EXPERIMENTS WITH TOBACCO. 
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SWEATING. 
The plant is not tobacco until fermentation has taken 
place, commonly called sweating, and is accomplished by lay¬ 
ing the tobacco side by side in a conical heap; the butts of 
the “ hands” outside, about as wheat is stacked. The process 
of sweating must be conducted with care, for on this depends 
the color of the leaf, and to a great extent its flavor. 
BOXING. 
The leaf having been sweated, is now ready for boxing, 
in which shape it is sent to market. The “ hands ” are packed, 
and pressed firmly by means of a lever. 
If tobacco should become too dry for boxing or baling, 
it may be brought in “case” by sprinkling it with warm water 
by means of a small corn-broom, but it must not be wet, or 
it will be ruined if it has to remain boxed or baled very long. 
This ends the round of attention and labor experienced 
in the management of this crop. The following tables ex¬ 
hibit results in detail in regard to the varieties grown : 
Table bio. 1—Tobacco on Manured Land. 
Number. 
Name of Variety. 
No. of Plants Ex¬ 
perimented With. 
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Weight in lbs.— 
Cured. 
1 
Estimated Yield 
per Acre in lbs— 
Green. 
_ 
Estimated Yield 
per Acre in lbs— 
Cured. 
Average Weight 
of Plants. 
1 
Connecticut Seed Leaf. 
13 
44 
9 H 
7,568 
1,720 
3.40 
2 
One Sucker Virginia. 
7 
24 
5 l A 
8,295 
2,070 • 
3.42 
3 
Fiji Orinoco. 
14 
63 
15 
10,884 
2,581 
4.5 
4 
Vuelta Abajo . 
14 
30 
6 
5,162 
1,032 
2.14 
5 
Isabella. 
18 
51 
1014 
6,834 
1,892 
2.83 
6 
Improved Havanna. 
14 
30 
7 
5,162 
1,204 
2.14 
7 
Golden Leaf. 
14 
63 
12 M 
10,836 
2,065 
4.5 
8 
Big Orinoco. 
14 
54 
1114 
9,288 
2,064 
3.85 
9 
White Burley. 
10 
66 
m, 
15,972 
3,872 
6.6 
10 
Yara. 
8 
28 
7 
8,456 
2,114 
3.5 
11 
Gen. Grant. 
8 
50 
11 % 
15,100 
3,322 
6.11 
12 
Caboni. 
6 
26 
10,478 
2,015 
4.33 
13 
Elkerson’s Yellow. 
6 
20 
5 
8,060 
2,015 
3.33 
14 
Flanagan . 
15 
18 
4 
2,898 
644 
1.20 
15 
White-Stem Orinoco. 
33 
70 
13 
5,110 
949 
2.12 
16 
Fiji Golden Leaf. 
13 
34 
7 
6,324 
1,302 
2.61 
