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necessary to obtain the facts desired. The schedules as returned, almost without an exception, evidence a pains- 

 taking care to give full, clear, and accurate information. Special thanks are due to those whose prompt and 

 carefully prepared replies form the basis of these reports. 



Acknowledgments are due to Wallace Tappan for valuable data as to the management of tobacco in New 

 York ; to Frank E. Diffenderfi'er for special information as to the industry in Pennsylvania ; to E. L. Eagland for 

 an excellent account of tobacco culture in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia ; to Thomas E. Browder, of 

 Kentucky, for assistance in unraveling the intricacies of the various types grown in that state and in other states ; 

 to Professor G. 0. Swallow for a description of the soils of Missouri, with their geological derivation ; to Professor 

 Goessmann, of Massachusetts Agricultural College, for an interesting account of the soils of the Connecticut valley ; 

 to Professor W. C. Kerr, of North Carolina, for a very suggestive report on the tobacco soils of that state; and to 

 H. M. Doak, of Tennessee, for valuable assistance in the preparation of this report. Nor must I omit to mention 



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the services of C. F. Vanderford, of Tennessee, in revising and condensing this report and comparing its statements 

 with the original sources of information. 



To Dr. S. 8. Eathvon, of Pennsylvania; to M. H. Clark & Bro., of Clarksville, Tennessee; to Sawyer, Wallace 

 & Co., and J. S. Gans & Co., of New York ; to Gierke & Niemann, of Baltimore ; to John Ott, of Eichmond ; to 

 F. W. Ferrel, of Danville, Virginia; to Jacob Ziinmer, of Miamisburg, Ohio; to C. & E. Dormitzer & Co., of Saint 

 Louis, Mo.; to W. G. Mier, of Louisville, Ky.; and to E. H. Griest, of Cincinnati, Ohio, I am indebted for valuable- 

 suggestions. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



J. B. KILLEBBEW. 



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