. How to improve the tobacco crop of India. Tobacco. 19 so that the leaves cured under these conditions are con- siderably lighter than those cured after being separated from the stalk. It has been found by experiment that picked leaves are about u per cent, heavier after curing than those cured on the stalk. Space will not permit a full discussion of the various systems of curing. As cigars and cigarettes are manu-. PHOTO TAKlvN BY MR. I. B. DE MVJU-MDAR. A labourer just entering the subterranean pit where tobacco is kept after curing in order that it may get soft by moisture before it is sor
. How to improve the tobacco crop of India. Tobacco. 19 so that the leaves cured under these conditions are con- siderably lighter than those cured after being separated from the stalk. It has been found by experiment that picked leaves are about u per cent, heavier after curing than those cured on the stalk. Space will not permit a full discussion of the various systems of curing. As cigars and cigarettes are manu-. PHOTO TAKlvN BY MR. I. B. DE MVJU-MDAR. A labourer just entering the subterranean pit where tobacco is kept after curing in order that it may get soft by moisture before it is sorted ; as tobacco in a dry condition is brittle and likely to get injured at the time of handling. The farm of Mr. Xewhall (a Scotch planter) in Smyrna. factured in India to a large extent, this paper will, there- fore, be confined to the principles* which are observed in the curing of cigar tobacco, and in the curing of the *In the preparation of this part of the paper, it is gratefully acknow- ledged that free use has been made of "Principles and Practical Methods of Curing Tobacco", by Dr. \V. XV. Garner of the United States Department of Agriculture, in whose laboratory the writer most profitably spent a number of 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. ,]
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