310 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. : | 
FILLers— 
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Vuelto Abajo ... a8 eu st ae 6 6 10 
Remedios Havana... es a hy 8 6 3 
Florida Havana ia 7 Gp yer Ip 1 il 
Zimmmer Spanish... Ac is nes 0 7 0100 
Penn. Havana Seedleaf 7 a oH Ona 0 9 aa 
Wisconsin... ab ct nd “te 0 7 0. 2 Be: 
The Customs duties on tobacco in the United States are :— 
MF 
Unstripped leaf suitable for wrappers ... .... 6 3 per lb. 
Stripped leat suitable for wrappers... oe Sedo gee 
All other kinds of leaf tobacco unmanufactured and 
unstripped ae _ an cre Ftc ESS 
All other kinds of leaf tobacco manufactured but 
stripped... et rete Se a staan oe oo 
Manufactured tobacco of whatever kind ... FR eed 
And in surplus an inland Custom duty of 2. Una See 
I believe, that two years ago, the Customs duty on Sumatra and H 
tobacco was increased by 2s. 1d. per lb. 
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Until now only really good wrappers have been produced in Sumatt@ os a 
Borneo ; and although Havana furnishes wrappers as good as the best SW, 
grown, they are dearer, as they possess also a fine aroma. Planters 10 
are likely to produce an article which will favourably compete with 
tobacco, through untiring efforts to improve their tobacco, and I am C0 
that some soils in Natal could turn out a similar tobacco. 
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BINDERS. ai 
Everything that is said about wrappers also applies to binders, ae A 
roughly speaking, a binder is only an inferior kind of wrapper. In this; sn 
torn leaves and a less equal bright colour is not an objection as in the re 
wrappers, but brown, ripe colours are certainly better than fallow-colow” 
unripe ones. ‘This kind of tobacco must burn even better still than the W}h | 
or else the cigar will not burn well, which is of the greatest importance 7, 
it will be seen that the fat top-leaves will never furnish good binders“) 
besides being much heavier than middle and foot leaves, they will prove sant | 
dear because of their smaller wrapping capacity. A. leaf which has 4 plea ant 
taste when smoked will also have a good aroma, and the better the taste ae 
burning power the binder has, the better will be the quality of the coe 
although it is possible to obtain the quality of a cigar largely by usine ° iD 
fillers and taking a wrapper and binder which only possess superior DU” a 
power, great elasticity, and a very fine texture. With such coverings; os q,to 
an attractive appearance can be made. U’sually 6 Ib. of binders are neee™ 
wrap 1,000 cigars. UL 7 phe 
FILLERS. ; oom 
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As stated previously, a soil which furnishes good wrapper tobacce a 
ean be used for planting filler tobacco, and vice versd. The soil for os 
should be totally different ; it should be a sandy loam with a stiff subsoil, f pe 
not being so essential. ‘Fertilisers will be less necessary than for wre ort 
tobacco, and more especially as regards nitrogenous fertilisers; furthe?, ipo 
the distance of the plants, the manipulation of the tobacco in the field, monet? 
rocess of fermentation are also different. Up to the present the best." 
for fillers is the Havana variety. 
