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MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 



Flue-cured tobacco enters mainly into exports and into the manu- 

 facture of cigarettes, although some grades are used as wrappers for 

 chewing tobacco and other grades are used for smoking tobaccos. 

 The type of dark-fired tobacco grown in Virginia is used chiefly for 





*Mor*etfd in Kentucky 



Figure 5.— Types of Tobacco by Production Areas, 1928 



Tobacco is grown in many areas east of the Mississippi River. The cigarette, smoking, 

 chewing, and snuff types of tobacco are produced chiefly in the South Atlantic States 

 and in Kentucky and Tennessee, while the cigar types are grown mainly in the North 

 Atlantic area and in Ohio and Wisconsin. Most of the tobacco of the flue-cured type 

 is grown in the tri-State area (the shaded part). 



snuff and smoking tobacco in the United States and for export. 

 Other types of dark-fired tobaccos are grown in Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee. Virginia sun-cured tobacco is for the most part used in the 

 manufacture of chewing tobacco. It will be seen from Figure 5 that 

 the cigarette, smoking, chewing, and snuff types of tobacco are pro- 



