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4-6 weeks. Sorting and grading and baling complete the prepara- 
tion. It may happen that the planter would finish with the 
roduce after curing, the fermenting, sorting and grading and 
bios. 1f for export, being done by the leaf buyers. 
In Yola planted July-September, the leaves ripen in the dry 
season; they are first dried in the sun, then pounded and mixed 
with water and made into cakes (Shaw, N. Nig. Gaz. Feb. 28th, 
1910, p. 32). 
every 100 lb., and approximately the same (1d. more in each case 
pped"' or ‘f stemmed " tobacco. 
Connecticut, Jamaica, etc., the Cuban and Sumatra kinds being 
specially adapted to it. 
The above details are only general, as the cultivation like that 
of indigo and cotton requires expert supervision from beginning to 
end. The literature is extensive and the following references are 
confined to books and special bulletins. 
... Kef.—Report from the Select Committee on the Growth and 
Cultivation of Tobacco [within the United Kingdom] pp. 1-138 | 
(ordered by the House Commons to be printed 21 June 1830). 
obacco: Its History, Cultivation, Manufacture and Adultera- 
tions, Steinmetz, pp. 1-174 (Richard Bentley, London, 1857). 
Tobacco and Its Adulterations, Prescott (Inland Revenue Dept.) 
pp. 1-180, illustrated (London, 1858). Report on the Cultiva- 
‘tion and Preparation of Tobacco in India, Watson, pp. 1-59, 
plates i—iii. (India Office, London, 1871).—Report on the Pro- 
duction of Tobacco in India, O'Connor, pp. 1-92, with Appendices 
Curing (Maryland), Cost and Profits (Caleutta, 1873 
Monographia Sui Tabacchi Della Sicilia, Alfonso, pp. 1-456 
ici 15). 'obaeco: Its Histo and Associations, 
ure a Cu 
pp- 1-52 (Govt. Printer, Sydney, 1877). 
ltiva i 
y oiT Bell (Laboratory, | 
House), pp. 1-36 (1887).— Tobacco Culture, Espin, Bull. Misc. 
