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Combining the county returns in the foregoing tables with various 

 data tiom other tobacco-growing areas, and carefully estimating for the 

 fragments of areas unreported, the following statement is presented as 

 the estimated tobacco-production of 1874, the acreage on which it was 

 grown, and the value of the crop in the hands of the producer : 



states. 



New Hampsbire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts.. 



CoDaecticut 



New York 



PenDsylvania... 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina . 

 South Carolina . 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia . . 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Total 



Pounds. 



]eO, 000 

 105, OUO 

 9-20, OOO 

 030, 000 

 593, 000 

 500, 000 

 500, 000 

 000, 000 

 500, 000 



45, 000 

 291,000 

 •216, 000 

 1C6, 000 



80, 000 

 141, 000 

 708, 000 

 780, 000 

 690, 000 

 500, 000 

 000, 000 

 000, 000 

 000, 000 

 250, 000 

 SCO, 000 

 300, 000 



141 



99 



3,393 



7, 224 



2,451 



9,130 



27, 049 



03, 636 



25, 757 

 100 

 502 

 327 

 :W2 

 133 

 188 



1,343 

 9,633 

 2,224 

 53, 906 

 18, 055 



26, 086 

 8,974 

 2,250 



18,237 

 517 



Value. 



•536, 000 



21,000 



1,377,600 



2, 869, 600 



207, 090 



1, 575, 000 



1, 567, 500 



4, 200, 000 



1, 360. OOU 



6,750 



37, 830 



47, 520 



33, 200 



16, 800 



31, 725 



106, 200 



578, 000 



236, 600 



4, 278, 000 



1, 170, OCO 



1, 128, 000 



735, 000 



168, 730 



1,524,600 



30. 000 



178, 355, 000 281, 662 $23, 362, 765 



QUALITY. 



Dry weather cured the crop of the northern portion of the Connecti- 

 cut Eiver in the field, and left it brittle. In the Hartford district there 

 is loss of quality from drought. Part of the crop of Hampden, Mass., 

 is of extra quality, especially where it was matured early and was ware- 

 housed in good order. In the New Haven district quality is fine, but 

 color various ; if this unevenness of color is lost in the sweating process 

 it will be the best crop raised since 1871. In Tolland there was wet 

 weather during the culture, and very dry weather during curing, which 

 proved unfavorable to the best quality. Quality is not superior in 

 Onondaga County, New York, in consequence of wet and cold weather; 

 it is only medium in Steuben, dry weather affecting the leaves some- 

 what, many of which are injured by worm-punctures. In Pennsylvania 

 the crop is inferior to that of 1873 ; in Lancaster it grew slowly, and 

 encountered heavy rains when nearly ripe ; in Bucks dry weather pre- 

 vented the maturing of fine leaves, and caused them to dry too rapidly, 

 and contract when housed. 



The quality of the Maryland crop is nearly everywhere reported lower 

 than in recent years. In Prince George's it is deemed better than last 

 year, on account of being handled at the proper time, and from favora- 

 ble curing-weather. It was late in growth and of a dark color in Saint 

 Mary's. Only 60 per cent, is of average quality in Montgomery, from 

 injury by the fly, and the drought of June and July. In Howard there 

 is much immature frosted tobacco. It is thick-leaved, small, and dark- 

 colored in Frederick. Lateness of growth and early frosts were injuri- 

 ous in almost every portion of the State. Similar causes affected a por- 

 tion of the Virginia crop ; that planted before the 1st of June generally 

 was very good ; that planted later suffered from drought, and was cut 



