cents, may be paid. Smoking and chewing leaf of 

 average grade fetches from 6 to 7 cents per Ib. 

 From these figures it will be seen that the 

 agricultural industry of tobacco growing is a 

 most important one, and it is constantly in- 

 creasing both in the quantity produced and in 

 value. About 45 of the states in the Union 

 are engaged in tobacco culture, the principal 

 states and the quantities produced being as 

 follows (for 1914) : 



Kentucky 364 million Ibs. 



North Carolina 172 " " 



Virginia 114 " " 



Tennessee 63 " " 



Ohio 78 " " 



Wisconsin 54 " " 



Pennsylvania 48 " " 



Connecticut 35 " " 



South Carolina 36 " " 



Maryland 17 " " 



Indiana 12 " " 



Massachusetts 11 " " 



Other states . 30 " " 



Total 1034 " " 



Virginia was, until recently, the premier 

 tobacco state. Tobacco was first raised in 

 Virginia about 1619 when the quantity pro- 



