CULTIVATION IN THE SOUTH, / A81 
the crop is usually good, and along the valleys are found 
some excellent lands for its culture. 
As we go South, we reach the great tobacco-growing states, 
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and others. Maryland has 
long been noted for its tobacco, and annually exports thou- 
sands of hogsheads to European markets. Virginia, as we 
have seen, is the oldest tobacco-producing state in the Union, 
and still continues to raise thousands of acres of the “weed” 
for home use and for export. In 1622, six years after its 
‘cultivation began, she produced 60,000 pounds of leaf tobacco. 
North Carolina also raises a fine article of smoking tobacco— 
of fine color and superior flavor. This state has long been 
‘noted for its superior leaf tobacco, and ever since the first 
settlement of the state has produced large quantities of it. 
'In 1753 100 hogsheads were exported, the number constantly 
‘increasing until the present. In Georgia some tobacco is 
grown. Havana tobacco was first cultivated in this state by 
Col. McIntosh, and succeeded finely in some of the counties 
along the coast. 
In Florida, Havana tobacco is cultivated altogether. It 
differs somewhat in flavor, however, so that it is called Florida 
tobacco, not because it is grown in that state, but because it 
is a little bitter, unlike that grown in Cuba. Kentucky is the 
great tobacco-producing state of the Union. Two-fifths of 
the entire amount grown in the country comes from this 
state. In 1871 nearly 150,000 acres were devoted to it in 
‘the state—producing 103,500,000 pounds of leaf tobacco. 
‘In Ohio and Missouri large quantities of tobacco are grown, 
the former state furnishing both cutting and seed leaf 
tobaceos. The other Western states including Ilinois, Indi- 
ana, and Wisconsin, are engaged largely in its production, 
and furnish a good article of leaf. 
California for the last few years has given the culture of 
tobacco some attention, and promises to become a great 
tobacco-producing state. The United States have cultivated 
in some seasons 350,769 acres of tobacco, valued at $25,901,- 
769. The average yield per acre is greater in Connecticut 
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