Show I AMERICAN TOBACCO There is said to be a growing belief among American tobacco consumers that homegrown tobacco equals the imported article Tobacco is grown in at least a dozen states Pensylvania leading in the amount of production while Ohio has 50000 acres given up to the culture and an average crop of 30000000 pounds The annual production throughout the entire country Is placed at about 500000000 pounds and during the past i twentyseven years export values and I internal revenues collected have enriched en-riched the treasury to the amount of 1000000000 The seed leaf is grown principally in the Connecticut valley Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin and Massachusetts the bright leaf in Virginia Vir-ginia and the Carolinas the white burley in Kentucky Wisconsin and Illinois and the shipping leaf in Kentucky Ken-tucky Tennessee and Florida In Connecticut there is hardly n farmer who does not raise tobacco farmer The Connecticut leaf is particularly I valuable for wrapping purposes and also excels in flavor In Ohio the growers say that the total expenses of their crops average 85 per acre but they find tobacco growing profit able even at those figures The seeds I are sown about April 1 in beds prepared pre-pared for the purpose and covered J over with glass or canvas The plants are carefully tended and transplanted I about June 1 In dry seasons they require watering After the buds have I I developed the top of the plant Is nipped off leaving about twelve or fourteen leaves Then the plants stand from three to four weeks until fully mature Often ten to twelvemonths twelve-months intervene between the harvesting harvest-ing and getting the tobacco ready for the market Good tobacco land in Ohio is worth at present from S5 to 100 per acre |