FOREWORD 



For warehouses licensed under the United States 

 warehouse Act it is required that the types of tobacco be 

 stated on the warehouse receipts. When the United 

 States Department of Agriculture began to give con- 

 sideration to licensing such warehouses, it found that 

 there was no classification of all types of tobacco which 

 was commonly understood. To meet the requirement 

 of the law the classification presented herein was 

 developed. 



Further, as a basis for gathering, compiling, and 

 publishing statistical information on tobacco, it is neces- 

 sary to have some system of classifying the various types 

 of American-grow r n tobacco. The lack of a uniform 

 classification that is clearly understood by all has a 

 tendency to cause error in the reports of the department. 

 The variance in type names is a source of confusion 

 both in compiling and in interpreting reports. In some 

 cases tobacco of tw r o or more distinct types has here- 

 tofore been grouped together in such a way that the 

 information furnished was not of maximum value to the 

 trade. 



This pamphlet is prepared to present to interested 

 parties a classification of the leading types of American- j 

 grown tobacco. As new types are developed and the 

 production of old types reduced, it will be necessary to 

 revise this classification from time to time. 



This classification was prepared by Frank B 

 Wilkinson, Marketing Specialist, incidental to the 

 preparation of Standards and Grades for American- 

 Grown Tobacco. 



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