CHAPTER IX. 



A FEW NOTES ON THE CURING AND 

 FERMENTING OF TOBACCO. 



By the Editor. 



As the question of tobacco fermentation has 

 been touched upon by Dr. Schulte and other 

 writers, the following notes may be of use to 

 those interested in tobacco production either as 

 a main or a subsidiary crop, as well as to 

 planters generally, to compare with the various 

 processes involved in preparing their crops for 

 market. 



" There are many styles of houses used for 

 tobacco, depending upon the method of curing." 

 Thus reports Mr. J. N. Harper, M. Agr., 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Clemson College, S.C. " The flue- 

 cured tobacco is cured in a house that can be 

 made almost airtight, with a ventilator in the 

 top which can be closed. The Virginia bright 

 leaf is cured in this way. The White Burley is 

 cured entirely without artificial heat, requiring 

 from five to six weeks in its curing. Barns in 

 which tobacco is air-cured should have lateral, 

 horizontal ventilators rather than perpendicular 



