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INDEX.
Adulterations of tobacco, 267–70
Afghanistan, tobacco in, 137
African tobacco, 138
After-cultivation, 54–60
Albuminoids in tobacco, 256
American tobacco, 210–22
Amersfort tobacco, 6
Ammonia in tobacco, 255
Analyses of tobacco, 261
—— —— —— plants, 22
Area of nursery, 59
—— to plant, 53
Artificial heat for drying tobacco, 89, 91
Ash of tobacco, 258
Australian tobacco, 141
Austro-Hungarian tobacco, 141
Barrels for tobacco, 125, 127
Best kind of tobacco to grow, 33
Betun, 117
Bibliography of tobacco, 276
Big Frederic tobacco, 34, 37
—— Orinoco tobacco, 35, 37
Black soil for tobacco growing, 10
Blue prior tobacco, 37
—— stalk tobacco, 35
—— vitriol for killing caterpillars, 58
Books on tobacco, 276
Bornean tobacco, 142
Bourbon tobacco, 143
Boxes for tobacco, 126
Brazilian tobacco, 143–7
British tobacco, 164–6
Brittle stem tobacco, 35
Building drying-sheds, 86, 90, 95
Bulking tobacco, 121–5
Bull tongue tobacco, 35
Cake tobacco, 236
Calabrian tobacco, 3
Californian tobacco, 3
Canary Island tobacco, 148
Cases for tobacco, 129
Caterpillars, destroying, 55–60
Cellulose in tobacco, 257
Central Asian tobacco, 3
Chemical ingredients of tobacco soils, 9
Chemistry of tobacco, 259–66
Chinese tobacco, 148
Chlorine compounds to be avoided in tobacco manures, 25
Choosing sort of tobacco, 31–7
Cigarettes, 246–8
Cigars, 244
Classifying tobacco, 109–21
Clay as a tobacco soil, 9, 10
Climate for tobacco growing, 7
Cochin China tobacco, 149
Commerce in tobacco in Afghanistan, 137
—— Africa, 138
—— Australia, 141
—— Austro-Hungary, 141
—— Borneo, 142
—— Bourbon, 143
—— Brazil, 143–7
—— Canary Islands, 148
—— China, 148
—— Cochin China, 149
—— Costa Rica, 149
—— Ecuador, 149
—— Fiji, 150
—— France, 150–6
—— Germany, 156–64
—— Great Britain, 164–6
—— Greece, 166
—— Holland, 166
—— India, 167–76
—— Italy, 176
—— Japan, 176
—— Java, 176
—— New Zealand, 177
—— Nicaragua, 177
—— Paraguay, 178
—— Persia, 178–91
—— Philippines, 191
—— Roumania, 192
—— Russia, 192
—— San Salvador, 192
—— Servia, 192
—— Spain, 192
—— Sumatra, 193–205
—— Turkey, 205–10
—— United States, 210–22
—— Venezuela, 222
—— West Indies, 223–30
Conditions of drying-house, 78
Connecticut seed-leaf, 34
Consumption of tobacco, 271
Corn as a shelter for tobacco, 65
Costa Rica tobacco, 149
Crops adapted for rotation with tobacco, 31
Cuban drying practices, 101
—— harvesting practices, 83–6
—— manuring practices, 15
—— planting practices, 51–4
—— tobacco, 2, 3, 34, 37
Cultivation of tobacco, 7–66
Curing practices in Cuba, 83–6
—— tobacco, 67–136
Cutting machine, 251
—— tobacco for smoking, 233–5
—— —— plants, 68
Damping tobacco, 231
Destroying insects, 55–60
Distance in planting, 50
Doctoring tobacco, 133–6
Drying-house, 75
—— -sheds, building, 86, 90, 95
—— ——, sizes of, 90
—— tobacco, 86–104
—— —— for smoking, 235
Dung for tobacco soils, 14
Dutch tobacco, 166
Duties on tobacco, 271
Dyeing the leaves, 119
Ecuador tobacco, 149
Elements needed by tobacco, 11–29
European tobacco plant, 4
Examining tobacco while drying, 88
Fermenting tobacco, 121–5
Fertilizers, principles of, 18–22
Field, preparing, 48–50
Fiji tobacco, 150
Filling vacancies, 53
Flavouring tobacco, 133–6
Flowers of tobacco plants, 3–6
Foliage of tobacco plants, 3–6
Fowls, protecting seed-beds from, 46
French tobacco, 150–6
Frost at harvest time, 79
——, protecting seed-beds from, 43, 47
German tobacco, 156–64
Grades of tobacco, 109–21
Graham tobacco, 35
Granulating machine, 251
Greek tobacco, 166
Green-soiling for tobacco, 14
Guano for tobacco soil, 16
Gypsum for tobacco soil, 26
Hands of tobacco, 107
Hanging leaves in sheds, 88, 93, 95
—— split leaves, 81
—— tobacco, 72
Harvesting for small planters, 76
—— tobacco, 67–86
Hoeing plants, 54
Hogsheads for tobacco, 126, 128
Hot-bed for seedlings, 44
Hungarian tobacco, 3
Imports of tobacco, 271–5
Improving tobacco, 133–6
Indian tobacco, 167–76
Italian tobacco, 176
Japanese tobacco, 176
Javanese tobacco, 176
Judging condition of leaf, 74
Kainit for tobacco soil, 24
Kentucky leaf, 36
Latakia tobacco, 2, 3
Levant tobacco, 3
Lime for tobacco soil, 28
Literature on tobacco, 276
Little Frederic tobacco, 34, 37
—— Orinoco tobacco, 35, 37
Loading cut tobacco leaves, 70
Loam as a tobacco soil, 10
Magnesia for tobacco soil, 28
Manilla tobacco, 3
Manuring, principles of, 18–22
—— seedlings, 41
—— tobacco, 11–29
Maryland tobacco, 1
—— —— as a crop, 33
Mat for keeping frost off, 47
Mexican tobacco, 3
Moth of tobacco worm, 56
Nature of tobacco, 253–66
New Zealand tobacco, 177
Nicaraguan tobacco, 177
Nicotine, 253
Nitrates for tobacco soils, 13
Nitric acid in tobacco, 255
Nurseries, 38–48
——, shelter for, 38
——, situation for, 38
——, soil for, 38
Nursery, area of, 39
Organic matter in tobacco soils, 8
Packing tobacco, 125–33
Paraguay tobacco, 178
Pegging tobacco, 71
Pennsylvania seed-leaf, 37
Persian tobacco, 3, 178–91
Philippine tobacco, 191
Picking tobacco, 104–9
Planting out, 50–4
Plug tobacco, 236
Pole-burn, 78
Potash for tobacco growing, 11, 27
Preparation of tobacco, 231–52
Preparing field, 48–50
—— seed-beds, 38, 41, 43, 44
Pressing tobacco in casks, 128, 131, 133
Priming, 62, 65
Principles of manuring, 18–22
Production of tobacco in Afghanistan, 137
—— Africa, 138
—— Australia, 141
—— Austro-Hungary, 141
—— Borneo, 142
—— Bourbon, 143
—— Brazil, 143–7
—— Canary Islands, 148
—— China, 148
—— Cochin China, 149
—— Costa Rica, 149
—— Ecuador, 149
—— Fiji, 150
—— France, 150–6
—— Germany, 156–64
—— Great Britain, 164–6
—— Greece, 166
—— Holland, 166
—— India, 167–76
—— Italy, 176
—— Japan, 176
—— Java, 176
—— New Zealand, 177
—— Nicaragua, 177
—— Paraguay, 178
—— Persia, 178–91
—— Philippines, 191
—— Roumania, 192
—— Russia, 192
—— San Salvador, 192
—— Servia, 192
—— Spain, 192
—— Sumatra, 193–205
—— Turkey, 205–10
—— United States, 210–22
—— Venezuela, 222
—— West Indies, 223–30
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Properties of tobacco, 253–66
Qualities of tobacco, 109–21
Quantity of manure for tobacco, 12
Quicklime for tobacco soil, 24
Quincunx planting, 52
Rate of growth of tobacco, 24
Removing superfluous leaves, 62, 65
Resweating apparatus, 249
Ridging land, 49
Ripeness, influence on tobacco, 61
—— of tobacco, judging, 70
Ripening, 61
River bottoms for tobacco growing, 10
Roll tobacco, 236–44
Rotation for tobacco soils, 29–31
Roumanian tobacco, 192
Russian tobacco, 192
Saltpetre as tobacco manure, 13
Salts added to snuff, 264
—— in tobacco, 259
Sandy bottoms for tobacco growing, 9
San Salvador tobacco, 192
Saving seed, 37
Scaffolding for tobacco, 75
Seed, 37
—— -beds, 38–48
—— ——, area of, 39
—— ——, preparing, 38, 41, 43, 44
—— ——, protecting from fowls, 46
—— ——, —— —— frost, 43, 47
—— ——, shade frames for, 48
—— ——, shelter for, 38
—— ——, situation for, 38
—— ——, soil for, 38
—— ——, time for sowing, 41
Seedlings, hot-bed for, 44
——, planting out, 50–4
——, thinning out, 40, 48
——, top-dressing, 41
—— , watering, 40
—— , weeding, 40, 46
Seed required for an acre, 39
——, sowing, 39, 45
Servian tobacco, 192
Setting out plants, 50–4
Shade frames for seed-beds, 48
Sheds for holding tobacco as gathered, 68
Shelter for nurseries, 38
Sheltering tobacco from wind, 10
—— —— lands with corn, 65
Shiraz tobacco, 3
Signs of ripening, 72
Situation for nurseries, 38
—— —— plantations, 10
Sizes of tobacco barns, 90
Snuff, 248, 263
—— tobacco, 61
Soil for nurseries, 38
—— —— plantations, 8–10
Sorting tobacco, 109–21
—— —— for use, 232
Sort of tobacco to grow, 31–7
Sorts of tobacco grown in America, 33–7
Sowing seed, 39, 45
Spanish tobacco, 37, 192
Spearing tobacco, 72
Species of tobacco, 1–3
Splitting tobacco, 72
Sponging the leaves, 119
Stacking gathered tobacco leaves, 67
Straw mat for keeping frost off, 47
Stripping tobacco, 104–9
—— —— for use, 232
Substitutes for tobacco, 267–70
Suckering plants, 60–6
Sumatran tobacco, 193–205
Sun-curing shed, 83
—— -drying cut tobacco leaves, 68
Sweating tobacco, 121–5
Tauari wrappers, 143
Temporary hanging for tobacco, 68
Teymbeki, 179–91
Thinning out seedlings, 40, 48
Time for harvesting tobacco, 69
—— —— topping, 60, 61, 63
—— of day for cutting tobacco, 77
—— required for curing, 92
Tobacco horse, 72
—— plant, 1–6
Top-dressing seedlings, 41
Topping plants, 60–6
Tumbeki, 178–91
Turkeys as grub-eaters, 55
Turkish tobacco, 2, 3, 205–10
Twist tobacco, 236–44
Tying tobacco for hanging, 97
United States tobacco, 210–22
Use of tobacco, 231–52
Values of tobaccos, 271
Varieties of tobacco, 1–3
Venezuelan tobacco, 222
Ventilating drying-sheds, 88
Virginian tobacco, 2, 34–7
Washing tobacco when sorting, 117
Watering plants when setting out, 51
—— seedlings, 40
Water in tobacco, 262
Weeding seedlings, 40, 46
Weighing and packing machine, 250
West Indian tobacco, 223–30
Windrowing tobacco, 124
Wind shelter for tobacco, 10
Wood-ashes as tobacco manure, 14
Worms, destroying, 55–60
Yellow prior tobacco, 37
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