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KEPORT OK OOMMITTKE ON CROP 1893. 



Rank of Plats. 



1. Texture, color, vein. Plats 9, 10, 7, 8, G, 4, 2, 1, 3, and 5. 



2. Total weight per plat. Plats 1, 4, 9, 10, 2, 7, 8, 3, 5, and 6. 



3. Weight and percentage of wrapper, Plats 10, 9, 4, 2, 6, 8, 7, 3, 



1 and 5. 



4. Burning quality ; only one test was made by committee and 



results were not considered reliable. The test was referred 

 to the laboratory of the Experiment Station. See succeeding 

 statements. 



After sweating, the tobacco grown on plats 9 and 10 was con- 

 sidered best ; that grown on Plats 2, 4, 6, and 8 were marked good ; 

 that on Plats 1, 3, and 7 medium while that grown on Plat 5 was 

 dark in color and below medium. 



LABORATORY TEST ON FIRE HOLDING CAPACITY. 



This was determined in the air dried leaves by bringing the leaf, 

 held in a horizontal position, in contact with a lighted slow-match, 

 and noting the number of seconds elapsing between the instant of 

 contact and the dying out of the last trace of fire in the leaf. Five 

 leaves were selected from each lot and six tests were made on each 

 leaf, three on each side of the midrib, one near the tip, one near the 

 middle and the third near the base of the leaf. Thus it is apparent 

 that the figures stated below represent the average of thirty determi- 

 nations. 



