Show I 1 agriculture if a n IN INDUSTRY 4 r ra S by norence florence C weed this is one ot of a series ol of articles stowing showing tow bow farm products are finding an important market in 10 industry tobacco many uses an additional income of an acre will be available to american tobacco growers if tobacco seed can be utilized in this country in india bulgaria and an oil is extracted from tobacco seed which resembles sesame seed in taste and smell since it is not thick and penetrates tissues easily it may prove useful in the manufacture of hair oils glycerine paints varnishes and soap in india the cake left after the oil is extracted tr is fed to sheep and goats still another possible use of the cake is in fertilizer all of these new uses of seed would not interfere with cultivation ti or harvest of the tobacco leaf in the united states the pound crop is grown primarily for cigars cigarettes chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff about 10 per cent is cigar leaf and the rest is manufacturing tobacco north carolina produces the most followed by kentucky south carolina georgia and tennessee some of the crop goes into insecticides in which the nicotine is extracted tr combined with oil and used as a spray for moths and garden pests other new applications to farm pests are being sought by re search workers experiments are being made to produce a new nonsmoking tobacco specifically for in industrial du uses recent discoveries show that it will be used effectively in the field of medicine the united states grows about one fourth of the worlds tobacco crop uses more than any other country and imports more the gre greatest adest area extends from kentucky to maryland and from central ohio to north carolina cigar tobacco is produced in connecticut wisconsin pennsylvania indiana and ohio |