Front:
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Stripping Havana Tobacco Filler at the factory of SANCHEZ & HAYA COMPANY, makers of the
Finest Havana Cigars, Factory No. 1, Tampa, Florida.
Back:
This particular work is always done by
women. After the tobacco filler is stripped it
is kept on racks in small bunches until it gets
in condition to be transferred to barrels.
Great care is taken not to mix the different
grades of tobacco while it is on the racks and
also when transferred to barrels. Once the
filler is put in barrels they are taken to a large
room situated in this department, which can
be seen in this picture back of the strippers.
Here also the different grades of tobacco are
separated and each barrel bears the name of
the plantation in Cuba where the tobacco was
grown, the year's crops, the date tobacco was
stripped, and also the grade of the tobacco.
It is impossible to state how long the to-
bacco must be kept in the barrels before using.
It takes from three weeks up to eight months,
or more, depending entirely upon how long a
time the leaf requires to be properly cured.
Nothing must be done to rush the curing pro-
The tobacco itself must get to that
point where it is in condition to be turned
into cigars.
cess.
The next stage of high-grade manufact-
uring Havana Tobacco is the blending, as
shown on card No. 9.
CARD NO. 8
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