CONTENTS. 



Damage liy hail and winil ... 

 (.'urins^' : Lleueral remarks ... 



Sun curing 



Fii'r curing- 

 Flue curing- 

 Air curing 



Cigar leaf curing 



Fermentatinn of cigar leaf 



Bulk fermentation 



Ageing 



Some of the chcu-iistry of curhig ami fermentation 

 Buildings 



Curing- harny 



Stripping, grading c a i.aeking houses 



Fermentation houses 

 Backing or prizing of all tohaccos except cigar leaf 

 Marketing tobacco in Ame)-ica 



Loose sales 



The package and sampling system 



Sales of cigar leaf 

 Leaf dealers or middli -men ... 

 Be-ordering and slimming tohacci' 

 Stomming or stripping 

 Some of the chemistry of the tiihacco plant and its relatii 



fertiUzer^ used 



\V,-iter h[ its relation tcj the tobacco irojis 



I'roductiim of tob.-K'i'iMindor shade 



Tobaci-o as an insecticide ... 



Beiique tobacco culture 



Tobacco culture in Sumatra 



Cost of production, prolits, wages and yields 



A fe-n' concluding \V(U-ds 



Appendix and statistical tables 



]'.\OE. 



71 

 74 

 7() 

 77 

 7S 

 S2 

 .S2 

 S.) 

 S.) 

 H:i 

 9.3 

 9B 



9i; 

 no 

 no 

 no 



113 

 113 



1L>0 



12-2 

 122 

 122 

 130 



130 

 13S; 

 112 

 l.'iO 



i.-.o 



l,-,,-i 

 1(10 

 1133 

 107 



INDEX TO COL(.)UREI.> PLATES <JE TOBACCO 

 LEAVES. 



Burloy 



Connecticut Havana Sec'd Leaf... 

 ]Jrig-ht Lemon, for (Cigarettes ... 

 Mahogany Leaf, for Blug Wrappers 



Dark Vui-Ha Abajo 



Cuban Cigar Wrappier ... 



Dark English Stemming 



Light Sumatra Cigar "Wrapper . . . 



