Foreword 
Some 95 percent of Canada’s tobacco acreage is located in the Province of Ontario, 
where flue-cured is by far the most important type grown. In recent years Ontario 
flue-cured growers have introduced a number of new production and curing practices, 
including: 
e A sharp increase in the use of soil treatment for nematodes before planting. 
© Some growers now using chemical weed control. 
@ An increase in amounts of fertilizer used, plus advances in type and method of 
application. 
© More growers equipped to irrigate their tobacco fields; refinements in the use of 
water. 
® Chemical control of suckers approved conditionally for 1968. 
© Several new developments in mechanical aids for harvesting, with improvements in 
hauling to the kiln or curing barn. 
© Introduction of bulk-curing barns or kilns and better control devices for curing. 
@ Bulk curing, resulting in savings in the pack barn and strip room. 
This publication, which updates FAS-M 145, Survey of 1962 Canadian Tobacco 
Production and Trade, describes these developments in some detail and also covers 
marketing and exports. Some mention of tobacco output in Provinces other than Ontario 
and of types other than flue-cured is included. 
