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Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory was a historic tobacco factory located at Wentzville, St. Charles County, Missouri. It was built in 1885, and was a 2 1/2-story, three bay by six bay brick building with timber framing. It measured approximately 40 feet by 90 feet and had a gable roof with long shed dormers. [2]: 2
The Story of Tobacco in America (UNC 1949) Robert, Joseph Clarke. "The Tobacco Kingdom: Plantation, Market, and Factory in Virginia and North Carolina, 1800-1860 (Duke University Press, 1938). Tilley, Nannie May The Bright Tobacco Industry 1860–1929 ISBN 0-405-04728-2. online; Tilley, Nannie May The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (1985) online
Tobacco growers and quota holders in the 14 states that grow flue-cured and burley tobacco used to manufacture cigarettes are eligible to receive payments from the trust fund. The states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Walker, 41, is a first-generation tobacco farmer who didn't start growing tobacco until a year after the buyout. "In 2005, I was able to contract and grow tobacco," Walker said.
At the peak of global tobacco production, there were 20 million rural Chinese households producing tobacco on 2.1 million hectares of land. [12] The vast majority of tobacco production is intended for the national market. While it is the major crop for millions of Chinese farmers, growing tobacco is not as profitable as cotton or sugar cane.
The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies who are engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. [1] It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all continents except Antarctica .
Burley tobacco is a light, air-cured tobacco used primarily for cigarette production. In the United States, it is produced in an eight-state belt, with about 70% produced in Kentucky. Tennessee produces around 20%, with smaller amounts produced in Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
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