Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1917 — Indian Raised Cotton and Tobacco. [ARTICLE]

Indian Raised Cotton and Tobacco.

The Indian farmer, especially in tfie Southwest, carried the cultivation of the American variety of cotton to an Advanced state. His culture of tobacco, on which was based a profitable Industry for the early colonies, had been developed to a high state of efficiency.