258 TOBACCO 



Steam curing is now coming rapidly into use and is 

 giving the greatest satisfaction. 



Perhaps no other field crop is so dependent upon quality 

 for its market value. Export tobacco may be permitted 

 a somewhat rank growth, but the maturing must be 

 thorough, for the curing of the crop promptly reveals 

 growth defects. Wrapper tobacco, and the higher grades 

 generally, distinctly show the effects of careful attention 

 to crop needs. 



Pests. 



There are two kinds of worms that are very trouble- 

 some to tobacco, namely, the cut worm and the horn 

 worm. The latter feeds upon the finest and largest 

 leaves. In Virginia and North Carolina a flock of 

 turkeys put in the field generally devours these pests 

 promptly. 



