The editors wish to express their gratitude to the following firms, organ- 

 izations, and publications who have supplied data, comments, and photographs: 



American Machine and Foundry Company 



Associated Tobacco Manufacturers 



Bayuk Cigars 



Bloch Bros. Tobacco Company 



Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company 



Cigar Manufacturers Association 



Conwood Corporation 



Conn-Mass Tobacco Cooperative 



Dibrell Bros. , Inc. 



Flue-cured Stabilization Corp. 



The Flue-cured Tobacco Farmer 



North Carolina Port Authority 



North Carolina State University 



R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 



The Tobacco Institute 



Tobacco Merchants Association 



University of Florida 



University of Kentucky 



Virginia Department of Agriculture 



The Wilson, N.C. , Daily Times 



Within the Department of Agriculture, the text was reviewed by the Agri- 

 cultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Economic Research Service and 

 Foreign Agricultural Service. 



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