BULLETIN No. 90a. 
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TABLE III. Result of the I^xper^vi^nt. 
1 .—Tobacco Curing on the Stalk from Half acre. 
cc 
a 
Value, Estimated by Experienced Buyers, 
Per 100 Pounds. 
M 
« 
53 
Grade. 
d 
o 
Ph 
.S 
r~j 
bo 
’53 
is 
Z. W. Lyon. 
J. G. Hunt. 
E. T. White. 
J. M. Currin. 
J. H. Bullock. 
Av.of the five. 
Actual Sale. 
Total Value. 
1 
A 
Smokers. 
Scrap from stalk 
6.50 
$ 3.50 
$ 4.00 
$ 4.00 
$ 5.00 
$ 4.00 
$ 4.10 
$ 4.00 
$ ‘.2665 
C 
Scrap__ 
15.75 
2.50 
3.00 
2 50 
3.00 
2.75 
2.75 
3.00 
.4331 
D 
Trash lug.. 
49. 
3.50 
5.00 
3.40 
4.00 
5.00 
4.18 
4.00 
2.0482 
F 
Best lug.... 
18.75 
10.00 
10.00 
9.00 
8.00 
8.00 
9.00 
9.00 
1.6875 
I 
Cutters. 
Sand lug. 
63.75 
15.50 
14.00 
16.00 
15.00 
12.00 
14.50 
14.00 
9.2437 
K 
Best lug. 
16.75 
15.00 
17.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.40 
20.00 
2.5795 
M 
, Wrappers. 
First grade. 
50. 
18.00 
20.00 
16 00 
18.00 
20.00 
18.40 
14.25 
9.2000 
N 
Second grade... 
54. 
13.50 
15.00 
14 00 
13.00 
14.00 
13.90 
13.00 
7.5060 
P 
Fillers. 
Bright tips. 
47. 
10.00 
12.00 
10.75 
9.00 
11.00 
10 55 
10.75 
4.9585 
S 
Black tips. 
4.75 
7.75 
9.00 
7.00 
7.50 
7.50 
7.75 
9.00 
.3681 
Total.. 
326.25 
Average value per 100 pounds, $11.74 
Total- 
$38.29 
2.-^-Tobacco Curing by the Leaf Process on Wire from Half-acre. 
CO 
Value, 
Estimated by Experienced Buyers, 
Per 100 Pounds. 
Mark. 
Grade. 
d 
o 
Ph 
C 
• pH 
("H 
Tc 
• rH 
a> 
is 
Z W. Lyon. 
J. G. Hunt. 
V 
; E. T. White. 
J. M. Currin. 
J. H Bullock. 
j Av.of the five. 
Actual Sale. 
Total Value. 
B 
Smokers. 
Scrap . 
13.50 
$ 3.00 
$ 3 20 
\ 
$ 3.50 
$ 3.00 
$ 3.00 
$ 3.14 
$ 3.10 
$ .4239 
E 
Trash lug. 
34.75 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
5 00 
6.00 
5.60 
6.00 
1.9460 
G 
Best trash lug.. 
31.75 
12.50 
12.50 
12.50 
12.00 
10.00 
11.90 
12.00 
3.7782 
H 
Cutters. 
Sand lug_ 
104. 
16 50 
16.00 
17.50 
14.00 
16.00 
16.00 
16.75 
16.6400 
J 
Best lug__ 
40. 
15.00 
18.00 
17.00 
18.00 
15.00 
16.60 
20.00 
6.6400 
L 
Wrappers. 
First grade. 
90. 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 
22.00 
20.40 
20.00 
18.3600 
O 
Second grade... 
55. 
11.50 
16.00 
16 00 
12.00 
14.00 
13.90 
14.00 
7.6450 
Q 
Fillers. 
Bright tips_ 
56.25 
8.25 
12.00 
10.00 
11.00 
8.00 
9.85 
9.25 
5.5406 
R 
Black tips. 
28.75 
7.00 
8.50 
8.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.50 
7.50 
2 1663 
Total_ 
454. 
» 
Average value per 100 pounds, $13.91. 
Total. 
$63.14 
Having thus compared in a commercial way the two methods of 
curing, it was thought desirable to continue the experiment, and see 
if there was any material difference in the chemical composition of 
the two lots of tobacco resulting from the two processes. Samples 
