CONTENTS. 



Part I. — History of Connecticut Vallet Tobacco Production and the 

 Cigar Industry. 



PAGE 



Connecticut valley, 145 



Growth of the industry, .......... 146 



Distribution of acreage, .......... 153 



Types of cigar leaf tobacco, ......... 155 



Tobacco soils, ........... 158 



Varieties of tobacco, . . . . . . . . . . 158 



Sun-grown tobacco, .......... 159 



Broadleaf, 159 



Havana seed, .......... 159 



Growing sun tobacco, . . . . . . . . .159 



The seed bed 159 



Transplanting and cultivating, 159 



Topping and suckering, ........ 159 



Shade-grown tobacco, ......... 160 



History . .160 



Preparation and cultivation, ....... 165 



Harvesting, .......... 165 



Yields per acre, ........... 165 



Cost of production, .......... 168 



Tobacco insurance, .......... 171 



Tenancy, 172 



Part II. — Marketing Connecticut Valley Cigar Leaf Tobacco. 



New England tobacco districts, ........ 174 



Sale of leaf tobacco, 174 



Persons involved, .......... 174 



Dealers in leaf tobacco, ........ 174 



Retail dealers in leaf tobacco, ....... 174 



Jobbers, 175 



Sale by manufacturers, ........ 175 



Sale by farmers or growers, ....... 175 



Sale of unstemmed leaf tobacco, ........ 176 



Cigar leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers, .... 179 



Preparation for market by the grower, ....... 181 



Harvesting, ........... 181 



Priming, . . . . . . • • • • • 181 



Curing, ........•••• 182 



Taking down, ........... 182 



Stripping, ........... 183 



Hauling to market, . . . . . . . . . • 183 



