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Show THE TOBACCO PRODUCTION. The Crop of Issti Avtraged SO.'iH In ths Aire. WashinotoS, Jan. I The eaoins bureau has issueil a bidlctir giving the statistics ..f tobacco prckHctloi in the' United Mat.-Hie Mat.-Hie entire i'ri. ir. the conulrv amounted in 1 SUII to 4.V;.V,Mlii punnila, the iiuiiilur of planters beiiitiM(i.i,8H'Jiuiil the area devote. I to tobacco culture exclusive of counties nil-tivatiiijr nil-tivatiiijr less than Ml acre, 103,900 nne-I nne-I he total vain" of Ihe crop of the prodnceri, estimated ou Hie hasi- of actual sulci, waa ,s U,sm,44S., nil overuse of T.l cents per pound, or r.2K per acre. The avcrsci price per ponild rnlsetl hy the producer in tin' states pro'hieine .'i.lKHi.nial pounds r H" ward ranged from i.'i cents In Missouri and 4.7 cents in Msrylaiid to 1J.S centa in Con neeticot and li esali In North Carolina. I he produr-t of L'.iiisiana averaged -'.'! cektl per pouiid to the pti ditccr. |