Tobacco Substation at Windsor

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Excerpt from Tobacco Substation at Windsor: Report for 1934Effect on the grading. After the tobacco was cured, it was graded and sized by experienced sorters in the station sorting shop, and each grade and length was weighed to the quarter of Ian ounce. By multiplying the' percentage Of each grade and size by its rela tive value and adding the products, a grade index is Obtained which expresses in one unit the relative grading Of each plot. The average (two plots) of each treatment for each year, and for the five years, is shown in Table 2. This table shows that no improvement in grading has resulted from increasing phosphoric acid in the fertilizer.Effect on some leaf characteristics. There are some characteristics of the leaf which cannot be expressed by figures such as the grade index, but which are apparent to the experienced handler of tobacco. These are important factors in making a leaf desirable for cigar wrappers or binders.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.