Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-10
TOBACCO CULTURE.
Statistics OF Tobacco Production In the
limited States for the Year 1880.

Statistics OF Tobacco Production In tho
United states for the Year 1880.
census bulletin just issued contains
the statistics of tobacco production in the
United States in 1889 by counties and also
for convenience of comparison those for
the years 1879, 1869, and 1859. as they APP
pear in the reports of the Tenth. Ninth,
and Eighth Censuses. The report OF 1889
is based upon the returns OF the census
enumerators, supplemented by an extern
siye correspondence and by investigations
in the field conducted by Professor
Thomas N. Conrad, special agent, under
the direction of MIR. John Hyde, special
agent in charge of the Division of Agricul-
ture.
Tobacco 10 produced to o greater or less
extent in forty-two States and Terri
tories, the only reproducing States be-
ing Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island. and
Wyoming, and the non-producing Terri
tories Oklahoma and Utah.
The entire crop of the country amount
ed in 1889 to 4ss.255,89e pounds, the num-
Der of planters being 2O5,s62. and the area
devoted to tobacco culture, exclusive OF
counties cultivating less than one acre,
e92. 900 acres or 1.0s2.s0 square miles. The
area in cultivation was, however, very un-
equally distributed. Kentucky having
90. go per cent. of the total acreage and
producing 45.44 per cent. OF the entire
crop. and the six States next in rank OF
production 5O.16 per cent. of the acreage
and 42.49 per cent. Of the crop. while the
twenty States and Territories having the
smallest production had less than 900
acres IN tobacco and yielded an aggregate
of only 45i ,025 pounds, or less than one
tenth of per cent of the entire crop.
The average production per acre OF the
entire country was 7O5 pounds, ranging
among the seed-leaf States producing
Goa. 600 pounds or upward from 654
mounds per acre in Ohio to 1902 pounds
per acre in Connecticut. and in the more
important of the States in which the manu-
featuring and export varieties predomi-
nate from 375 pounds per acre IN North
Carolina to $50 pounds per acre IN Mis-
sour.
planter was 1897 acres. and the average
production of each planter 1872 pounds.
The total value OF the crop to the pro-
dncers. estimated on the basis of actual
sales. was S34, S44 ,4i9 an average OF IL
cents per pound. or $50. % per acre: The
average price per pound received by the
producer in States producing 5000, 900
pounds or upward ranged from AS cents IN
Missouri and AZ cents In Maryland to l2.s
cents in Connecticut and l4.2 cents IN
North Carolina. The product OF Louisiana
averaged 25.2 cents per pound to the pro-
Queer.
Although the total reported acreage in
tobacco shows an increase of .48 per cent.
upon that in 1879, there is decrease OF VI
in the number of bacco-producing coun-
ties there being now only 1,674 as COM
pared with 1.765 in 1879. 1t Is likewise
worthy of note that the proportion borne
by the crop of Kentucky to the entire pro-
duction of the country is steadily IN
creasing, having advanced from. A.90 per
cent. in 1859 and 1920 pei. cent. in 1879 TO
~. IA per cent. in 1889, as already stated.
The leading tobacco-producing county
If the entire country is Lancaster county,
pa. which yielded in 1888 49,
2l7 800 pounds, worth $780, 90 to the
producers. Christian and Henderson
counties, Kentucky. each produced over
10 .OOO. 900 pounds. as did also Dane county,
Wis, and Pittsylyania county; Va,
~ other counties, of which are in
kentucky. produced between 5,OOo.Ooo and
&c, OO0, 900 pounds each.
The final report on tobacco will treat OF
the progress and present condition OF the
industry. OF home and foreign markets,
the distribution of exports. etc.. and Will
also contain summarized statements by
leading tobacco producers throughout the
country as to the cultivation. curing. and
marketing of Leaf tobacco. the varieties
most profitable tor cultivation, fuctua-
tiops in production, diseases. and other
destructive agencies, the effects OF impor-
tation etc