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suckers are removed from the stems, only the heads or tops 

 of the plants being preserved for seed. The heads are tied 

 to sticks to keep them straight. As soon as the seed is ripe, 

 the heads of plants are cut off and hung in a dry and safe 

 place. After a few days the seed is rubbed out of the pods 

 by hand and stored. The seed should be preserved from 

 damp and insects, and it is therefore usually hung up in the 

 cookroom. The vitality of the seed can be tested by scat- 

 tering some on a piece of hot iron. If a sharp spattering 

 sound is given out, the seed may be considered to be sound. 



648. Outturn. -A well grown crop is expected to yield 

 from 20 to 24 maunds of cured leaves per acre, the money 

 value of which may be estimated at Rs. 100 to Rs. 120, Rs. 5 

 being the average price per maund of country cured tobacco. 



649. Injuries. The chief enemy of the tobacco crop, 

 is a kind of caterpillar which eats away the leaves at night 

 and takes shelter in the soil by day. This caterpillar or 

 cutworm, causes serious damage to the young plants. It 

 should be carefully looked for and killed when any injury 

 from this source is noticed. Hailstorms often destroy the 



"crop over large areas of the country. 



650. Suggestions for improvement. The following para- 

 graphs are taken from the Englishman newspaper : " It would 

 be well worth considering the possibility of .growing the famous 

 Yenidge and Dubec tobacco so much in demand for cigarettes 

 and for which such high prices are paid. This is grown 

 extensively in the Bulgarian and other principalities as well 

 as in Turkey proper. All the so called Egyptian cigarettes 

 are made from tobacco grown outside of Egypt, better known 

 as Turkish tobacco. The best cigarettes are made in Egypt and 

 not in Turkey itself, and this is ascribed to the dry equable 

 climate of Egypt preventing the deterioration that ensues 

 when such climatic conditions are not assured. We have 

 in Aden the same conditions, a rainless region and on a 

 small, scale cigarette-making has for sometime been carriec) 



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