Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1882 — How Much Tobacco De We Grow? [ARTICLE]

How Much Tobacco De We Grow?

The last census figures report 473,107,573 pounds, or nearly 9} pounds for every inhabitant, young and old. But it is not all consumed here, for a largo amount is exported. Probably most people would name Virginia as the largest grower of tobacco, hut Kentucky much more than doubles her, as follows: round* •per Statu, Pound*. Acre*. Acre. Kentucky 171,121,134 22*1,127 756 Virginia 86,099,838 139,423 758 Pennsylvania 30,947,772 27,507 1,340 Ohio 34,725,402 34.679 1,001 Tennessee 29,305,052 41,532 707 North Carolina 25,980,448 57,215 471 Maryland 20,082,149 88,174 083 Connecticut 14,044,652 8,000 1,620 Missouri 11,904,1.77 ASJUW 773 Wisconsin 10,878,484 8,801 1,234 Indiana 8,372,842 11,956 742 New York 6,553,351 4,948 1,327 Massachusetts 6,09,4 6 3.5.8 1,593 IlliDOi" 8,930,70*1 5,0 >5 099 West Virginia 2,296.146 4,071 561 Totals.. 469,283,463 627,641 748 Kentucky grows over one-third (36 per cent.) of the entire tobacco crop of the country, and the above fifteen States supply 99 pounds out of every 100 grown. Twenty-two other States and Territories report a small amount—together only 1 per cent. The yield varies all the way from 471 pounds per acre in North Carolina to 1,920 pounds per acre in Connecticut, in which State fertilizers are largely nsed.