1931 Print Donkey Cigar Tobacco Farming Soil Farmer Agriculture Cigarette FZ1 Holidays located in Canton

located in Canton

Matthew Scott Sloan

the brilliant gold gilt appears dull brown in the digital image

Keywords specific to this image: build

1931 Print Donkey Cigar Tobacco Farming Soil Farmer Agriculture Cigarette FZ1 Holidays located in CantonThis 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