. The Cuba review. 14 THE CI B A 14 K V 1 K VV. ,.'v L:-'..-: ;.\: .. Havana. 'Totecco Factory.) CLBA-5 TOBACCO INDL'STR^' O. Xez'iUe In the September issue of The CrsA Remew the writer presented an article relating to the agricultiiral features of the tobacco indastry of Cuba, giving briefly the principal facts regarding the growth, cultivation, harvesting and farm treatment of leaf tobacco, and covering its classification into the various grades found in our Cohan markets. Indication was made that in a future article information would be given of the steps by which the raw leaf is c-on
. The Cuba review. 14 THE CI B A 14 K V 1 K VV. ,.'v L:-'..-: ;.\: .. Havana. 'Totecco Factory.) CLBA-5 TOBACCO INDL'STR^' O. Xez'iUe In the September issue of The CrsA Remew the writer presented an article relating to the agricultiiral features of the tobacco indastry of Cuba, giving briefly the principal facts regarding the growth, cultivation, harvesting and farm treatment of leaf tobacco, and covering its classification into the various grades found in our Cohan markets. Indication was made that in a future article information would be given of the steps by which the raw leaf is c-onverted into the finished product^ ^uniliar to all who enjoy the pleasures derived from close c-ommmiion with one's favorite cigar or cigarette. It is the purpose of this article to fulfill this promise. In our la>T article we traced the tobacco leaf through aU the processes to which It is subie:--: rill it is at last snugly encased in the covering so kindly pro\-ided by Nature fc-r Lj-as rich product, and even went a step farther and saw the bales of tobacco deposited in some warehouse. A word regarding these is of interest. Throughout the City of Havana, and in some of the larger towns of the interior «f the Island in the tobacco producing sections, massive masonry structures, tisually ooe or two stories in height, broad and capacioas, are found, in which the tobacco baled np in the various coxmtry classification houses is placed to receive its fin^.l treatmoit and curing. Entering one of these warehouses, one finds himself in prac- tically total darkness, in an atmosphere where warmth and dampness prevail, and in an odor that to the initiated teUs of a product that is passing through a fermentation oat of which it will c-ome sweet and aromatjc, ready to give delight to its 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 perfectl
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