426  Tobacco  Cultivation  in  Virginia.      { Amcjp£" SjT"* 
The  above  are  the  figures  for  the  census  of  1875. 
Soil. — The  soil  required  should  be  deep,  of  a  sandy  or  loamy  nature ; 
rich,  mellow  and  warm  virgin  soil  is  better  than  old  land.  It  should 
be  of  a  rolling  nature  and  with  an  eastern  or  southern  exposure  if  upon 
a  hill ;  lowlands,  river  bottom  lands  do  well  if  not  subject  to  overflow. 
Of  all  the  districts  now  engaged  in  cultivating  this  plant  Connecticut 
and  Pennsylvania  present  the  highest  average  yield,  1,600  lbs.  per  acre, 
as  taken  from  the  report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  for  the 
United  States. 
Kentucky 
averages 
630  lbs.  per  acre. 
N.  Hampsh'e  averages 
1600  lbs. 
per  acre 
Virginia 
tt 
630  " 
New  York 
tt 
800 
tt 
Missouri 
tt 
850  « 
Massachusetts 
tt 
1350 
tt 
Maryland 
tt 
675 
Georgia 
tt 
55o 
n 
West  Virginia  " 
680  " 
Florida 
t( 
750 
tt 
N.  Carolina 
tt 
500  " 
Mississippi 
tt 
3i7 
tt 
Tennessee 
tt 
675 
Alabama 
tt 
465 
tt 
Ohio 
.< 
700  " 
Arkansas 
tt 
822 
tt 
Indiana 
a 
500  " 
Wisconsin 
tt 
500 
tt 
Illinois 
tt 
550 
Kansas 
tt 
670 
Texas, 
tt 
650  " 
This  report  is  for  1875. 
The  large  average  yield  in  Pennsylvania  now  exceeds  that  of  any 
other  State.  This  result  is  mainly  due  to  the  excellence  of  her  soil 
and  farming  combined.  H.  N.  R. 
TOBACCO  CULTIVATION  IN  VIRGINIA. 
By  Davip  Patrick  Miller,  Ph.G. 
From  an  Inaugural  Essay. 
The  cultivation  of  the  tobacco  plant  constitutes  one  of  the  most 
important  branches  of  agricultural  pursuit  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  it 
being  in  some  sections  the  chief  product  of  the  soil.  The  extent  of 
its  cultivation  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  total  yield  of  the  tobacco 
crop  for  the  year  1875  in  Virginia  was  65,000  hogsheads,  which,  valued 
at  $120  per  hhd. — about  the  average  value — makes  the  total  value  of 
the  crop  $7,800,000,  or  obout  one-fourth  of  the  value  of  that  of  the 
whole  United  States  for  that  year. 
Tobacco  is  one  of  the  most  exhaustive  of  crops,  requiring  a  dark, 
rich  soil,  which  must  be  renewed  annually  with  manures  and  other 
