. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO TOBACCO 641 ing, smoking and snuff products, $103,754,362; stem-used and rehandled tobacco, $19,099,032. In the manufacture of these products, 142,277 persons were employed, who earned a total wage of $49,- 852,484. In addition to the tobacco grown in the United States, there was imported into the United States during the year ended June 30, 1906, $4,143,192 worth of tobacco in a manufac- tured condition, and $22,447,514 worth of unmanu- factured products, making a total value of imported tobacco of $26,590,706. In 1891, the tobacc
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. TOBACCO TOBACCO 641 ing, smoking and snuff products, $103,754,362; stem-used and rehandled tobacco, $19,099,032. In the manufacture of these products, 142,277 persons were employed, who earned a total wage of $49,- 852,484. In addition to the tobacco grown in the United States, there was imported into the United States during the year ended June 30, 1906, $4,143,192 worth of tobacco in a manufac- tured condition, and $22,447,514 worth of unmanu- factured products, making a total value of imported tobacco of $26,590,706. In 1891, the tobacco in- dustry furnished almost $50,000,000 revenue to federal government, and this revenue now amounts to one-eighth of the total net receipts. Tobacco has now become one of the great staple crops of the United States, and is being looked on as a nec- essity rather than a luxury by the people. Its culture is rapidly extending to all quarters of the globe, and its use for smoking, chewing, snuff and medicinal purposes is increasing at a tremendous rate. Varieties. The character of the tobacco plant is profoundly affected by the conditions of soil and climate. The flavor, aroma, " burn " and texture of the leaf are particularly affected by these conditions, so that certain sections come to be recognized as specially adapted for growing a special type of tobacco. It has been asserted that the aroma of the leaf is specially influenced by climatic conditions, while texture is affected most seriously by soil condi- tions. For example, the light, thin, elastic, cigar- wrapper leaf varieties of New England when grown in the heavy clay soil of Tennessee assume the heavy non-elastic character of the Tennessee to- baccos. The fact that a change of seed from one section to others induces variability has been taken advantage of in the production of new varieties. An illustration is found in the origin of the White Burley variety. George Webb, of Brown county, Ohio, found a few stri
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