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tic manufacturers for making fine cut. It is used in 

 England as a wrapper for spinning brown roll. The 

 wrapper is filled with suitable fillers, and the whole spun 

 into a strand about one inch in diameter. This is coiled 

 like a rope, from which sections are cut for retail. The 

 filler for the brown roll is of the same type as the wrap- 

 per, but of a lower grade. The midrib for this roll is 

 always removed. 



Spinning leaf, or strips, is a type consisting of a 

 long, rich and oily leaf, of full brown color, good weight 

 and body, strong and elastic in texture, and of general 

 smoothness. Brighter colors are growing in demand for 

 spinning leaf. Formerly the "fatty" types of the 

 Clarksville district were in demand for this purpose, but 

 the requirements of the German market depreciated 

 their value so much that less oily types are now substi- 

 tuted. The strand into which this is spun is of a 

 smaller size than that of the brown roll. A still smaller 

 strand is spun, called Lady's Twist, which is consumed 

 principally in Scotland, Ireland and in the north of 

 England. The wrapper for the latter consists of a smaller 

 and shorter leaf, but of the same general quality as that 

 used for the larger strand. 



There is a coarsely cut manufactured product, known 

 as Shag, much used in England. The supply of to- 

 bacco for this is drawn mainly from southern Indiana 

 and the Green Eiver district of Kentucky. This tobacco 

 has but little gum, but more than has the leaf used in the 

 United States for making fine cut. It is called a heavy 

 cutter. Substitutes for it came from Japan, Java, Para- 

 guay and the Dutch possessions. 



Plug wrappers for the English market consist of 

 rich brown leaves, smooth in structure, medium in size, 

 and strong and elastic in texture. Plug wrappers are in 

 limited demand in the United Kingdom because the 

 consumption of plug tobacco is very small. Plug fillers 



