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»The total cost of production was $ 23,579.26, *) and the total 
>value was $ 49,255.20, which gave a net profit to the growers 
»of $ 25,675.94 or 108.8 %. This did not include the cost of 
»land, barns or warehouses, nor the interest on investment, but 
»included the whole cost of the shade, the framework of which 
»is expected to last from 5 tot 8 years. The best erop gave a 
»yield of 1026 pounds per acre for 6 acres, to a net profit of 
$ 1022.52 per acre.” 
De totaal 40.211 pond gefermenterde tabak leverde na sortatie 
71 % dekblad, 1 6 % tweede- en 1 3 % derde qualiteit. 
Van het dekblad wogen gemiddeld 225 a 250 bladeren — één 
pond. 
Deze proef is in Amerika allerheftigst gecritiseerd geworden, 
omdat men de coöporatie van den Staat met de Connecticut tabaks¬ 
planters uit een handelsoogpunt afkeurde. Men zag hierin een 
speciale bevoordeeling, die niet te verantwoorden was tegenover 
het algemeen, zooals blijkt uit de volgende zinsnede uit een van 
zulke artikels: »But why should the handful of farmers alone 
»derive the benefit of the free Government services? Are the 
»leaf trade and cigar manufacturers and consumers not likewise 
»entitled to share in them? If by reason of the Government’s 
»aid the cost of a product is lowered, should not the consumer 
»have the same privelege in participating in the aid distributed 
»by the paternal purse of our Government? For surely there is 
»nothing in our Constitution that vouchsafes to a handful of Con- 
»necticut tobacco farmers some special rights and benefits to the 
»exclusion of anybody else, or which anybody else is not entitled 
»to share in the same degree.” 2) 
Ingevolge haar belofte, heeft het proefstation te New-Haven de 
proeven over schaduw-tabak ook in 1901 voortgezet, waarover 
1) The total cost of the erop per acre varied from ƒ 613.42 to 
K 849.55, or an average of H 657.17, the former cost being for a large 
area, while the highest cost was for an area of about a quarter of 
au acre. 
2) U.S. Tobacco Journal, 26 April 1902, Vol. XI, VIII, No. 14 (Whole 
No. 1352). Hollandsch referaat in de Indische Mercuur van 27 Mei 1902. 
