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an illustration of the characteristic large, broad, and heavy leaf (Pryor) 
type of plant generally grown in the Clarksville district. Figure 15 
Tig. 16.—Harvesting scene, Clarksville district, Montgomery County, Tenn. (Photographed by the 
Bureau of Soils.) 
shows a field of this type near Clarksville from which the worms and 
suckers are being removed, a tedious but very necessary operation; 
Fic. 17.—Wilting and yellowing tobacco on the scaffold, Clarksville district, Montgomery County, 
Tenn., showing a common method in nearly all districts. Plants that were unripe at the time of 
cutting remain standing in the field. (Photographed by the Bureau of Soils.) 
and figures 16 and 17 present characteristic scenes common over 
much of the export and manufacturing tobacco territory. 
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