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Tobacco Leaves: Being a Book of Facts for Smokers

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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

	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.

Chapter XI	99