alone would formerly cost as much as $75.00. 

 In the smaller "hand-made" factories, the 

 method of procedure is about as follows : The 

 leaf on receipt is opened and moistened. The 

 "filler" leaf is separated from the wrapper. The 

 filler leaf is made up into "books," a "book" 

 being a bunch of leaves suitable for one cigar. 

 The loose books are then allowed to ferment 

 for a week or so when they are ready for use. 

 The bunchmaker selects and arranges his leaves 

 from each book, selects his binder and rolls the 

 whole into cigar form. If a mold is used he 

 puts the bunch in a matrix of the mold and 

 fastens down the cover until the leaves are 

 pressed into shape. They then go to the wrap- 

 per man and are wrapped either by machine or 

 by hand, according to the class of goods. The 

 wrapping is begun at the lighting end and 

 finished at the point which is called the head. 

 After trimming to gauge, the cigar is ready for 

 inspection and classification according to color, 

 etc., and for banding. 



Cigars according to their manufacture are 

 classed for trade purposes in various ways. 

 The trade nomenclature embraces the following 

 descriptions: Cigars, little cigars, all-tobacco 

 cigars, stogies and cheroots. 



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