Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) TOBACCO LEAVES [Illustration: PLANT OF KENTUCKY TOBACCO _From a Sketch by W. A. Brennan_] TOBACCO LEAVES BEING A BOOK OF FACTS FOR SMOKERS BY W. A. BRENNAN Department of Medical Sciences The John Crerar Library PUBLISHED FOR Index Office, Inc. BY The Collegiate Press GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING COMPANY MENASHA, WISCONSIN 1915 _First issue December, 1915_ _Copyright 1915 by W. A. BRENNAN_ CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 7 CHAPTER I 11 _Historical, Botanical._ CHAPTER II 19 _The Cultivation of the Tobacco Plant._ Climatic and soil conditions--Treatment of the growing plant--Shade grown tobacco--Harvesting. CHAPTER III 29 _Production of Tobacco._ Countries which produce tobacco and amount--Production in the New World other than in the United States--Varieties. CHAPTER IV 39 _Production of Tobacco in the United States._ Total production--Amount produced by the different States-- Varieties raised--Description of the different varieties. CHAPTER V 53 _The Chemical Composition of the Tobacco Plant._ Organic and inorganic matters contained in tobacco and the part they play--Analysis of various tobaccos--Nicotine. CHAPTER VI 61 _The Curing of Tobacco Leaf._ Objects of curing--Methods. CHAPTER VII 67 _The Marketing and Sale of Tobacco Leaf._ Methods of disposal by the grower--The warehouse system-- Direct purchase--Principal markets in the United States-- Prices. CHAPTER VIII 75 _Rehandling and Fermentation of Tobacco Leaf Prior to Manufacture._ Selection of leaf--Treatment and blending--Objects and methods of manufacturers fermentation--Action of microbes. CHAPTER IX 88 _Manufactured Products of Tobacco in the United States._ Statistics of production and consumption--Amount of capital invested--Number of plants, etc. CHAPTER X 93 _Cigars: Historical and General Facts._ History--Statistical information regarding the cigar business in the United States.