AMERICAN TOBACCO TYPES, USES, AND MARKETS 85 
The requirements as to percentage of moisture vary. ‘Tobacco in 
“English” order contains approximately 11 percent. Should it be 
received at an English port with less than 10 percent it would be 
subject to a higher import duty. And in view of the high rate of 
duty on tobacco imported into Great Britain, the inclusion of mois- 
ture much in excess of 10 percent means additional weight and_there- 
fore added duty. ‘Tobacco in ‘“‘Continental’’ order carries a slightly 
higher moisture content, dictated largely by trade requirements. 
Tobacco redried for domestic storage contains a degree of moisture 
governed largely by the type of tobacco, the season of the year, and 
the judgment of the prizing foreman as to what moisture content will 
best promote fermentation without risk of damage. 
The tobacco on coming out of the redrying machine is immediately 
prized, the hogsheads are numbered, weighed, recorded, and rolled 
into storage space or onto trucks for removal. 
The redrying or steam drying of tobacco is universal in the flue- 
cured district, is used extensively in the Burley district, and, to a 
minor extent in the fire-cured and dark air-cured districts. 
HANGING, BULKING 
In some districts the tobacco is hung in racks until it has dried 
sufficiently for safe storage. (See fig. 41.) This is practiced in por- 
tions of the dark air-cured districts, and to a very minor extent in the 
Ficure 41.—Tobacco hung for drying previous to prizing. 
Burley district. Sometimes the tobacco is bulked temporarily 
and then hung. In the fire-cured districts, especially those in Ken- 
tucky and Tennessee, the more common practice is to bulk the tobacco, 
after which it is reclassed and prized. If, however, the tobacco is 
received in such high order as to be in unsafe keeping condition, it is 
