64 TOBACCO CULTURE. 



the stalk and rib. This is a fungous growth against which 

 no cure can be suggested, but the nature of the infection 

 itself suggests an effective remedy. Absolute cleanliness in 

 the curing barn, and the annual destruction ot all refuse 

 from the previous crop furnishes reasonably certain protec- 

 tion by destroying any spores of the disease existing in the 

 previous crop. 



