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opposite effect to lime, and must therefore be abundant 

 in the best tobacco soils. Iron causes the red color of 

 "Colorado" tobacco, and it is usually desired that 

 tobacco soils contain much of it. The soil in many 

 places in the Philippines is very rich in iron. 



CULTURE 



Selection of Seed. Poor tobacco can be raised without 

 work anywhere in the Philippines, but it cannot be sold. 

 There is no other crop whose value is so dependent on 

 the quality. The tobacco good enough to be exported 

 from Cuba and Sumatra ranges in price from 15 centavos 

 to 7 pesos a kilo. 



FIG. 107. A well-cultivated tobacco field in the l.'nited States 



The first step toward raising fine tobacco is getting 

 the seed of fine tobacco. No other single thing has 



