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| Introduction | [7] |
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| [Chapter I] | [11] |
| Historical, Botanical. |
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| [Chapter II] | [19] |
| The Cultivation of the Tobacco Plant. |
| Climatic and soil conditions—Treatment of the growing plant—Shade grown tobacco—Harvesting. |
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| [Chapter III] | [29] |
| Production of Tobacco. |
| Countries which produce tobacco and amount—Production in the New World other than in the United States—Varieties. |
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| [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. |
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| [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. |
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| [Chapter VI] | [61] |
| The Curing of Tobacco Leaf. |
| Objects of curing—Methods. |
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| [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. |
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| [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. |
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| [Chapter IX] | [88] |
| Manufactured Products of Tobacco in the United States. |
| Statistics of production and consumption—Amount of capital invested—Number of plants, etc. |
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| [Chapter X] | [93] |
| Cigars: Historical and General Facts. |
| History—Statistical information regarding the cigar business in the United States. |
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| [Chapter XI] | [99] |
| Cigars and Their Qualities. |
| Qualities of cigars and cigar leaf—Imported cigars—Havanas—Domestic cigars. |
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| [Chapter XII] | [111] |
| Cigar Making. |
| Hand-made cigars—Machine-made cigars—Classification of cigars—Terms used in the cigar trade. |
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| [Chapter XIII] | [121] |
| Pipe Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. |
| Qualities required—Description of kinds—Perique tobacco—Statistics. |
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| [Chapter XIV] | [131] |
| Cigarettes. |
| Statistics—Kinds and where made—Imported cigarettes—Domestic cigarettes—Cigarette papers. |
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| [Chapter XV] | [143] |
| Snuff. |
| How made—Qualities—Description of kinds. |
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| [Chapter XVI] | [149] |
| Tobacco Smoking Pipes. |
| History—How made and materials used in making—Meerschaum—Briar root—Amber—Special kinds of pipes—Care of pipes. |
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| [Chapter XVII] | [171] |
| Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Human System. |
| Physical and other effects—Opinions of medical men quoted and discussed. |
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| [Chapter XVIII] | [195] |
| The Beneficial Effects of Tobacco. |
| Its disinfecting action—A protection against infectious disease—Psychological effects of smoking. |
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| [Chapter XIX] | [207] |
| Miscellaneous. |
| Revenue, taxation, etc., in connection with tobacco—Free imports—The insect pests which attack tobacco—Tobaccoflavoring fluids, etc.—Formulae. |