TOBACqO. 



reddening thereof, oi* that induces sweiiting and sporigijlg and wherefore; but 

 every one who reads this short monograph will the better underetand why the 

 changes and metamorphoses do occur and the reasons therefor. 



ORDEEING. 



If, after the tobacco is cured, the weather remains dry and it fails to get soft 

 readily, so that it can be moved, it may be brought in order in the following way ;,^.,^ 

 Place green bushes with the leaves on over the floor, and 8j>rinkle'v^ater over thein' 

 copiously; if the tobacco is very dis'y and the iatmosp&re dohtaiibis but littte 

 moisture, and if the weather is cool, a little fire kindled in the flues will ^.ssist in 

 making the tobacco Soft, Straw, wet Or niade so, will answer the same purpose. 

 If the weather is d^mp, there will be no necessity to use either straw, brupji O^ 

 water. But when it is necessary to use any means to order tobacco, it is best to 

 apply them in the afternoon, that the tobacco may be removed the next morning. 



If the weather continues warm and damp or rainy, tobacco that reihains/ 

 hanging will be apt to change color^ unless dr^ed out, by flues or chsircoal. When 

 this becomes necessary, build small fires at first, and raise the heat gradualljr. 



If you sell loose, deliver in large uniform pil^s-^such -will cost IteSis, andyOUf ' 

 tobacco bring more in price. But to sell in a distant market, pack in, tierees*^? 

 half hogsheads make the best and cheapest— to weigh about four hundred poiands 

 net, taking care not to press the tobacco so as to bruise it, or paijk it too closely ; 

 together. The best leaf is wanted for wrapper^,; and ,4t must open easily! y hen < 

 shaken in the hand. Pack one grade only in each tierce, uniform, iricdl^r aiid 

 length; but if it becomes necessary to put more than one grJadS in a tierce, place 

 strips of paper or straw between to mark , and separate them. Paek honfstly^ for 

 honesty is always the best pplicy . The man who ' 'nests "his tohacbo wiU certainly 

 go on me "Black List," and buyets have good memories. 



This cut Illustrates the work of packing and pri/Jng into hogsheads for market, except there is want- 

 ing In the picture a girl or boy extra to each packer, to handle the tobacco as it go^ into thepacker's haads. 

 The manuractaring types are largely sold loose in piles on the warehouse Soot's, where the tobacco is deliv- 

 ered in planter's wagons. If eent^by rail, it^s loosely packed and prized lightly, if at all. 



