CHAPTER I. PAGE THE PLANT 1 CHAPTER II. CULTIVATION 7 CHAPTER III. CURING 67 CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND COMMERCE 137 CHAPTER V. PREPARATION AND USE 231 CHAPTER VI. NATURE AND PROPERTIES 253 CHAPTER VII. ADULTERATIONS AND SUBSTITUTES 267 CHAPTER VIII. IMPORTS, DUTIES, VALUES, AND CONSUMPTION 271 CHAPTER IX. BIBLIOGRAPHY 276 INDEX 281 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FIG. PAGE 1. CUBAN TOBACCO PLANT 4 2. MARYLAND TOBACCO PLANT 5 3. AMERSFORT TOBACCO PLANT 6 4. STRAW MAT FOR COVERING SEED-BEDS 47 5. SHADE FRAMES USED IN CUBA 49 6. QUINCUNX PLANTING 52 7. TOBACCO WORM AND MOTH 56 8. SHED FOR SUN-CURING TOBACCO 83 9. HANGING BUNCHES OF LEAVES 95 10. TOBACCO BARN 95 11. INTERIOR OF TOBACCO BARN 96 12. HAND OF TOBACCO 108 13. PACKING HOGSHEAD 133 14 to 17. TOBACCO-CUTTING MACHINE 234 18. MACHINE FOR MAKING PLUG TOBACCO 237 19 to 21. MACHINE FOR MAKING TWIST OR ROLL TOBACCO 238 22, 23. DIAGRAMS OF SEGMENT ROLLERS OF TWIST MACHINE 240 24 to 26. ANDREW’S IMPROVEMENTS IN TWIST MACHINE 243–4 27. MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND SIFTING SCRAP TOBACCO 246 28. MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTES 247 29. RESWEATING APPARATUS 249 30. MACHINE FOR WEIGHING OUT SMALL PARCELS OF TOBACCO 250 31.