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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



Types. There are six quite distinct types of to- 

 bacco grown in this country: 



i. Cigar tobacco, both wrappers and fillers. A 

 cigar is made up of a filler, which gives the flavor and 

 furnishes the main part of it; a binder, which is rolled 

 over the filler and holds it together, and the wrapper, 

 which is rolled tightly over the whole and gives it its 

 finished appearance. Cigar wrappers are raised 



SETTING OUT TOBACCO PLANTS BY MACHINERY. 



chiefly in New England, Pennsylvania, New York and 

 Wisconsin; also in Florida, southern Georgia and 

 Texas, and fillers in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, 

 and the extreme Southern States. 



2. White Burley tobacco, raised in Kentucky, the 

 leading tobacco growing state. 



3. Export or heavy tobacco, grown mostly in the 

 Middle West. 



4. Bright yellow tobacco, peculiar to Virginia and 

 the Carolinas. 



