xcviii INTRODUCTION. 



The following table shows the amount of tobacco raised in the western States in 1860, as com 

 pared with 1850 : 



I860. 1850. 



Illinois 6, 885, 262 841, 394 



Indiaua 7, 993, 378 1, 044, 620 



Iowa 303,168 6,041 



Kansas 20, 349 



Kentucky 108, 126, 840 55, 501, 196 



Michigan 121, 099 1, 245 



Missouri 25, 086, 196 17, 113, 784 



Ohio 25, 092, 581 10, 454, 449 



Wisconsin 87, 340 1, 268 



Minnesota 38, 938 



Nebraska . 3, 636 



Total 173, 758, 787 84, 963, 997 



Next to Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri are the greatest tobacco-growing States in the west. The 

 crop has also increased largely in these States since 1850. Indiana and Illinois come next, the former 

 producing nearly eight million pounds, and the latter nearly seven million pounds. 



The following table shows the amount of tobacco grown in the Pacific States in 1860, as compared 

 with 1850: 



I860. 1850. 



California 3, 150 1, 000 



Oregon 405 325 



New Mexico 7, 044 8, 467 



Utah 70 



Washington 10 



Total 10, 609 9, 862 



But little tobacco is raised on the Pacific coast, and it has increased a mere trifle since 1850. In 

 fact, in New Mexico there is an actual decrease, which is true of no other State except Florida. 



The returns show that tobacco is raised in every State, and in all the Territories except Dakota. 



In 1850 the amount of tobacco raised in all of the States and Territories was eight pounds to each 

 inhabitant, and in I860 about fourteen pounds. The unsettled condition of Kentucky since the com 

 mencement of the war, with the loss of almost the entire crop in Virginia, have caused a great diminu 

 tion in the supply of tobacco, and prices have advanced very rapidly. This has stimulated the cultiva 

 tion of tobacco in the northern States to an extent which it never would have attained in ordinary 

 circumstances. 



The principal variety of tobacco grown in the northern States is the Connecticut seed-leaf. It is 

 ordinarily grown for cigar wrappers, and the larger and more perfect the leaf the more profitable is the 

 crop. For smoking or chewing it is an inferior variety. In fact, it seems almost impossible to grow 

 a good quality of chewing-tobacco in the northern States. It is found much more profitable to grow 

 a large, tough leaf, suitable for cigar wrappers, than to attempt to grow a smaller crop of better quality. 



