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crop is often worth seventy million dollars or mare, and each 

 year the acreage grows larger. 



EXERCISES 



1. Consult some good physiology as to the injurious and stimulating 

 effect of tea. 



2. Discuss the injurious effect of tobacco on the human system. 



3. Discuss the profits in raising herbs. 



4. If possible, visit a cigar factory and ascertain cost of making cigars, 

 amount of internal revenue tax on cigars, etc., and estimate profit on a box 

 of cigars. 



5. Calculate number of tobacco plants required for five acres of ground 

 when they are planted every two feet in rows three feet apart. 



6. Estimate the amount of tobacco used last year and its cost. 



7. Estimate the amount of money spent for tea. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name the two general classes of herbs. 



2. Discuss the aromatic herbs. 



3. Describe the medicinal herbs. 



4. Discuss the tea plant. 



5. Where is tea cultivated ? 



6. How is green tea prepared ? 



7. How is black tea prepared ? 



8. Give the history of the tobacco plant. 



9. Name some of the manufactured products of tobacco. 

 10. Name the tobacco-growing States. 



REFERENCES 



Tobacco Leaf, J. R. Killebrew. 



Methods of Curing Tobacco, Farmers' Bulletin No. 60. 



Culture of Tobacco, Farmers' Bulletin No. 82. 



Tobacco Soils, Farmers' Bulletin No. 83. 



insects Affecting Plants, Farmers' Bulletin No. 120. 



Weeds Used in Medicine, Farmers' Bulletin No. 188. 



