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should be continually nipped off as fast as they become large enough to get 

 hold of; otherwise they will retard the growth and prevent the early maturing 

 of the plant. 



REMARKS. 



We have described the operations of worming, topping, priming, and sucker- 

 ing, separately and in the regular order in which they first appear; but they 

 cannot be wholly performed and finally disposed of in the same manner. 



Soon after you commence worming, the buds make their appearance and 

 claim their share of your attention; then follow the priming and suckering, 

 The first suckers will appear in about a week after topping, and will afterwan 

 require plucking two or three times in the same number of weeks. 



The worming must still be attended to. Thus it will be seen that two or 

 more of these are continued operations and can be performed in connection 

 with each other. To the experienced tobacco-grower, much that we have 

 written in the way of explanation may seem altogether needless; but our 

 intention is to embody, in this pamphlet, all the practical information needed 

 by new beginners, together with valuable hints to all tobacco-growers. 



CONSTRUCTING BARNS. 



SIZE OF BARNS. 



For coal or flue curing, we believe in small barns, as the heat can be more 

 evenly distributed in them. The old barns (16 x 16 inside) used in the old 

 process will answer the purpose; though if the barn is to be built, we recom- 

 mend it to be not more than four tiers high, placing the lower tier-poles eight 

 feet from the ground, and the height between the tiers about the average 

 length of the leaves you grow. Small farmers might build even smaller ones^ 

 say of that size which the force they work can fill in one or two days, calcu- 

 lating the hangers five inches apart, and a " hand " to fill one hundred hang- 

 ers per day. 



MATERIALS. 



Logs, well "chinked" and "daubed" with clay, inside ami out. are prob- 

 ably the best materials for walls; but in localities where they cannot be readily 

 procured, any construction which can be made to hold the heat will answer. 

 "Adobe," or bricks dried in the sun, (made of day and a small quantity of 

 straw mixed to prevent them from cracking.) will make a good wall. Fol 

 tier-poles, use either straight poles or sawed lumber 2x4; arrange them to 

 extend from back to front, and do this while building the walls if made of 



