INDEX. 



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Station work affected by increased cost of 

 Apparatus and tools, 

 Chemicals, 

 Feeding stuffs, 

 Fertilizers, 

 Labor, 

 Salaries, . 

 Sudan grass as a forage crop. 

 Sulfate of ammonia, effect of continued use 

 Sulf oleum, effectiveness against plant lice, 

 Sweet clover as a forage crop, . 

 Tobacco, Connecticut valley cigar leaf 

 History of production, 

 Connecticut valley. 

 Cost of production. 

 Distribution of acreage, 

 Growth of the industry 

 Tenancy, 



Tobacco insurance, 

 Tobacco soils, 



Tobacco, types of cigar leaf. 

 Varieties, . 

 Shade-grown, 

 Sun-grown, 

 Growing of. 

 Marketing, 

 Bibliography; 



Cigar leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers, 

 Co-operation in marketing tobacco. 

 Grades, standards and principal varieties. 

 Preparation for market by the grower. 

 Curing, 

 Harvesting, 

 Hauling to market. 

 Priming, . 

 Stripping, 

 Taking down, . 

 Preparation for market by the packer. 

 Amount of tobacco assorted. 



Cost of sorting, tying, storing, packing, sweating and sampling, 

 Functions of the packer. 

 Sampling, 



Sorting and tying, . 

 Sweating, 

 Prices, 



Collusion among buyers, 



Connecticut valley tobacco in the market 



Methods of sale. 



Defects of the contract method. 

 Shade-grown tobacco, farmers' prices. 



Wholesale prices. 

 Sun-grown tobacco, analysis of "spread," grower to manufacturer. 

 Farmers' prices, ....... 



Wholesale prices of Connecticut valley wrappers and binder 



