THE WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF 

 TOBACCO 



The world's recorded annual crop of tobacco 

 leaf is over one million tons. The latest 

 government figures available are those for 1912 

 and 1913, and show 2,696,401,379 and 

 2,722,190,030 Ibs. respectively. Of this amount 

 Asia and America produce each about 350,000 

 tons, Europe about 250,000 tons and the rest 

 of the world the balance. 



The details of the production in the U. S. 

 will be given in the next chapter. 



The principal Asiatic countries which pro- 

 duce tobacco are China, Japan, Afghanistan, 

 India, Persia and Asia Minor. China has an 

 immense production and consumption of tobac- 

 co, a large portion of which finds its way into 

 western markets for the cigar and cigarette 

 trade and is sold as "Turkish" tobacco. No 

 figures as to production are available. 



British India and Afghanistan produce good 

 tobacco, a lot of which is used in Hindustan and 

 other Eastern countries. 



The Persian crop is known to be large, but 

 there are no available records of it. In Persia 

 most of the tobacco raised is of the species 

 known as Nicotiana Persica. This is generally 

 known under its trade name of Tumbach or 



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