Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-21 | Page 7 | Boer Tobacco is Strong

TOBACCO IS STRONG ehte man cannot endure its scent or taste blacks like it after transvaal tobacco but a long way after boer the name Is Is reality nowadays a misnomer says south africa for this tobacco Is grown largely in natal and cape colony it Is also cultivated in the orange colony is sold by the roll and can be obtained for about 8 a it a whole roll is purchased it is also sold by the sack white men buy these sacks but they to not smoke the contents themselves they use it to reward the kaffir ants tor working overtime or doing any other meritorious action the taste for transvaal tobacco Is an ac quiren one it also takes a certain time before a man gets used to the scent no white man who has come from a distance has tar lived long enough to acquire a liking for either the taste or the smell but it has its uses in the case of the natives and it Is also useful it you have an unde visitor who you are anxious to get rid of affer him a pipe of boer tobacco und he will never enter your home again the traders purchase this weed largely they also use it upon the natives in the of presents as every kaffir who makes a purchasers a country store always asks tor a free gift and the competition to secured the native trade Is so acute that the re quest cannot be refused