482 QUANTITY GROWN IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. 



than in any other state, being 1,700 pounds, while the small- 

 est yield is in Georgia, 350 pounds. The average price per 

 pound in Connecticut is 25cts ; in Kentucky 7 7-10cts ; in Geor- 

 gia 21 4-10cts ; in Ohio 9 1-lOcts; and in Pennsylvania 15 2-10 

 cts. In 1855 there was exported from this country 150,213 

 hogsheads and 13,366 cases of tobacco. 



In Europe large quantities of tobacco are grown, excepting 

 in England, Spain, and Portugal, where its culture is prohibit- 

 ed by law to benefit the colonial growers of the plant. Austria 

 is the great tobacco-producing country of Europe, and yields 

 an annual product of 45,000,000 pounds of tobacco ; the leaf 

 is of good quality, and is used for cigars. France also raises 

 about 30,000,000 pounds of tobacco besides importing large 

 quantities from the United States. In Russia the annual 

 tobacco crop is about 25,000,000 pounds. In Holland about 

 as much tobacco is grown as in the state of Connecticut 

 6,000,000 pounds and the product is adapted for both eigar 

 and snuff-leaf. Large quantities of tobacco are also imported, 

 from 30,000,000 to 35,000,000 pounds. The tobacco factories in 

 the country are stated to give employment to one million oper- 

 atives. Belgium produces considerable tobacco, about 3,000,- 

 000 pounds annually. Switzerland also raises from 1,000,000 

 to 1,200,000 pounds of leaf. In Greece tobacco is an impor- 

 tant product and the quality of leaf is very fine ; her product 

 has been as high as 5,500,000 pounds. 



In Asia tobacco has long been cultivated, and is one of the 

 greatest products of the country. In both Asiatic and 

 European Turkey the annual production is about 43,000,000 

 pounds. In China and Japan large quantities are grown, as 

 well as in Persia, Thibet, and other portions of Asia. In the 

 Philippine Islands its cultivation is carried on by the Span- 

 iards, as it has been for upwards of 250 years. Bowring says 

 of its culture : 



" The money value of the tobacco grown in the Philippines 

 is estimated at from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 of dollars, say 

 1,000,0001. sterling. Of this nearly one half is consumed in 

 the island, one quarter is exported in the form of cheroots 

 (which is the Oriental word for cigars), and the remainder 



