into the seed. The lightest seeds and the chaff are first 

 blown out of the tube, and next the small seeds. The 

 materials necessary for constructing this kind of tobacco- 

 seed-separator can be obtained in any chemical house. 



II. ADOPTION OF UP-TO-DATE METHODS OF 

 CURING 



If a sample of tobacco taken from the field at the 

 usual time of harvesting were dried out rapidly on an 

 oven, and manufactured into appropriate forms for smok- 



Photo taken by Maharajkumar Victor N. Xarayan. 

 A cottage for labourers in Mr. Luis Marx's plantation, Alquizar, Culi.'i. 



ing or chewing, it would be found to retain a green colour 

 and a rough surface ; and when smoked would burn 

 badly, leaving a black ash, giving off a tarry ill smelling 

 smoke, and imparting a bitter burning flavour. Whereas 

 a properly cured tobacco has a brown or yellow colour, a 

 silky texture, burns with a smoke of delightful aroma, 

 holds fire well, yields a white or light gray ash, and has 



