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of tobacco grown in both valleys is similar and known to the trade as 

 Connecticut valley leaf. Hence it seems best to consider all the tobacco 

 grown in the ten counties as Connecticut valley tobacco, and the entire 

 district as the Connecticut valley. 



Growth of the Industry. 



Tobacco has been grown in the Connecticut valley since about 1640. 

 With the exception of a few bad years the crop has steadily increased since 

 that time. The last fifteen years have seen by far the greatest increase. 



Table 3. — Acreage, Production and Value of Cigar Leaf Tobacco since 



1869. 



In the United States. 



Table 4. 



1839 

 1849 

 1859 

 1869 

 1879 



1909 

 1918 



Tobacco Production in the United States, 1839-1918 (United 

 States Census). 



Pounds 

 219.163,319 

 199,752,655 

 434.209,461 

 262,735,341 

 472,661,157 

 488.256.646 

 868.112.865 

 1,055.764,806 

 1,340,019,000 



Estimated. 

 Preliminary estimate. 



Estimate, United States Department of Agriculture. 



