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so that the leaves cured under these conditions are con- 

 siderably lighter than those cured after being separated 

 from the stalk. It has been found by experiment that 

 picked leaves are about u per cent, heavier after curing 

 than those cured on the stalk. 



Space will not permit a full discussion of the various 

 systems of curing. As cigars and cigarettes are manu- 



PHOTO TAKlvN BY MR. I. B. DE MVJU-MDAR. 



A labourer just entering the subterranean pit where tobacco is kept after 



curing in order that it may get soft by moisture before it is sorted ; as 



tobacco in a dry condition is brittle and likely to get injured at the time 



of handling. The farm of Mr. Xewhall (a Scotch planter) in Smyrna. 



factured in India to a large extent, this paper will, there- 

 fore, be confined to the principles* which are observed 

 in the curing of cigar tobacco, and in the curing of the 



*In the preparation of this part of the paper, it is gratefully acknow- 

 ledged that free use has been made of "Principles and Practical Methods 

 of Curing Tobacco", by Dr. \V. XV. Garner of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, in whose laboratory the writer most profitably spent a 

 number of davs. 



