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CHAPTER XII. CULTURE AND CURING OF TOBACCO IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



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Progress of the tobacco industry Ill 



Varieties of tobacco. -.- - Ill, 112 



Tobacco soils 112, 11:< 



The timber growth 113 



Rolling and level lands 113 



Preparation of the soil 113 



Tobacco fertilizers 113, 114 



Rotation 114 



Seed-beds 114 



Transplanting tobacco 114 



Cultivation of tobacco 115 



Priming, topping, and suokering of tobacco 115 



Ripening tobacco 115 



Cutting of tobacco 115,116 



Tobacco-barns 116 



The flues 116,117 



Curing of tobacco 117 



Curing tobacco by charcoal 117 



Flue-curing 117 



The growth of flue-curing 118 



Treatment of tobacco after curing 1 H 



Assorting of tobacco 119 



Diseases of tobacco 119 



Insect enemies 119 



Hailstorms 119 



Average value of tobacco 119 



Value of different grades in 1879 119,120 



Value of lands cost of production marketing the tobacco crop 120, 121 



Geology and soils of the tobacco region 121-125 



Report on the geology and the soils of the tobacco region of North Carolina, by Professor Kcrr, state geologist 121-125 



CHAPTER XIII. CULTURE AND CURING OF TOBACCO IN OHIO. 



Climate 12*5 



Geology 12(i 



Burley district 126-132 



Comparison of recent tobacco crops 128 



Varieties of tobacco grown 128, 129 



Seed-beds 130 



Preparation of soil and planting 130 



Topping tobacco '. 130 



Suckering, cutting, and curing of tobacco 130, 131 



Cost of tobacco production 131, 132 



Seed-leaf district 132-141) 



History of tobacco culture in the Miami valley 132,133 



Area, geological formations, and soils 133-135 



Comparison of crops 135 



Varieties of tobacco grown 135, I'M 



Preferred tobacco soils i 13(5, 137 



Preparation of land for planting and cultivation of the tobacco crop 137-139 



Cost of growing and marketing seed-leaf tobacco 139,140 



Spangled, or Eastern tobacco district 141-147 



Geology and soils 141 



History of tobacco culture in the district 141,142 



Preparation of the soil 143 



Topping and suckering tobacco 143, 144 



Curing the tobacco crop 144 



Tobacco-houses 144 



Prices of tobacco 145 



Uses of tobacco ..........; 145 



Cost of production 145, 146 



Wages 146 



Insect enemies and diseases -, 146, 147 



CHAPTER XIV. CULTURE AND CURING OF TOBACCO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Its cultivation in colonial times 147 



Its cultivation in recent years 147 



Physical and geological features 148 



Climate 148 



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