duced was about 20,000 lbs. By 1753 the 
records show that over 50 million lbs. were 
raised annually, all of which was exported. At 
this time and until about the period of the 
Civil War, Europe was dependant more than 
now on America for her tobacco supply, as at 
present a considerable part of her needs is sup- 
plied by her own production. Tobacco was not 
grown in Kentucky till about 1785 and a little 
later in Tennessee and Ohio. The cigar leaf 
industry of the New England States did not 
come into activity till about 1830. Cigar leaf 
was raised in Florida about the same time but 
was discontinued and was not resumed till fifty 
years later . 
Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee have 
shown a declining annual production since the 
Civil War. Thus Virginia in 1860 produced 
nearly 30 per cent of the total U. S. crop, 
whereas at present it produces about 12 per 
cent only. The causes which have contributed 
to the decline in tobacco culture in the Southern 
States are the loss of slave labor as well as the 
loss of capital during the war; more particu- 
larly it is due to the impoverishing of the soil 
without adequate fertilization. Thus with 
superior fertilization and intensive methods, 
Massachusetts and Connecticut give 1,750 lbs. 
to the acre, as against 870 and 580 lbs. for 
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