76 EXPORT AND MANUFACTURING TOBACCOS, 
For the purposes of this bulletin it will be unnecessary to dwell 
longer on the soil requirement of White Burley or on the results of 
attempts to produce a satisfactory product in new sections. Figure 
31 shows a view of a typical curing barn of the better type common in 
the Burley district of Kentucky and elsewhere. 
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND USEFULNESS. 
DOMESTIC USE. 
Burley tobacco, like the flue-cured, is a modern type developed 
since the Civil War. It has alsomany of the same points of excellence, 
making it well adapted to domestic manufacture and consumption. 
It is even milder than flue-cured, and since it is an air-cured type it is 
entirely free from the odor or flavor of smoke. It runs to light colors 
Fig. 31.—Common type of curing barn in the Burley district of Kentucky. 
and burns well, making it quite well adapted for use in smoking 
mixtures. The size of leaf is desirable and when grown on proper 
soils is very smooth and fine of fiber. 
In one. important respect Burley tobacco is in a class by itself 
and superior to any other type, that i is, in its remarkable capacity 
for absorbing quid sweetening and flavormg materials. From 
the standpoint of the manufacturer this capacity renders it a 
most economical tobacco to use, as these sauces are much cheaper 
per pound than tobacco itself, and from the standpoint of the con- 
sumer who likes his tobacco highly flavored and sweetened, it is also 
a most desirable quality. This unusual absorptive or ‘‘drinking 
capacity, as it is often called, is really the foundation of the great 
success of Burley tobacco. 
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