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The Ohio White Burley district lies just north of 

 fche Ohio river and immediately opposite the White 

 Burley district of Kentucky. It embraces the coun- 

 ties of Brown, Adams, Clermont, Butler, Scioto, 

 Hamilton, Highland, Licking and Lawrence. All 

 these counties lie on the Ohio river, except Butler, 

 Highland and Licking. Brown produced in 1894 

 over 3,700,000 pounds; Adams and Clermont each 

 over 2,000,000. None of the other counties produced 

 as much as 500,000 pounds. These figures are taken 

 from the assessors' returns to the Secretary of State 

 for 1894. 



If the figures reported by the assessors are correct, 

 they indicate a considerable falling off in the production 

 of the White Burley crop in Ohio in 1894, as compared 

 with the production in 1889. The counties of Brown, 

 Adams and Clermont reported for that year 14,877,959 

 pounds, but in 1894 only 8,737,639 pounds, showing a 

 falling off of 41 per cent. A comparison of five of the 

 counties in Kentucky that have the largest production 

 shows about an equal amount for both years. Mason, 

 Shelby, Henry, Woodford and Carroll show a production, 

 both in 1889 and 1894, of over 23,000,000 pounds in the 

 aggregate. 



The Soils of the White Burley District are among 

 the most fertile in the United States, and in this respect 

 occupy a position in relation to the growth of product 

 diametrically opposite to the character of the soils best 

 fitted for the growth of yellow tobacco. The latter 

 requires conparatively sterile, sandy soils, while the 

 White Burley must have the most fertile, limestone soils 

 for its proper development. A comparison of chemical 

 elements of the two typical soils will be instructive. 

 Take the analysis of the soil of Mason county, Ken- 

 tucky, where the finest "\Vhite Burley tobacco is grown, 

 and an analysis of the soil of Granville county, North 



