EMPIRE-GROWN TOBACCO FOR THE TROOPS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2420, 27 March 1915, Page 15

EMPIRE-GROWN TOBACCO FOR THE TROOPS

Tliere is a. prospect of considerable encouragement being afforded to the wider cultivation, of tobacco of the American type in the British Dominions and Protectorates. Nyassaland, Rhodesia, , and more recently Canada, aw increasingly produciiig tobacco which is rapidly finding favour in the home country. The presence of large contingents from the Dominions among the forces in the field, the fine quality of the.products already put on the market, and the possibilities arising out of the war, have prompted action on the part of the Imperial Institute, which has met with ready and favourable response from Lord Kitchener. Colonial tobaccos have , not hitherto been included in ,War Office specifications: but, as a result of the appeal, the Secretary for War has now modified the\ War Office conditions so as to enable; satisfactory qualities grown in the colonies and Protectorates to be utilised, for the service of the - troops. The' evidence _ given before the Dominions Commissioners attests the existence of considerable possibilities and favourable conditions—awaiting development. At the present time, when so much attention is being given to the comfort of our men in the fighting line across thowater, the opportunity now given to cultivators under the flag is particularly gratifying and should lead to substantial results.—"United Empire."