2 CIRCULAR 639, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | 
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FIGURE 1.—Cigar-wrapper tobacco growing under artificial shade. The shade — 
structure consists of a wire frame 8 to 9 feet high supported by posts, over the 
cops and sides of which the loosely woven cloth shading material is spread. 
fn some shades, cloth is the only shading material used, whereas in others 
wooden laths spaced 8 to 6 inches apart and attached to the wire supporting — 
structure are used with the cloth. ) 
insect pests attacking the crop in this region. It is intended to be 
an aid to tobacco growers in the solution of the many and varied | 
insect problems which arise in connection with the growing of the 
crop. 
FIGURE 2.—A field of sun-grown, cigar-filler tobacco of the Sumatra variety; 
about fully grown. 
