new. These bulks are made about 6 feet wide and 12 feet long, the 

 length and width being governed by the quantity to be bulked. In all 

 cases the length and width of the bulk should be so arranged that 

 when finished it will be at least 6 feet high. 



After the bulk has been once repiled allow it to remain about ten 

 days, when the same process of rebulking should be repeated. The 

 second time the tobacco is rebulked it should be allowed to remain 

 about fifteen days, and if the tobacco had sufificient moisture in the 

 beginning the wrappers at the end of that time should be sufficiently 

 cured to assort and bale. The fillers and low grades of wrapper can 

 not be entirely cured with the moisture the tobacco had when received 

 from the curing shed. These grades are allowed to remain in bulk 

 until they are thoroughly dried out, and they are then given moisture 

 by dipping them into water. If the tobacco is flimsy and has but little 

 gum, a preparation should be made of stem juice. This is done by 

 boiling Havana stems and pressing them well, making the juice quite 

 thick, then adding 1 bucket of juice and about 1 gallon of sour wine to 

 a tub of water. Dip the heads of the tobacco about 4 inches into the 

 water and shake well, thus distributing the water through the leaves. 

 The tobacco should then be lightly laid into cases and allowed to remain 

 for about twenty-four hours, by which time the moisture will have been 

 taken up and the tobacco become uniformly soft. Then proceed to 

 bulk as before, keeping a close watch and rebulking from time to time 

 as the tobacco may need, until it is thoroughly cured. 



The above-described work should be done in a room i^repared for this 

 purpose called the sweat room. Steam pipes should run through this 

 room, the pipes being so arranged that the room can be filled with 

 steam whenever desired. The mean temperature of the room should 

 be about 75°. When filling the room with steam all tobacco should be 

 covered with blankets. The steam is not used to soften the tobacco, 

 but to prevent it from drying out, which it will do if the air is allowed 

 to get warm and dry. The temperature given above should be kept 

 throughout the entire building, as it is desirable to keep the tobacco in 

 about the same atmosphere j that is, the tobacco should never be taken 

 from a warm room to a cold one while in the process of manij)ulation. 



The best grades, of course, should always receive attention first. 

 As Foon as sufficiently cured, proceed to assort and classify, making 

 the following grades: Light, medium colored, and dark wrappers; light, 

 medium-colored, and dark seconds. Make four lengths of each grade 

 as follows: 12, II, 16, and 18 inches. The first three grades represent 

 the perfect leaves, the next three giades the imperfect, uneven -colored 

 leaves. In making these assortments measured tills should be pro- 

 vided to receive each grade; each till being marked to show just what 

 grade it contains, thus avoiding the possibility of mixing the various 

 grades. With a force of about fifty women assorting, one inspector for 

 each grade is necessary; that is, there should be one man who thoroughly 



