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. This year's tobacco auctions are bringing tobacco farmers ths best prices on record. Farmers in some 21 states wi;: receive Bver $1 billion for their tobacco crops. At the auctions, tl:s buyer,s (top right),.,face the auctioneer acrc,ss stacks of cured tobacco. They bid by hand or head signals as the auctioneer tontinues his rapid-fire chant and a clerk records the sale of each lot of leaf. In the old days (bottomY buyers were often summoned to auction by a blast on a huge brass trumpet. Action at auctions then took a more leisurely pace. Both pictures are trom the new book "Tobacco and Americans," by Robert K. Heimann; published by McGraw-Hill. The illustrated book traces the social and econoraic imnact of the iobacco industrsr rin 1>bi.• cnuntri~ j003543~Z - i.. This year's tobacco auctions are bringing tobacco farmers the best pricPs un record. Farmers in some 21 states will receive over $1 billion for their tobacco crops. At the auctions, the buyer,s (too right) face the auctioneer across stacks. of cured tobacco. Tney bid by hand or head signals as the auctioneer continues his rapid-fire chant and a clerk records the sale of each lot of leaf. In the old days (bottom) buyers were often summoned to auction by a blast on a huge brass trumpet. Action at auctions then took a more leisurely pace. Both pictures are from the new book "robacco and Americans," by Robert IC. Heimadn, published by McGraw-Hill. The Illustrated book tracej the social and economic impact of the tobacco industry in this cnuntrv.