After sale, the tobacco goes either to a processing 

 plant for treatment before export to foreign buyers, or 

 directly to warehouses where it is aged for a few years 

 in preparation for domestic manufacture. The tobacco 

 is stored in huge hogsheads, approximately 1,000 

 pounds each. The sprawling warehouses collectively 

 occupy miles of space in and near the manufacturing 

 cities located throughout the South. 



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eorgia cigar wrapper 



Tobacco used for cigar wrappers has been abundant 

 in Georgia for a long time. It was growing in south 

 Georgia long before the Civil War. Today, this type 

 62, as it is called, can be found in a small portion of 

 the state in the southwest, along the Georgia-Florida 

 border. 



Cigar wrapper, or "sumatra" as it has long been 

 known, was grown on 630 acres of Georgia soil in 1971 

 yielding 954,000 pounds at an average 1,515 pounds 

 per acre. Farmers of this special type, in high demand, 

 sold their crop for $2,576,000, averaging $2.70 per 

 pound. 



Although it is grown in limited amounts, Georgia's 

 cigar tobacco makes a significant contribution to the 

 cigar manufacturing industry. 



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There is an unending flow of tobacco goods across 

 retail shelves throughout the state. Georgians buy to- 

 bacco products with the confirmed enthusiasm of other 



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