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(Greeneville Sun) Burley tobacco is a cash crop that has a sustaining legacy far out-reaching the scope of other valuable cash crops in the United States.
Tobacco was the first form of currency on U.S. soil, first used in trade with the pilgrims and the native Indians.
Through countless changes since the inception of a quota market in the 1920's, tobacco has stood proudly alongside rural Tennessee back roads as a constant reminder of the heritage many farmers claim as their roots. Continued
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