Chapter I: Front Matter

_Historical, Botanical._

CHAPTER II 19
_The Cultivation of the Tobacco Plant._

Climatic and soil conditions--Treatment of the growing
plant--Shade grown tobacco--Harvesting.

CHAPTER III 29
_Production of Tobacco._

Countries which produce tobacco and amount--Production in
the New World other than in the United States--Varieties.

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.

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.

CHAPTER VI 61
_The Curing of Tobacco Leaf._

Objects of curing--Methods.

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.

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.

CHAPTER IX 88
_Manufactured Products of Tobacco in the United States._

Statistics of production and consumption--Amount of capital
invested--Number of plants, etc.

CHAPTER X 93
_Cigars: Historical and General Facts._

History--Statistical information regarding the cigar business
in the United States.

CHAPTER XI 99
_Cigars and Their Qualities._

Qualities of cigars and cigar leaf--Imported cigars--Havanas--
Domestic cigars.

CHAPTER XII 111
_Cigar Making._

Hand-made cigars--Machine-made cigars--Classification of
cigars--Terms used in the cigar trade.

CHAPTER XIII 121
_Pipe Smoking and Chewing Tobacco._

Qualities required--Description of kinds--Perique tobacco--
Statistics.

CHAPTER XIV 131
_Cigarettes._

Statistics--Kinds and where made--Imported cigarettes--
Domestic cigarettes--Cigarette papers.

CHAPTER XV 143
_Snuff._

How made--Qualities--Description of kinds.

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.

CHAPTER XVII 171
_Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Human System._

Physical and other effects--Opinions of medical men quoted
and discussed.

CHAPTER XVIII 195
_The Beneficial Effects of Tobacco._

Its disinfecting action--A protection against infectious
disease--Psychological effects of smoking.

CHAPTER XIX 207
_Miscellaneous._

Revenue, taxation, etc., in connection with tobacco--Free
imports--The insect pests which attack tobacco--Tobacco
flavoring fluids, etc.--Formulae.