Initial subsidies of supplies (quality seeds, fertilizers or farm equipment) to incentivize famers to make the shift until they have the financial means to sustain it on their own, especially given that supplies are a key factor in farmers decision to enter into contract with tobacco leaf buying companies
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In the interests of staying quit (and encouraging people to also check out some of the other short stories and poems that Ive written on this site, which I apologize for if it sounds like Im shilling my own wares here), I though Id offer some tips and hints on how to get through the morning without a cigarette
Ledger 1760-1761, Colchester, Virginia folio 45 Credit, from the John Glassford and Company Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Microfilm Reel 58 (owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association)