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harvested if he knows that the grower is a good handler and 

 that he will put up his crop right. Another grower gets the 

 name of being a "hog handler," as it is called. Dealers say 

 that he handles his tobacco just as he does his cornstalks; thus, 

 as in other things, it is true of tobacco raising that "whatever 

 is worth doing at all is worth doing well." 



Estimate of Cost of raising One Acre of Tobacco. 



Rent of land (including use of shed), $50 



Labor (including raising plants), 70 



Fertilizer, 50 to $80 



If bed is steamed, 2 



Paper and twine, 2 



S174 to $204 



Estimate of yield for past five years, 1,500 pounds 



Estimate of price for past five years, 15 cents 



This is the average, but it is true that many growers get from 

 1,700 to 2,000 per acre and from 15 to 20 cents per pound. 



Cost of Shade-grown Tobacco. 

 According to the figures obtainable it costs around 45 cents 

 per pound to raise shade-grown, and it has been sold at 90 

 cents per pound. The yield per acre has been around 1,400 

 pounds. 



