tiers and keeping
the pile at about the same height until all is packed. If possible
pack all together, that is, each kind by itself, as it is better to
have the wrappers or fillers all together rather than in several
places, as the moisture is retained better than when it is packed in
small piles or heaps. Use in packing a plank or board, placing it
against the front of the tier and bring the ends of the hands up
against it. This will make the tobacco look much better and also
render the process of packing firmer.

The tobacco may be packed any height or length desired, according to
the quantity, but usually from three to four feet high will be found
to be convenient while the length may be proportioned to the height or
not. Tobacco may be packed by the cord or half cord so as to be able
to judge of the quantity--good large wrappers averaging a ton to the
cord. Seconds and Fillers will not contain as many pounds to the cord
as wrappers. After the tobacco is packed, cover first with
boards--planed ones are preferable,--or even shingles--and press
firmly, especially if the tobacco is dry, then cover with blankets or
any kind of covering, adding plank or pieces of timber if additional
pressure is needed. It can now remain packed until sold or cased, and
will hardly need to be examined unless packed while very damp or kept
packed until warm weather.

Wailes says of planting by the early planters of tobacco in
Mississippi:--

"The larger planters packed it in the usual way in
hogsheads. Much of it, however, was put up in carrets, as
they were called, resembling in size and form two small
sugar-loafs united at the larger ends. The stemmed tobacco
was laid smoothly together in that form coated with wrappers
of the extended leaf, enveloped in a cloth, and then firmly
compressed by a cord wrapped around the parcel, and which
was suffered to remain until the carret acquired the
necessary dryness and solidity, when together with the
surrounding cloth, it was removed, and strips of lime-bark
were bound around it at proper distances, in such a manner
as to secure it from unwrapping and losing its proportions."

In Turkey, after the tobacco is made into bundles or hands, it is
piled against the walls inside the dwelling rooms and a carefully
graduated pressure put upon it until ready for baling. In Java, when
the tobacco is ready to pack the leaf is examined, and if