﻿Prefatory. 
  

  

  Great 
  pains 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  to 
  collect 
  such 
  information 
  

   as 
  shall 
  render 
  this 
  volume 
  not 
  only 
  interesting 
  but 
  usfful 
  

   alike 
  to 
  the 
  manufacturer, 
  dealer 
  and 
  planter. 
  The 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  planter 
  is 
  invited 
  especially 
  to 
  Part 
  III 
  — 
  the 
  

   History 
  and 
  Culture 
  of 
  Tobacco 
  — 
  and 
  more 
  particularly 
  to 
  

   the 
  article 
  on 
  "Soils," 
  page 
  169, 
  as 
  the 
  judicious 
  selection 
  

   of 
  soil 
  is 
  a 
  vital 
  element 
  of 
  success. 
  The 
  information 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  this 
  entire 
  Department 
  is 
  the 
  very 
  cream 
  of 
  the 
  

   best 
  authority, 
  treated 
  under 
  the 
  various 
  sub-heads, 
  from 
  

   the 
  selection 
  and 
  j)reparation 
  of 
  soil 
  until 
  the 
  planter 
  shall 
  

   have 
  deposited 
  his 
  tobacco 
  with 
  the 
  warehousemen 
  of 
  Dur- 
  

   ham, 
  where 
  the 
  very 
  highest 
  prices 
  are 
  always 
  guaranteed. 
  

   As 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  this 
  great, 
  leading 
  industry 
  is 
  predicated 
  

   upon 
  judicious 
  cultivation, 
  the 
  author 
  would 
  respectfully 
  

   and 
  earnestly 
  urge 
  the 
  planter 
  to 
  familiarize 
  himself 
  with 
  

   the 
  instructions 
  and 
  suggestions 
  offered 
  in 
  this 
  Department, 
  

   which 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  chapters, 
  and 
  sub 
  divided 
  and 
  

   classified 
  under 
  appropriate 
  sub-heads. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  critic, 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  hypercritic, 
  the 
  author 
  

   desires 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  frankly 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  mistakes 
  and 
  

   deficiencies. 
  But 
  " 
  to 
  err 
  is 
  human." 
  This 
  is 
  no 
  attempt 
  at 
  

   a 
  literary 
  cowp 
  de 
  maitre,hut 
  simply 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  facts 
  and 
  

   figures 
  which 
  are 
  matters 
  of 
  pertinent 
  record, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   being 
  permeated 
  and 
  dictated 
  by 
  a 
  sincere 
  desire 
  to 
  promote 
  

   tile 
  interests 
  of 
  Durham 
  as 
  a 
  city, 
  and 
  his 
  fellow-citizens 
  of 
  

   North 
  Carolina 
  as 
  a 
  State. 
  

  

  To 
  his 
  friends, 
  who 
  will 
  cheerfully 
  cast 
  the. 
  mantle 
  of 
  

   charity 
  over 
  all 
  short-comings, 
  and 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  only 
  en- 
  

   couraged 
  him 
  by 
  good 
  wishes, 
  but 
  substantial 
  assistance, 
  he 
  

   would 
  tender 
  his 
  most 
  unfeigned 
  and 
  heartfelt 
  thanks. 
  The 
  

   remembrance 
  of 
  their 
  kind 
  offices 
  will 
  ever 
  occup}'' 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  brightest 
  pages 
  in 
  life's 
  little 
  ephemeris. 
  

  

  Very 
  truly, 
  &c., 
  H. 
  V. 
  PAUL. 
  

  

  Durham, 
  N. 
  C, 
  May 
  24th, 
  1884. 
  

  

  