Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . ditions and the stage of thecure. For the first few daysthe barn should be kept closeduntil the tobacco has wiltedand taken on a yellow shade ofcolor; then the ventilatorsshould be opened so as to ad-mit a free circulation of airuntil the tobacco assumes thebrown color. During dry,windy weather the ventilatorsshould be kept closed duringthe day and opened at heavy and exporttobaccos of Virginia, Tennesseeand Kentucky are fire soon as the barn h
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . ditions and the stage of thecure. For the first few daysthe barn should be kept closeduntil the tobacco has wiltedand taken on a yellow shade ofcolor; then the ventilatorsshould be opened so as to ad-mit a free circulation of airuntil the tobacco assumes thebrown color. During dry,windy weather the ventilatorsshould be kept closed duringthe day and opened at heavy and exporttobaccos of Virginia, Tennesseeand Kentucky are fire soon as the barn has beenfilled with green tobacco, smallwood fires are started to wiltthe leaf until the yellow color appears; then the amount of heat is grad-ually increased until the leaf turns brown. When the tobacco reaches thisstage the heat is again increased to cure the midrib or stem of the leaf,after which the fires are allowed to die and the tobacco cool off. Duringthe curing process the heat should never be allowed to fall until thefinal cure is obtained, as a fall of temperature during the curing processwill injure the color and te
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