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even crossing, and the whole mass presenting a smooth and 
even appearance. The “wrappers” should be cased by them- 
selves and “the seconds” and “ fillers ” together or separate 
at the option of the packer. The tobacco should be cased 
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hard so that the mass will rise but little when the pressure 
is removed. As the fillers are usually dry they must: be 
moistened before casing or subjected to a very strong press- 
ure. After packing the cases should be turned on their sides, 
and the grower’s name marked on each case, also the kind of 
tobacco, whether wrappers or fillers, together with the number 
of pounds and the weight of the case. This is necessary to 
ascertain the quality of leaf produced by each grower, as well 
as to protect the buyer against all fraud in packing and casing. 
The cases may be piled one upon another, but should 
be kept from the rays of the sun and in a dry room, so that 
the sweating of the leaf may be sufficient to fit it for use. 
It is necessary that the season during sweating should be 
warm, in order to secure a good sweat. It will commence 
to “warm up” sometime in April or May, and will be ready 
to sample or uncase about the first of September. After 
“going through a sweat,” the leaf takes on a darker color, 
and loses the rank flavor which it had before. It is better 
to let the tobacco dry off before being used or taken from 
thecase. “Baling” is packing tobacco in small bundles or 
packages containing from one hundred to two hundred pounds, 
