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 .sp 1 Properties of tobacco, 253–66