468. BALING. 
and is the manner of putting up tobacco for export in Cuba, 
Paraguay, Algiers, Hungary, Mexico, Syria, the Philippines, 
China, Sumatra, Japan, Java, Turkey, and in some other, 
tobacco-growing countries. In Cuba after being formed into. 
hands or “ gavillos” and four of these tied together with strips 
of palm-leaf so as to constitute a “ manga,” fifty or eighty 
of them are packed together, making what is called a “ tercio” 
or bale, the average weight of which is two hundred pounds. 
Hazard says of the number of pounds produced on the vegas: 
“A caballeria of thirty-three acres of ground produces 
about nine thousand pounds of tobacco, made up in about 
the following proportions : four hundred and fifty of desecho, 
or best; one thousand eight hundred pounds desechito, 
or seconds; two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds of 
libra, or thirds; and four thousand five hundred pounds of 
imjuriado. From these figures, taking the bale at one hund- 
red pounds, and the average price of the tobacco at twenty 
dollars per bale, (though this is a low estimate, for the crops 
of some of the vegas are sold as high, sometimes, as four 
hundred dollars per bale,) an approximate idea may be formed 
of the profit of a large plantation in a good year, when the 
crops are satisfactory.” 
In Mexico, after being baled, the tobacco is sent to the 
government factories, where it is not weighed until two 
months afterwards. The price is high, varying from twelve 
to twenty-eight dollars per crate; and is paid in ten monthly 
installments. In Persia, when the tobacco is fit for packing, 
the leaves are carefully spread on each other, and formed 
into cakes four or five feet round, and three to four inches 
thick, care being taken not to break or injure the leaves. 
Bags of strong cloth, thin and open at the sides, are provided, 
into which the cakes are pressed strongly down on each other. 
When the bags are filled they are placed in a separate drying 
house, and are turned every day. Water is then sprinkled 
on the cakes, if required, to prevent them from breaking. 
The leaf is valued for being thick, tough, of a uniform light 
yellow color, and of an agreeable aromatic smell. 
In Turkey, the tobacco after remaining in the dwelling- 
room of the house a sufficient time, is ready for baling. The 
