New Zealand, long famous for its dairy produce, meat, hides, footwear, tweeds, blankets and rugs, bids fair to become no less celebrated for its tobacco. After many years of experimenting, experts have at length succeeded in producing tobaccos (grown and cured within the Dominion) which in certain respects are actually superior to the best- imported The ’alter frequently contains an excess of nicotine, while the former contains comparatively little, with the result that you can smoke these pure tobaccos with impunity, and their cultivation is likeh to prove an inestimable value - to men on the land because the average yield of a tobareo crop is worth £SO per acre nett. Strange to say. the barren gum country in the North, while quite unsuitable for ordinary erfps, grows splendid tobacco, and ult mutely the industry must prove of national importance. N.Z. tobacco is already on the market and selling well, so smokers can ‘‘try il nut" for themselves. Ask for “Riverhead flold" mild. "Naw Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10" (Bullshead) full strength-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16671, 26 February 1925, Page 10
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174Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16671, 26 February 1925, Page 10
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