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nV1' T 'V S ' jfr f - wijrVT VfWft'lw THE OHIOAOO EAQLE. OUR TOBACCO CROP. THIS COUNTRY RAISES ANNUAL. LY 600,000,000 POUNDS. In 37 Year This Ha Yielded In Mere ne 1,000,000,000 Leading Tolinc co Producing Btntes Spread of tho Culltratloa or tho Plant Marvelous. Rntnnnco of the Word. If, when Itnlelgh returned to Eng. land In 1GU5 with n package of tobacco nod n pine, any ono should havo fore told that In about three centuries the plant whoso leaves ho brought would have spread round tho world, would be cultivated In every eono from tho froz en regions of the North to the burning ands of tho tropics, would form one of the most Important sources of wealth to the farmer and manufacturer, ono of tho lending solaces of tho world's misery and loneliness, that societies ot.n cnoxics. would bo formed to prevent Its use, that governments would derive a large part of their revenue from taxes laid upon It, that poets would sing Its praises, and kings write books denounc ing Its use, that It would bo the causo of a schism nmong tho adherents of one of the world's greatest religions, that it would be used alike In the palaces of the rich and tho hovels of the poor, that the naked savago In the Jungles of eren a mom the devotees of the ha vnnn, must concede that, so far as gen uine luxury Is concerned, the cigar, In whatever form, Is Infinitely Inferior to the pipe. Until recent years the United Stntos has had but little reputation ns a to bacco growing country. Of late, how ever, there has been a growing ten dency to Judge tho domestic product fairly on Its merits, and the salu tins wonderfully Increased. The Cuban wnr has also Increased the demand for na tive tobacco. The annual production of tobacco In the United States now amounts to 500,000,000 pounds; during tho past 127 years f 1,000,000,000 has been collected In revenues on this by the government. Tho landing tobacco growing State Is Pennsylvania, and there arc a dor.en others In which the weed Is raised. Thu "seed leaf" Is grown principally In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Wis consin and Massachusetts; the "white hurley" In Wisconsin, Illinois and Ken tucky; the "bright leaf" In Virginia and the Cnrollnas, and tho "shipping lent" In Kentucky, Tcnncssco and Morula. Last year In Pennsylvania alone 04, 500,000 pounds of tobacco were raised. Tho "seed leaf" yielded from 1,WW pounds to S.'.GOO pounds to the acre, and "Hnvann seed" from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds. Tho peculiarity of Pennsylvania's to bacco Is that It has n gummy lenf of close texture, which unfits It for wrap pers. As n tiller It cannot be detected by experts from the best Cubnn fillers. A few years ago the acreage In tho Key stono State amounted to 10,000 acres, but owing to a scries of unfavorable seasons tho acreage and tho production bot.i have fallen off. The tobacco plant grows four and one-half feet tall, and bears n leaf resembling that of the house rubber plant. Tobacco seeds arc almost If not the smnllest seeds In the world, and It said that enough to plant ten acres of ground can be held In tho palm of the hand. In Connecticut practically alt the farmers rnlso tobacco. The ConnectI tnJ'prcsscd In bulk until they are put In boxes for shipment. Tho bulking room Is kept cool to prevent sweating before the leaves nrc packed In cases. Three hundred and twenty-five to thrco hundred nnd fifty pounds Is the weight of otic of these cases of tobacco. They nro often kept by the farmer until tho tobacco lias undcrgono tho swentlng process nnd then sold to tho mnnufac turer. The tobacco crop of Illinois grows principally nt the extreme ends of tho State, tho leaf used In making plug to bacco In the south, nnd tho finer "Ha vana seed" for cigars, In tho north. In Florida the tobacco plant was first cultivated by tho Indians, so that Its history there goes back for centuries. In 1840 Gadsden County, Florida, pro duced 770,177 pounds of tobacco, and In 180 J tho crop In that county amounted to 1,200,000 pounds. Tho old "Florida lenf" Is much prised nnd of late years fine grades of Cuban tobacco have been grown. In Vermont the proper conditions for growing tobneco aro found only In a limited area along tho Connecticut riv er. At present only nbout 80 acres aro under cultivation. In New Hampshire tobacco Is grown almost Identical w'.u that raised In Vermont. EDWIN H. HAYWARD, FIRE INSURANCE Room 910 New York Life Building. Weaver Coal Co., WHOLESALE Ttphon Main 4654. john McCarthy, PRESIDENT. 8TEPHEN D. MAY, SECRETARY. 6gS9&R' S CULTIVATING THE WKKD. Central Africa would become as foml of It as tho fur-clad savages of North America, ho would hnvo been deemed n cruxy dreamer. Vet nil theso things hnvo coino to pass; the weed that to jnost nulmnls Is n deadly poison Is con sumed every year by thousands of tons. As long ago as 1884, an estimate was made that I'.OOO.OOO acres of thu world's cultivated land were known to be plant ed In tobacco, with n yield of nearly 1,000,000 tons, while tho annual con sumption to each person, made and fe male, old and young, In tho countries where statistics are collected, varied from 151 ouuees in Great Urltnln to 84 In Holland. It Is probublo that tho sta tistics of tho acreago and the amount of product grown nro far too smnll, since no account Is taken of tho mill ions of little tobacco patches In every country In tho world, plnntwl by farm ers who ralso only enough for homo consumption, nor of tho quantities pro duced In such countries as Turkey, Per Bin and China, where the collection of statistics Is unknown, nor of tho cnor- AMONO TIIK CELKSTIAT.8, tnous quantities grown In tho heart of the Durk Continent, whero everybody smokes who can get anything to smoke. So If tho estimated acreage was dou bled, nnd regarded ns 4,000,000 instead of 2,000,000, ami tho estimated crop wero placed at 2,000,000 Instead of 1, 000,000 tons, tho probability Is that tho figures would moro nearly approximate tho truth. That n portion of tho earth's surface, equaling one-tenth tho area of Mis souri, should bo wholly given up to tho cultivation of u plant that aoo years ago was practically unknown to tho civilised world Is marvelous enough to satisfy tho most extravagant fancy, but that tho use of n plant which docs not allay hunger, which, of Itself, Is n rank poison to all tho animals, should have spread all over tho globo In a compara tively brief time, seems absolutely In- HXgdJble. nml Buggcsts that there must be something In the qualities or medical properties of tho herb which makes It Tiolbnly universally acceptable, bui ev erywhere craved as- ono would cravo n jiecesslty of life, For people may Talk ns they cliooso nbout the fnsto for tobacco bvlng tin unnatural ami acquir ed taste; this may bo true, nnd yet tho taste Is nouo thu less strong for nil that. Thu taste for alcoholic stimulants Is also ucqulred, nnd every ono knows Its power. Hut wnetuer useci in mo lonn of nn inc'enso to tho goddess of enso or ehuwed to pulp whllo engaged nt thu various vocations of life, or whether enticed Into tho nostrils In tho form of nn Impnlpablo powder, tobacco Is alike enthralling to Its dovotccs, and In each and every raso binds them to Its uev vlco as with shackles of Iron. Iu every nation wharo tobneco Is used nt nil, that Is to say, all over tho world, smoking Is tho favorite method of en joying tho seductlvo Influences of tho weed, nnd n pipe tho principal medium. It Is truo that among millions of thu human race cigars aro In fashion, but however elegant may bo tho cigar us a menus of realizing tho beueiits of tho Ulceus drawn from the leaf, every one, cut lenfls In great demand for wrap pers because It Is dry ana tough, with Just enough moisture In It to keep the cigar Iu flavor. The flavor of tho Con necticut leaf Is flue. Many who nre competent to Judge consider It superior to any foreign lenf. Connecticut was thu first State to cngngo In the nro wing of tobacco for cigar leaf purposes. The lands along tho river valleys are par ticularly adapted to tho production of fine tobacco. For many years tho en tire market supply for domestic cigars was confined to n few hundred acres scattered through tiio valley of the Connecticut river. The "Concctlctit seed leaf" or "broau leaf," Is now used for wrappers almost exclusively, tho por tions unlit for this being used ns fillers In connection with Imported tobacco. Tho "broad leaf" variety Is a stocky plant standing nbout thrco nnd one-half feet high. The leaves aro from 10 to 18 Inches broad and 24 to 210 Inches In length. After topping thcro nre about IU serviceable leaves to tho plant. Experi ments havo been mado with "Havana seed," and this grows well In somo lo calities, so that now Connecticut pro duces two distinct kinds of cigar leaves. Fifty thousand of tho 10,000,000 acres under cultivation In Ohio aro dovoted to the culture of tobacco. In fact, tobacco Is grown In 53 of tho 88 counties of Ohio. Tho greatest tobacco growing counties of the Stato aro Brown, Darke, Montgomery and Noble In tho southern part of the State, and Wayne and Medi na In tho north. Tho best Ohio tobacco Is grown In sandy soil. Tho expense of growing nnd harvest ing Is about SGO an acre, and other ex penses coming In up to tho time of mar keting mnko a total cost of $85 an acre. Even at theso figures tho crop Is said to bo profitable. About tho first of April tho seeds are sown In beds and covered with glass or canvas. The slips aro transplanted tho first of Juuo Into ground which has pre viously been fertilized. In dry weather tho plants will require watering, but If set out nftcr a good rain will tako care of themselves. The growing tobacco plant Is topped when tho buds nro de veloped and 12 or 14 leaves aro left. It takes thrco or four weeks longer for tho plant to mature. A warm and moist season Is best for tobacco. After tho plants nro fully matured they aro cut off. nt tho roots with to bacco shears. Then they nro sheathed and taken to tho drying shed. There tho leaves aro strung on a lath four feet long, seven or eight plants to a MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME." The Home Btlll Standing Where the famous Hnng Wna Written. Tho houso is still standing near Dardstowu, Ky., whero Stephen Col lins Foster wroto tho world-famous song, "My Old Kentucky Home." It Is known ns Federal Hill, tho residence placo of tho Rowan family for almost n century. In tho late '50's, only five or six years before his death, Foster, then living In Pennsylvania, was Invited by tho How nns to pay an extended visit to Federal Hill. On this visit his sister Eliza ac companied him, and tho stay In old Kentucky, as Foster often said, was ono of the most pleasant periods of his life. Surrounded by all that was beau tiful, It was easy for the man -who bad given expression to so many soul-stir-ring Southern melodies "Old Folks at Home," "Massa's In the Cold Ground," etc. to compose the trlbuto to tho mnn slon of the Bluo Grass that will enduro ns long ns Kentucky can produce a sin glo voice capablo of humming its sweet notes. It Is doubtless probable that Foster composed tho tbreo verses of "My Old Kentucky Home" In quite ns many days, and gave a fitting musical expression to the words employed ns rapidly ns his pencil dropped the lines. Ho was Inspired alike by tho beautiful sunshlucof tho mornings nnd the yel low moonlight of the nights that fell upon Federal Hill, by the waving gold en grain, tho hush of tho corn, tho ne groes performing their duties, tho laxy little darkles In tho cnblns, and finnlly by the warbllngs of tho mocking bird, the-thrush's mellow song nnd tho fife llko notes of tho Kentucky cardinal, mado world renowned by James Lane Allen; nnd tho writing of tho undying verses must hnvo been n Infoor of love. "My Old Kentucky Homo" Is charac terized by melancholy. Foster seems to havo had a presentiment that tho days of slavery wcro numbered, and THE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION CO COAL " AND COKE CONTRACTORS FOR Public Improvements 309 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUIIM. Telephone Main 1943, fiwiiTH ii ' Wiifl VKDKIIAr, HIM.. Tho lioimo In which Htephtn 0. Fmtor wroto 1 " My (jit! Kentucky Home." F. Herhold & Sons, 'mw. MANUFACTURERS OP '''" Dining: Room, Bedroom. Library and Office CHAIRS In Oak and Mahogany. 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Tho song completo Is as follows: Tho nn shines bright on my old Ken tucky home; 'Tit summer, tho darkles are all gay; Tho corn top's rlpo and the mcudow's In tho bloom, While tho birds are making music all tho duy; The youug folks roll on tho little cabin floor, All merry, all hnppy, all bright; Iiy'm by hard times comes a-knosklng at tuo Uoor Then, my old Kentucky "-home, good night, Chorus Weep no more, my lady; oh, weep no more to-day; Wu'll sing you ono song for tho old Ken tucky home; For cur old Kentucky home, far away, They hunt no moro for tho 'possum and the coon, On tho meadow, tho hill nnd tho shore; They sing uo moro by tho gllmmor of tho moon, Ou tho bench by tho old cabin door; Tho day goes by like a shadow o'er tho heart, With sorrow where all was delight; Tho time has come when tho darkles havo to part. Then, my old Kentucky home, good ulht. Tho head must bow, and the back will hnvo to lend, Wherover the darkles may go; A few more days uud the trouble all will cud, In tho Held whero tho sucnr canes grow. A few days moro to toto tho weary load No mutter, It will never be lluht; A few more days till we totter on the roiid; Then, my old Kentucky home, good ulght. SAMPLE ROOM.-Studebaker Building, Michigan Ave. FOURTH FLOOR. CHICAGO'S OLDEST Fire Insurance Agency WM. E. ROLLO S SON, Tl. Main 439. 21 0 La Salle 8treet. W. P. REND & CO., Hard anil Soft Goal and Coke. Proprietors of Can, Owner and Operator of Mine. LAUREL HILL MINES AND COKE WORKS, alltghiny County, P. PHENIX MINE. Athtni County, Ohio. WILLOW OROVI MINEI, STAR MINI, WMhlniton County, Pa. JACKSONVILLE MINI. Athtns County, Ohio. SUNDAY CREEK MINES, Porry County, Okie. REUSING MINES. Wuhlngten County, Pa. RIAR RI08I MINI, filoucHtor, tale, General Offices: 119 Dearborn Street. J?Xesla.os& ACatlax . OUTH SIDE YARDS: 401s) South HaUtid SI., Telephone Yarei SSI. WEST SIDE YARDS: Peoria and Klml St.. Telephone Main 42SS. Ellzabe.h and Klml Streets. TEAMING DEPARTMENT: 27 South Water St., Telephone Main tMI hull. Tho laths nro hung ncross poles. Sometimes lifter harvest It tukes ten months to gut n crop of tobacco ready for market. After curing tho bunches of tobacco must bo stripped. The doors of tho sheds nro left open d.irlng n dump spell nnd tho uiolstoncd loaves nro taken down ami stored In n collat or bouio plnco whero they will not dry out. Afterward they nro 'sorted In tho snipping room according to length and iiunllty. They nro then tied Into "bauds" of uropcr size, 18 or 120 leaves to a baud, Under Obligation. Tho Into t'crederlcU Lockor-Lnmpson relates In hi autobiographical "Conti nences" thnt his undo used to sny that "you could not widen tho mouth of n Locker without Injury to his cars." 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