Excerpt from Bulletins of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 1912: Nos; 241 to 247 It is quite possible to dry the tobacco leaf without curing it, and it is also largely possible to cure the leaf without drying it. The two processes may or may not go hand in hand, depending on whether the existing conditions favor both processes. In practice the problem is to dry the leaf under such conditions as will best develop the de sirable Qualities of cured tobacco. It is to be remembered that if the living cells of the leaf are killed prematurely the curing is stopped once for all, although the drying may continue. Under ordinary conditions the leaf 'is killed by the loss of water, so it is essential that too rapid drying be avoided in order to afford an opportunity for the curing changes to take place. On the other hand, if the drying is too slow or is delayed too long the curing proceeds too far. The rate of drying is therefore one of the principal factors in good curing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.