PREFACE 
Tobacco is a commodity that is of major importance to United States 
agriculture and business. It usually ranks fourth among field crops in 
cash receipts to farmers, and is third in value among agricultural export 
classifications. It is a major source of revenue for Federal, State, and 
local governments (receipts totaled nearly 3 billion dollars for the fis- 
cal year 1959-60). About 2 percent of consumer expenditures goes for 
tobacco products (7 1/2 billion dollars in 1960). 
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Prepared and arranged by Albert Doub, Jr., and Alice Wolfe, Tobacco 
Division, Agricultural Marketing Service. 
