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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4996, 5 July 1926, Page 3

In days gone by it seemed more « than doubtful whether New Zealand would ever produce tobacco really worth smoking. But now, owing to _ improved methods of culture and the Dominion is growing tobacco of really fine quality, and farmers in districts where it flourishes are finding it more and more worth their while to cultivate it as a sideline. That there is money .in it for the grower iis demonstrated by the fact that the average yield of tobacco crop per acre is worth £5O, sometimes more. As for. the manufacturers, .they are to be heartily congratulated on successfully establishing an industry which not only, already finds employment for many workers but promises to become of immense assistance to agriculturists and a source of our national wealth. The leading brands of these tobaccos are: Riverhead Gold, a pure aromatic, of very agree|Table flavour; Navy Cut (Bulldog), a medium-flavoured tobacco very popular with sjnokers ; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), a fine, full-flavoured variety that has innumerable friends.* I