PKEFACE. 



and verified the experience of the most successful 

 growers of cigar-leaf tobacco in all parts of America. 



The authors have trav- 

 elled more than ten thou- 

 sand miles in pursuit of 

 trustworthy information for 

 this book, while thousands 

 of circulars have been used 

 for securing original data 

 and practical experience, 

 and hundreds of letters writ- 

 ten to insure accuracy, to 

 the end that the work might 

 stand for years as an au- 

 thoritative manual. No 

 pains have been too severe, 

 no distance has been too far, 

 no expense has been too 

 great, to 

 make the 

 work one 



that will commend itself to all 

 classes of persons who grow, sell, 

 buy, manufacture, retail, export, 

 import, or consume, tobacco. 



Co-authors with us in the 

 preparation of this work, have 

 been the closest investigators into 

 the complex 'scientific problems 

 involved in the tobacco industry; 

 many of them the most observant 

 growers of the leaf, and expert 

 planters of long and successful experience in the field 

 and curing barn ; while in preparing the very important 

 portions relating to the marketing of the leaf and the 

 manufacture of tobacco, we have enjoyed the invaluable 



F. B. HOODIE, FLORIDA. 



8. P. CARK, VIRGINIA. 



