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  Factory. 
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  tient 
  investigation^ 
  experience 
  and 
  vast 
  outlays 
  of 
  capital. 
  

   It 
  is 
  now 
  recognized 
  throughout 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  most 
  de- 
  

   servedly 
  so. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  visited 
  many 
  huge 
  concerns 
  in 
  our 
  time, 
  but 
  

   this 
  stands 
  pre-eminently 
  first 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  

   appointments 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  seen, 
  and 
  we 
  question 
  if 
  its 
  

   equal 
  — 
  no 
  matter 
  to 
  what 
  purpose 
  devoted 
  — 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  this 
  country 
  or 
  any 
  other. 
  There 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  detail 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  business 
  but 
  what 
  is 
  covered, 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  

   establishment 
  is 
  a 
  vast 
  hive 
  of 
  industry. 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  

   establishment 
  at 
  its 
  conception 
  is 
  patent 
  to 
  multitudes; 
  

   hence 
  we 
  only 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  18G5, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Green 
  was 
  manu- 
  

   facturing 
  tobacco 
  at 
  Durham 
  station. 
  He 
  was 
  joined 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell 
  and 
  J. 
  R. 
  Day 
  in 
  1868, 
  but 
  soon 
  there- 
  

   after 
  his 
  death 
  occurred 
  and 
  his 
  interest 
  was 
  purchased 
  by 
  

   the 
  gentlemen 
  named 
  above. 
  In 
  1870 
  Mr. 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carp, 
  

   of 
  Chapel 
  Hill, 
  N. 
  C, 
  was 
  admitted 
  to 
  the 
  firm, 
  and 
  from 
  

   that 
  time 
  the 
  business 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  began 
  to 
  thrive. 
  A 
  few 
  

   years 
  after 
  Mr. 
  Day 
  retired, 
  and 
  in 
  January, 
  1883, 
  Mr. 
  

   Blackwell 
  sold 
  out 
  his 
  interest, 
  thus 
  leaving 
  Mr. 
  Carr 
  alone. 
  

  

  Tobacco 
  certainly 
  Is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  flavoured, 
  mild 
  Tobaccos 
  I 
  ever 
  smoked 
  

   and 
  It 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  poor 
  both 
  in 
  nicotine 
  and 
  albuminous 
  com 
  

   pounds, 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  regard 
  as 
  a 
  good 
  and 
  distinguished 
  characteris- 
  

   tic 
  of 
  delicate 
  flavoured 
  mild 
  Tobaccos. 
  

  

  How 
  variable 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  nitrogen 
  and 
  ash 
  are 
  in 
  Tobacco, 
  you 
  ■will 
  

   notice 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  determinations 
  which 
  I 
  made 
  of 
  three 
  other 
  samples 
  of 
  

   (prepared) 
  Tobacco 
  which 
  you 
  liiudly 
  sent 
  me: 
  

  

  Percentage 
  of 
  Nitrogen 
  and 
  Ash 
  in 
  three 
  apecimens 
  of 
  Tobacco, 
  dried 
  at 
  212° 
  

   Fahrenheit. 
  

  

  Percentage 
  of 
  Nitrogen. 
  Percentage 
  of 
  Ash. 
  

  

  "Lone 
  Jack" 
  Tobacco 
  1.65 
  li.% 
  

  

  "Perfection 
  Straight 
  Cut 
  Matcli- 
  

  

  less 
  Cavendish," 
  prepared 
  by 
  

  

  J. 
  F. 
  Allen 
  & 
  Co., 
  Richmond, 
  1.68 
  16.48 
  

  

  Louisiana 
  " 
  Perique 
  " 
  Tobacco, 
  

  

  grown 
  in 
  St. 
  James 
  Parish 
  

  

  (crop 
  of 
  1872), 
  3.(M 
  20.55 
  

  

  You 
  will 
  observe 
  that 
  the 
  strong 
  Perique 
  Tobacco 
  is 
  much 
  richer 
  In 
  nitrogen 
  

   and 
  ash 
  than 
  the 
  milder 
  kinds. 
  

  

  Of 
  course, 
  I 
  merely 
  throw 
  oui, 
  byway 
  of 
  suggestion, 
  that 
  delicate 
  flavoured 
  

   mild 
  Tobacco 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  always 
  poor 
  in 
  nitrogen. 
  An 
  extended 
  series 
  

   of 
  analyses 
  alone 
  would 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  establish 
  this 
  point. 
  If 
  my 
  engagements 
  

   permitted 
  it, 
  I 
  should 
  feel 
  much 
  interested 
  in 
  following 
  up 
  this 
  line 
  of 
  investi- 
  

   gation, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  my 
  hands 
  so 
  full 
  of 
  work, 
  and 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  Tobacco-growth 
  

   is 
  of 
  no 
  Immediate 
  interest 
  to 
  British 
  agriculturists, 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  obliged 
  to 
  leave 
  

   so 
  important 
  and 
  interesting 
  a 
  work 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  thorough 
  Tobacco 
  investigation., 
  

   to 
  others 
  more 
  favorably 
  situated 
  than 
  I 
  am. 
  

  

  Believe 
  me, 
  my 
  dear 
  sir, 
  yours 
  faithfully, 
  

   (Signed) 
  AUGUSTUS 
  VOELCKER. 
  

  

  