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the services of any member of liis family who may assist in its produc- 

 tion. He simply counts the fertilizers used and the actual time his 

 hired labor worked in the field ; so with this method of calculation the 

 actual cost of producing tobacco by anyone engaged in tobacco raising 

 as a business would be greatly at variance with the figures given by a 

 farmer. 



The question then naturally arises, if the farmers can raise tobacco 

 at 12 cents per pound and it costs the larger concerns from 18 to 20 

 cents per pound, why would it not be better for the large concerns to 



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let the farmers grow all the tobacco and buy of them? The answer is 

 this: The large concern that has sufficient capital to equip a farm and 

 grow 100 acres of tobacco is also able to employ good men to manage 

 the farm— men who give their entire time and attention to the growing 

 and curing of the tobacco. This care begins with the first work on 

 the farm and does not end until the tobacco is delivered to the packing 

 houses, the tobacco receiving at all times the greatest care and atten- 

 tion. The superintendent and his assistant watch and study the 

 tobacco closely and do all things necessary for its perfect development. 



