• Tobacco was originally treated, dried, and cured by simple and rudimentary means: leaves were hung up to dry and cured in a barn, and finally sent to a stackhouse where they aged properly and awaited delivery. This process took no longer than six months.
• Soon enough, around the turn of the century, the "Transplantor" was introduced so that workers no longer had to set the crops with pegs, they were machine planted.
• In 1870, the "Piedmont No.11" was introduced to the tobacco industry, allowing one man to operate a wheel that pressed plugs of tobacco.
• In 1893, the "Rose-Wright Packer" enabled workers to pack cut-plug tobacco into packages prior to loading.
• In 1922, the "Quarter Tobacco Cutter" was invented, allowing improvements for preparing tobacco to be placed into the paper.
• Other technology improvements in the early 19th century included the "Golden Belt knot tier", "Sassafras tobacco flail", "Hoop screen tobacco sifter" and the "Bag husser."
• Over the years, tobacco technology hasn't changed considerably, because it isn't a high tech business, but inevitably there have been recent changes and improvements.

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