﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  op 
  North 
  Carolina. 
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  both 
  kinds 
  of 
  soil 
  and 
  grow 
  both 
  fine 
  and 
  heavy 
  tobacco. 
  

   The 
  production 
  of 
  shipping 
  leaf 
  is 
  not 
  regarded 
  as 
  profita- 
  

   ble, 
  and 
  planters 
  generally 
  endeavor 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  fine 
  leaf, 
  

   so 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  onl}'' 
  branch 
  of 
  tobacco 
  culture 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   especial 
  notice. 
  

  

  Alongside 
  the 
  decline 
  in 
  wealth 
  in 
  old 
  areas 
  of 
  prosperity 
  

   there 
  are 
  other 
  instances 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  

   thrift 
  and 
  wealth 
  in 
  communities 
  which 
  were 
  poor 
  before 
  

   the 
  war, 
  but 
  no 
  other 
  section 
  presents 
  such 
  wonderful 
  

   changes. 
  Comfortable 
  farm-houses 
  have 
  taken 
  the 
  places 
  of 
  

   rude 
  log-cabins, 
  excellent 
  and 
  convenient 
  barns 
  and 
  out- 
  

   houses 
  exhibit 
  the 
  new 
  thrift, 
  and 
  new 
  life 
  has 
  been 
  infused 
  

   into 
  all 
  classes 
  and 
  into 
  both 
  races. 
  The 
  distinctive 
  feature 
  

   of 
  this 
  phenomenon 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  brought 
  into 
  requisition, 
  

   as 
  most 
  profitable, 
  the 
  poorest 
  soils 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  wrought 
  

   its 
  improvements 
  on 
  the 
  poorest 
  farming 
  classes. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  

   enhanced 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  such 
  lands 
  until 
  they 
  actually 
  sell 
  

   for 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  most 
  fertile 
  bottom 
  lands, 
  and 
  the 
  spec- 
  

   tacle 
  has 
  actually 
  been 
  witnessed 
  of 
  a 
  contention 
  between 
  

   counties 
  as 
  to 
  which 
  could 
  show 
  the 
  most 
  poor 
  land. 
  The 
  

   effect 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  practicall}' 
  to 
  increase 
  largely 
  the 
  wealth- 
  

   producing 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  breaking 
  down 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   economic 
  distinctions 
  between 
  sterile 
  and 
  fertile 
  lands. 
  The 
  

   amount 
  of 
  this 
  enhancement 
  cannot 
  be 
  given 
  with 
  even 
  ap- 
  

   proximate 
  accuracy, 
  because 
  nothing 
  definite 
  can 
  yet 
  be 
  

   known 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  fine 
  tobacco 
  lands, 
  the 
  continued 
  

   value 
  of 
  poor 
  lands 
  depending 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  stability 
  of 
  the 
  

   demand 
  for 
  such 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  VARIETIES 
  OF 
  TOBACCO. 
  

  

  Slight 
  differences 
  in 
  nomenclature, 
  local 
  names, 
  and 
  the 
  

   uncertain 
  use 
  of 
  descriptive 
  adjectives 
  make 
  it 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   reach 
  absolute 
  accuracy 
  in 
  treating 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  The 
  Orinoco, 
  popularl}'' 
  called 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  " 
  Iron 
  

   Oak," 
  is 
  a 
  widely 
  grown 
  plant, 
  of 
  which 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  vari- 
  

   eties 
  are 
  reported 
  — 
  the 
  Yellow, 
  the 
  White-stem, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Little 
  or 
  Sweet 
  Orinoco. 
  The 
  Yellow 
  Orinoco 
  is 
  early, 
  ma- 
  

   tures 
  well, 
  becomes 
  bright 
  on 
  the 
  hill, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  broad, 
  

   heavy 
  leaf 
  of 
  a 
  fine, 
  silky 
  texture. 
  The 
  White-stem 
  Orinoco 
  

   grows 
  brighter 
  and 
  whiter 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  than 
  most 
  varieties, 
  

   and 
  is 
  more 
  easily 
  cured 
  the 
  desired 
  color. 
  The 
  fiber 
  is 
  

  

  