TABLE OF CONTENTS. v 



The Ohio River district Continued. Page. 



Cost of production . 50 



Value of the crop of 1879 50 



General facts and statistics. .... 50 



The Lower Greon River district 51-54 



Topography 51 



Types of tobacco produced 51 



Varieties and their peculiarities 51,52 



Geology aud soil formations 52,53 



Labor, wages, and cost of production 53,54 



The Green River district 54,55 



The Upper Green River district 55-58 



Types of tobacco produced 55,56 



Varieties of tobacco produced 56 



Geology and soil formations 56,57 



Value of the crop of 1879 57 



Labor aud the labor system ... 57 



Cost of production .' 58 



The Clarksville district r 58-61 



Geolog-y and soil formations 59,60 



Varieties of tobacco produced 60 



Cost of labor and production 60,61 



Value of the crop of 1879 61 



The Cumberland River district 61-63 



Types of tobacco produced 61,62 



Varieties of tobacco grown 62 



Geology and soil formations 62,63 



Cost of labor and production 63 



Value of the crop of 1879 63 



Culture and curing of tobacco in the shipping districts of Kentucky 63-72 



Preparation ef the soil for planting 63-45 



Cultivation of tobacco 65-67 



Culling of tobacco 67 



Curing of tobacco 67-69 



Tobacco-bams 69 



Preparation of tobacco for market where and how sold 70-72 



The White Hurley district 73-80 



Physical features 73 



Geological formations and soils 73,74 



Analysis of a subsoil 74 



White Uurley tobacco 74 



Comparison of tobacco crops 75,76 



Grades of product 76 



Soils best suited for While Hurley tobacco 76 



Fertilization of tobacco 77 



Preparation of the soil for tobacco .*. 77 



Harvesting of tobacco 77,78 



Curing of tobacco 78 



Assorting and stripping of tobacco 78 



Value of the tobacco crop of 1879 78,79 



Cost of tobacco production 79,80 



CHAPTER VIII. CULTURE AND CURING OF TOBACCO IN LOUISIANA. 



Historical nots . 80,81 



The French Acadians and Perique tobacco 81 



Where this peculiar tobacco is grown 81 



Climate 81 



Rainfall 81 



Soils now cultivated in tobacco 81 



TUe Perique, tobacco district 82-86 



Peculiarities of the Perique tobacco 82 



Grades of product 82 



Decrease of tobacco product and causes 82 



Soils and modes of cultivation 83 



Seed-beds 83 



Preparation of the soil anil cultivation 83,84 



Priming and topping of tobacco 84 



Suekeriug of tobacco 84 



Ripening of tobacco - 84 



Cutting and curing of tobacco ,, 84,85 



Cost of producing and marketing tobacco 85 



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