRICULTURAL METHODS. or four dajs, it will cure withsoft silky texture and pecu-liar lustre which makes it very: ,fldesirable. Very few of eventhe most experienced growerscan tell with certainty justwhen this most favorable pe-riod arrives. The curing of tobacco, asat present conducted, is almostentirely dependent upon thestate of the weather; heavvlosses in the barns often followperiods of unseasonable rains. Some cheap provision for artificial drying, when needed,would obviate these losses. The question of seed selection has received almost no atten-tion in Cuba. A casual inspection in any tobacco field will show plants of many differenttypes growing side by side. There is the greatest imaginable difference in the shape,number and quality of the leaves. The simple expedient of saving seed only fromplants of the best type would alone, in two or three years, practically double thevalue of the crop. What greater opportunity could be asked
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