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To bec(iit\e expert in the classification and grading of tobacco 

 requires lifelong experience. All that the farmer can attempt to 

 do is to place all leaves of a certain size, colour, and (juality 

 together, and let the buyer classify them as he wishes. This 

 proper assortment of the leaf is one of the most important things 

 in the whole tobacco business. A few leaves placed in the grade 

 above where they belong will largely desti'<]y the selling vabje of 

 the whole grade. In case of doul)t, always jjlace the leaf in the 

 next grade Ijelow. Many farmers do not I'eceive more than from 

 half to three-ciuarters the value of their crop, for the reasi;>n that 

 the}' have neglected to properly classify and grade their tobacco. 

 Hundreds of shrewd leaf dealers have made their fortunes Ijy 

 buying up this poorly graded tobacco and regrading it. (Jiice the 

 crop has been grown, the planter should endeavour to secure its 

 full value by placing it in condition to suit the buyer. 



The following is a list of the types of tobacco produi'ed in 

 America ; this list was prepared by the U.S. iJepartiiient of 

 Agriculture. 



Types of Tobacco Grows in The ITxited States 



dimmer S|)anish ; grown in Ohio, 

 Fillei's, 9-18 inches. 



Little l)utch ; grown in (.)hio. 



Fillers, 12-21 inches. 



<Jhio seed-leaf; grown in Ohio. 



Wrappers and liinders, 16-26 inches. 



Wisconsin Binders; grown iu Wisconsin. 

 Binders, 14-2-1: inches. 



Penn.sylvania Broadleaf : grown in PennsvK'auia. 

 Binders and P'illers, 14-26 inches. 



(Jonnecticut Broadleaf; grown in Coinierticut. 

 Wrappers, 14-26 inches. 



Connecticut Havana; grown in Connecticut Valley. 

 Wrappers, 14 26 inches. 



York State Havana; gi-own in New York. 

 Wrappers, 14-20 inches. 



( 'oiinecticiit-grown Sumatra. 



Wrappers, 12-lS inches. 



Fli )rida-grown Sumatra. 



Wrappers, 10-14 inches. 



( 'uban ; grown in Florida, Texas, California (southern); also being 

 experimented with in Ohio, Pennsvlvania, Alal)ama, and South 

 Carolina by U.S. Department of Agricult\ire. 



VVrappers, (very few), 12-16 inches. 



F'illei'S, 8-14 inches. 

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