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lowest, to 18 cents, and, in one case, to 30 or 40 cents per pound, 

 while the heavily fermented scrap, consisting mainly of the thin, 

 trashy leaves, was valued at about 7 cents per pound. 



As a result of the inspection of the leaf in bulk two of the New 

 York firms and the Hartford firm at once arranged to have some of 

 their present stock fermented in the same way, and careful instruc- 

 tions were given them as to the proper method of procedure. It was 

 the general expression that more had been gotten out of the leaf than 

 had ever before been attained, and that the method would entirely 

 supersede the present case method of fermentation. 



The bulk fermentation can best be done by the large packers, rather 

 than by the farmers, as suitable arrangements for fermenting can be 

 made more economically, and much better results can be obtained with 

 large quantities than with small crops. 



This work, while thoroughly satisfactory so far as the present style 

 of leaf is concerned, has demonstrated that the Connecticut leaf needs 

 to be radically changed to accord with the present market require- 

 ments. As the soil and climatic conditions are considered adapted to 

 a style of leaf more closely corresponding to the best standards, an 

 experiment has- been planned, in further cooperation with the Con- 

 necticut Station, in which the attempt will be made to change the 

 character of the leaf by a radical change in the method of planting, 

 cultivation, and after treatment. 



MARCUS L. FLOYD, 

 Tobacco Expert, Division of Soih. 



This circular, approved by Prof. Milton Whitney, Chief of Division 

 of Soils, in charge of tobacco investigations, and by Dr. E. H. Jen- 

 kins, Director of the Connecticut (State) Experiment Station, is ordered 

 to be printed. 



JAMES WILSON, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 

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