The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

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than a million acres under cultivs si no
and We raised in round numbers Slo,Uou,
600 pounds, or more than ten pounds iot
every man, woman and child In the coutll;-2
try. This tobacco ca me rom u Dozen Dozen
different States, and II was by no lnea ms ms
confined TO the South. Here are the 10 /
calities which produced IT. Il give round
numbers only: sss So, 4. " l3S q IA
+ nntucl,v y. !, 33S, 900 267, 900 900
North Carolina. &. 215, 900 ] s., 100000 4
Virginia q. ?. {. . i g., 900 XII q, 000 600
X. o2.ooo u,o oooooo
OHIO ou,uoos -
Tennessee IVY lSe oo'ooV, ~
South Carolina......s 40. 600 go wv, IVY
Pennsylvania ......E III, 900 70, IVY, IVY
r,onnerticut 3 (. I. i 900 81, 900 900
N1aryland h. ". !. Y. y 81. 900 1000 900
New York :, b, 5000 5000 900
1t Fills u ncleg Sans p ocke tho Ok.
This product brings in several hundred
million dollars a year in the way Of gross
receipts. IT. IS one OF the most&p table
crops to the government. It is classed as
a luxury and heavily taxed Altogether
the treasury gets more than go, O0O. 0oo
a year out Of such duties and taxes, and
last year the revenue tax from tobacco
alone amounted to more than $44, 900, O0O.ss
Il e Tho value of the crop Is enormous. AS
far back as ] 500, IA cording 10 all estimate
which III "A have, Y our tobacco products
brought III more money than the printing
and publishing trades. The people were.
then paying as much for tobacco as they
were for boots and shoes, and twice a 81
much as they paid for suga +. Their to-
bacco cost kenmore than all their mag
azines, books and %newspapers, and since
then 1t has increa sed }, rather than dimin-E
Eished. wa s53$3 lBb s5 RI 4 y M
A Million Dollars toaTickle Uncle
Sans Nose.
Shutting is looked upon by many as
a custom OF the past, but the taxes on
the snulL used to tickle Uncle Sans nose
last year brought In more than a million
dollars; and we are now making enough
snuff SaEntlallyfto give every man, wo-
IMAM and child in the country, a quarter
of a pound. We use something like I, 000,-
ONo,0N cigars, and a 5, 600 100000 cigarettes
every year and an enormous quantity
of smoking tobacco n 53{
ii Many people think that chewing Is go
ing out, but the product OF plug tobacco
made In 1903 was enough to give every
man. woman and child in the United
States two and one-half pounds. and
In addition there were 10000, 900 pounds OF
fine cut. The snuff made that year
amounted altogether to q, 900. 600 pounds,
and. strange to say. 8 900. 900 pounds We're
made In Delaware, 100000 In Maryland,
ana much OF the balance in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Tennessee. N 81 A
Tobacco at Ten Dollars a Pound.
The most OF the tobacco raised inFthe
United States Is low grade tobacco, The
lands II; many parts of tho country are
worn cut. L he variety Is, poor, and the
Yield per acre comparatively small. In
some years ii aces not yield Eon the
| average seven cents per pound TO the pro-
| Queer. Nevertheless, we Imported more
| than 80 100000 POUNDS Of, tobacco Leaf In
1903, and raid out more than 1900. COX
| for It. Or: moe than fifty cents pei
! pound. Tho ccst OF our imported Tobacco
| last year was greater still, for some ol
| 1t we paid $40 and upward per pound
What the Agricultural Department *
4 trying to do Is to teach our tobacco
growers to raise this expensive produci
| at home Experiments to that effect arc
| being made in Connecticut and Florida
! and the discoveries of tho present yeal
| promise success, They also show thu
tho general grade Of tobacco over thu
/
the value or the crop made enurmousl,
greater. 4, .3 N Il
4 Farming in Tents.
The fancy tobacco farming which &
now going on Is perhaps 4 he most expen
sIya farming on earth. There arc planta
! t!cns IN Connecticut which annually COS
4 1900 an acre to run, not including tn
4 cost of the land On these plantation
the iced is sown In hot beds heated b.
steam pipes and covered with glass, an
the plants are set out under great tents
n acre after acre being covered with clot
supported by posts, IN order 10 glYe IN
plants about the same temperature q
"A they have In the tropical countries, fror
where our finest tobacco leaves come. lie
me give you tha cost Of single acre 9
such tobacco raising. Tho plantation
speak OF Is an irrigated one, and II cos
about 500 an acre for water, It's cove
costs 500 per acre. fertilizer 500 per acre
cultivation and planting $lvO, and N add
f tlon there are other expenses which hrln
up the total cost Ia about $1,000.
Sumatra Tobacco in Connection
Experiments like this have been n
tempted on II large scale In Conneeticu
There are thousands of acres under Glotl
The planters have found that they hay
a soil about like that of Sumutrn, and b
this cloth they can get a climate muc
the same They have taken Sumatra tt
hacco seed and planted ~, and in tll
| way are attempting 70 raise tho COST
| sumatra tobacco wrappers used for on
| 4 choice cigars,
| 4 What has been their success?
i Until this year they have PRACTICAL