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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS 



1. How does the tobacco crop rank in value among the crops of the 

 United States ? among the crops of the world ? 



2. Why has tobacco growing become such a specialized industry? 



3. What are the three general classes of tobacco ? 



4. Discuss the principal types of tobacco grown and the relative impor- 

 tance of each type. 



5. How is the finest quality of wrapper leaf produced? 



6. Where is export tobacco produced ? 



7. What are the principal manufacturing types of tobacco, and where is 

 each produced? 



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DUGGAR, J. F. Southern Field Crops. The Macmillan Company. 

 FREAR, WILLIAM, and HIBSHMAN, E. K. Production of Cigar-Leaf Tobacco 



in Pennsylvania, Farmers' Bulletin 4.16, United States Department of 



Agriculture. 

 GARNER, W. W. Tobacco Culture, Farmers' 1 Bulletin 571, United States 



Department of Agriculture. 

 GARNER, W. W., BACON, C. W., and FROUBERT, C. L. Research Studies 



on the Curing of Leaf Tobacco, Bulletin jg, United States Department 



of Agriculture. 

 MATTHEWSON, E. H. Tobacco Marketing in United States, Bulletin 286, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. 

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Experiment Station. 

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Marketing of Tobacco, Bulletin 129, Kentucky Experiment Station. 



