Tob. Sci., 1984, 28-41, p. 159-162, ISSN. 0082-4523
The effects of leaf moisture content on farm storage ability of Maryland tobacco packed in bales
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Agronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
In a three year study, fall stripped Maryland tobacco was conditioned to give a range of moisture contents from 11 8% to 34.7% wb and baled into 27.2 kg bales 90 cm wide, 60 cm high, and 30 cm deep. The bales were stored in an unheated building and...