x TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Tobacco fertilizers 233- 



Seed-beds 23* 



Preparation of tobacco soil 234 



Cultivation of the tobacco crop '234 



Topping and suckering of tobacco 234 



Tobacco insects 234 



Cutting, housing, and curing of tobacco 234, 235 



Tobacco-houses 235 



Preparation of tobacco for market, and prices 235,236 



Lands, labor, and cost of tobacco production 23G 



Peculiarities of Wisconsin tobacco 236 



Miscellaneous 236, 237 



CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW ENGLAND TOBACCO-GROWING DISTRICT. 



Historical notes 237,238 



Tobacco product 238,239- 



Surface features 23!* 



Geological formations and soils 239-241 



Forest growth 241 



Climate 241 



Locality of tobacco production and comparison of recent crops 241, 242 



Varieties of tobacco grown 242,243 



Kotatiou 243-247 



Manures and their application -* 243, 244 



Seed-beds 244 



Preparation of the soil for tobacco 244,245 



Topping, priming, suckering, and worming tobacco 245, 246 



Cutting and curing of tobacco 246-248 



Curing tobacco 248, 24!) 



Pole-sweat 241) 



Assorting, handling, and preparing tobacco for market 249,250 



Sweating tobacco 250, 251 



Prices of tobacco 251 



Cost of tobacco production 



Quality of tobacco grown 



CHAPTER XX.-GENERAL INFORMATION NOT SPECIALLY GIVEN IN THE REPORTS ON THE CULTURE 



AND CURING OF TOBACCO IN THE SEVERAL STATES. 



Seed-beds 256-25* 



Insect enemies of the tobacco plant 268-261 



Diseases of the tobacco plant 261, 262- 



Tobacco strips 262,263 



Conclusion 263, 264 



CHAPTER XXI. REPORT ON THE CHEMISTRY OF AMERICAN TOBACCOS, BY GIDEON E. MOORE, PH. D. 



Constituents of the tobacco leaf 264,265 



Distribution of the different constituents in the plant 266 



Proportion of nicotine in leaf tobacco, computed on the leaf, dried at 100 C 266 



Proportion of nitric acid in tobacco, computed on the leaf, dried at 100 C 



Proportion of ash in tobacco, dried at 100 C 266 



Anal} ses of certain of the principal varieties of American tobacco 267 



Methods of analysis employed 267, 268 



Analyses of American tobaccos 269,270 



Table I. Percentage composition of tobacco, dried at 100 C 



Table II. Ash analyses 269 



Table III. Proportion of mineral ingredients, total nitrogen, and potassium carbonate in 100 parts of the leaf, dried at 



100 C 270 



Percentage of nicotine in the principal varieties of American tobacco 



Absorptive capacities of certain varieties of American tobacco 



Variations in the composition of tobaccos referable to causes attending the growth of the plant 271-273 



Table IV. Analyses of tobaccos grown in Schloesing's experiments 



Changes in composition of tobacco induced by curing 273-275 



Proportion of nitric acid in tobacco during the different stages of fermentation for snuff 



Causes upon which the combustibility of tobacco depends - 275-278 



Relations between equivalent ratios and burning qualities 



Analyses of tobacco soils 278 



Methods of analysis 278-280 



Table V. Mechanical analyses of tobacco soils 280 



Table VI. Chemical analyses of tobacco soils - 



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