. How to improve the tobacco crop of India. Tobacco. 29 and the difference in temperature inside and outside the barn will be influenced by the humidity of the outside air. In warm weather the temperature inside the barn must be higher than in cool weather ; and in rainy or in foggy seasons it must be higher than in clear, dry weather. In addition to temperature there is another equally important factor in controlling the humidity in - ••». Photo takicx by Kumar Xakuxx. A field of country tobacco at Omhata (Cooch Behar), partly harvested. The group consists of Maharajkumar Victor N
. How to improve the tobacco crop of India. Tobacco. 29 and the difference in temperature inside and outside the barn will be influenced by the humidity of the outside air. In warm weather the temperature inside the barn must be higher than in cool weather ; and in rainy or in foggy seasons it must be higher than in clear, dry weather. In addition to temperature there is another equally important factor in controlling the humidity in - ••». Photo takicx by Kumar Xakuxx. A field of country tobacco at Omhata (Cooch Behar), partly harvested. The group consists of Maharajkumar Victor N. Xarayan (fourth figure from the left), and some of the officers of the Cooch Behar State. the barn, and consequently the rate of drying, and this is ventilation. If the barn were perfectly tight, the air within would, of course, soon be saturated ; and the inevitable result would be that tobacco would sweat ; that is, drops of water would collect on the surface of the leaves. The warm saturated air in the barn must, therefore, be constantly replaced by the cooler, less. 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 De Majumdar, I. B. [Cooch Behar, India, Gupta Mukherjee & co. ,]
Size: 2123px × 1177px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjecttobacco, bookyear1915
