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Twenty-five years ago Virginia stood at the head of tobacco-growing 

 States. It retained its position ten years later, when the crop had 

 doubled. Since ISGO it has given place to Kentucky, which is credited 

 by the last census with 105,000,000 pounds, and doubtless actually pro- 

 duced 140,000,000 in the census year. Three Atlantic States, v/ith four 

 Western, at one time monopolized the production — how fully may be 

 seen by the following table : 



states. 



Virginia 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Maryland 



North Carolina . - 



Ohio 



Missouri 



Total 



other states 



Grand total 



Pounds. 

 56, 803, 227 

 55, 501, 196 



20, 148, 932 



21, 407, 497 

 11, 984, 786 

 10, 454, 449 

 17, 113, 784 



193, 413, 871 

 6, 338, 784 



199, 752, 655 



1860. 



Pounds. 

 123, 967, 757 

 108, 102, 433 

 38, 931, 277 

 38, 410, 965 

 32, 853, 250 

 25, 528, 972 

 25, 086, 196 



392, 880, 850 

 41,328,611 



1S70. 



Pounds. 

 37, 086, 364 

 105, 305, 869 

 21, 465, 452 

 15, 785, 339 

 11, 150, 087 

 18,741,973 

 12, 320, 483 



Pounds. 

 35, 000, 000 

 34, 500, 000 



5, 780, 000 

 16, 500, 000 



8, 500, 000 

 13, 000, 000 

 13, 860, 000 



221, 85.5, 567 

 40, 879, 774 



127, 140, 000 

 51,215,000 



434,209,461 ! 262,735,341 178,355,000 



