. A complete geography. ^ learned to smoke also, and tobacco soon Fig. 74. A dairy herd in New York, on the way to the harn in theevening. 72 NORTH AMERICA. became one of the leading products shipped to Europe. Now itsuse extends throughout the world. So much tobacco is now con-sumed that, although produced inmany countries, tens of thousandsof men in the United States aloneare employed in raising and pre-paring it for the market. The climate of most parts of NewEngland and New York is too severefor this plant; but large quantitiesare raised in the Connecticut Valley,and in the valleys of sout
. A complete geography. ^ learned to smoke also, and tobacco soon Fig. 74. A dairy herd in New York, on the way to the harn in theevening. 72 NORTH AMERICA. became one of the leading products shipped to Europe. Now itsuse extends throughout the world. So much tobacco is now con-sumed that, although produced inmany countries, tens of thousandsof men in the United States aloneare employed in raising and pre-paring it for the market. The climate of most parts of NewEngland and New York is too severefor this plant; but large quantitiesare raised in the Connecticut Valley,and in the valleys of southern NewYork, Pennsylvania, and Ohio (, p. 229). However, the statemost noted for its production is Vir-ginia. In the vicinity of Lynch-burg and Danville, where muchtobacco manufacturing is carried on,immense quantities are raised; andRichmond and Petersburg, on the fall line TFig. 69), are amongthe great tobacco markets of the world. Find these cities. The plant, which grows to a height of about three and a half feet, hasthick, hairy leaves which are large and broad (Fig. 75), somewhat likethose of the pie-plant or rhubarb. The leaves, which
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