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l^tiffiiKj 01} the Stir/,'. — This is shown hy iigure 15. 



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After tlie plant is wilted and becomes pliant and in 

 good condition to handle withont breaking, it should be 

 placed on the stick. 



Some tobacco growers hold the opinion that the plants 

 should be harvested Avithout wilting at all, stringing on 

 the stick as soon as cut, and carrying them immediately 

 to the tobacco barn. The reason for this is, that often at 

 "the time of cutting the plant the ground is hot, and the 

 plant becomes ver^' warm and quickly sunburned. When 

 hung on the stick, which is four and a half feet in length, 

 six to eight large plants are the usual number. 



Carrying to the Barn. 



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-This figure shows how the sticks 



