Excerpt from The Planter's Guide for Cultivating and Curing Tobacco: With Information and Instructions Concerning the Shelton Tobacco-HangerThe cultivation of tobacco in the United States has become so extensive as to embrace at least forty-two States and Territories, which produce an annual crop of about three hundred million pounds, with a value to the producers of at least forty million dollars.Therefore it is a matter of great importance to the planter how to cultivate and prepare it for market in the best manner and at the least possible ex pense.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.