1931 Print Donkey Cigar Tobacco Farming Soil Farmer Agriculture Cigarette FZ1 XGM2 Somerset Maugham

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This is an original 1926 photogravure of the Fraser River near Fountain in the Province of British Columbia

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This is an original 1943 photogravure of a cottage in Flatford

1931 Print Donkey Cigar Tobacco Farming Soil Farmer Agriculture Cigarette FZ1 XGM2 Somerset MaughamThis is an original 1931 halftone print of a tobacco field in Connecticut. The caption writes, "The money crop of Connecticut is tobacco for cigar wrappers. The shad wrapper leaf is grown under cloth to protect it from sun, wind, and hail, and to increase the content of moisture in the soil." Tobacco production dates back to the 17th century in the United States, and was originally planted for pipes and snuff. It was a giant cash crop in the southern