hanging much
many is to ban
four feet long,
and five-eighth:
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lath answers ve
iron made some
slip on to one
sharpened a liti
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the ground. I
from the load
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butt; put six or
on each stick,
stick is filled, it
the barn.  In
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lifting them b:
These sticks SI
apart. I think
into a given si
danger of sweat
tributed. The
broken oft whil
placing four or
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hung with twin,



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tie up the stalk
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frosts destroy i
the pods or seed
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rainy, damp, or
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weather   After
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leaves or leaf-s
main stalk is no
and there will b
cure but freeze ,
It will then be re



    THE       WISCONSIN               FARMER.                         319

 practiced and approved by                     sRtIrIrNG
 g on slats or sticks sawed out
one and a quarter inches wide  This must be done only after a damp, rainy
s of an inch thick. Chestnut spell has softened the leaves, so that they
may
,ally used here. The common be handled without breaking; it may then be
try well for this purpose. An taken from the poles and stripped as fast as
*thing like a chisel is used to taken dowi, or it may be carried into a cellar
end of the sticks, which are and be piled in heaps to be stripped at leisure;
tAe at one end to receive it. It care must be taken, however, not to let
it re-
ight inches long, wedge-shaped main too long in this condition, as the green
d, and a socket one half by stalks would soon heat and injure it. To strip
on to the sticks. When readv a plant, hold it in the left hand by the butt,
Alace fixed near where you un- and with the other pull off all the bottom
e of these sticks out at right leaves and drop themn on the ground or floor
post anil about four feet irom in a pile for 'tfillers,. or the poorest quality;
Let the plants be handed vou next, take off three or four more, or until
you
and slip them on the stick, come to the best leaves, these put in another
alk about six inches from the heap for the "1 seconds:" now strip
off the re-
r seven plants of medium size mainder for wrappers, except such as are bad-
thicker if smaller.  As each ly worm-eaten or otherwise injured-such go
may be carried to its place in into a poorer quality throw the stalk away
getting them to the top of the and put the handful of wrappers under the
be handed up with a pitchfork, left arm to hold while stripping another in
y the middle of the sticks. like manner, put the two handfuls of wrap-
hould be about eight inches pers together, taking pains to keep the butts
a greater amount can be put even, and bind them by firmly winding a leaf
)ace by this method without around them at the butt, commencing within
Ling, as it is more evenlv dis- a half or threc-quarters of an inch from
the
loose leaves that have been end and winding down smoothly about two
e handling may be cured by inches, part the hand and put the end of the
five together and securing to band between the parts, then close it again.
the same way as plants are thus securing the end and holding it tight. If
                              the plants are very large, the leaves from
each
                              may be tied up separately instead of putting
SAVING SEED.                 two together. Hands that will weigh half a
                              pound are about large enough. The seconds
es off from the seed stalks td and fillers are afterwards picked up and tied
s to a stake driven into the in the same manner. Much of the value of
, else they may be blown over. tobacco in the market depends upon the man-
be gathered before the hard ner in which it is assorted and done up, as a
its vitality; when fully ripe, few poor leaves in a hand would make a dif-
-vessels may be picked offand ference of several cents per pound in the
sIt or roll them between the price none but good souned leaves, free front
seeds are all out, the seeds rust, pole-sweat, frost, or large holes, should
'arated from the chaff by pass- go into the best quality. Small plants rarely
fine seive.                 contain any first quality, but should go into
  cUlRIC..                  the seconds and fillers. A little practice will
                             enable any one to sort it properly, better than
p is all housed, the building any rules that can be laid down on paper.
entilated by opening the doors There is much difference in the color and
fine-
hinges, to secure a free cirei- ness of the leaf, a darkish red or cinnamon
hroughout the building. On color is preferred to that of a darker shade;
very windy days the build- the veins should be small and far apart and
shut up as tightly as pos- ts dark as the leaf, as " white stems "
are ob-
ed again on return of fair jectionable by reason of their growing lighter
hanging several weeks, until still when going through the sweat after it
is
astly dried, the building should cased.
rent the dry leaves from being  After it is Stripped, it should be packed
s. It usually requires about down in a cool dry place.  Lay some boards
cure the plants thoroughly, flat on the ground about four feet wide, and
,here is no more juice in the as long as you wish the pile -to be, and com-
tems; it matters not if the mence by laying a row on one side of the
t dry, you need not expect it, platform with the butts out, then on the other
e green leaves that will not side in the same way, letting the tips lap about
rhile green and are worthless. six inches, or just enough to keep the pile
lev-
eady for                    el; proceed in this way, laying on each side



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