North Carolina tobacco report [serial]

The Bulletin
of the

North Carolina Department of Agriculture

James A. Graham, Commissioner
Number 235, May 1979

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword 3

The Bottom Four Leaves Crisis 4

Tobacco Outlook 1979 , 5

Cigarettes Bear Highest Tax 6

Quality— Key to Flue-Cured Tobacco Future 8

State Market Summary 1978-79 10

Selling Flue-Cured Tobacco In 1000 Pound Bales 12

Summary of N. C. Dealers and Warehouse Resales 13

Producer and Gross Sales of Flue-Cured
Tobacco by States 1978 13

Flue-Cured Movement In and Out of N. C 14

Burley Movement In and Out of N. C 14

Flue-Cured Stabilization Receipts

By Types and Markets— 1 978 15

Burley Stabilization Receipts For

N. C. and Total U. S. 1978-79 15

N. C. Tobacco Warehouse Sales Report
For Season 1978-79 16

N. C. Burley Crops 1930-1978 18

N. C. Flue-Cured Crops 1930-1978 19

N. C. Flue-Cured Tobacco Allotments— 1979 20

N. C. Burley Tobacco Allotments— 1979 22

N. C. Tobacco Warehouses and Operators

By Types and Markets— 1978 23

Tobacco Organizations and Agencies 30

N. C. Board of Agriculture 31

Domestic Tax Paid Cigarette Consumption
By Kinds 1978 32

For free distribution by the Tobacco Affairs Section,

Division of Marketing, North Carolina Department

of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C.

Curtis F. Tarleton, Director, Division of Marketing
John H. Cyrus, Chief, Tobacco Affairs Section
Bobby R. Gentry, Tobacco Marketing Specialist

Foreword

The Thirtieth Annual issue of the
North Carolina Tobacco Report has
been edited by J. H. Cyrus, Chief of
Tobacco Affairs Section, and Bobby
R. Gentry, Tobacco Marketing Spe-
cialist, Division of Marketing, North
Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Cyrus, who was the second
Tobacco Marketing Specialist to be
hired by the Department, organized
and started publishing the Tobacco
Report in 1949 during his first year
with the State Department of Agri-
culture. Down through the past 30 years the contents of this publi-
cation has been expanded to include information and data of cur-
rent interest and value to all segments of the entire tobacco indus-
try.

Every year it seems that tobacco is faced with a crisis situation.
This year's tobacco problem is one that should cause a major con-
cern to every flue-cured tobacco grower, because it is a threat to his
price support program. The current problem stems from a surplus
of around 200 million pounds of priming (P) and nondescript (N)
tobacco from the bottom of the stalk now held by Stabilization. At
the present time there seems to be little or no demand for these P
and N grades in Stabilization stocks because it is a domestic type
tobacco, and most domestic companies have bought their needs
from the warehouse floor.

Thus, it appears that it is up to each tobacco grower to eliminate
these low P and N grades from the auction sale in order to create a
domestic demand for the surplus P and N grades now held by the
grower owned Stabilization. It is imperative that Stabilization sell
this bottom stalk tobacco within the next year or two or the farmer
owned Stabilization will surely suffer severe losses on this tobacco,
which could mean sure death to the farmer's price support program.
Therefore, I urge all flue-cured tobacco growers to leave their
bottom 4 leaves in the field in 1979, whether you have signed up in
the 4-leaf program or not. We have reached the point where all
growers may have to make a sacrifice in order to save his price
support program.

As in the past we recognize the following agencies and organiza-
tions for their contribution of some of the data in this publication:
The Cooperative Crop Reporting Service; Agricultural Marketing
Service, USDA; Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization;
and the Tobacco Tax Council.

Commissioner of Agriculture

The Bottom Four Leaves Crisis

Commissioner of Agriculture, Jim Graham, urgently warns flue-
cured tobacco growers that the time is at hand when they may have
to sacrifice any short term gains from harvesting the bottom 4
leaves, in order to maintain the life supporting long range benefits
from their tobacco price support program, which has stabilized
prices and kept them in business for more than 45 years.

The 200 million pounds of bottom stalk priming and nondescript
grades held by Stabilization presents the most serious threat to the
tobacco price support program sincethechangetoacreage pound-
age in 1965, which was necessary in order to control the build up of
a record surplus and improve quality. It should be emphasized that
unless this surplus of P and N tobacco can be sold within the next
year or two, it will almost surely have to be sold at a great loss to
Stabilization, because of the high interest rates.

The problem stems from the fact that these bottom stalk P and N
grades are strictly domestic tobacco with no apparent export
demand, and growers have marketed considerably more of this
tobacco than the domestic trade could absorb. Thus, in order to
create a market demand for this two and one-half years surplus of P
and N tobacco held by Stabilization, growers must withhold this
bottom stalk tobacco from the market by leaving the bottom 4 leaves
in the field.

It cannot be over emphasized that this problem of surplus bottom
stalk tobacco has developed into a crisis situation that could
destroy the price support program. All flue-cured tobacco growers
must be brought to the realization that once their farmer owned
Stabilization starts loosing money and fails to repay the Commodity
Credit Corporation loans, the price support to growers will then
become a subsidy paid for with tax money. If this happens, with all
of the anti-tobacco moves in the nation today, it will be very difficult
for the tobacco state delegations in the U. S. Congress to get
enough backing from their colleagues from non-tobacco states to
continue funds for the tobacco price support program.

Mr. Tobacco Farmer, 1979 has brought your price support pro-
gram to another cross roads. Before you start your 1979 flue-cured
harvest, STOP! and THINK! Which road will you take, the road to
future stability paved with the bottom 4 leaves left in the field to
strengthen your price support program, or the dead end road made
more bumpy by the harvesting and marketing of bottom stalk
tobacco, which will add to the surplus and could lead to the tragic
wreck of the price support program? So, whether you have signed
up to leave the bottom 4 leaves or not, you are urged to participate
in leaving the bottom stalk leaves in the field in 1979 for your own
future economic welfare.

Tobacco Outlook — 1979

The 1979 crops of flue-cured and burley tobacco will be smaller
than in 1978. Based on growers intention of planting, the 1979 flue-
cured crop will be about 10 percent smaller and the burley crop
about 3 percent less than last years.

The effective U. S. flue-cured quota for 1979 is 1,070 million
pounds compared to 1,182 million in 1978. The effective burley
quota is 652 million pounds down slightly from the 668 million of
the previous year. The beginning carryoverstocksof flue-cured will
be up about 2 percent at the start of the 1979 marketing season,
because of the large 1978 crop. However, the total supply of flue-
cured for the 1979 market year will be down more than 100 million
pounds due to a smaller 1979 crop. There will be practically no
change in the burley carryover stocks at the beginning of the 1979
market year, nor the total supply based on the burley quota and
expected production for 1979.

In North Carolina, the 1979 effective quota of flue-cured is 706
million pounds, down from 797 million last year. North Carolina
growers sold 102 percent of their effective quota in 1978, which
amounted to 810 million pounds. Thus, North Carolina will likely
sell around 100 million pounds less tobacco in 1979 even if they
produce 100 percent of their quota.

Even with a much shorter flue-cured crop, N. C. growers have the
potential for another good year in 1979. However, the outlook
hinges on another favorable growing season that will produce a
good quality crop to meet the export and domestic demand for
quality tobacco. With an 8 cents per pound increase in the average
price support which pushed it up to $129.30 per hundred, and the
prospects for a strong market demand that is expected to set a new
record market average price. North Carolina flue-cured growers will
probably produce another billion dollarcrop in 1979, but it will likely
fall short of last year's record $1,080 million.

The 1979 N. C. effective burley quota will remain at last year's
level of about 27 million pounds. However, around 7 million pounds
of this quota has not been produced during recent years. The survey
on intentions of planting by burley growers indicate they will plant
200 acres less in 1979than in 1978. Nevertheless, with an increase in
the burley price support to $133.30 per hundred, N. C. burley grow-
ers will likely set a new record market average price and a record
gross income of around $27 million from their 1979 burley crop.

Cigarettes Bear The Highest Tax

By J. H. Cyrus

Almost without exception, cigarettes bear the highest tax of any
item the United States consumer buys, according to data compiled
by the Tobaco Tax Council. Nearly one-half of the average per pack
cost of cigarettes sold throughout the nation goes for federal, state
and local cigarette taxes. Also, in many jurisdictions, a sales tax is
placed on top of all the other taxes.

If it were not for these burdensome taxes, consumers throughout
the United States would pay only 28 cents a pack or $2.80 per carton
for their cigarettes. This price would cover all of the cost of produc-
tion and provide a reasonable profit for everyone involved in bring-
ing cigarettes to the marketplace, including the farmer, the manu-
facturers, the wholesaler and the retailer. With the high taxes, a car-
ton of cigarettes ranges generally from about $3.70 to $6.60 de-
pending on the state in which they were purchased. This means that
the individual who smokes a pack a day can pay anywhere from
$40.00 to $116.00 more a year in taxes than his nonsmoking neigh-
bor. Yet, the smoker gets no more returns from the additional taxes
than the nonsmoker.

Information compiled by the Tobacco Tax Council shows that if
all goods and services were taxed at the same rate as cigarettes,
their cost would be increased on an average by 79 percent. For
example, at those rates a $6000 automobile would cost $1 0,740, and
a $600 television set would sell for $1,074, a $50 watch would be
priced at $89.50, and a 20 cent bar of candy would cost 36 cents. If
all things were taxed at this rate, Americans would be able to buy
only the bare necessities of life.

The adjoining chart shows thedistribution of theconsumerdollar
for cigarettes. It is quite noticeable that tobacco growers only re-
ceive 8.4 cents of the consumer dollar, while taxes take up 38.8
cents of the dollar. When all cigarette taxes at all levels were col-
lected for fiscal year 1978, the grand total was over six billion
dollars.

Since North Carolina grows more tobacco and manufactures
more cigarettes than any other state, it is considered the anchor
state in the fight to curb the rise in cigarette taxes nationwide. It is
noticeable that since North Carolina has held the line on cigarette
tax in recent years, there have been fewer increases in cigarette
taxes throughout the 50 states and local jurisdiction.

Thus, it behooves North Carolina to take the lead in holding the
line on cigarette tax, because an increase in this state would likely
set off another round of cigarette tax increases throughout the
nation, which would price cigarettes out of reach of many more
customers. Of course, any decline in consumption would reduce
the demand for the farmer's tobacco, which would result in a loss in
his income.

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Quality — Key to Flue-Cured Tobacco Future

When Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. and his task force visited
Europe in the spring of 1978, they visited several tobacco com-
panies to put in a plug for North Carolina tobacco. They were ex-
pecting to hear complaints that the price of our tobacco was too
high. However, their complaints were not about prices at all. They
were more concerned about the deteriorating quality of U. S. flue-
cured tobacco. The Governor was so impressed and concerned
about the quality problem that he arranged for a group of tobacco
farm leaders to visit Europe in the fall of 1978 so they could see and
hear about the problem first hand.

Prior to these visits to Europe, the N. 0. Department of Agriculture
had recognized the need for improving the uniformity and grade
quality of flue-cured tobacco for both the export and domestic
markets. In order to cope with the problem, a project was initiated
early in 1978, and a full time position was established under a Fed-
eral-State matching fund program to work with the problems.

To get the project going a 1978 graduate from N. C. State Uni-
versity, Bobby Gentry, who has a double major in Agricultural
Engineering technology and Vocational Agricultural Education,
with experience in tobacco, was hired to develop a quality improve-
ment program.

It appears that many of the quality complaints by both the export
and domestic trade are related to the way tobacco is handled
through the rapidly increasing use of mechanical harvesters and
bulk curers. Based on a 1978 survey, approximately 39 percent of
the North Carolina flue-cured crop was harvested mechanically,
and about 58 percent was cured in bulk curers.

While mechanically harvested and bulk cured tobacco generally
is comparable in quality to hand harvested tobacco, it does have a
tendency to be less uniform, and quite often contains more foreign
matter, immature and inferior leaves. In many cases this reduces
the grade quality and also the market value to growers.

The initial ground workforaquality improvement project was laid
during the 1978 marketing season by enlisting the cooperation of
several large mechanized tobacco farmers, who had improvised
cleaning equipment to remove sand and picking line conveyors to
provide economical means, for picking suckers, immature and
inferior leaves, and other foreign matter from the cured tobacco.
Several pieces of equipment that was in use in 1978 was observed
and studied for possible improvements, and the operation of each
was documented on color audio-video movie films and slides, in
order to develop information on optional equipment already in use
to improve the preparation of tobacco for market.

The objective of this project is to assist growers, especially those
with large mechanized operations, in selecting and establishing a
system best suited to their individual operations for cleaning and
picking cured tobacco. Also, smaller growers who still use conven-

tional stick curing are being encouraged to pick and clean up
tobacco as it is removed from the sticks and put into burlap sheets
for market. The effect of this project over the next several years
should result in an improvement in uniformity and grade quality of
all tobacco properly handled for market.

It is fully recognized that the success of this project depends a
great deal on the response of buying companies in distinguishing
between tobacco well prepared in clean, uniform lots and that
poorly prepared by compensating growers for their efforts. Other-
wise, there will be no incentive for growers to put forth this extra
effort.

In preliminary test marketing in 1978, there was evidence that
buyers will compensate for clean, uniform grades of tobacco. For
example, in one test two sheets of tobacco straight from the curing
barn with no preparation to improve it was sold in a regular auction
sale. The sheets weighted 145 pounds and 99 pounds respectively.
Each of the two sheets sold for $1.05 per pound. The sales were
rejected and the individual sheets of tobacco were carried through a
cleaning and picking process. After being cleaned and picked, the
heavier sheet weighed 130 pounds and the other one 89 pounds.
The tobacco was then resold through the auction for $1.45 and
$1.41 per pound respectively. The picking and cleaning process
took 3 man-hours or approximately $9.00 worth of labor. Thus, the
net profit on the two sheets of tobacco amounted to $48.79.

Of course, the net gains from picking and cleaning will vary with
each individual barn of tobacco depending upon the condition of
the tobacco coming from the barn. However, initial work in this
project indicates that many barns of tobacco can be greatly im-
proved in grade quality, which will improve the image of U. S. flue-
cured tobacco and add extra income to growers efforts.

One version of cleaning and
picking line conveyor adopted
to mechanical harvesting and
big box bulk curing to gettobac-
co more uniform and improve
grade quality

state Market Summary 1978-79

Tobacco farmers in North Carolina experienced a gratifying
tobacco season in 1978. Following two years of adverse weather
conditions, this season's quality crop set a record dollar value and
average price.

Many tobacco farmers had a late start in their tobacco season be-
cause of a shortage of plants and a cool and wet land preparation
and transplanting period. The remainder of the season was favor-
able for the tobacco to produce a record breaking crop. The
tobacco offered for sale showed a dramatic improvement in quality,
which reflected in a 30 to 60 percent increase in offerings of fair
quality or better, and also a decrease of 14 to 20 percent in nonde-
script grades.

Flue-cured markets in N. C. averaged a record high of $133.45 per
hundred pounds, an increase of $16.38 per hundred pounds from
the previous year. Tobacco farmers sold 801,066,042 pounds in
N. C. markets for a record return to growers of $1,069,038,967. In
1977, producers sales were 712,341,786 pounds which sold for
$833,953,533, averaging $117.07 per hundred.

TYPE 73— Markets in area B began auctions on July 26 and
operated for 54 sales days, the same as the previous year. Markets
began closing on October 2nd with final sales being held on
October 31st.

Quality was considerably better due mainly to a 14 percent de-
crease in nondescript grades which reflects the wide participation
in the bottom 4-leaf program in that area. Fifty four percent of the
grades were in mature or ripe grades.

Grade Price Averages were higher in over half the cases, with
gains from $4-$23 per hundred pounds. However, leaf grades
showed the smallest gains because of the sharp increase in volume
of good quality up-stalk leaf tobacco in the 1978 crop. The season
average price for Type 13 markets was $1 36.1 6 per hundred pounds,
up $11.32 from the previous years average price.

Producers sales were 112,734,757 pounds and returned to the
growers $153,504,232. In 1977, producers sold 96,965,953 pounds
for $121,056,481.

Stabilization received 4,936,080 pounds or 4.38 percent of pro-
ducers sales. In 1977, stabilization received 9,195,168 pounds or
9.48 percent of producers sales.

TYPE 72— These markets in Area 0 began auctions on August 1
and operated for 59 sales days, the same as the previous year.
Markets began closing on November 6, with final sales on Novem-
ber 14.

Quality improved tremendously with 67 percent of grades being
fair quality and better, and a 22 percent drop in nondescript grades,
from the 1977 season.

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Because of the abundance of supply, grade price averages for
better quality leaf tobacco were down generally $1-$5 per hundred
pounds compared to 1977 when there was very little good leaf avail-
able. Type 12 markets averaged $134.20 per hundred pounds for the
season, up $15.68 per hundred pounds from the 1977 average price.

Producers sales were 437,339,128 pounds which returned to the
growers $586,891,858. In 1977, 370,468,041 pounds sold for
$439,097,186.

Stabilization received 24,742,013 pounds for 5.66 percent of
producers sales. In 1977, Stabilization received 54,602,218 pounds
or 14.73 percent of producer sales.

TYPE 77— These markets opened in stages according to market-
ing area groupings. Type 1 1 markets included in marketing Area C,
opened August 1 , Area D, August 8, and Area E, August 1 5. Markets
began closing on October 18, with final sales being held on No-
vember 21 , for a season span of 63 sales days, 6 less than the pre-
vious year.

Quality of the 1978 crop improved sharply from the preceding
year, with 63 percent of the crop being fair quality or better and a
16 percent drop in nondescript grades. Type 11 markets averaged
$130.94 per hundred pounds, up $19.14 per hundred pounds from
the previous year.

Producers sales were 250,992,157 pounds and returned to the
growers $328,642,877. In 1977, producers sold 244,907,792 pounds
for a return of $273,799,866.

Stabilization received 16,700,509 pounds or 6.65 percent of pro-
ducers sales last season. In 1977, Stabilization received 70,790,749
pounds or 28.90 percent of producers sales.

TYPE 37— Burley markets held opening sales on November 21 and
operated for 22 sales days, with final sales on January 11.

Quality showed some improvement on North Carolina markets
over last year even with a drouth during mid-season.

Grade Price Averages were up on all grades, with increases rang-
ing from $5-$10 per hundred pounds. North Carolina Type 31 mar-
kets sold 17,349,406 pounds for producers, averaging $127.31 per
hundred pounds for a return of $22,231,295.

The burley stabilization pool received 12.55 percent of producer
sales under loan this season compared to 11.78 percent the pre-
vious year.

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Selling Flue-Cured Tobaco
In 1000 Pound Bales

During the 1978 Marketing Season, Albert H. Graves, Industrial
Engineer, U. S. Department of Agriculture, did research on selling
1000 pound bales of farmer tobacco at the Carolina Warehouse in
Fuquary-Varina.The 66 participating growers were scheduled to
bring in generally 4 to 6 sheets of tobacco that would total around
1000 pounds.

As the tobacco arrived at the warehouse, it was unloaded by
chain hoist and lined up on a gravity conveyor. At the end of the
gravity conveyor, the sheets of tobacco were flipped onto a power
conveyor belt, and spread out so that it could be inspected and
graded by an official Government Grader. A sample of tobacco was
taken from each sheet making up the 1000 pound bale, and placed
in a plastic bag that stayed with each bale to be used as a represen-
tative sample of the bale during the auction sale.

The tobacco was then pressed into a 43" x 43" cube held by
crossed steel bands with a burlap sheet placed on the bottom and
top and tied together on the sides by the 4 corners. The bales were
then weighed and placed on the sale floor. (Seeadjoining picture of
Bales on sales floor)

Ten bales were auctioned at each sale. Approximately 185,000
pounds of baled tobacco was sold during the season foran average
of $1.33 per pound. The season average for the warehouse was
$1.30 and the Fuquay market averaged $1.32 per pound.

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SUMMARY OF N. C. DEALERS AND
WAREHOUSE RESALES — 1978

Type

Pounds

Dollars

Percentage
Resale

TYPE 13
Dealer
Warehouse

TYPE 12
Dealer
Warehouse

TYPE 11
Dealer
Warehouse

Total Flue-Cured Resales

TYPE 31
Dealer
Warehouse

Total Burley Resales

711,293

$ 835,440

0.58

8,462,574

11,644,012

6.94

4,954,166

$ 6,230,249

1.06

23,313,053

31,428,720

5.00

1,403,763

$ 1,599,149

0.52

16,591,032

22,410,391

6.17

55,435,881

$78,405,640

6.47

251.470

$ 311,781

1.29

1,836,571

2,353,422

9.45

2,088,041

$ 2,665,203

10.74

PRODUCER AND GROSS SALES OF FLUE— CURED
TOBACCO BY STATES 1978

Producer Sales
Pounds Average/cwt

Gross Sales
Pounds Average/cwt

North Carolina

801,066,042

$133.45

856,501,923

$133.47

Virginia

117,006,840

133.67

122,116,342

133,72

South Carolina

138,465,566

137.61

150,336,234

137.74

Georgia

126,362,280

142.35

139,112,143

142.02

Florida

18,925,961

145.28

200,997,877

144.60

Total

1,201,826,689

$135.07

1,289,064,591

135.10

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FLUE-CURED MOVEMENT IN AND OUT
OF NORTH CAROLINA

N.C. Tobacco Sold Out of State Out of State Tobacco Sold In N.C.

(Pounds) (Pounds)

1978 1977 1978 1977

Virginia 22,890,000 19,874,000 6,661,000 6,687,000

South Carolina 5,584,000 4,869,000 13,121,000 11,485,000

Total 28,474,000 24,743,000 19,782,000 18,172,000

BURLEY TOBACCO MOVEMENT IN AND OUT
OF NORTH CAROLINA

N.C. Tobacco Sold Out of State

OutofStateTobaccoSoldlnN.C.

(Pounds)

(Pounds)

1978

1977

1978

1977

Tennessee

4,461,270

5,301,893

665,957

682,511

Virginia

20,181

55,995

1,110,380

1,230,689

W. Virginia

—

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11,613

18,005

Georgia

—

—

28,170

44,835

South Carolina

—

—

734

272

Total

4,481,451

5,357,888

1,816,854

1,976,312

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FLUE-CURED STABILIZATION RECEIPTS
BY TYPES AND STATES — 1978

Type

Producer Stabilization Percentage

Sales (lbs) Receipts (lbs) Stab. Received

Va. Total

11

117,006,840

9,021,520

7.71

N.C.

11

250,992,157

16,700,509

6.65

N.C.

12

437,339,128

24,742,013

5.66

N.C.

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112,734,757

4,936,080

4.38

N.C. Total

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801,066,042

55,400,122

6.92

S.C. Total

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136,465,566

4,218,744

3.09

Ga. Total

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126,362,280

3,845,970

3.04

Fla. Total

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18,925,961

126,457

0.67

Total All Types

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1,201,826,689

63,591,293

5.29

BURLEY STABILIZATION RECEIPTS
FOR N.C. AND TOTAL U.S. — 1978-79

State

Type

Producer Stabilization Percentage

Sales (lbs) Receipts (lbs) Stab. Received

N.C.
U.S. Total

31
31

18,456,006
591,981,584

2,177,942
67,589,541

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1930-1978*

Yield Per

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No. Acres

Acre

Production

Value

Average

(Pounds)

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(1,000 Dollars)

Price

1930

7,200

750

5,400

853

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7,100

710

5,041

464

9.20

1932

6,500

735

4,778

726

15.20

1933

9,200

785

7,222

715

9.90

1934

5,500

870

4,785

809

17.50

1935

5,200

925

4,810

1,025

21.30

1936

6,000

900

5,400

2,095

38.80

1937

9,000

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1,787

21.40

1938

8,600

900

7,740

1,308

16.90

1939

8,100

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1,447

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1940

6,500

1.050

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1,242

18.20

1941

6,200

1,075

6,665

2,093

31.40

1942

6,600

1,150

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3,211

42.30

1943

8,500

1,225

10,412

5,102

49.00

1944

12,000

1,390

16,680

8,157

48.90

1945

13,000

1,500

19,500

7,568

38.30

1946

9,800

1,475

14,455

5,999

41.50

1947

9,600

1,560

14,976

6,335

42.30

1948

10,300

1,680

17,304

8,012

46.30

1949

10,800

1,440

15,552

6,750

43.40

1950

10,500

1,700

17,850

9,175

51.40

1951

12,200

1,750

21,350

11,572

54.20

1952

12,000

1,680

20,160

9,818

48.70

1953

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20,520

11,019

53.70

1954

12,700

1,920

24,384

12,680

52.00

1955

9,800

1,900

18,620

10,651

57.20

1956

9,400

1,850

17,390

10,747

61.80

1957

9,600

1,975

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11,073

58.40

1958

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2,000

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11,978

64.60

1959

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2,060

20,188

11,426

56.60

1960

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18,430

12,016

65.20

1961

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2,090

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14,346

66.00

1962

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14,421

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1963

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25,135

13,573

54.00

1964

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2,165

21.000

12,054

57.40

1965

8,900

2,030

18,067

12,159

67.30

1966

7,900

2,320

18,328

12,371

67.50

1967

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2,010

15,678

11,037

70.40

1968

7,900

2,385

18,842

13,868

73.60

1969

7,900

2,570

20,303

13,928

68.60

1970

7,300

2,545

18,579

13,544

72.90

1971

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2,065

14,455

11,535

79.80

1972

7,700

2.450

18,865

14,658

77.70

1973

7,500

2,440

18,300

16,781

91.70

1974

8,000

2,370

18,960

20,477

106.70

1975

9,500

2,440

23,180

23,736

102.40

1976

9,000

2,200

19,800

21,701

109.60

1977

9,600

2,450

23,520

26,389

112.20

"1978

8,500

2,400

20,400

26,112

128.00

*Source N. C. and USDA Crop Reporting Service
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Note; Since 1965, production is pounds produced and does not reflect pounds not sold
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NORTH CAROLINA FLUE-CURED CROPS
1930-1978*

Yield Per

Year

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Acre

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(1,000 Dollars)

Price

1930

768,000

757

581,200

74,733

12.90

1931

688,500

692

476,382

42,024

8.80

1932

462,500

624

288,750

34,949

12.10

1933

667,800

794

530,133

85,530

16.10

1934

486,500

847

412,055

177,999

28.60

1935

612,500

635

572,625

116,418

20.30

1936

591,000

765

451,975

101,856

22.50

1937

675,000

883

595,815

143,058

24.00

1938

603,500

844

509,470

115,428

22.70

1939

843,000

964

812,540

123,893

15.20

1940

498,000

1,038

516,835

85,792

16.60

1941

488,000

928

452,825

132,291

29.20

1942

539,000

1,052

566,810

221,538

39.10

1943

580,000

935

542,200

219,074

40.40

1944

684,000

1,077

736,990

317,628

43.10

1945

722,000

1,100

794,310

349,148

44.00

1946

802,000

1,138

912,970

451,639

49.50

1947

783,000

1,139

892,205

374,513

42.00

1948

594,000

1,239

739,380

368.040

49.80

1949

621,000

1,178

731,530

352,508

48.20

1950

640,000

1,441

858,140

477,508

55.60

1951

735,000

1,331

978,375

523,358

53.50

1952

735,000

1,222

898,090

448,582

49.90

1953

674,000

1,235

832,305

447,076

53.70

1954

686,000

1,204

889,490

483,003

54.30

1955

653,000

1,499

978,775

520,845

53.20

1956

579,000

1,661

961,495

496,324

51.60

1957

443,000

1,469

50,780

358,442

55.10

1958

429,000

1,718

736,855

427,307

58.00

1959

458,500

1,533

702,942

407,055

57.90

1960

457,500

1,836

839,870

512,731

61.10

1961

463,000

1,797

832,215

541 ,468

65.10

1962

483,000

1,890

912,810

549,594

60.20

1963

460,500

1,999

920,660

535,622

58.18

1964

416,000

2,282

949,450

549,875

57.90

1965

375,000

1,840

690,050

442,796

64.20

1966

409,500

1,859

761 ,360

506,605

66.50

1967

395,400

2,071

818,997

523,809

64.00

1968

350,500

1,850

648,533

430,613

66.45

1969

378,500

1,838

695,665

502,305

72.20

1970

383,800

2,076

796,941

571,211

71.70

1971

339,000

2,102

712,960

552,544

77.50

1972

332,000

1,993

661,520

566,267

85.60

1973

376,000

2,111

793,615

700,410

88.30

1974

390,000

1,975

770,260

813,427

105.60

1975

470,000

1,987

933,815

931,779

99.80

1976

439,000

2,012

883,130

977,736

110.70

1977

383,000

1,883

721 ,005

843,277

117.00

"1978

390,000

2,120

826,920

1,826,920

133.30

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N. C. BURLEY TOBACCO ALLOTMENTS* — 1979

Number

Base

Effective

County

Farms

Poundage

Poundage

Rank

Alleghany

622

665,699

692,126

9

Ashe

2,766

2,693,726

3,262,413

4

Avery

258

296,725

371,731

10

Buncombe

3,053

3,325,046

4,145,568

2

Burke

12

7,150

14,121

21

Caldwell

12

7,800

16,268

20

Cherokee

192

144,617

243,588

14

Clay

252

179,003

269,904

12

Cleveland

9

5,331

10,662

22

Davidson

2

1,587

3,174

26

Gaston

2

799

1,598

27

Graham

712

681,693

988,903

8

Granville

1

288

576

29

Haywood

1,950

2,097,636

2,536,659

5

Henderson

128

82,762

145,323

16

Jackson

232

200,658

377,741

11

McDowell

59

42,507

80,932

18

Macon

274

164,015

298,556

13

Madison

3,153

5,133,368

5,657,540

1

Mitchell

998

1,268,831

1,888,004

7

Polk

5

2,276

2,381

25

Rutherford

60

31,075

60,108

19

Stokes

1

472

944

28

Surry

7

2,824

4,299

24

Swain

150

110,839

205,046

15

Transylvania

82

50,600

90,164

17

Watauga

1,787

1,910,020

2,226,486

6

Wilkes

4

2,925

4,802

23

Yancey

1,957
18,740

2,718,046
21,828,318

3,527,347
27,126,964

TOTAL

1-29

'Source: USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

22

NORTH CAROLINA TOBACCO WAREHOUSES AND OPERATORS
BY TYPE AND MARKETS— 1978

TYPE 13

Chad bourn

Jimmy Green— Jimmy Green

Producers — Horace Cox, Kenneth O. Ray, Jack Cox

Chadbourn— J. G. McNeill, Mgr.

Clarkton

New Clarkton— Maynard Talley, E. C. Wood

Clarkton Farmers Exchange, Inc.— Howard Watts, Sr., President

Bright Leaf— Jimmy Green

Fair Bluff

Fair Bluff — E. D. Meares, Howard Enzor

New Farmers— Roger Hammond, Leo Hayes, A. E. Carmichael, Jr., Sarah Bullock
Planters Job., Inc.— Carl Mears, Sr., T. C. Parham, Henry McNeill, C. T. Waddell
Powell's— B. A. Powell, Albert H. Powell

Fairmont

Planters — Mitchell — Harry Mitchell, Jack Mitchell, W. M. Daniel, N. B. Tuck

Twin State — Landis Joyce, Lynn Floyd, R. Hoke Smith, Jr., J. Garth Lewis

Big Five-Peoples — Carl Britt, Beasley Strickland, Danny Nance, Kenneth Hardin,

R. Clemon Britt
Big Brick— A. D. Lewis, Jr.
Carolina— A. W. McDaniel
Holiday-Frye — Ernest H. Frye, Joseph W. Holliday, John Monroe Holliday,

Joe Frye
Liberty— Landis Joyce, Lynn Floyd, R. Hoke Smith, Jr., J. Garth Lewis
Tobacco Land— Ralph P. Britt, J. Q. Rogers
Square Deal— Chan L. Smith, Mrs. W. G. Bassett
Growers— Horace Sutton, President

Fayetteville

Big Farmers — W. Clifton McNeill, James Gillis, Kathryn Morgan, Scottie Godwin

Lumberton

Star— Russell Teater, David Stephenson

Lumbee— Ralph Hunt, Howard Oxendine

Smith-Dixie— Jack Pait, Andy Pait

Cooperative— L. D. West, Mgr.

Hedgepeth— A. G. Thornton, Jr., E. H. Collins

Liberty— R. H. Livermore, Jr., R. H. Livermore, III, H. D. Goode, Mgr.

Carolina — J. L. Townsend, Jr., James Johnson

First American Cooperative — Clint Locklear, Mgr.

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Tabor City

R. C. Coleman — R. C. Coleman, Sr. & Jr., Joe Coleman, Joey Coleman,

Ricky Coleman

New Tabor — H. B. Buffkin, Jr., Earl McDaniels, Milton demons
Planters— Don B. Watson

Whiteville

Crutchfield's— Ernest Smith, Joe T. Smith, Gaither E. Crutchfield, Mgr.,

Jimmy Dale Smith
Columbus County— A. D. Gray, Jr., A. D. Gray, III, R. Coke Gray
Lea's Big Dixie— W. Townes Lee, Jr., A. O. King, Jr., Wray King
Golden Leaf— Jimmy D. Smith, Ernest W. Smith
Nelson's Jim D. Smith, Milton Gore
Moore's— C. E. Jeffcoat, Jack E. Burroughs
Smith's — Ernest Smith, Joe T. Smith
Liberty— J. Water Hooks
United Producers Cooperative— Ashley Wynne, Mgr., James T. Campbell, Pres.

Type 12

Ahoskie

Basnight's — Harold G. Veazey, Herbert Jenkins, Jr., Lyman L. Wilkins, Jr.,
Farmers— Shirley S. Pierce, W. M. Odom, Wilbur Hobgood

Clinton

Farmers— L. D. Starling

Carolina— L. D. Starling, Garrett Strickland, Mrs. N. L. Daughtry,

Bright Leaf— Albert G. Thornton, Jr.

Ross— Clarence Kirven, Jr., Ellen R. Kirven, C. Ross Kirven

Sampson— Carlton B. Barefoot, Leslie S. Hobbs

Barwick-Butler — C. Marion Butler, Hugh B. Barwick, James H. Butler

Dunn

Big Four— O. G. Calhoun, John G. Calhoun, Harold UpChurch

Lee's-Planter— Leiand Lee

New Dunn— Ray A. Owen, Jr., Dan Honeycutt

Tri-County— John H. Wall

Tew's— Roy V. Tew

Farmers — Wade Ashworth, Cleo Jones, Joseph K. Adams

Farmville

Bell's— R. A. Bell & Brothers

Pierce — Robert P. Pierce

Planters— H. D. Pegram, Ralph C. Tucker, Jr., William O. Newell, Mark Mozingo,

B. S. Correll
Farmers— Charles Sutton, Jr.
New Blue— W. A. Allen
Worthington — Chester Worthington, Jr.

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Goldsboro

Farmers— Rudy Hill, Elaine Stanley

Victory— Richard A. Gray

Carolina— Durwood M. Price

Gold Leaf— W. W. Barnes, Willie Strickland

Big Three— Max A. Parrish, Max Futrell, N. C. Newman

Big Brick— J. R. Musgrave, Jr.

Planters— Cecil Bryan, Phillip Bryan, Luby Bryan

Gurley— Dean Gurley

Greenville

Raynor, Forbes & Clark— W. C. Clark, Jr., P. R. Harrington, III, Norman S. Porter,

W. C. Clark, III, Robert A. Halstead
New Greenville— Hugh Hardee, Jr., Wayne Stokes, Rob Jones, Jr.
Cannon's— William T. Cannon, Jr., T. R. Cannon, Samuel Adams,

Sammy Harrell, Jr.
Keel's — J. A. Worthington, J. B. Worthington, Fenner Allen, A. T. Venters
New Carolina — William H. Mills, Laddie Avery
Growers— J. L. Tripp

Star-Planters— F. Harding Sugg, James C. Mills, Alton Haddock, Ralph Davenport
Hudson— W. Larry Hudson
Farmers— H. L. Watson, T. J. Warren
New Independent— T. W. Pruitt, W. A. Pruitt, W. E. Pruit, J. B. Belcher,

Jack S. Warren

Kinston

Central — W. I. Herring, Sr., W. I. Herring, Jr., Dennis M. Bailey

New Central— W. I. Herring, Sr., W. I. Herring, Jr., Dennis M. Bailey

Farmers— New Dixie— John T. Jenkins, Sr. & Jr., L. B. Jenkins, II

Growers— Robert T. Gray, P. G. Sutton, Jr.,

Gold Leaf— R. E. Wooten, Jr., William L. Davis, Mgr.

H. & H-D.W. Hodges, Jr., Virgil Harper

Knott's— H. Graham Knott, W. E. Brewer

Robersonville

Gray-Red Front-Central— Vernon L. Hardee, Harry T. Gray, Jack Sharp
Hardee — H. Edwin Lee

Rocky Mount

Cobb & Carlton— W. E. Cobb, Jr., J. C. Carlton

Farmers, Inc.-I & 2— George B. Watson, Alfred Hicks, Joe Coleman

Fenner's, Inc. — Mrs. Mary Ellen Parker, Julian B. Fenner, William E. Fenner, II

Planters-Cooperative— S. S. Edmondson, Jr.

Works— R. J. Works, Jr., A. B. Raynor

Peoples — Guy E. Barnes, W. Eugene Simmons

Smith's— Jimmie D. Smith, Jr.

Smithfield

Stephenson— Jerry Joe Stephenson, Joe G. Stephenson

Farmers— W. T. Kennedy, N. Leo Daughtry

Riverside-Planters— Gilbert D. Stephenson, Helen C. Stephenson

Carolina Farmers— M. A. Morgan, Toby Lee, Mgr.

Gold Leaf— R. A. Pearce, Sr., R. A. Pearce, Jr.

Wallace— Robert F. Wallace, Lawrence H. Wallace, II

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Tarboro

Clark's— George L, Proctor, W. G. Clark, W. S. Clark

Victory— William V. Leggett, Margaret Y. Leggett

Farmers 1 & 2— Walter F. Walker, Mrs. W. G. Maples, Fred L. Walston

Wallace

Hussey's— Joseph D. Bryant

Sheffield's— Homer M. Boney, Jr., Wendell Teachey, John Sheffield

Blanchard & Farrior— R. H. Lanier

New Duplin— Hilton Maready

Washington

Bright Belt— Tommy N. Cox, Harry L. Roberts

Sermons & Douglas— Wayland J. Sermons, James C. Douglas

Hassell's — Malcolm P. Hassell

Gravely's— W. A. Gravely, Sr., C. Stephen Gravely, Bennie Ray Hopkins

Wendell

Farmers— James H. Bryan

Northside— Norman Dean, C. P. Southerland

Liberty— H. H. Eddins

Banner— E. C. Rogers, Carson Jones

Growers— Clyde C. Holmes

Planters — Jessie L. Raybon

Williamston

Rogers— C. Urbin Rogers, J. Rossell Rogers, John R. Rogers, John M. Rogers,
New Dixie— J. Elmo Lilley, J. Elmo Lilley, Jr., William C. Lilley, Stephen C. Lilley

Wilson

Big Dixie — W. Cecil Thompson, W. C. Edmundson

Liberty— J. T. Worthington, R. D. Oldham, W. Cecil Moore

Barnes— Thurman G. Barnes, Randy Barnes

Centre Brick— S. M. Cozart, Fred M. Eagles, U. H. Cozart

The Producers— Thurman B. Pate, William Liles, James B. Belcher, ElmaS. Farmer

Clark— Jesse Harris

Bob Clark— Charles R. Clark

Gold Leaf— J. R. Boykin, Jr., James W. Pittman

Wainwright's 1 & 2— George L. Wainwright

Smith's A-B-C & New Planters # 1— S. Grady Deans, John F. Deans,

Louise S. Deans
Growers — Clifford B. Aycock, Mgr.

Windsor

Planters— C. B. Griffin, Burges U. Griffin

Farmers — William B. Davis

Center— Jerry H. Shackelford, J. R. Freshwater

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Type 11

Aberdeen

Planters— W. Fentress Phillips

New Aberdeen— J. A. Richardson, Mary Jo Hicks, Mary Richardson

Gallimore & Lambeth— W. C. Gallimore, P. P. Gallimore, Mike Lambeth

Carthage

McConnell's— George W. Mabe, Paul Wilson
Farmers— W. M. Carter, Jr., W. M. Carter, Sr.
Carthage Cooperative— Frank Bryant, Mgr.
Victory— Earl J. Ennis, E. C, Layton

Durham

Liberty— Walker S. Stone

Planters— J. M. Talley, R. L. Dale, Durwood Thomas, Bobby L. Thomas

CCF #1— James K. Spell, Mgr.

Star Brick— William W. Cozart, Willie L. Currin, Morris W. Currin

Roycroft-Currin— H. Randolph Currin

Ellerbe

Richmond Co. — Mike Long, Sidney Wise

Farmers— Bobby D. Oldham, William C. Moore, Joe Langdon

Fuquay-Varina

Carolina — Larry C. Knott, Douglass E. Knott

Roberts— Nellie C. Roberts

Planters— Billy Adams, J. C. Adams, W. C. Lipscomb

Fuquay-Cooperative — Leo Matthews, Mgr.

New Deal— Daniel B. Brisson

Gold Leaf— J. W. Dale, Jr., Jimmy L. Tilley, Leroy J. Stephenson

Henderson

High Price-Big Banner— C. E. Jeffcoat, R. E. Tanner
Farmers & Alston's— Walter J. Alston, Jr.
Liberty— G. T. Robertson, S. E. Southerland
Gold Leaf— James H. O'Brien
Ellington's— John A. Ellington, F. H. Ellington
Big Dollar— M. L. Hight, T. E. Barham

Louisburg

Ford— Charles E. Ford, Charles E. Ford, Jr.

Star— James D. Speed, R. C. Pearce

Big Franklin— James B. Cottrell, Donald Cottrell, S. T. Cottrell

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Oxford

Yeargin — W. W. Yeargin

Mitchell— David J. Mitchell

Granville — Roy Crews

Fleming — Dan T. Currin, E. C. Finch

Johnson-High Price-Owen— C. R. Watkins, Jr., Joseph C. Hamme,

John S. Watkins, Jr., Thomas J. Currin, C. B. Wilkins, M. A. Goods
The Farmers — James C. Blackwell, Winston Pruitt, James Belcher, Tom Belcher,

Frank Belcher, Mrs. James W. Satterwhite, James Frazier

Sanford

Farmers Coop. — Gilbert P. Matthews, Mgr.
Castleberry— C. N. Castleberry, Jr.
Morgan's— E. L. Morgan
Twin City— W. M. Carter, Sr., T. W. Mansfield

Warrenton

Centre— Tommy Wagner, Edward M. Moody, W. Edward Radford

Farmers— H. J. Carter, G. H. Limer

Currin— W. J. Renn, Mrs. Betty E. Currin

High Dollar— M. P. Carroll, C. G. Stainback

Thompson's— Mrs. C. E. Thompson, V. T. Grissom, Glenn R. Riggan

Boyd's — Owen Robertson, Jr. -

Burlington

Newman & Robertson — N. C. Newman, Joe F. Robertson, Jr.
Farmers— W. N. McCauley
Carolina— C. R. McCauley, III

Greensboro

Coleman Greensboro— R. C. Coleman, Sr., & Jr., Joe Coleman, Joey Coleman,

Ricky Coleman
Guilford— Harold Ensley, W. B. Hull

Madison

Carolina— Lee McCollum, John Neal, C. J. Corn

New Madison — Ray White, Thomas Johnson, Paul Covington, Charles H. Joyce,

Osley Joyce
Sharpe-Smith-Farmers — S. H. Price, Fred S. Williams, R. Jack Neal

Mebane

Piedmont— W. L. Hopkins, Jr., J. M. Hopkins
Farmers— Jule R. Allen

IVIt. Airy

Dixie & New Farmers— Harold Y. Hodges, Sr. & Jr., Fred E. Chilton,

F. V. Dearmin, Boyd Cain
Hunter's — Dean Hunter, Max M. Hunter
Gold Leaf— Robert L. Nichols
Carolina-Virginia Farmers Coop., Thomas Marshall, Mgr.

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ReidsvJIe

New Farmers— G. E. Smith, Steve Smith, S. L. Fairchild, Phillip Carter
North State Farmers Coop.— Albert L. Robertson, Mgr.
Smothers— T. Garland Smothers
Sands-Leader— Larry Sands

Roxboro

Hyco— Frank J. Hester, Jr., Frank J. Hester, III

Winstead— L. Dan Winstead

Growers— Roy S. Carver, T. Elmo Mitchell

Planters— T. O. Pass, Jr.

CCF Farmers— Lindsey T. Wagstaff, Mgr.

Four Acres — H. W. Winstead, H. W. Winstead, Jr.

Stoneville

Joyce's— Otis P. Joyce, Sr., William R. Joyce, Otis P. Joyce, Jr. James L. Albert
Piedmont— Clarence Peeples, R. N. Linville, Robert H. Rakestraw,
C. Garland Rakestraw

Winston-Salem

Carolina-Star — Kenneth Chilton

Growers— J. T. Harris, C. R. Harris

Pepper's — Charlie F. Hutchens, Dan Hutchens

Old Belt Farmers Coop., Inc. — Robert S. White, Mgr.

New Piedmont— Christopher T. Rosser, James D. East, W. V. Neal

Cook's— D. L. Cook, C. B. Strickland, H. Penn Thomas

Taylor's — Lawrence E. Pope

Big Winston — Jack Carter, Taylor Carter

Yadkinville

Miller— J. A. Miller, Sr., J. A. Miller, Jr.
Northwest N. C. Farmers— R. A. Owens, C. Kenneth Gray
Yadkin County— B. G. Wall, Richard T. Flinchum, Edwin Freeman
Cook's— Gilbert Cook, Locksley Hall

BURLEY BELT

Asheville

Day's— Charlie Day
Dixie Burley— R. A. Owen
Planters— J. W. Stewart

Boone

Mountain Burley — Joe Coleman, Joey Coleman, Ricky Coleman Lavelle Coleman

West Jefferson

Tri-State Burley— Rex Taylor

Farmers Burley— Mary Jo Hicks, J. T. Worthington

29

TOBACCO ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

The Tobacco Institute
1776 K Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20006

Tobacco Growers Information Committee
P. O. Box 12046
Raleigh, N. C. 27605

P. O. Box 10603
Raleigh, N. C. 27605

Tobacco Associates
1101-17th St. N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20036

Tobacco Tax Council
P. O. Box 8269
Richmond, Va. 23226

Bright Belt Warehouse Assoc.
P. O. Box 12005
Raleigh, N. C. 27605

Leaf Tobacco Exporters Assoc. &
Tobacco Association of United States
3716 National Drive
Raleigh, N. C. 27612

Flue-Cured Coop. Stabilization Corp.
P. O. Box 12300
Raleigh, N. C. 27605

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

P. O. Box 27846 Grading Service

Raleigh, N. C. 27611 Market News

USDA-ASCS
P. O. Box 27327
Raleigh, N. C. 27611

USDA-Agricultural Research
P. O. Box 5906
Raleigh, N. C. 27606

N. C. Agri-Business Council
Suite 211 Koger Executive Center
Raleigh, N. C. 27612

N. C. State University Extension Service
P. O. Box 5155
Raleigh, N. C. 27606

N. C. Tobacco Foundation
NCSU Box 5067
Raleigh, N. C. 27607

N. C. Department of Agriculture

P. O. Box 27647 Tobacco Affairs Section

Raleigh, N. C. 27611 Weights & Measure

(202) 457-4800
(800) 424-9876

(919) 832-3766

(202) 659-1160
(919) 821-7670

(804) 282-4275

(919) 828-8988

(919) 782-5151

(919) 821-4560

(919) 755-4551
(919) 755-4550

(919) 755-4294

(919) 737-3101

(919) 782-4063

(919) 737-3331

(919) 737-2846

(919) 733-7125
(919) 733-6152
(919) 733-3313

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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

James A. Graham: Commissioner
Ex-Officio Chairman

L. P. Britton, Jr Ahoskie

Dr. Ben Harrington Raleigh

Evelyn M. Hill Edneyville

Donald R. Kincaid Lenoir

Sam McLawhorn Grifton

Henry Smith Farmville

Fred Snow Dobson

James L. Sutherland Laurinburg

Windell L. Talley Stanfield

Sherrill Williams Newton Grove

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DOMESTIC TAX PAID CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION
BY KINDS 1978

TOTAL DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
616 BILLION CIGARETTES

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