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been very successful since that time. As in the marketing of all specialties 

 the chief difficulty at first was the lack of dependable markets. Manufac- 

 turers were afraid to substitute shade-grown for the well-known Sumatra 

 wrapper in their better grades of cigars. To-day this is entirely changed. 

 Connecticut valley growers are not able to raise sufficient shade-grown 

 wrappers to supply the market. We import yearly about 30,000 bales of 

 Sumatra and Java tobacco for wrapper purposes. 



From its small beginning the shade-grown tobacco industry has had a 

 remarkable growth, as is shown in the following table. The future looks 

 promising for an extended and increased growth of this particular kind of 

 tobacco. Capital is available for future development and extension, and 

 the owners of choice tobacco land have numerous opportunities to lease it 

 to firms desirous of increasing the acreage under cloth. 



Table 13. — Production of Shade-grown Tobacco in the Connecticut 

 Valley. 



A bale contains 150 to 175 pounds. 



Table 14. — Acreage of Shade-grown Tobacco in the Connecticut Valley, 

 1915-18. 



