duced was about 20,000 Ibs. By 1753 the 

 records show that over 50 million Ibs. were 

 raised annually, all of which was exported. At 

 this time and until about the period of the 

 Civil War, Europe was dependant more than 

 now on America for her tobacco supply, as at 

 present a considerable part of her needs is sup- 

 plied by her own production. Tobacco was not 

 grown in Kentucky till about 1785 and a little 

 later in Tennessee and Ohio. The cigar leaf 

 industry of the New England States did not 

 come into activity till about 1830. Cigar leaf 

 was raised in Florida about the same time but 

 was discontinued and was not resumed till fifty 

 years later . 



Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee have 

 shown a declining annual production since the 

 Civil War. Thus Virginia in 1860 produced 

 nearly 30 per cent of the total U. S. crop, 

 whereas at present it produces about 12 per 

 cent only. The causes which have contributed 

 to the decline in tobacco culture in the Southern 

 States are the loss of slave labor as well as the 

 loss of capital during the war; more particu- 

 larly it is due to the impoverishing of the soil 

 without adequate fertilization. Thus with 

 superior fertilization and intensive methods, 

 Massachusetts and Connecticut give 1,750 Ibs. 

 to the acre, as against 870 and 580 Ibs. for 

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