TOBACCO 153 



In recent years the average acreage of tobacco is 

 about one million acres, or one third the acreage of 

 potatoes. The value of the tobacco crop is less than 

 half that of potatoes. The leading tobacco states are 

 Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, 

 Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Connecticut valley 

 is also an important tobacco region. 



QUESTIONS 



1. How is the seed bed prepared for tobacco seed ? 



2. When are the young plants transplanted ? 



3. What field work must be given to the growing crop of 

 tobacco ? 



4. How is tobacco harvested ? 



5. What are the leading tobacco states ? 



REFERENCES 



Farmers' Bulletins: 60, Methods of curing tobacco; 82, 

 Culture of tobacco; 83, Tobacco soils; 120, Principal insects 

 affecting tobacco plant; 343, Cultivation of tobacco in Ken- 

 tucky and Tennessee; 416, Production of cigar-leaf tobacco in 

 Pennsylvania. 



