PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO LEAF IN 

 THE UNITED STATES 



The amount of tobacco leaf raised annually 

 in the United States varies from 700 million 

 Ibs. to 1,000 million Ibs. Thus, according to 

 the Government Statistical Reports, the pro- 

 duction in 1909 was 1,055,764,806 Ibs., being 

 an unusually high figure. The production in 

 1913 was 953,734,000 Ibs. and in 1914, 

 1,034,679,000 Ibs. The average crop may be 

 taken as about 800 million Ibs., about half of 

 which is exported as leaf, and the other half 

 manufactured in the U. S. into cigars, smoking 

 and chewing tobaccos, etc., and consumed in 

 the U. S. To produce this immense crop over 

 one million acres of rich, fertile land is under 

 culture, the actual government figures for 1913 

 being 1,216,000 acres, and for 1914, 1,224,000, 

 and the value of the raw crop is from 80 to 

 100 million dollars, which works out to an 

 average value of from 10 to 12 cents per Ib. 

 The cost of producing the best grades of cigar 

 leaf in the Eastern States is from 8 to 10 cents 

 per Ib. ; is Wisconsin from 5 to 10 cents. The 

 price paid to the growers is from 5 to 15 cents, 

 except for the highest grades (cigar wrapper 

 leaf) for which special prices, up to 40 or 50 



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