. Principles and practical methods of curing tobacco. ct being to pick all of them when at just the right stage ofmaturity. 143 SHADE-GROWN CIGAR-WRAPPER LEAF. 37 In southern districts the leaves are strung on cords attached ateach end to hiths. These Laths are of the same length but smallerthan those used for curing tobacco on the stalk. A notch is madewith a saw in each end of the lath and one end of the cord is drawninto one of these notches, wrapped around the end of the lath, andagain drawn into the notch. The leaves, 30 or 40 in number, are thenstrung on the cord by means of a large stee
. Principles and practical methods of curing tobacco. ct being to pick all of them when at just the right stage ofmaturity. 143 SHADE-GROWN CIGAR-WRAPPER LEAF. 37 In southern districts the leaves are strung on cords attached ateach end to hiths. These Laths are of the same length but smallerthan those used for curing tobacco on the stalk. A notch is madewith a saw in each end of the lath and one end of the cord is drawninto one of these notches, wrapped around the end of the lath, andagain drawn into the notch. The leaves, 30 or 40 in number, are thenstrung on the cord by means of a large steel needle and the free endof the cord is attached to the second end of the lath in the same man-ner as in the first case, care being taken to draw the cord sufficientlytight to prevent too much sagging. The leaves are strung on the cordin pairs, as it were, so that the front surfaces of each pair are face toface and the backs face the backs of adjoining pairs. This is done toprevent the leaves from sticking together as they curl up from loss Pi(!. 5.—A very convenient wagon rack for haulinij; baskets of ijickcd barn. Uvos to the curiii; In the Connecticut Valley some growers string their tobacco oncords in the manner just described, but a second method of hangingthe leaAes is coming into extensive use. Small, slender wire nails aredriven through each side of the lath at an upward angle and at in-tervals of 2 inches, beginning 4 inches from the ends. This provides40 spikelets in all, 20 on each side, and on each of these one leaf ishung. The leaves are all hung so as to face outward. In this casethe leaves hang with their flat surfaces parallel to the long axis ofthe lath, while those strung on cords hang with their surfaces atright angles to this axis. Each of these methods of stringing theleaves possesses points of advantage, and it is difficult to determinejust which is the better one. The work of stringing the leaf isusually done by girls or boys, some of Avhom de
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