West Indies. The declared export value ot about 2.6 

 million pounds of this unmanufactured, semi-processed 

 tobacco in 1971 was close to $2.5 million. 



Black Fat is the preferred smoking tobacco of 

 numerous African natives. Some of these people mix 

 the composition with a powdered fruit nut to make 

 snulf. Various tribes use Black Fat as a commoditv in 

 exchange for rubber, hides, oil, and other native 

 products. 



XTrociuctioii Line and Producers 



The export trade involves the labor and services of 

 trucking firms, railroads and cargo lines. It is an impor- 

 tant but small part of Kentucky's complex tobacco in- 

 dustry . The manufacturing of tobacco, together with its 

 labor force, plants and other factors associated with it, 

 represents the major economic segment of the industry. 



In this division the chief production is cigarettes. The 

 making machines of four factories, all in Louisville, 

 turned out nearly 107 billion cigarettes in the latest vear 

 of record. 



Over 33 million pounds of chewing tobacco and 

 smoking tobacco came out of four Kentucky factories. 

 A few establishments manufactured nearly 310 million 

 cigars, of which all but a small portion were in the 

 mediijm-price class. 



JLobacco and the economy 



The adjusted value of tobacco products, created by 

 the process of manufacturing, was in the area of 

 $400,000,000. This indicated value serves to measure 

 the contribution of Kentucky's tobacco manufacturers 

 to the economy. 



Apart from seasonal workers, who increase the total 

 by several thousand, the average number of employes 



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