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TOBACCO PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



TABLE III. PROPORTION OF MINERAL INGREDIENTS, TOTAL NITROGEN, AND POTASSIUM CARBONATE, IN 100 PARTS 



OF THE LEAF, DRIED AT 100 C. 



Variety. 



Virginia; sun-cured; for manufacturing plug 

 tobacco. 



Virginia; firo-cured; for the German and conti- 

 nental trade ; low grade. 



Tennessee, Clarksville ; fire-cured ; gummy ; for 

 the German and English markets ; soil: rich, 

 heavy loam. 



19 Kentucky, Mason county ; air-cured ; for cutting 

 or plug tobacco. 



10 North Carolina, Gran villo county ; bright wrap- 

 per ; grown on white or light gray sand. 



37 I Louisiana "Perique" tobacco; air-cured (leaf 

 deprived of midrib). 



35 Connecticut Seed-Leaf, New Milford; soil: rich 



loam. 



30 Connecticut Seed-Leaf, Hartford ; sandy soil 



34 Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf; Lancaster county 



16 Ohio Seed-Leaf 



22 New York State Seed-Leaf '. 



25 "Wisconsin and Illinois Seed-Leaf. . . . 



4.24 

 3.55 

 4.77 



6.34 

 3.53 

 4.71 

 5.30 



7.66 

 8.92 

 4.75 

 5.13 



5.97 



0.04 

 0.03 

 0.02 



0.14 



0.04 



0.04 



trace 



0.05 

 0.06 

 0.04 

 0.06 

 0.17 



5.24 



6.39 

 2.39 

 5.82 

 6.10 



5.33 

 5.13 

 4.93 

 6.09 

 5.17 



0.98 



1.71 



0.86 

 0.83 

 1.93 

 1.71 



1.40 

 1.47 

 2.46 

 1.33 

 1.94 



0.07 



0.12 



0.07 



0.25 



0.05 



0.18 



0.22 



0.40 

 0.26 

 0.15 

 0.11 

 0.12 



0.15 



0.14 



0.08 



0.03 



0.11 



0.11 



0.15 

 0.19 

 0.13 

 0.09 

 0.11 



I 



0.00 

 0.00 

 0.02 



0.02 

 0.01 

 0.04 

 0.02 



0.00 

 0.00 



trace 

 0.02 



trace 



0.47 

 0.43 

 0.64 



0.98 

 0.44 

 0.96 

 0.48 



0.61 

 1.03 

 0.61 

 0.56 

 0.48 



O 



fa 



0.62 

 0.57 

 0.89 



0.73 

 0.38 

 0.96 

 0.62 



0.62 

 0.47 

 0.49 

 0.59 

 0.60 



0.17 

 0.44 

 0.49 



0.19 

 0.23 

 0.30 

 0.21 



0.20 

 0.19 

 0.44 

 0.57 



0.72 



1.73 

 1.50 

 0.38 



0.08 

 0.56 

 0.49 

 0.33 



2.14 

 0.27 

 0.22 

 0.95 

 0.15 



12.41 

 13.36 

 14.37 



16.06 

 8.49 

 15.54 

 15.19 



18.56 

 17.98 

 14.22 

 15.50 



15.42 



3.41 

 3.21 

 4.77 



3.49 

 2.03 

 5.16 

 4.97 



1.87 

 1.41 

 4.78 



8.25 

 4.21 

 4.39 

 6.08 



4.10 6.06 



2. 70 11. 91 



4. 42 j 5. 83 



4. 59 4. 86 



4. 23 7. 83 



PERCENTAGE OP NICOTINE IN THE PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF AMERICAN TOBACCO. 



In the following table are given the results of my determinations of nicotine on samples of the principal 



varieties of American tobaccos. In each case the air-dried leaves (including the midrib) were finely ground, and a 

 careful average sample taken. The nicotine was determined on the air-dried sample by the method of Schloesiug, 

 and the percentage of moisture in a separate portion by drying at 100 C. The results are stated in percentages 

 on the sample dried at 100 C. : 



Percentage of nicotine. 



Virginia (heavily manured lots) 5.81 



Mexican Baler (heavily manured lots) 5.60 



Clarksville, Tennessee (heavily manured lots) 5.29 



Virginia (French R6gie) 4.81 



Virginia (heavy English shipping) 4. 72 



North Carolina Yellow ($50) 4.58 



German Saucer (Kentucky) 4.55 



Perique, cured in its juices (stripped from midrib) 4.32 



German, low grade (Virginia) 4.30 



Perique, air-cured (stripped from midrib) 4.25 



West Tennessee Stemmer 4. 23 



German (dark) 4.14 



New York (Wilson's hybrid) 4.14 



Connecticut Seed-Leaf (New Milford) ,. 4.06 



French Regie, A 3.90 



Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf 3.88 



Wisconsin Havana Seed . . 3. 82 



Connecticut Seed-Leaf (Hartford) 3.49 



Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf (Lancaster county) 3. 47 



Virginia sun-cured, for plug 3.27 



Perique air-cured (whole leaf) 3.25 



North Carolina Yellow ($65) 3. 15 



Mason county, cutting or plug 3. 12 



Ballard county, Kentucky, bright wrapper 2.92 



Owen county, Kentucky, plug fillers 2.80 



North Carolina bright wrapper 2.69 



Hart county, Kentucky, bright wrapper 2.54 



New York domestic Havana 2. 53 



Florida Seed-Leaf 2.38 



New York State Seed-Leaf 2.35 



Connecticut Havana Seed . ... 2.21 



Owen county, Kentucky, cutting leaf 2.19 



Ohio Seed-Leaf 1.93 



Sweet-scented Wisconsin and Illinois 1.33 



Connecticut Seed-Leaf 1.14 



Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf 1.02 



Wisconsin and Illinois Seed-Leaf 0.86 



Little Dutch (Miami valley) .. 063 



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