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mended (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers’ Bull. No. 416. 1910, p. 10) to 
p i or “ Hairy 
Vicia villosa) a plant found to be resistant to cold, heat 
The leaves are ready for harvesting in from 80-90 days after 
transplanting, indicated by a tendency to yellowing, and snapping 
readily like coca leaves (see p. 118) when folded, though it is only 
by experience that the right time to a nicety can be judged. They 
are conveyed without delay to sheds specially constructed for dry- 
ing or curing, strung carefully on slats, air and moisture being 
regulated to prevent drying too quickly, the time occupied may be 
5-4 cs. In some instances special heating flues are fitted in the 
drying barns, which facilitaies drying on a large scale in any 
weather, the temperature (80° F.—1209 F.) and humidity of these 
barns being regulated to a degree. Fire-curing is also sometimes 
practised in certain parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, 
producing a dark and distinct flavoured leaf with the smoke of the 
open fires. They are afterwards fermented by placing them in 
carefully placed heaps several feet at least high, the temperature 
being gradually allowed to reach 1009 F. or thereabouts, frequent 
examinations and repiling being made meanwhile to prevent 
moulding or overheating, the whole occupying perhaps írom 
