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top leaves, since the former are over-ripe, and the latter 

 immature. 



The advantages of the second method are : — 



(i) The planter can begin to house his crop from 

 two to four weeks earlier, as the bottom 

 leaves which ripen first can be taken off 

 and cured as soon as they are ripe. 



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Photo takex by Mr. I. B. Dk M\jt\uruR. 



Leaves in strings hung for suncuring on the walls of the building, and 



on scaffolds in the eourtvard of one of the plantations (in Macedonia) of 



Hazi Saccara, a rich tobacco planter of Turkey. The leaves are covered 



with mats (which are shewn relied up in the photo) in case of rains. 



(2) As the lower leaves are pulled off those left 



on the stalk ripen more rapidly, which 

 enables the planter to get in his whole crop 

 earlier in the season. 



(3) The tobacco can be cured in a much smaller 



space. 



