﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  Virginia. 
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  Germans, 
  Spanish 
  and 
  Italians 
  take 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  this 
  to- 
  

   bacco, 
  with 
  a 
  growing 
  preference 
  for 
  that 
  cured 
  without 
  

   smoke. 
  It 
  is 
  produced 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  tobacco 
  

   belt 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  but 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  raised 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   James 
  river 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Ridge. 
  

  

  Med 
  and 
  Colored 
  Shipping. 
  — 
  Like 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  this 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  is 
  produced 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  tobacco 
  region 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  region 
  producing 
  most 
  of 
  this 
  tobacco 
  

   consists 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  Northeast 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  just 
  de- 
  

   scribed, 
  Dinwiddle, 
  Chesterfield, 
  Goochland, 
  and 
  Fluvanna, 
  

   with 
  Rockbridge 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  counties 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   Ridge 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  Kentucky 
  and 
  Tennessee 
  lines, 
  except 
  

   Montgomery, 
  whiclp 
  is 
  classed 
  in 
  the 
  yellow 
  district. 
  

  

  This 
  tobacco 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  grades: 
  1. 
  Bright 
  

   spangled, 
  2. 
  Mahogany; 
  3. 
  Cherry 
  red; 
  and 
  is 
  generally 
  

   cured 
  with 
  open 
  wood 
  fires, 
  a 
  method 
  which 
  greatly 
  detracts 
  

   from 
  its 
  worth. 
  The 
  red 
  and 
  mahogany 
  wrappers 
  of 
  this 
  

   and 
  the 
  dark 
  tobacco, 
  if 
  fine, 
  sell 
  well, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  

   smell 
  of 
  smoke. 
  

  

  SiL7i 
  and 
  Air-Cured 
  Fillers. 
  — 
  These 
  include 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  cured 
  

   without 
  artificial 
  heat, 
  whether 
  by 
  the 
  sun 
  or 
  by 
  air, 
  or 
  by 
  

   both. 
  The 
  counties 
  raising 
  this 
  tobacco 
  mainly 
  are 
  Caro- 
  

   line, 
  Hanover, 
  Louisa, 
  and 
  Spotsylvania. 
  Their 
  product 
  is 
  

   eagerl}' 
  sought 
  after 
  by 
  manufacturers, 
  is 
  never 
  in 
  oversup- 
  

   ply, 
  and 
  those 
  long 
  accustomed 
  to 
  its 
  use 
  prefer 
  it 
  to 
  all 
  

   others, 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  White 
  Burley. 
  

  

  Brigld 
  Yellow 
  has 
  many 
  grades, 
  the 
  finest, 
  smoothest, 
  and 
  

   brightest 
  leaves 
  being 
  rated 
  as 
  wrappers: 
  1. 
  P\incy; 
  2. 
  

   Fine; 
  3. 
  Medium, 
  running 
  0, 
  00, 
  000, 
  etc., 
  according 
  to 
  

   quality 
  and 
  color; 
  4. 
  Fillers, 
  several 
  grades. 
  Lugs 
  are 
  

   graded 
  as 
  follows: 
  Fancy 
  Smokers, 
  Fine 
  Smokers, 
  Medium 
  

   Smokers, 
  Common 
  Smokers, 
  Bright 
  Lug 
  Fillers, 
  and 
  Com- 
  

   mon 
  Lug 
  Fillers. 
  

  

  Instances 
  are 
  on 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  first 
  grades 
  having 
  been 
  

   sold 
  for 
  §3 
  and 
  $4 
  per 
  pound, 
  and 
  to 
  sell 
  at 
  the 
  highest 
  

   average, 
  or 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  highest 
  price, 
  is 
  an 
  honor 
  sought 
  

   by 
  the 
  best 
  planters 
  of 
  the 
  yellow 
  belt. 
  

  

  Flue 
  cured 
  Fillers. 
  — 
  These 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  Henry 
  county 
  

   fillers, 
  being 
  produced 
  mainly 
  in 
  Henry 
  county 
  and 
  in 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Franklin 
  and 
  Patrick 
  counties. 
  This 
  tobacco 
  is 
  

   divided 
  into 
  fillers 
  and 
  wrappers, 
  according 
  to 
  size, 
  color, 
  

   and 
  quality, 
  and 
  is 
  mostly 
  manufactured 
  into 
  plug 
  chewing. 
  

  

  