cents, may be paid. Smoking and chewing leaf of 
average grade fetches from 6 to 7 cents per lb. 
From these figures it will be seen that the 
agricultural industry of tobacco growing is a 
most important one, and it is constantly in- 
creasing both in the quantity produced and in 
value. About 45 of the states in the Union 
are engaged in tobacco culture, the principal 
states and the quantities produced being as 
follows (for 1914) : 
Kentucky eu eespcyigercwe ea 364 million Ibs. 
North Carolina ........... 172 ss sé 
VIRGINIA 62 oren So agen wsees 4 « es 
Tennessee .............04. 63 sone Exes 
OIG: Gdawomedomea rs aeeekns 78 #« se 
Wisconsin ................ 54 se é 
Pennsylvania ............. 48 “ a 
Connecticut .............. 35 ss dd 
South Carolina ........... 36COC es 
Maryland ....:........... 17 & ee 
Indians ncean oekeusng eek 12 « ss 
Massachusetts ............ 11 KS « 
Other states .............. 30 = * 
Total: potegwai aces 10384 = ef 
Virginia was, until recently, the premier 
tobacco state. Tobacco was first raised in 
Virginia about 1619 when the quantity pro- 
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