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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 



1859. 



In the United States. 



In the Connecticut Valley. 



Table 4. — Tobacco Production in the United States, 1839-1918 (United 

 States Census). 



Pounds 



1839, 219,163,319 



1849, . ; 199,752,655 



1859 434,209,461 



1869 262,735,341 



1879 472,661,157 



1889 488,256,646 



1899 868,112,865 



1909, 1,055,764,806 



1918,3 1,340,019,000 



1 Estimated. « Estimate, United States Department of Agriculture. 



2 Preliminary estimate. 



