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and brings out its best qualities. All cigar tobaccos have to go though a 

 fermentation process, after which they are graded out according to color, 

 texture and size. The tobaccos of Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and 

 certain grades of the New England tobaccos are packed in boxes, while the 

 wrapper grades of Connecticut and Massachusetts are packed in mat 

 bales weighing about 160 pounds. The cigar leaf tobaccos of the southern 

 tobacco states are all packed in bales, either the Cuban or Sumatra style. 



Methods of Selling. All cigar tobaccos are sold by the grower in their 

 unfermented condition to dealers in leaf tobacco, who either buy the 

 tobacco from the curing barn, or upon delivery by the grower at the ware- 

 house. In some cases the tobacco is grown upon contract at a stipulated 

 price per pound for the various grades. All transactions are upon a cash 

 basis upon delivery of the tobacco. 



The heavy, export, manufacturing and bright tobaccos are sold at 

 public auction, either in the hogshead or as loose tobacco. The place 

 of sale is a public warehouse and all transactions are cash at the close of 

 each auction. The sales are attended by buyers not only of this country, 

 but of foreign governments where the regi system (government monopoly) 

 exists; such countries as Spain, Italy, France and Japan having buyers 

 attending these auctions. 



Danville, Virginia, is the largest market for loose tobacco, especially 

 the bright tobaccos; while Richmond, Lynchburg and Petersburg, Virginia, 

 handle mostly dark, fire-cured tobaccos. Public auctions are held at various 

 places in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and the Carolinas. 



REFERENCES 



"Tobacco Leaf." Killebrew and Myrick. 



"Tobacco: History, Culture and Varieties." Billings. 



Kentucky Expt. Station Bulletin 129. "Cultivating, Curing and Marketing Tobacco." 



Kentucky Expt. Station Bulletin 139. "Tobacco Improvement." 



Ohio Expt. Station Circular 156. "Disinfecting Tobacco Beds from Root Rot Fungus." 



Ohio Expt. Station Bulletin 239. "Breeding Cigar Filler." 



Canadian Dept. of Agriculture Bulletins A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7. "Tobacco in Canada." 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin 40. "Mosaic Disease of Tobacco." 



Farmers' Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 



343. "Cultivation of Tobacco in Kentucky and Tennessee." 



416. "Production of Cigar Leaf Tobacco in Pennsylvania." 



523. "Tobacco Curing." 



571. "Tobacco Culture." 



