West Virginia tobacco industry is wiped out

 

(State Journal) West Virginia once was a producer of burley tobacco, one of several varieties blended to make cigarettes. It was a cash crop that helped farmers get through the winter.
But changes in markets and federal price supports wiped out the industry and the millions of dollars the state's growers earned.
Tobacco production was concentrated in four counties — Cabell, Lincoln, Mason and Putnam — with small amounts grown in other counties. Continued