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1944 
TOBACCO CROP 
We are told by Dr. J. B. Hutson, Asso- 
ciate Administrator of War Food Admin- 
istration, that cigarette consumption in 
this country has increased 13%; stocks 
held in the United States for British 
manufacturers are low; there is an 
; expanding demand for cigarettes by our 
ree Palas eee da armed forces; there is need for increased 
' acreages to take care of these additional 
demands; and that the size of this increase will depend in part 
on fertilizer and labor available. 
In light of these conditions, we feel that it is the patriotic 
duty of all of us who are tobacco farmers to first balance 
our farming operations so as to take care of all our home 
needs of fresh vegetables, canned vegetables, chickens, eggs, 
pork, milk, butter—the total food and feed requirements of 
our family and livestock as nearly as possible; then to so 
handle our allotted acreage of tobacco as to produce the best 
possible crop in both quality and poundage. 
We can feel assured of a fair price, and, if we utilize our 
land, fertilizer and labor intelligently, should make a profitable 
crop, and, at the same time, have the satisfaction of knowing 
that our product is making a worthwhile contribution to our 
country’s war effort. 
We are pleased to be able to offer to growers for planting, 
highly bred seed of tobaccos, in which uniform quality has 
been obtained through many generations of inbreeding. In 
accurately conducted tests, those lines that combine high pro- 
duction with this superior quality have been segregated and 
increased. Description of these varieties, together with breeding 
processes, are described in the following pages of this catalog. 
