﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
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  GRADES 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  Fine 
  tobacco 
  is 
  variously 
  orraded 
  by 
  different 
  planters 
  and 
  

   in 
  different 
  counties 
  in 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  ten 
  grades. 
  The 
  best 
  

   average 
  prices 
  round 
  are 
  obtained 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  exercise 
  

   most 
  fully 
  a 
  delicate 
  discrimination, 
  which 
  results, 
  when 
  

   the 
  crop 
  presents 
  a 
  great 
  variety, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   grades. 
  The 
  attempt 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  fine 
  carry 
  coarse 
  and 
  in- 
  

   ferior 
  leaves 
  results 
  in 
  loss 
  to 
  the 
  planter 
  and 
  benefits 
  only 
  

   the 
  rehandler. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  understood, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  

   grading 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  crop. 
  

   When 
  assorted 
  into 
  six 
  grades 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   grades 
  in 
  each 
  crop 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  follows 
  ; 
  1st, 
  one 
  thirteenth 
  ; 
  

   2d, 
  one-tenth 
  ; 
  3d, 
  two-sevenths 
  bright 
  mahogany; 
  4th, 
  two- 
  

   tenths 
  dark 
  mahogany 
  ; 
  5th, 
  one-fifteenth 
  bright 
  lugs 
  ; 
  6th, 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  crop. 
  

  

  Bright 
  wrappers 
  are 
  sometimes 
  classed 
  in 
  grades 
  1, 
  2, 
  3, 
  

   and 
  4, 
  beside 
  tips, 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  suitable 
  for 
  wrap- 
  

   pers. 
  Lugs 
  are 
  generally 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  grades: 
  sand 
  

   lugs 
  and 
  smooth, 
  clean 
  lugs. 
  Sometimes 
  a 
  third 
  grade 
  is 
  

   made, 
  called 
  wrapping 
  lugs, 
  composed 
  of 
  larger 
  and 
  better 
  

   leaves 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two, 
  and 
  made 
  of 
  inferior 
  wrapping 
  

   leaf 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  lugs. 
  First-grade 
  wrappers 
  are 
  used 
  on 
  

   the 
  best 
  brands 
  of 
  chewing 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  on 
  lower 
  

   brands, 
  and 
  are 
  bought 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  manufacturers 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada. 
  Tips 
  are 
  thicker, 
  have 
  more 
  

   body, 
  and 
  make 
  first-class 
  fillers. 
  Tobacco 
  commanding 
  the 
  

   highest 
  price 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  leaf, 
  bright 
  yellow 
  and 
  ma- 
  

   hogany 
  or 
  a 
  clear, 
  whitish 
  yellow, 
  of 
  good 
  body, 
  with 
  fine 
  

   texture, 
  toughness, 
  and 
  elasticity, 
  an 
  oily 
  appearance, 
  small 
  

   stems 
  and 
  fibers, 
  and 
  no 
  holes 
  or 
  spots. 
  Body, 
  size 
  and 
  

   color 
  are 
  indispensable 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  best. 
  Thin, 
  papery 
  

   tobacco, 
  easily 
  torn, 
  brittle, 
  inelastic, 
  and 
  lifeless, 
  will 
  not 
  

   bring 
  the 
  best 
  prices, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  fine 
  the 
  color. 
  

  

  VALUE 
  OF 
  DIFFERENT 
  GRADES. 
  

  

  Estimates 
  from 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  counties 
  are 
  given 
  — 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  two 
  from 
  one 
  county 
  — 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  way 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  

   wide 
  range 
  in 
  the 
  prices. 
  These 
  are 
  for 
  100 
  pounds, 
  except 
  

   where 
  otherwise 
  stated 
  : 
  • 
  

  

  Madison. 
  — 
  Average 
  around 
  $8 
  to 
  $20. 
  

  

  