Xvi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



TOBACCO CULTURE. 



Hot Beds Virginia Plant Patch Tennessee Plant Bed Cuban Plant 

 Bed Covering Plant Bed Selection of Soil The Soil Affecting 

 Color Preparing the Soil Virginia Methods Burning Brush- 

 Implements Transplanting Plants Setting Seasons in Mexico 

 and Persia The American Transplanter Pests Worming Back- 

 ward Plants Topping Suckers Maturation The Harvest Cut- 

 ting Hanging Cutting time in Cuba Harvesting in Virginia 

 The Season in other Places Curing Curing by Smoke Yellow 

 Tobacco Stripping Assorting Shading Stemming Packing 

 Casing Old Style Resistance to Dampness Prizing Marking 

 Baling Certificates Firing White Rust Seed Plants Maturing 

 of Seed Second Growth 415 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE PRODUCTION, COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO. 



Early History of Tobacco Cultivation by Spaniards at St. Domingo- 

 Annual Product of Cuba Amount of Land under Cultivation in 

 U. S. Cultivation in the South Annual Product of Europe, Asia 

 and Africa Government Monopoly Source of Revenue Manu- 

 facture of Cigarettes Increase of Tobacco Culture 478 



