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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CIRCULAR No. 435

Washington, D. C. Issued July 1937

TOBACCO SHRINKAGES AND
LOSSES IN WEIGHT IN
HANDLING AND STORAGE

By
J. V. MORROW

Marketing Specialist
Bureau of Agricultural Economics

and

DUDLEY SMITH

Formerly Senior Agricultural Economist
Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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CIRCULAR No. 435 JULY 1937

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON, D.C.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGES AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT IN
HANDLING AND STORAGE

By J. V. Morrow, marketing specialist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and
DUDLEY SMITH, ‘formerly senior agricultural economist, Agricultural Adjust-
ment Administration }

CONTENTS
Page Page
MN CROMUCEL OMe ease en eee 1S | RGTECHERVIVCL DOIG Ose eee en Ce 20
Factors of loss in Wieloch Geet se eee ees I | Virginia‘sun-cured, type'37___--__--2 ss 21
Relation of packing and storage methods | Pennsylvania Seedleaf, LY peA lie ee 21
Tro) WOR Thayne nye 2hEOh Osby Des 42-440 ss ak eee STE 23
Reports on stocks of leaf tobacco_________- 4 | Georgia and Florida sun-grown, type 45______ 24
Application of conversion factors to stocks UeT COR IGAan hu yO AG == oe a= = ee gn ee 25
MLIVSENT UD OREO) ee 5 | Connecticut Broadleaf, type 51_______________ 25
Progressive losses and conversion factors __ 5 | Connecticut Havana Seed, type 52.__________ 26
Mineccntedsiypesell (4s oe ee 6 | New York and Pennsylvania Havana Seed,
Virginia fire-cured, type 21_______-___________ 13 GYD CIS =a = ee ee lh oe a oe te Ti
Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured, types 22 Southern and northern Wisconsin, types 54
GaGa, NO ee OR a Ae eae re wee a ke 14 CHING tse? 8 eee pete eee eek Shed Seen 28
Henderson Stemming, type 24------------.--- 16 | Connecticut shade-grown, type 61, and Geor-
Burnley Abyipe ols —- ee ee ae 8 17 gia and Florida shade-grown, type 62________ 29
Southern Maryland, type 32_____------------- SH PAN DEM Gixeet Le Mage Rie ee ee 32
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INTRODUCTION

FACTORS OF LOSS IN WEIGHT

Tobacco loses weight, as a rule, from the time it leaves the hands
of the growers until it is placed in process of manufacture. Since the
statistics of tobacco are widely used and are interpreted from varying
points of view, the consideration of these losses in weight is important.
The purpose of this circular is to analyze the factors causing shrinkage
and losses in weight and to make a practical application of the uses
of these factors in the statistics of tobacco held in storage.

The factors of loss in weight are (1) losses of particles of dirt and
tobacco in cleaning and packing, (2) reduction in moisture content
and chemical changes during fermentation, and (3) loss due to removal
of stems or midribs of the leaves.

Losses of these kinds occur to some degree in the handling and
storage of practically all tobacco. The percentage of loss varies
not only for different types of tobacco, but in each type the rate of
loss under any one of the factors enumerated varies for different
erades and for tobacco of different crop years. The percentage of
loss also depends upon climatic conditions, marketing procedure,
handling and packing methods, location, nature, and duration of
storage, and natural and artificial fermentation processes.

Under the first factor of loss in weight—cleaning and packing—
there is the loss of foreign matter, particularly dirt and sand, particles

1 The authors are grateful to Alice Wolfe, Mrs. Sue Ugast, and Catherine Coleman for their assistance in

preparing the manuscript and statistical tables. They also wish to express their appreciation for the whole-
hearted cooperation of the tobacco trade in furnishing the information which made this circular possible.

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of which adhere to the gummy surfaces of the tobacco leaves and are
shaken off in the various handling processes. There is also some loss
due to the breaking off of small pieces of leaf when the tobacco is
handled in dry condition. Foreign-matter loss is negligible in some
types but in the lower grades of other types it may average from 2 to 3
percent. It is not given separate consideration in the tables on losses
but is included in the figures on dirt and sand and moisture losses.

Under the second factor of loss in weight—reduction in moisture
content and chemical change during fermentation—there is the actual
loss in moisture which occurs in the handling, redrying, and packing
operations and in the sweating or fermentation processes. In some
types of tobacco the greatest moisture loss occurs during the pre-
liminary redrying and handling operations and in others the greatest
loss occurs during the sweating or fermentation period.

Some types of tobacco are marketed with a moisture content as
high as 35 percent but will mold if packed in this condition. This is
particularly true of the types grown generally in the Southern States.
To avoid molding, the tobacco is removed to a redrying plant soon
after sale, where it passed through a redrying machine which con-
ditions it for packing, or it is hung in tiers and air-dried.

Tobacco goes through a sweat each year. The term ‘‘sweat’’ is
applied to the natural fermentation process that occurs in the spring
and summer. Fermentation and aging eliminate the acrid pun-
gency and bite of new tobacco and give it a sweeter, mellower flavor.

During the fermentation process tobacco undergoes chemical
changes similar to those that take place in any closely packed, moist
vegetable matter. The temperature rises and certain volatile prod-
ucts and convertible solids are thrown off. The tobacco appears to
take on additional moisture and becomes soft and pliable. In addition
to the chemical losses, there is actually a loss of moisture when the
sweating period is finished.

Under the third factor, there is the loss in weight from the removal
of the stems or midribs. ‘The stem or midrib is excluded from most
manufactured tobacco products because of its coarse, fibrous, woody,
and more or less flavorless nature. In the manufacture of snuff the
whole leaf is usually ground, and in some cases more stems are added.
In the manufacture of some smoking tobacco the stems are removed,
rolled flat under pressure, and cut finely, and a certain percentage is
added to the cut leaf.

The stemming loss varies according to the proportion of the stem
removed and according to the type of tobacco. For some tobacco
products it is necessary to remove the entire stem, from the tip of the
leaf to the butt. For other products, it is necessary to remove only a
few inches of the coarser part of the stem nearest the butt of the leaf.

The variation in loss as to type is due to the relative size or coarse-
ness of the stem in proportion to the leaf surface. Stems are removed
from some tobacco prior to packing, fermentation, and storage, but
the greater part is packed in leaf or unstemmed form and the stems
are removed just before the time the tobacco enters the manufac-
turing processes.

RELATION OF PACKING AND STORAGE METHODS TO LOSS IN WEIGHT

Practically all southern tobacco, or types other than cigar-leaf, is
packed in hogsheads for storage and shipment. A limited quantity

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 3

is packed in boxes, for example, Black Fat. A hogshead is a large
eask or barrel made of lightweight thin staves. The dimensions
vary for different types of tobacco. Whether packed in leaf form
(unstemmed) or strip form (stemmed) all hogshead-packed tobacco
is aged before it is used in manufactured products. It is never used
until it has gone through at least one sweat. Most of it is aged for
2 or more years. The length of time it remains in storage depends
upon manufacturers’ needs and upon the nature and characteristics
of the crops of certain years.

Blog oieeds of tobacco are stored in warehouses built especially for
tobacco storage, and are usually stacked in tiers two or three hogsheads
high in the manner shown in figure 1. Various types of construction
are used for storage warehouses in the South. There are one-story,
two-story, and three-story warehouses of wood, brick, concrete, and
steel. The most modern and most popular type of construction is the
single-story steel or wood frame sheathed and roofed with metal.

FIGURE 1|.—Interior view of warehouse. Hogsheads of tobacco in storage.

The sides are flared outward within 4 or 5 feet of the ground, and in
the offset thus formed, heavy screen wire is placed for ventilation
Cie)

The change in weight of southern tobacco in storage varies with
the construction and with the location of the warehouses. For
example, in a two-story warehouse, tobacco stored on the upper floor
may show a loss at the end of the first year, whereas that stored in the
basement may show a slight gain. Tobacco stored at inland points
may show a loss and that stored near the seaboard may show a gain.

In packing domestic cigar-leaf tobacco for storage and shipment,
the filler types are packed in wooden cases, bales, or barrels, the
binder types, in cases and bales, and the wrapper types only in bales.
The dimensions and weights of cases and bales will be discussed sepa-
rately for each type.

All of the cigar-leaf types, with the exception of Georgia and
Florida sun-grown and Puerto Rican, are packed in unstemmed form,
and the storage, aging, and fermentation are under more definite
control than is the case in southern types. The principal difference
is that all southern hogshead tobacco is stored in warehouses and
permitted to go through the sweat under natural atmospheric con-
ditions, whereas cigar-leaf tobaccos are usually sweated and stored
in warehouses in which the temperature is controlled and sometimes
the humidity. When definite temperature control is practiced it is

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spoken of as “force sweating.” The fermentation process is an
important part of the preparation of cigar-leaf tobacco for manu-
facture.

Another distinction is that in most of the southern hogshead to-
baccos the heaviest losses in weight occur in the initial conditioning,
handling, and packing, whereas in most of the cigar-leaf tobaccos the
heaviest losses occur after packing, during the storage and fermenta-
tion periods. In some types of cigar-leaf tobacco, bulk-sweating
prior to packing is practiced by all dealers and packers, and in other
types by only a limited number.

FIGURE 2.—Exterior view of modern storage warehouse.

REPORTS ON STOCKS OF LEAF TOBACCO

An act of Congress approved April 30, 1912, directed the Bureau
of the Census to collect and publish statistics of leaf tobacco in the
United States held by certain classes of manufacturers and dealers
in leaf tobacco. The original act, providing for reports as of April 1
and October 1 of each year, was amended by an act of Congress
approved May 10, 1916, requiring reports also as of January 1 and
July 1 of each year.

The Bureau of the Census therefore collected statistics of leaf
tobacco held at the beginning of each quarter from dealers in leaf
tobacco and from manufacturers who, according to the returns of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, manufactured during the preced-
ing calendar year more than 50,000 pounds of tobacco or snuff, 250,000
cigars, or 1,000,000 cigarettes. Stocks of leaf tobacco held by tobacco
growers’ cooperative associations were also included. The tables on
stocks of leaf tobacco in this circular were compiled from reports of
the Bureau of the Census up to and including January 1, 1929.

An act of Congress approved January 14, 1929, transferred the
collection and publication of statistics on leaf tobacco to the United
States Department of Agriculture. This law was amended by acts
of Congress approved July 14, 1932, and August 27, 1935. The
general provisions of these laws are substantially the same as the
original act and amendment, except that reports are required in more
detail. The statistics are collected and compiled on the basis of the
type classification established and promulgated by the Secretary of

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 5
Agriculture. This type classification differs slightly from the classi-
fication used by the Bureau of the Census. For example, the flue-
cured tobacco is subdivided into four types, the fire-cured of Ken-
tucky and Tennessee into three types, the Ohio cigar-filler into three
types, the Wisconsin cigar-binder into two types, and other changes
ad made classifying tobacco on a type basis rather than a State
asis.

APPLICATION OF CONVERSION FACTORS TO STOCKS OF LEAF TOBACCO

The laws under which the Bureau of the Census and the Department
of Agriculture have collected and compiled statistics on stocks of leaf
tobacco required that the quantity of unstemmed leaf and stemmed
leaf be shown. The Bureau of the Census also required that tobacco
be reported either on an actual-weight or a marked-weight basis. In
arriving at the total quantity of any given type, marked and actual
weights were combined; also unstemmed and stemmed weights were
combined. The results in either case are misleading as no considera-
tion is given to shrinkage losses in storage, or to stemming losses.

Statistics showing the stocks of leaf tobacco are important, not only
to the tobacco trade but to others interested in current and prospective
developments affecting tobacco growers, and they are necessary in
computations of annual consumption and disappearance of particular
types. Serious difficulties arise in making such computations, because
of the varied forms in which leaf-tobacco stocks are reported.

To arrive at definite consumption figures, stocks should be converted
to a farm-sales-weight basis—the equivalent of the weight at the time
of sale by the grower—thereby making the figures of leaf-tobacco
stocks comparable with figures of leaf-tobacco production. The
stemmed leaf reported should be converted to an unstemmed basis,
taking into account the loss due to the removal of the stem. Then
adding this to the unstemmed leaf reported, the total should be con-
verted to a farm-sales-weight basis, taking into account the average
losses in handling and shrinkage. Stocks of the different types of
tobacco as reported to the Bureau of the Census and to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture have been converted on this basis and are shown
in tables 4 to 30, inclusive, of the Appendix.

In the analysis of stocks it is important that consideration be given
to the normal movement of tobacco from growers’ hands into the hands
of dealers and manufacturers. The marketing period varies with the
different types and will be treated in the separate type discussions.

The average loss figures quoted in tables 1 and 2 are the result of a
study covering a period of several years. Questionnaires were mailed
to all manufacturers and dealers who file quarterly reports of stocks
of leaf tobacco. The average losses derived from a compilation of
these questionnaires were then carefully checked with the year-to-year
records of leading manufacturers and dealers throughout the United
States.

PROGRESSIVE LOSSES AND CONVERSION FACTORS

In obtaining average losses in weight where two or more methods of
handling are practiced, the loss resulting from each method of handling
was weighted by the approximate percentage of the crop so handled.
For example, in the case of flue-cured tobacco, in calculating conversion
factors consideration was given to the approximate percentage of the

6 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

crop packed in both domestic and export order, and in the case of
cigar leaf, to the various methods of handling, packing, and sweating
each of the various types. Consideration was also given to the length
of time each of the various types remains in storage and the ges
mate percentage of the tobacco reported in stocks on “‘marked’’,
packed, and on “‘actual” weight basis.

In calculating conversion factors the percentage of loss in storage is
not applied to the original farm weight, but to the residual weight as
losses occur progressiv vely. For example, where the initial loss from
dirt, sand, and redrying in handling flue-cured tobacco is 10 percent,
and the first year’s loss in storage is 1 percent, the calculation is made
on the basis of taking 1 percent of the 90 pounds which remain after
deducting handling and redrying loss. The percentage of stemming
loss is applied to 100 pounds regardless of whether it is farm weight,
storage-order weight, or processing weight. The variation in actual
stemming losses, ‘depending upon the time tobacco is stemmed, has
been taken into consideration in calculating conversion factors.

Tables 1 and 2 show the progressive losses for each type, and table
3 shows the conversion factors.

FLUE-CURED, TYPES 11-14

In dealing with losses in weight, the four types of flue-cured tobacco
may be considered as a whole, as there is little difference between
them. Flue-cured tobacco, which is also known as Bright, Bright
Yellow, and Virginia Bright, is produced in the piedmont section of
Virginia and North Carolina, and the coastal plains of North Caro-
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida. (See map of
tobacco- -gTrowing districts, 1nK225 3.)

Flue-cured tobacco is the principal kind of eapaeee erown in the
United States, usually comprising from 50 to 60 percent of the total
crop of all types. It ranges in color from a bright lemon yellow to a
dark reddish orange and in some cases to a reddish brown or a dark
brown known as mahogany. The light colors predominate and the
thinner, light-bodied tobacco is preferable for cigarette and smoking
tobacco. The darker, heavy-bodied grades are used in the manu-
facture of chewing tobacco. About 40 percent of all flue-cured tobacco
is used in domestic manufacture and about 60 percent is exported.

Practically all flue-cured tobacco is harvested by the priming
method. As the leaves ripen they are picked from the stalk in
successive operations, beginning at the bottom of the plant. They
are cured by applying regulated heat through furnaces and flues built
into the barns. After being cured the leaves are sorted into lots on
the basis of quality and color and tied in small bundles or hands of
10 to 20 leaves. In Georgia and Florida the leaves are not tied into
hands but are marketed loose.

The auction sales system of marketing prevails throughout the
flue-cured tobacco area.” The marketing period usually begins the
latter part of July and extends through the greater part of February
of the following year. The markets for type 14 in Georgia open
first, usually in the latter part of July—sometimes early in August.

2 For a further discussion of harvesting, curing, and marketing methods, see the following publication:
GAGE, C. E. AMERICAN TOBACCO TYPES, USES, AND MARKETS. U.S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 249, 88 pp., illus.
1933.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 5

TABLE 1.—Southern types of tobacco: Average percentages of loss in weight from
different causes and percentages of weight remaining 1

Handling and Sweating and drying in
packing 3 storage 4
Bs Clean- Stem-
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2 Domestic | Export First | Second | Third
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Virginia fire-cured_________ 21} 1.0/99. 0) 15.0} 85. 0)17. 0] 83.0] 1.00/84 2) 1.00/83. 4) 0. 5/83. 0/23. 0/77. 0/64. 0
Kentucky and Tennessee
fine-CUned aes eee ae 22,23) .5/99.5) 1.5} 98.5! 5.0} 95.0] 4. 0/94. 6} 2.0)92. 7] 1. 0/91. 8)24. 0/76. 0/69. 5
Henderson Stemming____-_ 24] 1.0/99. 0} 10.0} 90. 0}14. 0} 86. 0} 3.0/87. 3] 1. 5/86. 0] 1. 0/85. 1/24. 0/76. 0/64. 5
TB We Cyr eee re ce eee 31) 1.0/99. 0} 10. 0} 90. 0)11. 0} 89. 0} 2. 0/88. 2] 1. 0/87. 3] 1. 0/86. 4/26. 0/74. 0/64. 0
Southern Maryland______- 32} (7) | (7) | (@) $100. 0} (7) 1100. 0} 4. 0/96. 0} 2.0/94. 1] 1.00/98. 2/26. 0/74. 0/69. 0
Onersuckersaaes2 eee 35] 1.0/99.0} 8.0} 92.00/10. 0} 90. 0} 2. 0/90. 2} 1. 5/88. 8} 1. 0187. 9130. 0/70. 0/61. 5
GreensRivers== see eee 36] 1.0/99. 0} 10.0} 90. 0)14. 0} 86. 0} 3. 0/87. 3} 1.5}86. 0} 1. 0/85. 1/24. 0/76. 0/64. 5
Virginia sun-cured________ 37| 1.0/99. 0} 11.0} 89. 0/15. 0] 85. 0) 1.0/88. 1) 1.087. 2} . 5/86. 8/24. 0/76. 0/66. 0

1 Losses and remainders under cleaning, handling and packing, and sweating and drying in storage are
percentages of farm-sales weight. Net yield is the stemmed processing weight.

2 Removal of sand, dirt, etc.

3 Includes sand and dirt loss and loss of moisture from redrying or air-drying.

4 Storage losses calculated progressively, based on packed weight, domestic order.

5 Percentages in removal of stem or midrib are based upon weight of leaf put into stemming process irre-
spective of time of operation. 6 Negligible.

7 Maryland tobacco is packed in hogsheads at the farm; therefore losses prior to packing are borne by the
grower.

TABLE 2.—Cigar-leaf types of tobacco: Average percentages of loss in weight from
different causes and percentages of weight remaining }

. Sweating and drying in
: weating storage
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Pennsylvania Seedleaf______ 41] 2.7] 97. 3}11. 6] 86.0} 2.3] 84.0] 2.4) 82.0) 1.7) 80.6] 28.0) 72.0) 58.0
Gebhardi==— =a 42} 2.9] 97.1]11. 8] 85.6] 2.7] 83.3] 2.9] 80.9] 2.0] 79.3] 27.0) 73.0) 58.0
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Georgia and Florida sun-
STOW sae me oree FE 45| 17.5) 82:5] 2.1) 80.8] 2.5) 78.8] 2.0) 77.2) 2.0) 75.7) 21. 5) 78.5) 59.0
PU eT LOM RICAN aoe ee 46]. 12. 0} 88.6) 1.0} 87.1) 4.0) 83.6) 1.9] 82.0)/__--|----- 21. 5) 78. 5| 64.5
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Connecticut Broadleaf______ 51] 3.0] 97.0] 9.9] 87.4] 2.3) 85.4) 2.7) 83.1) 2.4] 81.1] 22. 5) 77. 5} 62.5
Connecticut Havana Seed__|} 52} 3.0! 97.0] 9.9] 87.4] 2.7] 85.0] 2.2] 83.1) 2.3) 81.2] 23.0) 77.0} 62.5
New York and Pennsylva-
nia Havana Seed__-_-__-___- 53] 9.0] 91.0] 7.0} 84.6] 2.0] 82.9} 2.4) 80.9] 1.5] 79.7} 26. 5) 73.5) 58.5
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1 Losses and remainders under handling and bulk sweating, sweating and spoilage in package, and sweat-
ing and drying in storage are percentages of farm-sales weight. Net yield isthe stemmed processing weight.

2 Prior to packing. 3 Prior to sampling time.

4 This refers to end of first year after packing and not to end of first year after sampling. ;

5 Percentages in removal of stem or midrib are based upon weight of leaf put into stemming process irre-
spective of time of operation.

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They continue to sell for about 6 weeks. The markets for type 13
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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FLUE-CURED

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23 WESTERN FIRE-CURED (PADUCAH AND MAYFIELD)

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24 HENDERSON FIRE-CURED

CIGAR-BINDER TYPES
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51 CONNECTICUT VALLEY BROADLEAF
CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED
NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA HAVANA
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
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CIGAR-WRAPPER TYPES
TYPE CLASS 6
61 CONNECTICUT VALLEY SHADE-GROWN
62 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA SHADE-GROWN

FIGURE 3.—Map of tobacco-growing districts.

uary of the next year. The markets for type 11 in North Carolina

and Virginia open, as a rule, in the second or third week in September

and continue to sell through February of the next year. Considering

flue-cured tobacco as a whole the peak of sales is some time in October

or November, and the greatest movement from farmers’ hands to

dealers and manufacturers occurs between October 1 and January 1.
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Flue-cured tobacco is delivered by the growers to the auction-sales
floors with a moisture content of from 20 to 25 percent, and in some
cases in excess of 25 percent. This moisture content tends to prevent
breakage in handling. The tobacco is arranged in flat baskets about
4 feet square which are placed in rows on the auction-sales warehouse
floor. As the buyers pass along between the rows they examine each
lot, frequently pulling hands from the pile on each basket. If the
tobacco were not soft and pliable there would be considerable injury
by breakage (fig. 4).

Flue-cured tobacco with a moisture content of 20 to 25 percent
would mold if packed directly in hogsheads. To avoid this, the
tobacco is removed from the floor as soon as the sale is over and is
delivered to the redrying plant of the buyer. There it is assorted and

FIGURE 4.—Baskets of tobacco on warehouse floor ready for sale at auction.

blended according to grade and run through a redrying machine.
Practically all the original moisture is removed in this machine and a
desired amount is added to condition the tobacco for packing without
breakage and to allow it to go through the natural fermentation process
or sweat while in storage without damage by mold. This redrying
process also distributes the moisture uniformly.

Redrying machines consist of a series of large chambers in which
the temperature and humidity are regulated. A chain conveyor
moves slowly through this series of chambers. Generally the hands of
tobacco are hung on sticks about 4 feet long and the sticks are placed
on the chain conveyor. As the tobacco on these sticks enters the first
chamber, fans force a current of hot dry air through it, eliminating
practically all the moisture. In the next chamber the ‘temperature
is lowered somewhat, and in the succeeding chamber or chambers,

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT iui

which are humidified by means of fine sprays of water or live steam,
the tobacco absorbs the desired amount of moisture (fig. 5).

After the tobacco has gone through the redrier, it is packed in
hogsheads for storage or shipment. Hogsheads about 48 inches in
diameter and 54 inches in depth are used in packing flue-cured tobacco
for domestic trade, and 48 inches in diameter and 48 inches in depth
in packing for export trade. The packing is usually done in the
following way: A hogshead is placed on a round dolly or truck con-
veniently near the rear end of the redrying machine. As the tobacco
emerges from the redrier, it is removed from the sticks and placed in
layers with the heads or butts of the hands outward until the hogs-
head is filled. Then an especially made open cylinder of the same
diameter is placed above the filled hogshead and the process of pack-
ing is continued until this also is filled. The dolly, together with the
filled hogshead and cylinder, is then rolled under a hydraulic press.

FIGURE 5.—Type of machine used in redrying tobacco.

The tobacco is compressed through the cylinder and into the hogshead
and a head is nailed in place. This operation is called prizing. The
average net weight of a hogshead of flue-cured tobacco is about 1,000
pounds, ranging from 900 to 1,100 pounds. The weight of an empty
hogshead ranges from 135 to 150 pounds. A tobacco-prizing opera-
tion (in type 22) is illustrated in figure 6.

In the process of assorting, handling, redrying, and packing there
is an average loss in weight, due to the shaking off of dirt and sand
particles which adhered to the tobacco leaves, of about 2 percent.
This dirt and sand loss is negligible in the handling of the upper
leaves and better quality tobacco, but runs above 2 percent in the
handling of “first primings’” and low-grade lugs. Buyers whose
purchases consist mainly of lower-grade tobaccos may have a dirt
and sand loss of 5 to 6 percent. Some firms buy sweepings and loose
leaves raked up from the curing barn and warehouse floors and run
them over a wire screen for cleaning prior to redrying. Such pur-

12 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

chases sometimes show a dirt and sand loss as high as 30 percent.
However, losses from this source, considering all grades, average
about 2 percent.

An additional loss in weight, due to the removal of moisture,
occurs in the redrying process, running from 8 to 10 percent. The
percentage of moisture loss varies during the marketing season
according to weather conditions and the quality or grade of tobacco
handled. It also varies with crop years. When packed for export,
tobacco usually contains about 11 percent of moisture, and when
packed for domestic trade, from 12 to 14 percent. The total loss in
weight in the rehandling and redrying of flue-cured, including dirt
and sand losses and moisture losses, considering all grades over a
period of years, averages about 10 percent for tobacco packed in
domestic order and about 12 percent for that packed in export order.

The stem is removed from some flue-cured tobacco prior to re-
drying and packing, but most of it is packed in leaf form and the stem

FIGURE 6.—Tobacco-prizing operation. Hogsheads along the sides of the pit are being packed with
tobacco. Note the extra container placed on top of hogshead.

is removed at a later date. The loss in stemming flue-cured tobacco
ranges from 16 to 28 percent. This range is due to some extent to
difference in quality of the leaf and the relative weight of the stem in
proportion to the total leaf. It is due principally to the quantity or
portion of the stem removed. The average loss in stemming flue-
cured tobacco is about 22 percent.

Formerly the stem was removed from a large part of the tobacco
entering into foreign trade, especially that going to the United King-
dom, but during recent years the quantity stemmed before export
has been reduced substantially. At present, only a very small per-
- centage is stemmed prior to export.

Flue-cured tobacco has relatively light losses in storage. In some
cases 1t gains weight in storage. Considering the weight gains and
losses, the average loss in storage is about 1 percent the first year,
0.5 percent the second year, and is negligible thereafter. Table 1
shows the various weight losses on flue-cured tobacco progressively.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 13

The average net yield from 100 pounds of farm-sales weight flue-cured
tobacco is approximately 69 pounds of stemmed leaf ready for manu-
facturing purposes.

VIRGINIA FIRE-CURED, TYPE 21

Virginia fire-cured tobacco is also known as Virginia dark-fired or
Virginia dark. It is produced in the piedmont and mountain sections
of Virginia in the area adjacent to Lynchburg, Bedford, Farmville,
and Blackstone. About 75 percent of it is exported and about 25
percent is used by domestic manufacturers. The principal domestic
usage is for the manufacture of snuff. Certain quantities go into
smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, Italian-type cigars, and Black
Fat.® }

Virginia fire-cured tobacco usually comprises from 1 to 2 percent
of the United States crop. This type is dark in color and is heavy-
bodied compared with flue-cured tobacco. The color ranges from a
light brown to a very dark brown. The darker, heavier bodied grades
are desirable for use in manufacturing snuff.

Virginia fire-cured is harvested by the stalk-cutting method. The
stalk is split from the top to within 8 or 10 inches of the ground and
the plant is then chopped off near its base. After the plant has wilted
the split stalk is straddled over a lath or tobacco stick and is carried
to the curing barn. From 8 to 10 plants are placed on each stick,
depending on the size of the plants. In fire-curing tobacco, the smoke
and fumes from wood fires built on the earth floor of the curing barn
come in direct contact with the tobacco and impart a desirable
flavor. After the tobacco has cured and during a damp season when
the dried leaves have absorbed sufficient moisture to permit their
being handled without breakage; it is taken down from the tiers in
the barn and the leaves are stripped from the stalk, assorted according
to quality, color, and length, and tied into hands.

Virginia fire-cured tobacco is marketed principally under the auc-
tion-sales system in a manner similar to flue-cured tobacco. The
marketing season usually begins about the middle of November and
extends through the greater part of March of the following year.
Most of the sales are in December and January. Because of the
heavy body and the more or less preservative nature of the method of
curing, this type is usually marketed in much higher order, or with a
ereater moisture content, than some other types.

The moisture content of Virginia fire-cured ranges from 25 to 35
percent at the time it is delivered to market. After being sold it is
put through a redrying machine in the same way as flue-cured tobacco
and packed in hogsheads averaging approximately 1,050 pounds net
when packed for English trade, and approximately 1,350 pounds net
when packed for domestic trade, or for foreign trade other than to the
United Kingdom. This type is usually packed for domestic trade
and foreign trade other than to the United Kingdom with approxi-
mately 14 percent moisture. Because of the requirements of customs
laws and a high rate of import duty, it is packed for the English trade
with approximately 11 percent moisture content.

The average dirt and sand loss in handling is about 1 percent. The
average loss in redrying for domestic use is about 14 percent and for
export about 16 percent. This loss in handling, redrying, and packing

3 Note discussion of Black Fat in the section on One Sucker, type 35, p. 19,

14 CIRCULAR 435, U. 8S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

ranges from 10 to 20 percent, varying according to the grade or quality
of the tobacco, weather conditions, and crop years.

Virginia fire-cured tobacco is stored and aged in the same way as
flue- cured tobacco, and goes through similar fermentations in the
spring of each year. The loss in weight during the first year of storage
is about 1 percent, during the second year about 1 percent, and during
the third year about 0.5 percent. The total loss in weight while in
storage runs slightly higher than for flue-cured partly because fire-
cured is stored mostly at inland points and partly because it goes
through a harder sweat the second year than does flue-cured, and
sweats some even in the third year.

The loss in stemming Virginia fire-cured tobacco usually ranges
from 20 to 26 percent, with an average loss of about 23 percent, but
as its most important domestic use is in the manufacture of snuff,
very little is stemmed.

At present a small percentage of that part going to foreign countries
is stemmed, although formerly the greater part of it was stemmed
prior to export.

KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE FIRE-CURED, TYPES 22 AND 23

Type 22 fire-cured tobacco is produced in a section east of the
Tennessee River in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.
The principal markets for this type are Springfield and Clarksville,
Tenn., and Hopkinsville, Ky. Type 23 fire-cured tobacco is produced
in a section between the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers in
western Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The principal mar-
kets for this type are Mayfield, Paducah, and Murray, Ky.

These types are also known as dark-fired or Kentucky and Ten-
nessee darks. The general characteristics and the marketing and
handling methods of the two types are so similar that for the purpose
of dealing with losses in weight they may be considered together.
The annual production has ranged from around 100,000,000 pounds to
about 150,000,000 pounds in the last 10 years and is usually about 8
percent of the total crop. The usage is very similar to that of Vir-
ginia fire-cured, type 21. From 70 to 75 percent is exported and the
rest is used by manufacturers in the United States. The principal
domestic usages are for snuff and Italian-type cigars. The color range
is about the same as for Virginia fire-cured—from a light brown to a
very dark brown. Some grades are comparable with grades of Vir-
ginia fire-cured, but more heavy-bodied, somewhat coarser tobacco is
produced in Kentucky and Tennessee than i in Virginia.

The stalk-cutting method of harvesting is employed in the Ken-
tucky and Tennessee fire-cured territory, and the open-fire method of
curing is used. The fires in the curing barns as a rule are kept burn-
ing fora period of 3 to6 weeks. The cured product is usually assorted
by the growers into three groups designated either as trash, lugs, and
leaf, or as lugs, seconds, and leaf. Some growers make further
separations on the basis of color or length.

Most of the tobacco of these types is now marketed under the
auction-sales system but considerable country buying still is done.
The term country buying covers direct sales by growers on the premises
of the grower. Some buyers ride through the country and inspect the
crops in the barn, and, if a price agreement can be reached with the
erower, contracts are made and the tobacco is delivered direct to the

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 15

prizery, or packing house, of the buyer. A part of this tobacco is
also marketed through a growers’ cooperative association. The
auction markets for these types sometimes open early in December,
but as a rule they open either about the middle of December or the
first of January. The country buying is usually done before the
opening of the markets and early in the sales season. The auction-
Seles floors and the associations usually operate until about the middle
of May

The. moisture content of these types is considerably lower than
that of Virginia fire-cured when delivered to the market. No definite
tests have been made by the United States Department of Agriculture
on moisture content at time of delivery, but information received from

FIGURE 7.—Fire-cured tobacco of type 22 hung in tiers for air-drying.

buyers and packers of these types indicates that the moisture content
at that time ranges from 18 to 22 percent.

The tobacco of these types is conditioned and packed under three
general degrees of moisture content or order, known in the trade as
English order, continental order, and domestic order. In packing
for English order the moisture content is reduced to about 11 percent
either by running the tobacco through a redrying machine or by air-
drying.* In packing for continental, or stiffened, order the tobacco is
air-dried to a point at which it contains about 13 or 14 percent of
moisture (fig. 7). In packing for domestic order, or winter order as
it is sometimes known, the tobacco is packed in practically the same
order as it is received from the farmers. Tobacco handled and packed
in English order will lose from 10 to 12 percent in the process. ‘Tobacco
handled and packed in continental, or stiffened, order will lose about 5

4 Air-drying is discussed in the section on Burley, type 31, p. 17.

16 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

percent. Tobacco packed in domestic, or winter, order will lose from
1 to 2 percent.

The loss in weight from dirt and sand in handling these types is so
low as to be almost negligible. The average dirt and sand loss does
not exceed 0.5 percent.

Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tobacco is packed in hogsheads
slightly larger than those used in the packing of flue-cured and Virginia
fire-cured, and the average weight per hogshead is about 1,450 pounds
net. It is stored in warehouses in the same way as flue-cured and
Virginia fire-cured, except that it is never racked more than two tiers
high. The storage loss of these types of tobacco packed in the
English order averages about 1.5 percent the first year, 1 percent the
second year, and 0.5 percent the third year. When packed in conti-
nental, or stiffened, order the storage loss averages about 2 percent the
first year, 1.5 percent the second year, and 1 percent the third year.
When packed in domestic, or winter, order the storage loss averages
about 4 percent the first year, 2 percent the second year, and 1 percent
the third year.

The stemming loss on Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tobacco
ranges from 20 to 28 percent, averaging about 24 percent. Relatively
smal] quantities of this tobacco are stemmed as the greater part of that
used in domestic manufacture is in snuff and practically none of a
exported is stemmed prior to export.

HENDERSON STEMMING, TYPE 24

Henderson Stemming is also known as northern fire-cured or
northern dark-fired tobacco. It is produced in Webster, Hopkins,
McLean, Union, and Henderson Counties of Kentucky, which are just
north of the district in which type 22 is grown. It is marketed at
Henderson and Madisonville, Ky. The annual production ranges
from 3,000,000 to 10,000,000 pounds.

The harvesting and curing methods are the same as for types 22 and
23 except that the fires are not kept burning in the curing barns for
quite so long a period. ‘The tobacco of this type in the Madisonville
locality is somewhat larger and coarser than the fire-cured tobacco of
the eastern and western districts. In the territory nearer Henderson
the same varieties or strains of seed are used for the production of this
type as for the air-cured type called Green River. In fact, in some
years many of the farmers of this district air-cure their tobacco, whereas
in other years they fire-cure it. The practicein this respect is depend-
ent largely upon weather conditions and upon the prices being paid
respectively for fire-cured and dark air-cured tobacco. A large per-
centage of Henderson Stemming was formerly exported, and as most
of it went to the United Kingdom it was usually stemmed and shipped
in strip form. At present, a smaller percentage is exported and very
little is stemmed before being packed.

The auction-sales marketing system prevails in this territory. The
markets open about the middle of December and the selling season
lasts until about the middle of March. In former years when the
greater part was stemmed, practically all the strips were air-dried. At
present, most of it is put through redrying machines. The loss in
weight from dirt and sand shaken off in handling averages about 1 per-
cent. The loss in weight through redrying, including the dirt and sand
loss, averages about 10 percent for domestic order and about 14 per-

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT dig

cent for export order. Storage losses run somewhat lower than for
types 22 and 23, and somewhat higher than for Virginia fire-cured.
The average loss the first year in storage runs about 3 percent, the
second year about 1.5 percent, and the third year about 1 percent.
The loss in stemming ranges from 20 to 28 percent and averages about

24 percent.
BURLEY, TYPE 31

Burley tobacco is produced principally in Kentucky, southern Ohio
and Indiana, western West Virginia, central and eastern Tennessee,
western Virginia and North Carolina, and sections of Misssouri and
Kansas. In point of production Burley ranks next to flue-cured,
usually comprising from 20 to 25 percent of the total United States
crop of all types. Less than 5 percent of the Burley crop is exported.
Most of it is used in this country in cigarettes, and in smoking and
chewing tobacco.

Burley tobacco is a light air-cured type ranging in color from a light
straw to a dark tan or light brown. All Burley is harvested by the
stalk-cutting method. Thestalks are split by some growers, and others
spear them on to sticks about 44 feet long which are hung in tiers in
ventilated barns or sheds. The green tobacco is permitted to dry out
or cure under natural atmospheric conditions. No heat is used, except
during wet weather when it is sometimes necessary to use charcoal
braziers under the tobacco to prevent house burn. House burn is a
fungus or bacterial disease that develops during rainy seasons, espe-
cially if the tobacco is crowded so closely in the curing barn that free
circulation of air is prevented.

Burley is usually harvested during the latter part of August or first
of September, and hangs in the curing barn from 6 to 10 weeks.
After it is fully cured and when the tobacco is in order it is taken down
and the leaves are removed or stripped from the stalks.

As arule the Burley growers sort the tobacco into six natural groups
as they strip it. The leaves that grow nearest the ground are known
as spods or flyings; the next leaves upward on the plant are called
trashes; next above these are the lugs; then come the bright leaf or
cutter grades; next the red-leaf or heavy-leaf grades; and last the tips.
In sorting out a crop it is sometimes necessary to make subdivisions of
these major groups on the basis of color or length.

The auction-sales system of marketing prevails throughout the
major part of the Burley territory. The markets usually open early
in December or late in November and continue through the greater
part of February. The peak in sales is probably reached in Janu-
ary. Redrying plants are located in most of the principal markets,
and the tobacco is put through machines in the same way as flue-
cured tobacco. In some of the outlying territories and smaller
markets the tobacco is air-dried. In air-drying, the hands of tobacco
are hung on sticks in much the same way as the green plants. The
tobacco is hung in tiers and left throughout the winter. During the
winter months it loses practically all its moisture content and becomes
almost bone dry. In the spring during a damp season when the
tobacco absorbs sufficient moisture for handling, it is taken down and
packed into hogsheads.

The loss in weight in redrying Burley tobacco, including the dirt
and sand loss of 1 percent, is about the same as that of flue-cured—

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18 CIRCULAR 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

10 percent for that packed in domestic order and about 11 percent
for that packed in export order. The loss in weight in air-drying is
slightly lower than the redrying loss, usually averaging about 9 per-
cent, but the handling losses are perhaps slightly higher, making the
total loss about the same.

Burley is packed in hogsheads 48 inches in diameter and 54 inches
in height or depth. The average net weight of the hogshead is ap-
proximately 1,100 pounds. The loss in storage on Burley averages 2
percent the first year, 1 percent the second year, and 1 percent the
third year. The average loss in stemming is 26 percent, with a
range from about 22 to 28 percent. This range in stemming loss is
due chiefly to the fact that for some products only a small portion of
the stem is removed and for other products a greater part is removed.

SOUTHERN MARYLAND, TYPE 32

Maryland tobacco is a light air-cured type similar to Burley in
appearance. It is produced in five counties of southern Maryland—
Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, and St. Marys. A
small quantity of tobacco is produced in Frederick and Montgomery
Counties but this is known as upper-country tobacco and is classified
as miscellaneous domestic. Production of Maryland tobacco usually
totals around 25,000,000 pounds. For the period of 1925-34 an aver-
age of about 50 percent of the total Maryland tobacco produced
was exported, but during recent years exports have declined con-
siderably. Maryland tobacco is used by domestic manufacturers
principally in the manufacture of cigarettes, blended with other
cigarette types such as flue-cured and Burley.

The harvesting and curing methods of Maryland tobacco are prac-
tically the same as those practiced in the Burley territory; that is, the
tobacco is stalk-cut and air-cured, but in harvesting no stalk-splitting
is practiced. The handling and marketing methods in Maryland,
however, are entirely different. The Maryland growers sort their
tobacco into four major groups. The lower leaves that drop from the
plants and are picked up in the fields and the trashy leaves on the
bottom of the stalk after curing are classed together and are known as
oround leaves. The next leaves above these are sorted and tied
separately and known as seconds. The other leaves of the plant are
sorted on the basis of body and color, the heavy darker leaves being
known as dull crop and the thin bright leaves as bright crop.

Maryland tobacco is packed into hogsheads by the growers after
it has remained on the farm during the winter and following spring.
No air-drying nor redrying is done by the trade as it is practically
air-dried on the farm. The hogsheads used are much smaller than
those used in any other section. They vary. in size, ranging from
around 400 to 800 pounds in weight. The usual weight is about 650
pounds net.

Although the Maryland tobacco market in Baltimore operates the
year round, most of the sales are made in June, July, and August. The
marketing system is unique. It is the only closed-bid hogshead
auction market in this country. There are two warehouses in Balti-
more for handling the Maryland tobacco; one is operated by the State
of Maryland and the other by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The
Maryland growers ship their hogsheads of tobacco to one of these
warehouses consigned to a commission merchant or to the Maryland

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Tobacco Growers’ Association which, in conducting sales, operates in
a manner similar to a commission merchant. The growers are given
free storage for as long a period as they wish and the buyers are given
6 months of free storage.

After the hogsheads have been in the warehouse for 2 weeks they
are opened and the hogshead is removed from the packed and prized
tobacco. An official sampler draws several hands of tobacco from
six different points in the hogshead. From these draws, a six-hand
representative sample is made and sealed with the official State or
the railroad company’s seal. This official sample is turned over to
the commission merchant to whom it is consigned, or to the associa-
tion. The tag on the sample bears the name of the grower, the
hogshead number, and the weight.

Each day the commission’ merchants and the association place on
display a lot of samples and a list is made up of the numbers on each
sample. Kvery buyer is given a copy of this list. They draw, lots as
to their order in examining the samples. After a buyer has reviewed
the samples he places his bid opposite the number of all samples on
which he wishes to make an offer and drops this list in a locked box as
he leaves the sample room. Every day at 1 p. m. this box is opened.
In each instance the highest bidder gets the hogshead if, in the opinion
of the commission merchant, the price is high enough. If the high
bid is rejected twice the sample is withdrawn and sales are made by
private bargain. ‘The farmers pay a fee of $2 per hogshead to the
commission merchants and the buyers pay a fee of $3 per hogshead to
the warehouse for handling charges.

No records are available of the loss in weight of Maryland tobacco
between the time it is cured and the time it is inspected and sampled
at storage in Baltimore. The loss in storage is higher than for Burley
tobacco as no redrying is done and Maryland tobacco is packed in
somewhat higher order. The average loss during the first year is 4
percent, during the second year 2 percent, and during the third year 1
percent. The average loss in stemming Maryland tobacco is the
same as for Burley, namely 26 percent.

ONE SUCKER, TYPE 35

One Sucker tobacco, a dark air-cured type, is produced in north-
central Tennessee and south-central Kentucky. The markets are
Franklin, Scottsville, and Russellville, Ky., and Westmoreland, Tenn.
Production of this type is usually around 2 percent of the total United
States tobacco crop.

One Sucker derives its name from a tendency of the plant to produce
only one crop of suckers after topping. The harvesting method is the
same as for fire-cured tobacco, that is, it is stalk-cut. The color range
is also similar to fire-cured with perhaps slightly more light-brown
tobacco in the crop. It is cured under natural atmospheric condi-
tions. It is characterized by a long narrow leaf, a rather large coarse
stem, and cross fibers at an acute angle to the stem.

About 30 percent is exported and 70 percent used domestically.
The principal domestic use is for plug and twist chewing tobacco,
mostly twist. Considerable quantities go into export trade in the
form of Black Fat. In some instances One Sucker is packed straight
for Black Fat trade and in others it is mixed with fire-cured tobacco
of similar appearance. Black Fat is a trade term applied to tobacco

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packed especially for the African and South Sea Islands trade. The
tobacco is almost saturated with mineral oil, petrolatum, or other
prepared sauces and then packed in tierces or boxes and subjected to
tremendous pressure.

About 80 percent of the total One Sucker that is exported goes out
in the form of Black Fat; the 20 percent remainder consists of low-
grade lugs and trash. The One Sucker used by domestic manufac-
turers is “packed in hogsheads 54 inches in depth and 46, 47, or 48
inches in diameter, ranging from 1,000 to 1,250 pounds net weight,
and averaging about 1 ,100 pounds.

One Sucker is sold at auction over loose-leaf floors. In handling
over the floors, a certain amount of sorting is done on the basis of
quality, color, and length as the tobacco is unloaded from the farmers’
wagons or trucks and placed on the baskets. The markets for One
Sucker usually open in about the second week in December and sales
continue until the latter part of March.

The moisture content of One Sucker at the time of delivery by the
farmers and the keeping quality of the tobacco prohibit packing
without reordering. About 85 percent is air-dried before packing in
hogsheads and the other 15 percent is shipped to some point where it
can be put through a redrying machine. The air-dried One Sucker is
packed with a moisture content of about 14 percent, the machine-
dried with slightly less. The loss in weight from handling, ordering,
and packing, including a dirt and sand loss of about 1 percent, ranges
from 8 to 12 percent, averaging about 9 percent. The packers of
Black Fat show no loss in the operation. They have an actual weight
gain due to the addition of oil, etc. The loss in weight in storage
averages about 2 percent the first year, 1.5 percent the second year,
and 1 percent the third year.

Because of the long narrow leaf and the coarse stem and the pur-
poses for which used, the percentage of loss in stemming One Sucker
is higher than for most other types, ranging from 25 to 35 percent,
and averaging about 30 percent.

GREEN RIVER, TYPE 36

reen River tobacco is produced in the northern part of Kentucky
in the territory adjacent to Owensboro and Henderson, and is marketed
at these two points. Production of this type in former years Was as
high as 60,000,000 pounds, but in recent years has ranged from
10, 000,000 to 20, 000,000 pounds. It is a dark air-cured type, rang-
ing in ‘color from a light tan to a very dark brown. The variety or
strain of seed used is the same as for type 24. Growers in this district
either air-cure this tobacco and sell it as Green River, or fire-cure it
and sell it as Henderson Stemming.

Green River tobacco is harvested by the stalk-cutting method.
It is air-cured, sold at auction, and packed in hogsheads averaging
about 1,400 pounds i in weight. The marketing period is from early in
December until early in March. As is the case with most of the
southern types, there is some variation from year to year, in the
opening and closing dates of the markets. Late plantings and conse-
quent late harvesting and curing may delay the opening dates.
Weather conditions unfavorable to stripping, sorting, and handling
by the farmers may delay the closing dates.

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Green River tobacco is used in the manufacture of chewing tobacco,
snuff, and smoking tobacco. At one time a considerable quantity
was exported, but more recently exports have declined somewhat.

Practically all of this tobacco is redried. The loss in weight in
- redrying, including a dirt and sand loss of 1 percent, averages about
10 percent for domestic trade and about 14 percent for export trade.
The loss in weight in storage averages about 3 percent the first year,
1.5 percent the second year, and 1 percent the third year. The loss
in stemming ranges from about 20 to 28 percent and averages about
24 percent.

VIRGINIA SUN-CURED, TYPE 37

Virginia sun-cured tobacco is produced in a limited district near
Richmond, Va., and practically all of it is marketed at that point.
The annual production during the last 10 years has averaged about
4,000,000 pounds.

Virginia sun-cured tobacco derives its name from the former practice
of hanging the green tobacco on scaffolds in the fields during the greater
portion of the curing process. It is really an air-cured type of tobacco,
very darkin color. Practically all is used in the domestic manufacture
of chewing tobacco; very little is exported.

Virginia sun-cured tobacco is marketed under the loose-leaf auction-
sales system. The market ‘usually opens about the middle of Novem-
ber and extends until the latter part of February or the first of March.
The tobacco is redried, and is packed in hogsheads about the same size
as those used for the flue-cured and fire-cured tobacco produced in
Virginia. The average net weight of a hogshead is approximately
1,250 pounds. The average loss in weight in redrying, including a dirt
and sand loss of 1 percent, is about 11 percent. The average loss in
storage the first year is 1 percent, the second year 1 percent, and the
third year 0.5 percent. The average loss in stemming is about 24
percent.

PENNSYLVANIA SEEDLEAF, TYPE 41

Pennsylvania Seedleaf tobacco, also known as Pennsylvania Broad-
leaf, Pennsylvania Filler, and Lancaster and York County Fuller, is
produced principally in Lancaster and adjoining counties of Pennsyl-
vania.

The annual production during the last 10 years has averaged about
43,000,000 pounds. This type is used principally for cigar fillers. A
limited quantity of the thinner, lighter bodied leaves, which are free
of injury, are selected and used as binders or as stogie wrappers. The
regular filler grades are known locally as wrappers, but are used only
for cigar fillers. The lower or stemming grades are known locally as
fillers and are used principally in the manufacture of scrap chewing
tobacco or in shredded fillers for low-priced cigars. A very limited
quantity is exported.

Pennsylvania Seedleaf is harvested by the stalk-cutting method and
like all cigar-leaf tobacco, it is air-cured. After the tobacco is fully
cured it is stripped from the stalk and tied into hands of 14 to 18 leaves,
The hands are then put up in paper-wrapped bundles or bales w eighing
from 50 to 70 pounds for delivery to packers.

Pennsylvania Seedleaf is usually sold while still hanging in the
curing shed. Independent dealers, and buyers who represent the larger
cigar manufacturers, visit the premises of the growers and purchase the
tobacco. Each requires that the crop be delivered to the buyer’s ware-

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house as soon as stripped and baled. The contract specifies prices for
wrappers and for fillers and usually stipulates that the tobacco shall
be free from damage when delivered. Occasionally the tobacco is not
sold until after it is baled. Pennsylvania Seedleaf is usually delivered
by the growers to the packers in the period from January 1 to March 31.
The bulk of the delivery is made in January and February.

Some growers pack their tobacco in cases, or engage some packer
to do it for them at specified rates per pound. The cases are stored
to undergo the sweating process. Other growers have organized and
operate cooperative packing plants, but most of the Pennsylvania
Seedleaf is marketed by the direct-sales method and is delivered to the
buyers in bundle form. The majority of the growers seem to prefer
selling their tobacco before the heavy loss in packing and sweating.

Pennsylvania Seedleaf is a very dark, heavy-bodied, and rather
large and coarse type as compared with other cigar-leaf types, but its
general texture, flavor, and aroma are such that it is well adapted for
use as cigar fillers. Tt will carry a relatively high percentage of
moisture without molding or damaging in the bulk or case. At the
time it is delivered by the growers the moisture content usually ranges
from 18 to 32 percent. ‘Tests made by the Department of Agriculture
show that Pennsylvania Seedleaf should be packed in cases with an
average moisture content of about 25 percent. If it is packed with
less than 24 percent of moisture it may not sweat properly. If it is
packed with more than 26 percent of moisture it is subject to loss from
black rot and mold.

Some packers of Pennsylvania Seedleaf practice bulk-sweating prior
to packing in cases. When itis handled in this way the initial handling
loss, including dirt and sand, breakage, and moisture loss, ranges from
3 to 5 percent and the average loss is about 4 percent. When the
tobacco is bulk-sweated the loss in the period from packed weight to
sampling weight is somewhat less than that on tobacco packed direct
into cases. The loss in weight from packed weight to sampling weight
ranges from 8 to 12 percent, averaging about 11.3 percent.

Other packers of Pennsylvania Seedleaf pack direct into cases
without bulk-sweating. When packed without bulk-sweating the
handling loss due to dirt and sand, breakage, and possibly some
moisture loss, ranges from 2 to 3 percent. The loss during the period
from packed weight to sampling weight, which is principally a moisture
loss, ranges from 8 to 14 percent. The average loss during this period
is about 12.1 percent. Packing is usually completed in May and the
sampling is done the following fall after the tobacco has gone through
the first summer sweat. The first sweat is the hardest and results in
greater loss than occurs in any subsequent sweat.

By the end of the first year after sampling, this tobacco usually
loses an additional 2.3 percent, by the end of the second year another
2.4 percent, and at the end of the third year an additional 1.7 percent.

In case-sweating, the tobacco is packed in substantial wooden cases
all 30 by 30 inches across the ends or heads, and ranging in length
from 36 to 52 inches. The average length of a case is about 42 inches.
The weight of cases when packed ranges from 250 to 365 pounds net,
or from 325 to 450 pounds gross. These cases have }-inch spaces
between the end boards in order to allow ventilation and the escape
of surplus moisture during sweating. The inside of the case, except

5 Unpublished data in files of tobacco investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of
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the ends, is covered with heavy paper. The tobacco is packed length-
wise 1n the case with the butts of the hands outward toward the end
and the tails slightly lapping in the center. It is packed several
inches above the top of the case; then a frame is placed on it and it is
put under a casing press and the tobacco is pressed down until the lid
or top of the case can be nailed on. Each case is marked with the
net weight and gross weight. The cases are then stored in rows 5 to
20 cases high in warehouses especially built for tobacco storage and
sweating. Some of these warehouses have heating equipment and
the sweating is speeded up through the application of artificial heat.

Tobacco of the regular cigar-filler grades of Pennsylvania Seedleaf—
called wrappers by the growers—are usually stemmed just before the
time they enter into the manufacturing process. Tobacco of the
lower grades—called fillers by the growers—is often stemmed months
in advance of use in manufactured products. The scrap chewing
manufacturers as a rule place the strips, or stemmed tobacco, in a
bulk and put it through an additional sweating process. The manu-
facturers of prepared short fillers, or “grinders” as they are known in
the trade, use a considerable quantity of the stemming grades or X
sroup tobacco. This is put through stemming machines, is dried,
stored in bins, and sold to manufacturers of short-filler cigars. The
average stemming loss on all grades of Pennsylvania Seedleaf is about
28 percent. The stemming loss ranges from about 26 to 30 percent.

OHIO, TYPES 42-44

Three types of cigar-filler tobacco are produced in the southwestern
section of Ohio, mostly in Darke, Preble, Butler, Miami, Montgomery,
and Warren Counties. Type 42 is known as Gebhardt; type 43, as
Zimmer or Zimmer Spanish; and type 44, as Dutch or Little Dutch.

In recent years the annual production of the three types has aver-
aged about 24,000,000 pounds. No official estimates are made of the
production of each type separately, but on the basis of average stocks
held by dealers and manufacturers on July 1 of each year since 1929,
the production averages about 37 percent of Gebhardt, 47 percent of
Zimmer, and 16 percent of Dutch.

The general harvesting, curing, marketing, and handling methods
are so similar that in considering losses in weight the three types may
be discussed under one heading. These tobaccos are stalk-cut, air-
cured, and marketed under the country-sales system. The buying is
done in the fall of the year and deliveries are usually made from Jan-
uary to April. Sometimes the movement of the crop from growers’
hands into buyers’ hands is much later and extends into the second
quarter of the year.

Most of the buyers and packers are located in Dayton, but some
are located in small towns throughout the producing district, and some
of the Dayton buyers have packing houses at outlying points. The
growers sort their crop into two major grades locally known as
wrappers and fillers. The so-called wrappers are the actual cigar-
filler grades. The so-called filler grades are suitable for use in scrap
chewing tobacco and are sometimes stemmed and shredded foruse
as short fillers in low-priced cigars. The growers deliver these tobuccos,
packed in cases, to the buyers who usually repack and resort, separa-
ting badly broken, inferior, and damaged leaves. Some buyers
practice bulk-sweating; others case-sweat only. Gebhardt and Zim-

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mer tobaccos usually go through one spring-and-summer natural
sweat and are then taken out of the cases, in the fall, dipped in water,
and force-sweated. This is known as resweating, Dutch tobacco is
seldom dipped and resweated.

The initial loss in handling and packing these types ranges from a
little more than 3 percent to a little more than 4 percent. ‘The loss in
sweating and resweating ranges from about 10% to 12 percent. The —
handling and storage loss on type 44 is somewhat lower than the loss
on types 42 and 43 because it is not resweated. These types lose
between 2 and 3 percent each year while in storage up to the third
year. The loss in stemming Gebhardt averages about 27 percent; in
stemming Zimmer about 28 percent; and in stemming Dutch about
30 percent. The higher stemming loss in Dutch may be attributed to
the narrow, stringy leaves and the consequent larger proportion of
stem to leaf surface.

GEORGIA AND FLORIDA SUN-GROWN, TYPE 45

Georgia and Florida sun-grown tobacco is produced in north-central
Florida and southern Georgia. The principal marketing point is
Quincy, Fla. Production during the last 5 years has ranged from
approximately 1,200,000 pounds to less than 100,000 pounds, aver-
aging around 600,000 pounds annually. This is a cigar-filler type of
tobacco, but the ‘leaves are smaller and of finer texture than those
of other filler types produced in this country, usually ranging in
length from 8 to 14 inches. In general appearance it is similar to
Puerto Rican tobacco.

Georgia and Florida sun-grown tobacco is primed and cured in
barns under natural atmospheric conditions except that during damp
seasons charcoal or coke braziers are sometimes used to prevent pole
sweat or house burn. The greater part is grown under contract
with buyers, but some is sold by private sale on the farm of the
erower. After the tobacco is cured it is tied into hands and deliv-
ered to the packing house either in paper-wrapped bundles or in boxes.

Deliveries are usually made in June and July, with the bulk of
the crop moving in July. The packers untie the hands and pile the
leaves into large bulks ranging from 20,000 to 40,000 pounds each.
As with most filler types, a hard sweat is required ; therefore the
leaves are often sprayed with water when the bulks are turned ® in
order to force the fermentation. This causes the tobacco to become
dark but does not detract from its value. When handled in this
way the temperature of the bulk during fermentation often goes as
high as 150° F

After the fermentation has been completed the leaves are stemmed,
and as the stemming process requires that the leaves be very soft
and pliable, the moisture content is too high for immediate packag-
ing. The strips, or stemmed tobacco, are dried out until the moisture
content is reduced to about 15 percent. The tobacco is then packed
in bales averaging about 160 pounds in weight.

The greater part of the loss in weight in handling Georgia and
Florida sun-grown tobacco occurs before packing and averages about
17.5 percent. Subsequent losses average about 2 percent for each
year that the tobacco is held in storage. The loss in stemming aver-
ages about 21.5 percent.

6 See discussion of turning and rebulking under section on cigar-wrapper tobacco, types 61 and 62, p. 29.

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PUERTO RICAN, TYPE 46

Puerto Rican cigar-leaf tobacco is produced in the central and
inland portion of Puerto Rico. It is marketed and handled at a
number of points on the island. The principal markets are Caguas,
Juncos, Cayey, Comerio, San Lorenzo, and Utuado. The average
annual production for the last 5 years has been about 21,000 000
pounds.

Puerto Rican tobacco is used principally for cigar fillers and the
major portion of it is used in continental United States. The leaves
are smaller and thinner bodied than most of the cigar-filler types
produced in the United States. It is aromatic and has a distinctive
flavor that blends well with other filler types.

It is harvested by both the stalk-cutting and the priming methods.
It is air-cured under natural atmospheric conditions in curing barns
that may be either of wood construction or constructed of poles
thatched with cane or palm leaves.

Tobacco is grown and marketed 1 in Puerto Rico principally under a
system called “‘refractioning.” The growers are supplied by dealers
and merchants with food, fertilizer, and other necessities, and are
obligated to deliver and sell their tobacco to them. The tobacco is
delivered by the growers in large bundles or lots rolled in burlap or
cloth. It is usually marketed between April 1 and July 1, although
some may be delivered as early as March. A limited amount of
sorting is done by the growers based on the position of the leaves on
the plant and on the general quality. The subdivisions that are
made are known by such Spanish terms as Coronas, Resagos, Boliches,
etc. If the tobacco is refractioned through a general merchant it is
~again sold to a regular packer. In the packing houses finer lines of
distinction are drawn as to quality or grade.

Some bulk fermentation is practiced before the removal of the
stems, and some fermentation occurs after stemming. The stemmed
leaf is carefully sorted and graded on the basis of quality, length, and,
to a certain extent, color. About 30 percent of the Puerto Rican
tobacco is packed in barrels for storage and shipment. The remainder
is packed in bales. The size of the bales is approximately 34 by 28
by 30 inches, and the average net weight is approximately 150 pounds.

The loss in weight in handling and packing Puerto Rican tobacco
averages about 12 percent. The loss in the first year after packing,
during which time the first and hardest sweat occurs, averages about
5 percent. The loss in storage during the second year averages
about 2 percent. The loss in stemming averages about 21.5 percent.

CONNECTICUT BROADLEAF, TYPE 51

Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco is produced in the valley of the
Connecticut River from near the Massachusetts State line to Glaston-
bury, Conn., principally on the east side of the river. Some is handled
and packed at various points throughout the valley but Hartford,
Conn., is the principal marketing point. The annual production for
the last 10 years has averaged about 15,000,000 pounds. It is used
principally for cigar binders, but about 15 or 20 percent is used for
wrappers and a small quantity of the lower grades is used in scrap
chewing.

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The leaves are relatively large, ranging in length from about 18 to
24 inches. They are smooth and of good texture, and are brown in
color.

Connecticut Broadleaf is harvested by the stalk-cutting method
and is air-cured in barns under natural atmospheric conditions. After
the tobacco is fully cured and is in good order for handling, it is taken
down and the leaves are stripped from the stalks. It is marketed
under a country-sales system, the buyers visiting the farms of the
erowers and bargaining as to price. From 50 to 60 percent of the
erowers sort their own tobacco after it is stripped from the stalks.
Otherwise the sorting is done in the packing houses of the dealers.
It is sorted into 10 to 12 grades, the major groups of grades being
known as wrappers, seconds, top leaves, fillers, and stemming.
Usually there are several grades of wrappers and seconds. For
delivery by growers, the tobacco, whether sorted or not, usually is
packed in paper-wrapped bundles weighing from 30 to 60 pounds.
Some growers who sort their own tobacco also pack it in cases before
delivery. It is delivered by the growers to the dealers from January
to May; the peak of the deliveries comes in February. Usually most
of the crop is marketed during the first quarter of the year.

Connecticut Broadleaf is not bulk-sweated but is sometimes re-
packed into bundles for sweating. Usually it is packed directly into
cases and put into a sweating room with a temperature of from 85°
to 95° F. for a period of 6 to 8 weeks. About 30 percent is packed in
cases for natural sweat; that is, it is stored in a warehouse with no
temperature control.

The moisture content ranges from 25 to 30 percent at the time of
delivery. The loss in handling and packing ranges from 2 to 5
percent. The loss in weight during the period of the first sweat, or
from the time it is packed until the following fall when it is sampled,
averages about 10 percent. From sampling time to the following
fall the loss ranges from 2 to 3 percent, averaging about 2.5 percent.
If held longer than 2 years there is an additional loss of about 2.5
percent the third year. The stemming loss averages about 22.5

ercent.
CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED, TYPE 52

Connecticut Havana Seed tobacco is produced in the same territory
as Connecticut Broadleaf, and from Greenfield, Mass., to Middle-
town, Conn. Some is grown in the Housatonic Valley. Hartford
is the principal market. The average annual production for 1926
to 1932 was about 17,000,000 pounds. Production declined to about
10,000,000 pounds in 1933, 5,500,000 pounds in 1934, and 6,000,000
pounds in 1935. It is used principally for cigar binders. Although
about the same percentage of Havana Seed as Broadleaf is classified
as wrappers by the packers, the percentage actually used for wrapper
purposes is not as large. The tobacco of the lower grades is used in
scrap chewing. This type as a whole is somewhat thinner bodied
Pea a hagas is very smooth and of fine texture, and runs lighter
in color

In former years part of the Havana Seed crop was primed, but
recently practically all of it has been stalk-cut. It is air-cured in
barns under natural atmospheric conditions. The marketing system
and method of delivery are the same as for Broadleaf except that a
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then sorted by the packers. It is also sized to 2-inch lengths ranging
from 14 to 26 inches, the greater part ranging from 18 to 24 inches.
Deliveries are made by the growers from December to March, in
some years extending into April. Most of the deliveries are usually
made in January.

The packing and fermentation methods employed are similar to
those used in handling Broadleaf. The initial handling and packing
loss ranges from 3 to 6 percent, averaging slightly higher than the
initial loss in handling Broadleaf. The average loss during the period
of the first sweat from packing time to sampling time is about 10
percent. The average loss during the second year is about 2.5 per-
cent, and during the third about 2 percent. The average loss in
stemming is 23 percent.

NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA HAVANA SEED, TYPE 53

New York and Pennsylvania Havana Seed tobacco is produced in
a widely scattered area through northern Pennsylvania and southern
and central New York. The principal marketing points are Elmira
and Syracuse, N. Y. The average annual production for the last
10 years has been about 1,500,000 pounds. The tobacco of this
section has been classified’ as a binder type, but from a type stand-
point two kinds are produced. The Big Flats is a binder type similar
to the Connecticut Havana Seed, and the Onondaga is more of a
filler type. At one time these tobaccos were used principally for
cigar binders and fillers, but more recently the greater part of them
has been used in scrap chewing tobacco.

Type 53 tobacco is stalk-cut and is air-cured in barns under natural
atmospheric conditions. Itis sold mostly at the farms of the growers
by private sale, and delivered to the dealers in paper-wrapped bundles
ranging in weight from 30 to 50 pounds. Little sorting is done by the
erowers. They usually sort into only two grades. The dealers and
packers sort out the binders and fillers from the best of the growers’
grades and pack them in cases. Some bulk-sweating is practiced but
most of the better quality tobacco is packed direct ‘into cases and i is

‘natural sweated.’’ The stemming grades are usually sweated in
the paper-wrapped bundles in which they are delivered by the growers.
Deliveries are usually made in the first quarter of the year, and
most of the packing is done within this period.

The initial loss in handling and packing the better grades, which
are packed direct into cases, averages about 2.5 percent, and the loss
from packing time to sampling time in the fall ranges from 8 to 12
percent, averaging about 10 percent. On that part of the tobacco
which is bulk-sweated before packing the initial loss ranges from 5
to 7 percent, but there is a decrease in the loss during the period of
the first sweat from packing to sampling time. ‘This loss will average
about 6.5 percent. Regardless of the method of handling, the loss
up to sampling time is practically the same, averaging about 12.5
percent. The loss in storage from sampling time to the next fall
averages about 3 percent. If held another year there is an additional
loss of about 1.5 percent. The average loss in stemming is about 26.5
percent. This is slightly higher than for most other cigar-leaf types,
because such a large percentage of this tobacco is used for scrap
chewing. In stemming tobacco for scrap chewing purposes the stem
must be completely removed.

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SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN, TYPES 54 AND 55

Southern Wisconsin tobacco, type 54, is produced in south-central
Wisconsin. Edgerton and J anesville are two of the principal markets.
Northern Wisconsin, type 55, is produced in west-central Wisconsin
and east-central Minnesota. ‘Viroqua and Chippewa Falls are two of
the principal markets. Although these two types are very similar in
general appearance and some grades are exactly comparable, a dis-
tinction is made in the trade on the basis of general quality. For the
last 5 years the average annual production of southern Wisconsin
tobacco has been about ‘16, 500,000 pounds, and of northern Wisconsin
tobacco about 10,000,000 ‘pounds. Although more than 60 percent
of these types is used for scrap chewing purposes, they are classified
as cigar-binder types. A much larger percentage of northern than of
southern Wisconsin tobacco is selected and used for binder purposes.

Considering the types as a whole, the leaves of Wisconsin tobacco
are somewhat larger and coarser than of the binder types produced in
Connecticut. Wisconsin tobacco is stalk-cut and air-cured. It is
marketed by private sale at the farm of the grower or through a
srowers’ cooperative organization. These types are usually marketed
during the first quarter of the year. As a rule, the greater part of
the crop is out of the growers’ hands by the ist of April but some-
times, because of adverse weather, the marketing period extends into
the second quarter. Only a limited amount of sorting is done by the
growers prior to delivery. They sort into two grades known as
wrappers and fillers. The so-called filler grades, usually known in
the trade as stemming, are used principally for scrap chewing. The
tobacco is delivered in paper-wrapped bundles ranging in weight
from 40 to 50 pounds.

The packers sort and size the so-called wrapper grades and from
these select the leaves of binder quality. Most of the Wisconsin —
binder grades are packed direct mto cases after being sorted and
sized, but some are bulk-sweated for about 2 weeks before packing.
The initial loss in handling the better grades when the tobacco is
bulk-sweated ranges from 6 to 10 percent, averaging about 8 percent.
On such bulk-sweated tobacco the loss in weight during the first sweat,
after it is packed in cases until the following fall, averages about 7
percent. When packed direct into cases without bulk-sweating the
initial loss in handling and packing averages about 3 percent, but the
loss during the first sweat is much higher, ranging from 10 to 15
percent, and averaging about 13 percent. The subsequent losses in
storage during the second and third years are about 2 and 1.5 percent,
respectively, regardless of whether the tobacco is bulk-sweated or
packed direct into cases.

The stemming grades of Wisconsin tobacco are usually bulk-
sweated for about a year in the paper-wrapped bundles in which they
are delivered by the growers. Just before being stemmed the
tobacco is taken out of the bundles, the damaged tobacco is thrown
out, moisture is added, and it is rebulked and “resweated for a short
period. The net yield on the stemming grades is somewhat lower
than the net yield on binder grades because of difference in the
sweating processes, and because more damage occurs from black rot
and mold. It is difficult to determine the losses in the progressive
steps of handling, but the total loss averages nearly 20 percent. The

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 29

average stemming loss for southern Wisconsin tobacco is about 23
percent and for northern Wisconsin about 25 percent.

CONNECTICUT SHADE-GROWN, TYPE 61, AND GEORGIA AND
FLORIDA SHADE-GROWN, TYPE 62

As the two types of shade-grown tobacco are very similar in regard
to the cultural and handling methods and as the losses in weight in
handling are comparable, they will be considered together. Connec-
ticut shade-grown i is produced in the valley of the Connecticut River
in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The principal marketing point
is Hartford, Conn. The average annual production for the last
5 years has been about 5,000,000 pounds. Georgia and Florida
shade-grown is produced in north-central Florida and_ southern
Georgia. The principal marketing point is Quincy, Fla. The
average annual production for the last 5 years has been about 2 000,000
pounds.

Shade-grown tobacco is used principally for cigar wrappers. The
leaves are small, usually ranging in length from 10 to 16 inches,
although some leaves are as short as 8 inches and some as long as
20 inches.

Body, texture, elasticity; combustibility, and color are the most
important elements of quality in tobacco for cigar wrappers. Shade-
grown tobacco is very thin and tissuey, 1s of very fine texture, is elastic,
and ranges in color from light tan to light brown. It is essential that
cigar wrappers burn well and evenly, and that the leaves are free of
injury. The greatest care must be exercised by the growers through-
out the culture and handling in order to produce tobacco of such qual-
ity. Production costs are higher for shade-grown than for any other
types. It differs from all other types in that it is produced under
artificial shade. Three kinds of shade are used—slats, cloth, and a
combination of slats and cloth. In recent years the use of cloth has
predominated.

Shade-grown tobacco is harvested by priming or picking the leaves
as they ripen, beginning at the bottom of the stalk and removing two
or three leaves at a time. Each priming is handled separately and the
leaves are carefully carried to the curing barns. When they have
wilted sufficiently to permit handling without breakage, they are
strung beadlike on twine by punching a hole through the butt of the
stem. About 30 leaves are placed on each string, face to face and back
to back. Each end of the string is fastened to a lath and the laths
are hung in the tiers of the curing barn.

The tobacco is watched closely during the curing process and
through a system of regulated and controlled ventilation, tempera-
ture and humidity are kept at the desired point. The procedure
followed is governed by weather conditions.

After the tobacco is thoroughly cured the strings are cut loose from
the ends of the laths, the leaves are drawn together in the center of
the strings, and the free ends of the strings are tied around the butts
- of the leaves, thus forming hands of about 30 leaves each. These
hands are packed in boxes for delivery to the packing houses.

In both Connecticut and Florida the marketing system for shade-
grown tobacco differs from that of other cigar-leaf types. In prac-
tically all cases the packers and dealers are also growers. In addi-
tion to handling their own tobacco, they handle some for other

30 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

srowers on a contract basis specifying prices. Some is raised for
them by sharecroppers, and some is handled, packed, and sold for
other growers on a commission basis. Connecticut shade-grown is
delivered to the packing houses in August, September, and October,
the greater part of the crop usually being delivered before October
1. Georgia and Florida shade-grown is delivered in July, August,
and September, practically all deliveries being completed prior to
October 1.

When shade-grown tobacco arrives at the packing house it is
removed from the boxes and placed in bulks about 5 or 6 feet wide and
from 12 to 16 feet long, and usually about 8 feet high. These bulks
contain from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds. Temperature and humidity
are definitely controlled in the bulking room. A temperature of
75° to 85° F. is usually maintained and the relative humidity 1s not

FIGURE 8.—Stenciling United States Department of Agriculture inspection seal and certificate numbers
on bales of Connecticut shade-grown tobacco.

allowed to fall below 70 percent. A perforated metal tube is placed
through the center of each bulk for the purpose of inserting a
thermometer for inner temperature readings.

The moisture content of the tobacco when placed in the bulks
ranges from 24 to 32 percent. With this moisture content, fermen-
tation starts at once and the temperature of the bulk oradually
increases until within about a week it reaches a maximum of from
110° to 120° F. The maximum temperature attained and the number
of days before a maximum is reached vary with the condition and
quality of the tobacco and the room temperature. When the tem-
perature starts downward the tobacco is turned or is rebulked. In
rebulking the position of the tobacco is reversed; that is, the outer
layers are placed on the inside and the inner layers on the outside of
the new bulk. Fermentation starts again and the temperature
again rises, but much more slowly, and it usually does not reach a

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 2 |

maximum of more than 105° after this first rebulking. The tobacco is
turned again when the maximum temperature is reached. It is
always turned at least three times and sometimes as many as five
rebulkings are necessary. Each time the temperature rises more
slowly and a lower maximum point is reached. Sometimes 15 days
elapse between turnings.

When the tobacco comes out of the bulks it is sorted, sized, tied
into hands, packed loosely in cases, and is placed in a mulling room
for 3 or 4 weeks where a temperature of about 90° F. is maintained.

Shade-grown tobacco is sorted by skilled laborers on the basis of
color, body, texture, uniformity, and injury, and is sized to 1-inch
lengths. It is usually sorted into 10 to 15 grades. When the sorted
and sized tobacco comes out of the mulling room it is packed and
pressed into bales about 32 by 32 by 12 inches, ranging in weight
from 150 to 175 pounds net and averaging about 165 pounds each
(fig. 8). The moisture content at the time of baling ranges from 18
to 20 percent, and as some further fermentation takes place the bales
are usually placed in a warm room for 3 or 4 weeks before they go into
regular storage.

The loss in handling, sorting, and packing shade-grown tobacco
ranges from 9 to 11 percent, averaging about 10 percent. The loss
from packing to sampling time ranges from 2 to 2.5 percent. The
loss in storage from sampling time to the end of the next year ranges
from 2.5 to 3 percent.

Shade-grown tobacco, as a rule, has passed into the hands of manu-
facturers and been used in the manufacture of cigars before it is
2 years old. If it is held longer there is an additional loss of about
2 percent the third year.

The average loss in stemming Connecticut shade-grown is about
18.5 percent and Georgia and Florida shade-grown about 17 percent.

APPENDIX

TasBiE 4.—Flue-cured tobacco, types 11-14: Stocks owned by dealers and manufac-
turers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917-56

Stemmed
Un- Total on
Quarter and year Une stemmed junstemmed
Quantity Srenanicd reported basis
reported equivalent !

Jan. 1: 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pouwnds| 1,000 pounds
1 Qi e = & eeeeN 35, 889 46, 010 296, 572 342, 582
HOM Re Seca te atom 51, 069 65, 470 377, 844 443, 314
1O]O tessa er 52, 192 66, 910 375, 178 442, 088
1920222 eee 36, 357 46, 610 412, 184 458, 794
1G Diliseerene ts 62, 397 - 79, 993 461, 516 541, 509
G22 tne eeee ee 72, 010 92, 317 498, 1438 590, 460
[G23 08 Se nets ae 63, 888 81, 904 480, 517 562, 421
O24 Sei mn 48, 653 62, 373 571, 187 633, 560
192 5x es 40, 463 51, 874 539, 000 590, 874
19262 See 40, 635 52, 094 562, 455 614, 549
O27: Ses ot 58, 346 74, 800 570, 228 645, 028
O28 SS a seoe ee 84, 789 108, 699 671, 745 780, 444
1G 29S wee ae. 96, 488 123, 698 669, 882 793, 580
193 0 eoiee wees 112, 488 144, 210 682, 996 827, 206
[LOZ ereeue rates 127, 719 163, 736 741, 264 905, 000
LOS 2 sre tere at, 128, 983 165, 356 764, 115 929, 471
1933 eeauen es 120, 282 154, 202 649, 215 803, 417
1 OS ARERR ee 123, 802 158, 714 734, 322 893, 036
1935 a2 =e 125, 605 161, 026 697, 608 858, 634
TIGRE oy we 127, 975 164, 064 836, 147 1, 000, 211

ANjoyes IE
[OI Bie noes ee 18, 195 23, 326 235, 965 259, 291
TONE ee 19, 990 25, 627 262, 350 287, 977
ON 30, 892 39, 604 304, 833 344, 437
1 O Gane 38, 422 49, 257 319, 817 369, 074
KON IAs Seen reo 33, 523 42, 976 264, 178 307, 154
LOR Rete 2 Ske 54, 258 69, 559 348, 253 412, 812
LOG ae ae See 52, 484 67, 284 382, 033 449, 317
1O20W eee ees 38, 928 49, 906 376, 404 426, 310
1192 cee 67, 126 86, 056 504, 022 590, 078
1 O22 ie Sean. 71, 945 92, 233 444, 549 536, 782
1923 ee eas 57, 114 73, 220 433, 312 506, 532
O24 eee 41, 678 53, 431 540, 884 594, 315
OD hues 32, 614 41, 811 510, 991 552, 802
NCP ee 39, 259 50, 330 509, 217 559, 547
192, =e ee 52, 290 67, 036 504, 496 571, 532
1:9 2B eesceei is o. - 82, 270 105, 470 596, 688 702, 158
19292 nes 95, 516 122, 452 607, 880 730, 332
1930 Reese ee 108, 479 139, 070 598, 670 737, 740
LOS ieee ee ea 122, 971 157, 649 708, 376 866, 025
MNOS Dee ae eta 120, 058 153, 914 725, 584 879, 498
1933 mien 110, 561 141, 739 569, 719 711, 458
19342 eee 2 Sek 115, 470 148, 033 669, 737 817, 770
1935 eee ees 115, 875 148, 552 615, 641 764, 193
GS OSS yee 120, 517 154, 503 753, 331 907, 834

See footnotes at end of table.

32

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent 2

1,000 pounds
383, 692
496, 512
495, 139
5138, 849
606, 490
661, 315
629, 912
709, 587
661, 779
688, 295
722, 431
874, 097
888, 810
926, 471
013, 600
, 041, 008
899, 827
000, 200
961, 670
120, 236

290, 406
322, 534
385, 769
413, 363
344, 012
462, 349
503, 235
477, 467
660, 887
601, 196
567, 316
665, 633
619, 138
626, 693
640, 116
786, 417
817, 972
826, 269
969, 948
985, 038
796, 833
915, 902
855, 896

1, 016, 774

allen

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
339, 156
438, 881
437, 667
454, 206
536, 094
584, 555
556, 797
627, 224
584, 965
608, 404
638, 578
772, 640
785, 644
818, 934
895, 950
920, 176
795, 383
884, 106
850, 048
990, 209

256, 698
285, 097
340, 993
365, 383
304, 082
408, 684
444, 824
4922, 047
584, 177
531, 414
501, 467
588, 372
547, 274
553, 952
565, 817
695, 136
723, 029
730, 363
857, 365
870, 703
704, 343
809, 592
756, 551
898, 756

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
264, 542
342, 327
341, 380
354, 281
418, 153
455, 953
434, 302
489, 235
456, 273
474, 555
498, 091
602, 659
612, 802
638, 769
698, 841
ONG CB
620, 399
689, 603
663, 037
772, 363

200, 224
222, 376
265, 975
284, 999
237, 184
318, 774
346, 963
329, 197
455, 658
414, 503
391, 144
458, 930
426, 874
439, 083
441, 337
542, 206
563, 963
569, 683
668, 745
679, 148
549, 388
631, 482
590, 110
701, 030

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

33

TABLE 4.—Flue-cured tobacco, types 11-14: Stocks owned by dealers and manufac-
turers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Quarter and year Q <hl ite
uantity
reported stemmed

July 1: 1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds
i 12) ly eee SA 30, 896 39, 609
AGS. ot ee 48, 163 61, 745
IGG" Sr re 41, 224 52, 849
1920 ot a 37, 470 48, 037
12 ees 53, 080 68, 049
1K 9 ages has Se 62, 292 79, 858
1923 ee 51, 956 66, 608
1 yy. Ba ee ee Sa 37, 359 47, 894
NQ25u = Sheree 27, 317 35, 020
192652 see 43, 377 55, 609
197i -_ ae 52, 172 66, 885
1OZ8.. Seer Ss 79, 547 101, 979
1O2QD.S yere 88, 883 113, 948
AOZOL. - ee 101, 942 130, 690
NOSIS = ees 115, 649 148, 262
193 9ue ok SES 102, 371 131, 240
O33 air 2 ee 89, 480 114, 713
193405072 aes 103, 450 132, 623
193 5 ee Soe 106, 723 136, 819
193600222 es 109, 408 140, 261

Octait
NOU 2 ee eee 16, 740 21, 461
LOI3o. ee 18, 023 23, 105
191422 VS 19, 819 25, 408
JOTS== Ese 23, 159 29, 690
1916+ ene 30, 289 38, 830
1 ny ee se 40, 630 52, 088
AGUS eee SEE 42, 287 54, 212
1GIQR ae 34, 032 43, 629
19200. 2 39, 974 51, 247
NOD es = es 55, 022 70, 538
192 2= oe 58, 431 74, 909
LOIS Et a 43, 627 55, 930
iO 24S a= ee 41, 632 53, 372
OZ Guest e Sys 29, 997 38, 456
LO2G eer Tek 49,177 63, 045
1G ay (orate 2 Ts ee 69, 378 88, 943
TODS irc See 89, 657 114, 940
1929 22.5 se 2 104, 547 134, 029
1930S ee 114, 529 146, 826
OSI = er ees 118, 375 151, 757
TOR 2S ee 109, 069 139, 826
1O33s = See es 110, 440 141, 584
HOS4 ee. Eree 115, 457 148, 016
AGS 5a eee ee 117, 664 150, 845
193 Ges ese:

|
|

128, 704

equivalent !)

164, 999

Un-
stemmed
reported

1,000 pounds
222, 540 |
244, 194
286, 053
266, 736
430, 029
378, 406
386, 711
439, 267
434, 994
411, 994
414, 304
485, 441
501, 095
497, 320
561, 103
642, 836
488, 677
548, 614
535, 117
637, 689

220, 449
209, 964
218, 552
253, 613
237, 841
309, 306
299, 213
333, 944
189, 729
427, 717
387, 826
419, 451
468, 388
483, 174
443, 808
511, 293
572, 160
564, 523
573, 240
620, 981
611, 4389
495, 270
643, 965
680, 702
721, 550

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.282 pounds unstemmed.
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.12 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.99 pound unstemmed processing

weight.

Total on
unstemmed
basis

1,000 pounds
262, 149

305, 939
338, 902
314, 773
498, 078
458, 264
453, 319
487, 161
470, 014
467, 603
481, 189
587, 420

615, 043 |

628, 010
709, 365
774, 076
603, 390
681, 237
671, 936
777, 950

241, 910
233, 069
243, 960
283, 303
276, 671
361, 394
353, 425
377, 573
240, 976
498, 255
462, 735
475, 381
521, 760
521, 630
506, 853
600, 236
687, 100
698, 552
720, 066
772, 738
751, 265
636, 854
791, 981
831, 547
886, 549

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent ?

1,000 pounds
293, 607
342, 652
379, 570
352, 546
557, 847
513, 256
507, 717
545, 620
526, 416
523, 715
538, 932
657, 910
688, 848
703, 371
794, 489
866, 965
675, 797
762, 985
752, 568 |
871, 304

270. 939
261, 037
273, 235
317, 299
309, 872
404, 761

395, 836
422, 882
269, 893
558, 046
518, 263
532, 427
584, 371
584, 226
567, 675
672, 264
769, 552
782, 378
806, 474
865, 467
841, 417
713, 276
887, 019
931, 333
992, 935

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight ?

1,000 pounds
259, 528
302, 880
335, 513
311, 625
493, 097
453, 681
448, 786
482, 289
465, 314
462, 927
476, 377
581, 546
608, 893
621, 730
702, 271
766, 335
597, 356
674, 425
665, 217
770, 170

239, 491
230, 738
241, 520
280, 470
273, 904
357, 780
349, 891
373, 797
238, 566
493, 272
458, 108
470, 627
516, 542
516, 414
501, 784
594, 234
680, 229
691, 566
712, 865
765, O11
743, 752
630, 485
784, 061
823, 232
877, 684

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.78 pound stemmed processing weight:

137895°—37——_5

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
202, 432
236, 246
261, 700
243, 068
384, 616
353, 871
350, 053
376, 185
362, 945
361, 083
371, 574
453, 606
474, 937
484, 949
547, 771
597, 741
465, 938
526, 052
518, 869
600, 733

186, 803
179, 976
188, 386
218, 767
213, 645
279, 068
272, 915
291, 562
186, 081
384, 752
357, 324
367, 089
402, 903
402, 803
391, 392
463, 503
530, 579
539, 421
556, 035
596, 709
580, 127
491, 778
611, 568
642, 121
684, 594

o4

CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 5.—Virginia fire-cured tobacco, type 21: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

eee

Quarter

See footnotes at end of table.

and year

Stemmed

; Un-
Quantity
reported stemmed

1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds
2, 123

7

2, 940
4,018

795
413

equivalent !

2, 758
3, 819
5, 219
3, 045
3, 865
2, 541
1, 196
1, 390
1, 234
1, 416
1, 170
1,451
1, 044

843

Un-
stemmed
reported

Total on
unstemmed
basis

1,000 pounds
44, 224
42, 183
42, 455
35, 371
29, 518
34, 571
22, 337
31, 607
37, 502
51, 152
52, 163
55, 884
46, 829
34, 348
32, 829
29, 757
30, 656
22, 718
27, 980
26, 563

45, 447
45, 541
45, 342
53, 050
51, 307
50, 815
53, 611
42, 670
46, 692
36, 473
43, 267
40, 189
54, 951
62, 912
72, 229
63, 559
48, 163
39, 132
37, 721
39, 795
35, 247
36, 816
33, 356
34, 676

1,000 pounds
46, 982
46, 002
47, 674
38, 416
33, 383
37, 112
23, 533
32, 997
38, 736
52, 568
53, 333
57, 335
47, 873
35, 191
33, 560
30, 530
31, 582
23, 226
28, 793
27, 375

56, 372
56, 589
53, 009
58, 911
56, 138
58, 292
61, 379
50, 283
51, 223
39, 992
45, 265
41, 930
56, 227
64, 503

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent 2

1,000 pounds
55, 439
54, 282
56, 255
45, 331
39, 392
43, 792
27, 769
38, 936
45, 708
62, 030
62, 933
67, 655
56, 490
41, 525
39, 601
36, 025
37, 267
27, 407
33, 976
32, 302

66, 519
66, 775
62, 551
69, 515
66, 243
68, 785
72, 427
59, 334
60, 443
47, 191
53, 413
49, 477
66, 348
76, 114
87, 194
77, 102
58, 257
47, 539
45, 496
48, 362
42, 469
44, 710
40, 579
41, 550

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight ?

1,000 pounds
46, 042
45, 082
46, 721
37, 648
32, 715
36, 370
23, 062
32, 337
37, 961
51, 517
52, 266
56, 188
46, 916
34, 487
32, 889
29, 919
30, 950
22, 761
28, 217
26, 828

55, 245
55, 457
51, 949
57, 733
55, 015
57, 126
60, 151
49, 277
50, 199
39, 192
44, 360
41, 091
55, 102
63, 213
72, 415
64, 034
48, 383
39, 481
37, 785
40, 165
35, 271
37, 132
33, 701
34, 508

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
_ 35, 452
34, 713
35, 975
28, 989
25, 191
- 28, 005
17, 758
24, 899
29, 230
39, 668
40, 245
43, 265
36, 125
26, 555
25, 325
23, 038
23, 832
17, 526
21, 727
20, 658

42, 539
42, 702
40, 001
44, 454
42, 362
43, 987
46, 316
37, 943
38, 653
30, 178
34, 157
31, 640
42, 429
48, 674
55, 760
49, 306
37, 255
30, 400
29, 094
30, 927
27, 159
28, 592
25, 950
26, 571

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 35

TaBLE 5.—Virginia fire-cured tobacco, type 21: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on oa converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- ai EE d Stemmed
Quarter and year Re stemmed junstemmed| weight Ween processing
Quantity etomaed reported basis equivalent ? aos ht 8 weight 3
reported | .quivalent ! :

July 1: 1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds
1) 7 eee 3, 542 4, 601 44, 823 49, 424 58, 320 48, 436 37, 296
AGISSe eee 4, 321 5, 613 39, 311 44, 924 53, 010 | 44, 026 33, 900
1OLG iS e 4, 941 6, 418 37, 978 44, 396 52, 387 43, 508 33, 501
1920-2825 oi Seal 52 4, 094 31, 821 35, 915 42, 380 35, 197 27, 102
CYA eS ee 2, 921 3, 794 38, 758 42, 552 50, 211 41, 701 32, 110
ODD Se eee 2, 166 2, 814 29, 263 32, 077 37, 851 31, 435 24, 205
192362 ones 1, 698 2, 206 32, 826 35, 032 41, 338 34, 331 26, 435
117: eae ae as 1, 287 1, 672 36, 542 38, 214 45, 093 37, 450 28, 836
(O25 cane eee (e235 2, 238 47, 744 49, 982 58, 979 48, 982 37, 716
1O2Ge 2s ease 1, 063 1, 381 56, 644 58, 025 68, 470 56, 864 43, 785
17 eee een oe 1, 141 1, 482 63, 911 65, 393 77, 164 64, 085 49, 345
NODS ae ee 1, 138 1, 478 58, 272 59, 750 70, 505 | 58, 555 45, 087
192025 ee 1, 120 1, 455 37, 096 38, 551 45, 490 37, 780 29, 091
19302252 32 sae 758 985 34, 867 35, 852 42, 305 35, 135 27, 054
OSs tee 598 UU 32, 643 33, 420 39, 436 32, 752 25, 219
1939. ee 846 1, 099 35, 397 36, 496 43, 065 35, 766 27, 540
OSB Eee Re ee 567 737 30, 947 31, 684 37, 387 31, 050 23, 908
108 Y Beare Re nae 819 1, 064 31, 411 32, 475 38, 320 31, 826 24, 506
IGE aeeoe oye s 739 960 29, 422 30, 382 35, 851 29, 774 22, 926

6 O36 Se eee 415 539 30, 640 31, 179 36, 791 30, 555 23, 527

Cia:
Gi 2ee ees ne 5, 891 7, 652 28, 702 36, 354 42, 898 35, 627 27, 433
1) Giese ee 6, 989 9, 079 26, 741 35, 820 42, 268 35, 104 27, 030
QUA sae ces a 5, 556 eral 28, 692 35, 909 42, 373 35, 191 27, 097
TO ses et eae ie 4, 195 5, 449 24, 461 29, 910 35, 294 29, 312 22, 570
HOLG Sees ee eer 2, 092 2, 718 36, 664 39, 382 46, 471 38, 594 29, 717
iS 7p eee 2, 787 3, 620 42, 449 46, 069 54, 361 45, 148 34, 764
GUS sie ks ee 3, 640 4, 728 38, 170 42, 898 50, 620 42, 040 32, 371
1O1OR ee 3, 266 4, 243 30, 955 35, 198 41, 534 34, 494 26, 560
1920 Rieesues = 2, 679 3, 480 28, 130 31, 610 37, 300 30, 978 23, 853
NO Dicteses 5 TEIN 2, 280 2, 962 32, 335 35, 297 41, 650 34, 591 26, 635
1922 os ser ae te 1, 466 1, 904 23, 205 25, 109 29, 629 24, 607 18, 947
NOD Reape eee 1, 114 1, 447 25, 857 27, 304 32, 219 26, 758 20, 604
ODA soi ae a 1, 078 1, 400 33, 078 34, 478 40, 684 33, 788 26, 017
G25 a= Be ea 552 717 42, 517 43, 234 51, 016 42, 369 32 624
1926 AS 777 1, 009 49, 147 50, 156 59, 184 49, 153 37, 8438
QZ {ee ae 1, 281 1, 664 54, 865 56, 529 66, 704 55, 398 42, 656
1G28 22 ae 1, 025 1, 331 48,015 49, 346 _58, 228 48, 359 37, 236
O20 Here ss 567 737 30, 701 31, 438 37, 097 30, 809 23, 723
1OS0RS aa ee 513 666 27, 404 28, 070 33, 123 27, 509 21, 182
1OSI eee ee 547 711 28, 060 28, 771 33, 950 28, 196 21, 711
1O3 2 res eee 840 1, 091 31, 376 32, 467 38, 311 31, 818 24, 500
1933 rea es 483 627 26, 423 27, 050 31, 919 26, 509 20, 412
G34 2S ee 825 1, 072 26, 844 27, 916 32, 941 27, 358 21, 066
NGS hen eee ae 525 682 25, 443 26, 125 30, 828 25, 602 19, 714
1936220 350 455 26, 029 26, 484 Seo: 25, 954 19, 985

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.299 pounds unstemmed. :

2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.18 pounds farm -sales weight and 0.98 pound unstemmed processing
weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.77 pound stemmed processing weight.

36

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TaBLe 6.—Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tobacco, types 22 and 23: Stocks
owned by dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a
converted-weignht basis, semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

[Beginning April 1929, factors for types 22 and 23 combined were not used; the figures are the sums of the

Quarter and year

Stemmed

. Un-
Quantity
reported stemmed

equivalent !

individual types}

Un- Total on
stemmed |unstemmed
reported basis

1,000 pownds|1,000 pounds| 1,000 pownds|1,000 pounds
601 3, 423

’

5, 112
3, 428
1, 383
2,772
2,279
912
909
1, 122
772
1, 105
1, 206
902
434
2, 395
570

403
294

See footnotes at end of table.

6, 727
4,511
1, 820
3, 648
2, 999
1, 200
1, 196
1, 477
1, 016
1, 454
1, 587
1, 187

571
3, 152

94, 455 97, 878
112, 006 118, 733
154, 608 159, 119
117, 418 119, 238
135, 394 139, 042
129, 820 132, 819

99, 236 100, 436
112, 844 114, 040
117, 434 118, 911
140, 539 141, 555
131, 234 132, 688
149, 122 150, 709
105, 000 106, 187
106, 426 106, 997

98, 156 101, 308
111, 286 112, 037
152, 520 153, 078
145, 044 145, 360
142, 811 143, 070
155, 421 155, 706
139, 189 144, 115
165, 246 172, 596
153, 294 160, 441
143, 877 149, 477
213, 454 221, 128
140, 024 146, 516
214, 269 220, 732
196, 204 209, 657
176, 225 179, 677
199, 311 202, 910
166, 994 169, 069
158, 546 160, 620
195, 774 198, 184
181, 908 184, 310
197, 380 198, 809
166, 672 168, 435
139, 858 140, 598
157, 863 158, 863
153, 874 154, 571
154, 938 155, 649
197, 926 198, 331
183, 805 184, 240
192, 099 192, 629
202, 195 202, 582 !

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent?

1,000 pounds
101, 793
123, 482
165, 484
124, 008
144, 604
138, 132
104, 453
118, 602
123, 667
147, 217
137, 996
156, 737
110, 434
Tat P27
105, 360
116, 519
169, 201
151, 174
148, 793
161, 934

149, 880
179, 500
166, 859
155, 456
229, 973
152, 377
229, 561
218, 043
186, 864
211, 026
175, 832
167, 045
206, 111
191, 682
206, 761
175, 172
146, 222
165, 218
160, 754
161, 875
206, 264
191, 610
200, 334
210, 685

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
92, 984
112, 796
151, 163
113, 276
132, 090
126, 178
95, 414
108, 338
112, 965
134, 477
126, 054
148, 174
100, 878
101, 647
96, 242
106, 436
145, 424
138, 092
135, 917
147, 920

136, 909
163, 966
152, 419
142, 003
210, 072
139, 190
209, 695
199, 174
170, 693
192, 764
160, 616
152, 589
188, 275
175, 094
188, 869
160, 013
133, 568
150, 920
146, 843
147, 867
188, 415
175, 028
182, 997
192, 453

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
70, 668
85, 725
114, 884
86, 090
100, 388
95, 895
72, 515
82, 337
85, 853
102, 203
95, 801
108, 812
76, 667
77, 252
73, 143
80, 891
110, 522
104, 950
108, 297
112, 419

104, 051
124, 614
115, 838
107, 922
159, 655
105, 784
159, 368
151, 372
129, 727
146, 501
122, 068
115, 968
143, 089
133, 071
143, 540
121, 610
101, 512
114, 699
111, 601
112, 378
143, 195
133, 021
139, 077
146, 264

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

Oo”

TABLE 6.—Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tobacco, types 22 and 23: Stocks
owned by dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a
converted-weight basis, semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Quarter ana year

Stemmed

Un-
stemmed
equivalent!

Quantity
reported

Un-
stemmed junstemmed
reported basis

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.316’ pounds unstemmed.
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.04 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.95 pound unstemmed proc-

essing weight.

Totalon |Farm-sales-

weight
equivalent ?

1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds
6, 438 8, 472 203, 586 212, 058 220, 540
4,701 6, 187 218, 247 224, 434 233, 411
4,915 6, 468 198, 548 205, 016 213, 217
3, 675 4, 836 197, 309 202, 145 210, 231
4,171 5, 489 186, 502 191, 991 199, 671
3, 543 4, 663 175, 872 180, 535 187, 756
1, 826 2, 403 183, 522 185, 925 193, 362
1, 344 1, 769 188, 969 190, 738 198, 368
INS 70) 2, 336 ~ 190, 911 193, 247 200, 977
1, 412 1, 858 192, 642 194, 500 202, 280
1, 102 1, 450 185, 688 187, 138 194, 624
1, 154 1, 519 142, 729 144, 248 150, 018

387 510 133, 332 133, 842 139, 196
479 631 146, 376 147, 007 152, 887
634 835 154, 912 155, 747 161, 976
469 617 176, 510 eG Iz 184, 212
410 540 195, 958 196, 498 204, 358
449 591 179, 899 180, 490 187, 709
310 408 196, 995 197, 403 205, 299
679 894 183, 176 184, 070 191, 432
1, 269 1, 670 89, 828 91, 498 95, 158
2, 881 3, 791 108, 758 112, 549 117, 051
2, 459 3, 236 139, 335 142, 571 148, 274
3, 805 5, 007 146, 029 151, 036 157, 077
4, 382 5, 767 117, 986 123, 753 128, 703
5, 188 6, 827 122, 822 129, 649 134, 835
5, 830 7, 672 191, 277 198, 949 206, 907
1, 542 2, 029 140, 436 142, 465 148, 164
4, 755 6, 258 174, 498 180, 756 187, 986
2, 526 3, 324 153, 204 156, 528 162, 789
1, 385 1, 823 128, 774 130, 597 135, 821
1, 270 1, 671 139, 599 141, 270 146, 921
1, 292 1, 700 142, 153 148, 853 149, 607
1, 274 1, 677 149, 915 151, 592 157, 656
1, 274 1, 677 167, 976 169, 653 176, 439
1, 216 1, 600 160, 723 162, 323 168, 816
1, 124 1, 479 112, 996 114, 475 119, 054
487 641 103, 644 104, 285 108, 457
781 1, 028 106, 275 107, 303 111, 595
2, 248 2, 958 127, 101 130, 059 135, 261
397 523 158, 129 158, 652 164, 998
327 431 165, 200 165, 631 WPL OLY
82 108 155, 943 156, 051 162, 293
252 332 181, 495 181, 827 189, 100
306 403 166, 119 166, 522 173, 183

Un-
stemmed
processing

weightt ?

1,000 pounds
201, 455
213, 212
194, 765
192, 038
182, 391
171, 508
176, 629
181, 201
183, 585
184, 775
177, 781
137, 036
127, 150
139, 657
147, 960
168,.271
186, 673
171, 466
187, 533
174, 866

86, 923
106, 922
135, 442
143, 484
117, 565
123, 167
189, 002
135, 342
171, 718
148, 702
124, 067
134, 206
136, 660
144, 012
161, 170
154, 207
108, 751

99, O71
101, 938
123, 556
150, 720
157, 349
148, 249
172, 736
158, 195

3 1 pound unstemamed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
153, 106
162, 041
148, 021
145, 949
138, 617
130, 346
134, 238
1BYAgAB}
139, 525
140, 429
135, 114
104, 147

96, 634
106, 139
112, 450
127, 886
141, 871
130, 314
142, 525
132, 898

66, 061
81, 261
102, 936
109, 048
89, 349
93, 607
1438, 642
102, 860
130, 506
113, 014
94, 291
101, 997
103, 862
109, 449
122, 489
117, 197
82, 651
75, 294
77, 473
93, 903
114, 547
119, 585
112, 670
131, 280
120, 228

38

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TaBLE 7.—Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tebacco, type 22: Stocks owned by
dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reportedand onaconverted-weight
basis, quarterly 1929-36

Quarter and year

Stemmed

: Un-
Quantity |
reported stemmed

equivalent !

1,000 pounds
170

1,000 pounds
24

|
Un- Total on | Farm-sales-
stemmed junstemmed| weight

reported basis equivalent 2

1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds
79, 215 79, 439 82, 617
77, 449 79, 836 83, 029
83, 287 83, 648 86, 994
113, 001 113, 276 117, 807
105, 411 105, S11 109, 731
15232 115, 344 119, 958
119, 644 119, 836 124, 629
108, 966 109, 181 113, 548
124, 774 125, 299 130, 311
121, 904 122, 225 127, 114
115, 099 115, 467 120, O86
143, 685 148, 823 149, 576
136, 198 136, 447 141, 905
149, 288 149, 556 155, 538
154, 209 154, 499 160, 679
108, 238 108, 345 112, 679
121, 657 122, 048 126, 930
121, 0&8 121, 462 126, 320
128, 761 129, 029 134, 190
148, 091 148, 381 154, 316
136, 227 136, 628 142, 093
155, 486 155, 786 162, 017
143, 201 143, 959 149, 717
82, 967 83, 243 86, 573
87, 416 87, 644 91, 150
100, 610 102, 598 106, 702
119, 408 119, 503 124, 288
138, 411 138, 614 144, 159
125, 071 125, 146 130, 152
142, 627 142, 847 148, 561
129, 266 129, 532 134, 713

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.316 pounds unstemmed.
2] pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.04 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.95 pound unstemmed process-

ing weight.

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
75, 467
75, 844
79, 466
107, 612
100, 235
109, 577
113, 844

103, 722
119, 034
116, 114
109, 694
136, 632
129, 625
142, 078
146, 774

102, 928
115, 946
115, 389
122, 578
140, 962
129, 797
147, 997
136, 761

79, 081
83, 262
97, 468
113, 528
131, 683
118, 889
135, 705
123, 055

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
57, 355
57, 641
60, 394
81, 785
76, 179
83, 279
86, 521

78, 829
90, 466
88, 247
83, 367
103, 840
98, 515
107, 979
111, 548

78, 225
88, 119
87, 696
93, 159
107, 131
98, 646
112, 478
103, 938

60, 102
63, 279
74, 076
86, 281
100, 079
90, 356
103, 136
93, 522

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

39

TaBLe 8.—Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tobacco, type 23: Stocks owned by
dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-

weight basis, quarterly 1929-36

Stemmed
Un-
Quarter and year : ae stemmed
suauly stemmed reported
Pp equivalent !

Un-
Totalon | Farm-sales-
unstemmed}| weight nase “
: J A ess
basis equivalent ?) * i ght 2

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

Jan. A: 1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds |1 OOO DOMES 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds
1980222 - 2 ees 264 347 27, 211 27, 558 28, 660 26, 180 19, 897
1QSt=22ct ee 581 765 20, 707 21, 472 22, 331 20, 398 15, 502
19325202 296 390 27, 999 28, 389 29, 525 26, 970 20, 497
1O33 ore eh 215 283 39, 519 39, 802 41, 394 37, 812 28, 737
19342 Ut vee 2 164 216 39, 633 39, 849 41, 443 37, 857 28, 771
935s >= 112 147 27, 579 27, 726 28, 835 26, 340 20, 018
IQSGE RSW. EN. 71 93 35, 777 35, 870 37, 305 34, 076 25, 898

Apr. 1: -

19292 ke eee 399 525 30, 892 31, 417 32, 674 29, 846 22, 683
1G30Fs= Spee 361 475 33, 089 33, 564 34, 907 31, 886 24, 233
10°31) [eee tee 2 oem 286 376 31, 970 32, 346 33, 640 30, 729 23, 354
193226 ees 261 343 39, 839 40, 182 41, 789 38, 173 29, 011
19332 2 203 267 54, 241 54, 508 56, 688 51, 783 39, 355
O34 oe es 141 186 47, 607 47, 793 49, 705 45, 403 34, 506
19352502 ee 199 262 42, 811 43, 073 44, 796 40, 919 31, 098
1036 == ee 74 97 47, 986 48, 083 ~ 50, 006 45, 679 34, 716
July 1:
1/4) Beare aoe = 3 Ae 306 403 25, 094 25, 497 26, 517 24, 222 18, 409
1930.22 2 eee 182 240 24, 719 24, 959 25, 957 23, 711 18, 020
AQSIC Sie AES 350 461 33, 824 34, 285 35, 656 32, 571 24, 754
GS Y ie eee 265 349 47, 749 48, 098 50, 022 45, 693 34, 727
1OSSeL et eae 190 250 47, 867 48, 117 50, 042 45, 711 34, 740
1O345> = 144 190 43, 672 43, 862 45, 616 41, 669 31, 668
QS hac ee RL 82 108 41, 509 41, 617 43, 282 39, 536 30, 047
A OS ge ees 103 136 39, 975 40, 111 41,715 38, 105 28, 960
(Gis ie
1920 see ee 2 277 365 20, 677 21, 042 21, 884 19, 990 15, 192
1K (eee SS = ee 608 800 18, 859 19, 659 20, 445 18, 676 14, 194
193le = eee 737 970 26, 491 27, 461 28, 559 26, 088 19, 827
1O325 Soweto 325 428 38, 721 39, 149 40, 715 37, 192 28, 266
1G RS ees 173 228 26, 789 27, 017 28, 098 25, 666 19, 506
1G 34a ees eS 25 33 30, 872 30, 905 32, 141 29, 360 22, 314
1935-2 5 ee 85 112 38, 868 38, 980 40, 539 37, 031- 28, 144
19365 22 Nee 104 137 36, 853 36, 990 38, 470 35, 140 26, 706

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.316 pounds unstemmed.
?1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.04 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.95 pound unstemmed

processing weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

AO CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TasBLe 9.—Henderson Stemming tobacco, type 24: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- St ee Stemmed
Quarter and year Ofte stemmed |unstemmed} weight aGseetn processing
Quantity Sheramed reported basis equivalent 2 sa ht 8 weight 3
reported equivalent ! ‘

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds) 1 1009 DounGs 1,000 pounds LON poUnes BODOG 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds
TG pla NA ; : , 85 : : 5, 446 é
GSS sees ae 8, 324 10, 954 7, 157 18, 111 20, 375 17, 387 13, 244
1O1OLC sae 10, 287 13, 538 9, 825 23, 363 26, 283 22, 428 17, 045
1920-2245 1, 350 UE Ce 4, 549 6, 326 Ula 6, 073 4, 615
THO VA Dig 2 ah 4, 020 5, 290 5, 796 11, 086 12, 472 10, 643 - 8, 089
1922 ee eee 461 607 7, 714 8, 321 9, 361 7, 988 6, 071
192322 =— eee 173 228 5, 167 5, 395 6, 069 5, 179 3, 936
ODA Sane seer 399 525 3, 684 4, 209 4,735 4, 041 3, 071
1925 ss ae aenes 49 64 5, 089 5, 153 5, 797 4, 947 3, 760
19262. 22-222 744 979 6, 895 7, 874 8, 858 7, 559 5, 745
192 (ese see 723 951 5, 421 6, 372 7, 168 6, 117 4, 649
The PAS wet 1125 1, 481 6, 569 8, 050 9, 056 7, 728 5, 873
TKS 22 Fetes pe 179 236 3, 268 3, 504 3, 942 3, 364 94, GY
1030S. ees 80 105 2, 714 2, 819 3, 171 2, 706 2, 057
(O31 see 146 192 3, 642 3, 834 4, 313 3, 681 2, 798
1933.2 438 576 2, 745 3, 321 3, 736 3, 188 2, 423
1933 eee 359 472 2, 750 3, 222 3, 625 3, 093 2, 351
OSA epee 5 U 3, 586 3, 593 4, 042 3, 449 2, 621
O35 ea eee 98 129 2, 579 2, 708 3, 046 2, 600 1, 976

rR 193625223253 55 72 3, 245 3, 317 3, 732 3, 184 2, 420

Usp:
113 See 203 267 13, 007 13, 274 14, 933 12, 743 9, 685
IOLA ees 884 1, 163 8, 314 9, 477 10, 662 9, 098 6, 914
[O15 m2 ae 32 42 11, 756 11, 798 13, 273 11, 326 8, 608
1LOVGee=s eee 599 788 11, 488 12, 276 13, 810 11, 785 8, 957
Gee eee 7, 983 10, 506 11, 025 21, 531 24, 222 20, 670 15, 709
1OUSu 2 ae ee 9, 260 12, 186 16, 127 28, 313 31, 852 27, 180 20, 657
OIG Es seas 6, 684 8, 796 19, 548 28, 344 31,887 | - 27,210 20, 680
19202 eee 6, 119 8, 053 10, 903 18, 956 21, 326 18, 198 13, 830
TAO EE es sel 2, 566 3, 377 10, 913 14, 290 16, 076 13, 718 10, 426
192222 eee 4,198 5 525 9, 497 15, 022 16, 900 14, 421 10, 960
1923 ace See 2, 134 | 2, 808 11, 102 13, 910 15, 649 13, 354 10, 149
| O24 Ms eee 1, 322 1, 740 10, 305 12, 045 13, 551 11, 563 8, 788
1 Tene a 2, 303 | 3, 031 11, 292 14, 323 16, 113 13, 750 10, 450
1OQG meses oe 1, 616 2, 127 12, 169 14, 296 16, 083 13, 724 10, 430
ik 27( Sa ee sate /es 1, 549 10, 013 11, 562 13, 007 11, 100 8, 436
LQ 28 eee ee 935 1, 230 7, 454 8, 684 9,770 8, 337 6, 336
1920 se ee ses 344 453 22515 2, 968 3, 339 2, 849 2, 165
OZQRE Nene A 622 819 4, 467 5, 286 5, 947 5, 075 3, 857
LOSE Sees 703 925 7, 816 8, 741 9, 834 8, 391 6, 377
JOZQE Ses es 579 762 4, 655 5, 417 6, 094 5, 200 3, 952
NOS3 eee 473 622 7, 862 8, 484 9, 544 8, 145 6, 190
NQSA Nes eee 151 199 4, 660 4, 859 5, 466 4, 665 3, 545
1O3 5 eS ae 420 553 4, 167 4, 720 5, 310 4, 531 3, 444
1.936555 eerie 342 450 4, 258 4, 708 5, 296 4, 520 3, 435

See footnotes at end of table.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

4]

TaBLE 9.—Henderson Stemming tobacco, type 24: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36—Continued

Quarter and year

Stemmed
Un-
Quantity stemmed

reported equivalent!
1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds
10, 882 14, 321
11, 011 14, 490
8, 438 11, 104
7, 839 10, 316
2, 686 3, 535
2, 325 3, 060
1, 855 2, 441
1, 261 1, 659
794 1, 045
1, 553 2, 044
1, 767 2, 325
958 1, 261
281 370
408 537
865 1, 138
305 401
178 234
174 229
152 200
182 240
1 1
3, 730 4, 909
241 317
163 215
2, 240 2, 948
10, 623 13, 980
15, 643 20, 586
4, 027 5, 300
6, 799 8, 947
1, 743 2, 294
414 545
220 290
373 491
651 857
990 1, 303
1, 239 1, 631
659 867
20 26
69 91
728 958
389 512
13 17
170 224
56 74
70 92

Un- Total on
stemmed /unstemmed
reported basis

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent ?

1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds
2

21, 24, 606
21, 127 35, 617 40, 069
9, 154 20, 258 22, 790
10, 008 20, 324 22, 864
8, 690 12, 225 13, 753
5, 045 8, 105 9, 118
6, 712 9, 153 10, 297
4, 700 6, 359 7, 154
7, 679 8, 724 9, 814
9, 106 11, 150 12, 544
8, 220 10, 545 11, 863
4, 356 5, 617 6, 319
1, 007 1, 377 1, 549
1, 883 2, 420 2, 722
3, 347 4, 485 5, 046
4, 881 5, 282 5, 942
5, 427 5, 661 6, 369
3, 922 4, 151 4, 670
3, 633 3, 833 4,312
3, 812 4, 052 4,558
1, 022 1, 023 1, 151
4, 088 8, 997 10, 122
1, 739 2, 056 2, 313
2, 261 2, 476 2, 786
2, 409 5, 357 6, 027
5, 799 19, 779 22, 251
7, 244 27, 830 31, 309
3, 505 8, 805 9, 906
5, 333 14, 280 16, 065
6, 187 8, 481 9, 541
3, 478 4, 023 4, 526
2, 801 3, 091 3, 477
3, 438 3, 929 4, 420
5, 186 6, 043 6, 798
6, 371 7, 674 8, 633
6, 003 7, 634 8, 588
3, 924 4,791 5, 390
691 717 807
667 758 853
2, 374 3, 332 3, 748
3, 758 4, 270 4, 804
3, 993 4,010 4, 511
3, 994 4, 218 4,745
3, 469 3, 543 3, 986
3, 049 3, 141 3, 534

ee Stemmed
processing Diocese ne
weight 2 weight

1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds

20, 997 15, 958
34, 192 25, 986
19, 448 14, 780
19, 511 14, 828
11, 736 8, 919
7, 781 5, 914
8, 787 6, 678
6, 105 4, 640
8, 375 6, 365
10, 704 8, 135
10, 123 7, 693
5, 392 4, 098
1, 322 1, 005
2, 323 1, 765
4, 306 3, 273
5, 071 3, 854
5, 435 4,131
3, 985 3, 029
3, 680 2, 797
3, 890 2, 956
982 746

8, 637 6, 564
1, 974 1, 500
2, 377 1, 807
5, 143 3, 909
18, 988 14, 431
26, 717 20, 305
8, 453 6, 424
13, 709 10, 419
8, 142 6, 188
3, 862 2, 935
2, 967 2, 255
3, 772 2, 867
5, 801 4, 409
7, 367 5, 599
7, 329 5, 570
4, 599 3, 495
688 523
728 553

3, 199 2, 431
4, 099 3, 115
3, 850 2, 926
4, 049 3, 077
3, 401 2, 585
3, O15 2, 291

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.316 pounds unstemmed.
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.125 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.96 pound unstemmed proc-

essing weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

42

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TaBLE 10.—Burley tobacco, type 31: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers in
the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

Stemmed
Un-
Quarter and year He stemmed
Quantity Stonnncd reported
reported equivalent!

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds
IOije od tales 52, 022 70, 136, 136
1OISEe= ssa 45, 256 61, 141 131, 951
HOLQE= Ss See se 47, 698 64, 440 91, 340
PO20 45. 22 ee 61, 398 82, 949 165, 881
POD TieE ees 68, 684 92, 792 169, 083
1O22205_ ees 56, 382 16, L722 237, 224
1923-52 eae 43, 412 58, 650 239, 319
19242. ees 44, 675 60, 356 289, 451
O25 2 2c 58, 983 79, 686 346, 659
192682222 2 51, 200 69, 171 411, 605
NO Z(Ee2e Seo 43, 097 58, 224 426, 714
[ODS aa x heh re 56, 302 76, 064 381, 966
1929005 aes 57, 305 77, 419 297, 467
1930S. 52 seen 51, 691 69, 835 301, 112
FOS = Boe 48, 173 65, 082 359, 384
NOS Zee Le 52, 088 70, 371 438, 526
19332. eee 68, 068 91, 960 551, 622
1934 == Sees 74, 649 100, 851 510, 603
193522" See 89, 349 120, 710 601, 595
1936822 sees 67, 372 91, 020 631, 811

APE Ls
10 ee ee 75, 367 101, 821 ZAM TAL
OTL Ser ase 73, 805 99, 711 237, 483
LOLS a eae 84, 823 114, 596 258, 916
1GIGL se Ses 83, 610 112, 957 235, 827
ROY Er dpe hal oe Sp 50, 971 68, 862 272, 221
TOTS 2s: eee re 45, 799 61, 874 260, 838
(91922: 52 Ee 2 59, 943 80, 983 273, 969
19205— 2 2 taes 53, 680 b2RD22, 274, 455
LO2Ies ees 66, 461 89, 789 332, 540
LO2208 242 ee = 56, 924 76, 904 338, 103
[G238e Se seae = 40, 666 54, 940 422, 348
LG TAS ee ES 58, 859 79, 519 483, 550
[O25 eee ee 61, 971 83, 723 500, 798
POZ6 esas eee 56, 556 76, 407 521, 742
19D ae fee 50, 603 68, 365 535, 734
{ODS MET s Coe 64, 048 86, 529 411, 460
1929 52 ee 59, 674 80, 620 406, 267
tO30e2 ae 58, 218 78, 653 448, 160
LOSS veneers 61, 078 82, 516 506, 932
TRO RYN ok 70, 436 95, 159 632, 398
TORE Gene ae eal 81, 024 109, 463 663, 140
O34. vs ees 90, 813 122, 688 738, 780
1935s. bee 91, 776 123, 981 698, 756
LOSGSeS eee 73, 147 98, 822 658, 021

See footnotes at end of table.

Total on
unstemmed
basis

1,000 pounds
206, 418
193, 092
155, 780
248, 830
261, 875
313, 396
297, 969
349, 807
426, 345
480. 776
484, 938
458, 030
374, 886
370, 947
424, 466
508, 897
643, 582
611, 454
722, 305
722, 831

353, 532
337, 194
373, 512
348, 784
341, 083
322, 712
354, 952
346, 977
422, 329
415, 007
477, 288
563, 069
584, 521
598, 149
604, 099
497, 989
486, 887
526, 813
589, 448
727, 557
772, 603
861, 468
822, 737
756, 843

Un-

Farm-sales- Stemmed
weight ee processing

equivalent 2 Eola ig | weight 3

1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds
231, 188 199, 193 147, 403
216, 263 186, 334 137, 887
174, 474 150, 328 111, 243
278, 690 240, 121 177, 690
293, 300 252, 709 187, 005
351, 004 302, 427 223, 796
3335 020 287, 540 212, 780
391, 784 337, 564 249, 797
477, 506 411, 423 304, 453
538, 469 463, 949 343, 322
543, 131 467, 965 346, 294
512, 994 441, 999 327, 079
419, 872 361, 765 267, 706
415, 461 357, 964 264, 893
475, 402 409, 610 303, 111
569, 965 491, 086 363, 404
720, 812 621, 057 459, 582
684, 828 590, 053 436, 639
808, 982 697, 024 515, 798
809, 571 697, 532 516, 174
395, 956 341, 158 252, 457
377, 657 325, 392 240, 790
418, 333 360, 439 266, 725
390, 638 336, 577 249, 067
382, 013 329, 145 243, 567
361, 437 311, 417 230, 449
397, 546 342, 529 253, 471
388, 614 334, 833 247, 776
473, 008 407, 547 301, 585
464, 808 _ 400, 482 296, 357
534, 563 460, 583 340, 831
630, 637 543, 362 402, 088
654, 664 564, 063 417, 407
669, 927 577, 214 427, 138
676, 591 582, 956 431, 387
557, 748 480, 559 355, 614
545, 313 469, 846 347, 686
590, 031 508, 375 376, 198
660, 182 568, 817 420, 925
814, 864 702, 093 519, 549
865, 315 745, 562 551, 716
964, 844 831, 317 615, 175
921, 465 793, 941 587, 516
847, 664 730, 353 540, 461

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

43

TaBLE 10.—Burley tobacco, type 31: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers in
the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Un-
Quarter and year ’ i stemmed
Seger Sfomaned reported

July 1: 1,000 pounds
LQ ere te ee 48, 248
NQUSZ Seis ee 45, 782
LOIGRE Sees 63, 330
O20 eee a get Se 60, 516
192 es ees 66, 961
1922 Beene 55, 878
HO Q3 i= Bae 42, 204
OAR eee awe! 65, 290
O25 ese Paes ae 58, 985
19260 Saree 53, 780
NOD (2c set ae 53, 014
G28 soe 65, 994
LG 29M se Anes = 65, 081
LOSOLa Ss Lewes 58, 127
1OZTR eS eee 61, 593
O32 tases ee 70, 310
NO33e22. Bi eee 81, 134
19842 eas tee 92, 241
1OSDEE al eaeee= 85, 869
1986. S2- 3) wees 72, 332

Octal:

TICS I ay the 72, 244
GIB Rts eee 67, 527
1 O14 Sa peak 69, 460
12) UG peas Sere oes 82, 688
NOUGE Stas: 62, 114
QUE see cae 44, 570
AGUS Sik ese 46, 445
TGIO EE a 2 see 62, 142
1920 E S22 5 eee 60, 092
O21 oo eae 59, 529
GQ 22S ae faite 47, 300
1023 eee ear 40, 386
1924) Soon 65, 249
HOD Eas as eee 52, 518
1920622 ia 48, 992
NOD = tases 51, 997
Os a ar, at 60, 280
920 aed 55, 870
1930s ee 52, 199
ROS Tite Sees 53, 441
13225 Ses 65, 248
USE eee 77, 442
POSS see 90, 008
HOSS ae 75, 696
TGR a See a 62, 746

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.351 pounds unstemmed.

equivalent !

1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds
65, 183 225, 783
61, 851 201, 723
85, 559 224, 235
81, 757 259, 702
90, 464 304, 701
75, 491 285, 547
57, 018 362,.785
88, 207 416, 911
79, 689 439, 061
72, 657 470, 434
71, 622 465, 348
89, 158 345, 101
87, 924 331, 460
78, 530 380, 532
83, 212 438, 449
94, 989 580, 856

109, 612 596, 455
124, 618 671, 902
116, 009 641, 068
97, 721 585, 893
97, 602° 1438, 063
91, 229 157, 671
93, 840 134, 212
111, 711 167, 116
83, 916 137, 207
60, 214 163, 023
62, 747 148, 692
83, 954 167, 749
81, 184 207, 698
80, 424 264, 823
63, 902 233, 556
54, 561 302, 499
88, 151 363, 083
70, 952 406, 569
66, 188 417, 045
70, 248 399, 254
81, 438 287, 547
75, 480 276, 512
70, 521 320, 833
72, 199 383, 361
88, 150 521, 312
104, 624 538, 488
121, 601 610, 843
102, 265 585, 114
84, 770 5238, 882

Total on | Farm-sales-
unstemmed}] weight
basis equivalent 2

1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds

290, 966 325, 882
263, 574 295, 203
309, 794 346, 969
341, 459 382, 434
395, 165 442, 585
361, 038 404, 363
419, 803 470, 179
505, 118 565, 732
518, 750 581, 000
543, 091 608, 262
536, 970 601, 406
434, 259 486, 370
419, 384 469, 710
459, 062 514, 149
521, 661 584, 260
675, 845 756, 946
706, 067 790, 795
796, 520 892, 102
757, 077 847, 926
683, 614 765, 648
240, 665 269, 545
248, 900 278, 768
228, 052 255, 418
278, 827 312, 286
221, 123 247, 658
228, 237 250, 025
206, 439 231, 212
251, 703 281, 907
288, 882 323, 548
345, 247 386, 677
297, 458 333, 153
357, 060 399, 907
451, 234 505, 382
477, 521 534, 824
483, 233 541, 221
469, 502 525, 842
368, 985 413, 263
351, 992 394, 231
391, 354 438, 316
455, 560 510, 227
609, 462 682, 597
643, 112 720, 285
732, 444 820, 337
687, 379 769, 864
608, 652 681, 690

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
280, 782
254, 349
298, 951
329, 508
381, 334
348, 402
405, 110
487, 439
500, 594
524, 083
518, 176
419, 060
404, 706
442, 995
503, 403
652, 190
681, 355
768, 642
730, 579
659, 688

232, 242
240, 188
220, 070
269, 068
213, 384
215, 424
199, 214
242, 893
278, 771
333, 163
287, 047
344, 563
435, 441
460, 808
466, 320
453, 069
356, 071
339, 672
377, 657
439, 615
588, 131
620, 603
706, 808
663, 321
587, 349

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
207, 779
188, 218
221, 224
243, 836
282, 187
257, 817
299, 781
360, 705
370, 440
387, 821
383, 450
310, 104
299, 482
327, 816
372, 518
482, 621
504, 203
568, 795
540, 628
488, 169

171, 859
177, 739
162, 852
199, 110
157, 904
159, 414
147, 418
179, 741
206, 291
246, 541
212, 415
254, 977
322, 226
340, 998
345, 077
335, 271
263, 493
251, 357
279, 466
325, 315
435, 217
459, 246
523, 038
490, 858
434, 638

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.12 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.965 pound unstemmed process-

ing weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.74 pound stemmed processing weight.

44 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TABLE 11.—Southern Maryland tobacco, type 32: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted- weight baszs,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

Stemmed
——— eS Un- Totalon |Farm-sales- Stanrnisal Stemmed
‘Quarter and year aS stemmed junstemmed}] weight - Geen processing
Quantity oad reported basis equivalent? Bee ht 8 weight 3
reported | .quivalent! g

Jan. 1: 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds|\1,000 pownds| 1 000 pounds
1OL7 =e 713 963 7,976 8, 939 9, 118 8, 492 6, 284
19182 22 Sas 788 1, 065 17, 657 18, 722 19, 096 17, 786 13, 162
191922 2 eee 704 951 17, 923 18, 874 19, 251 17, 930 13, 268
1920.22 hee 670 905 20, 586 21, 491 21, 921 20, 416 15, 108
1O212 5 tas 1, 024 1, 383 15, 525 16, 908 17, 246 16, 063 11, 887
1Q222~ 2 eee 891 1, 204 13, 226 14, 440 14, 729 13, 718 10, 151
19235.=2 Sees 1, 497 2, 022 9,176 11, 198 11, 422 10, 638 7, 872
1924242 5 eee 734 992 6, 108 7, 100 7, 242 6, 745 4,991
925. eee 1, 812 2, 448 9, 646 12, 094 12, 336 11, 489 8, 502
192625) eae 829 1, 120 14, 154 15, 274 15, 579 14, 510 10, 737
OD cscs Sees 547 739 18, 152 18, 891 19, 269 17, 946 13, 280
1998) ==- 5 ree 410 554 14, 904 15, 458 15, 767 14, 685 10, 867
1OQQe = Se wee 758 1, 024 19, 487 20, 511 20, 921 19, 485 14, 419
930i Sees 999 1, 350 14, 305 15, 655 15, 968 14, 872 11, 005
18 eee et 844 1, 140 16, 194 17, 334 17, 681 16, 467 12, 186
19322 2) ees 937 1, 266 20, 061 21, 327 21, 754 20, 261 14, 993
1933-27 1, 000 1, 351 30, 325 31, 676 32, 310 30, 092 22, 268
19340 eee 506 684 37, 483 38, 167 38, 930 36, 259 26, 832
1935. 222s eee 1, 597 2, 158 33, 163 35, 321 36, 027 33, 555 24, 831
1936.22 eee 512 692 37, 135 37, 827 38, 584 35, 936 26, 593

Apr. 1:
O13 252 5 ers 273 369 3, 672 4, 041 4, 122 3, 839 2, 841
Ky ee Se oe 551 744 3, 513 4, 257 4, 342 4, 044 2, 993
1915.2 eS 694 938 9, 183 10, 121 10, 323 9, 615 Up Gs
1QIGS2 <= Sees 818 1, 105 5, 639 6, 744 6, 879 6, 407 4, 741
110) ty Re gi ae 830 119A 8, 221 9, 342 9, 529 8, 875 6, 568
(O18 orca eee 1, 686 2, 278 13, 573 15, 851 16, 168 15, 058 11, 143
FOL. ee 812 1, 097 16, 505 17, 602 17, 954 16, 722 12, 374
1920: 222 aoe 1,010 1, 365 15, 840 17, 205 17, 549 16, 345 12, 095
1971 ee ee 772 1, 043 13, 715 14, 758 15, 053 14, 020 10, 375
1922" 20> eee 1, 022 1, 381 11, 505 12, 886 13, 144 12, 242 9, 059
192302 eae: 1, 541 2, 082 4, 539 6, 621 - 6, 753 6, 290 4, 655
ODA: 55) Sea 769 1, 039 4,010 5, 049 5, 150 4, 797 3, 550
O25 Se Seer 1, 935 2, 614 Us evi 9, 751 9, 946 9, 263 6, 855
1926S eee 872 1, 178 9, 004 10, 182 10, 386 9, 673 7, 158
LOD [pe sce ieee 2 808 1, 092 11, 639 12, 731 12, 986 12, 094 8, 950
1O2Sheaw Siaere 594 802 10, 254 11, 056 7/7 10, 503 Wnce
[G29h 2s. fakes 895 1, 209 12, 239 13, 448 13, 717 12, 776 9, 454
LOZQ US a sree 940 1, 270 11, 020 12, 290 12, 536 11, 676 8, 640
TOS es Peete 716 967 13, 899 14, 866 15, 163 14, 123 10, 451
O39 200. ee 1, 806 2, 440 17, 753 20, 193 20, 597 19, 183 14, 195
9332. SES 516 697 28, 731 29, 428 30, 017 27, 957 20, 688
O34 ss eee 765 1, 034 31, 156 32, 190 32, 834 30, 580 22, 629
O35 2s ee 821 1, 109 31, 294 32, 403 33, 051 30, 783 22,779
1108 (pee 450 608 30, 915 31, 523 32, 153 29, 947 22, 161

See footnotes at end of table.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT A5

TasLE 11.—Southern Maryland tobacco, type 32: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—386—Continued.

Stemmed
ET Un- Total on |Farm-sales- t Un- d Stemmed
Quarter and year ue stemmed |unstemmed| weight stemmed | processing
Quantity | sommeq | reported basis _ jequivalent 2} Processing | “eight 3
reported equivalent ! eer

July 1: 1,000 pownds |i ,000 pownds|1,000 pownds| 1,000 pownds | 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pownds
118) by Aa ee aoe 845 1, 142 10, 247 11, 389 IDE h 7 10, 820 8, 007
AQIS ae ee 155 1, 560 13, 093 14, 653 14, 946 13, 920 10, 301
GIG Hs ena ater 1, 057 1, 428 13, 530 14, 958 15, 257 14, 210 10, 515
1920 Fee eee 1, 604 2, 167 8, 446 10, 613 10, 825 10, 082 7, 461
19212 pee 691 934 11, 744 12, 678 12, 932 12, 044 8, 913
NO220e Lees 1, 396 1, 886 9, 975 11, 861 12, 098 11, 268 8, 338
HO 23 ee eee 1, 082 1, 462 3, 937 5, 399 5, 507 5, 129 3, 795.
NO24e ene 856 1, 156 6, 885 8, 041 8, 202 7, 639 5, 653
025m == eee 1, 512 2, 043 7, 246 9, 289 9, 475 8, 825 6, 5380
1926225 697 942 ~ 7, 506 8, 448 8, 617 8, 026 5, 939
NOD Fes 2 BREE 830 1,121 11, 693 12, 814 13, 070 12, 173 9, 008
19282 ee ; 1, 264 1, 708 10, 840 12, 548 12, 799 11, 921 8, 822
G20 ne oe ee 1, 713 2,314 11, 580 13, 894 14, 172 13, 199 9, 767
CRE ee se 1, 250 1, 689 8, 303 9, 992 10, 192 9, 492 7, 024
HOSTS See 1, 502 2, 029 10, 254 12, 283 12, 529 11, 669 8, 635
M9320 ee 1, 249 1, 687 20, 428 22, 115 22, 057 21, 009 15, 547
1933 eosin 1, 259 1, 701 27, 185 28, 886 29, 464 27, 442 20, 307
OS Ae we age 1, 007 1, 360 28, 590 29, 950 30, 549 28, 452 21, 054
NO35e= = 22 eee 1, 190 1, 608 28, 115 29, 723 30, 317 28, 237 20, 895

On Pee Lek see 1, 026 1, 386 » 27, 809 29, 195 29, 779 27, 735 20, 524

Clanlt:

NON Zee oo eS 249 336 6, 395 6, 731 6, 866 6, 394 4,732
TKS) Ks ee ae 401 542 6, 371 6, 913 7, 051 6, 567 4, 860
11,0) I: Series 398 538 7, 438 7, 976 8, 1386 OU 5, 607
OTS ES =e eee 939 1, 269 16, 690 17, 959 18, 318 17, 061 12, 625
GHG ss See 854 1, 154 9, 791 10, 945 11, 164 10, 398 7, 695
NON ee See 1, 083 1, 463 17, 1438 18, 606 18, 978 17, 676 13, 080
AGI St AR 1, 033 1, 396 18, 336 19, 732 20, 127 18, 745 13, 871
NGO )se se seer 881 1, 190 20, 690 21, 880 22, 318 20, 786 15, 382
1920 n= = 22 eee 1, 276 1, 724 17, 202 18, 926 19, 305 17, 980 13, 305
NOD» = 5 ae 857 1, 158 18, 547 19, 705 20, 099 18, 720 13, 853
MOD 25 See ay See 1, 160 1, 567 15, 784 17, 351 17, 698 16, 483 12, 197
IG 230 a eee 788 1, 065 11, 787 12, 852 13, 109 12, 209 9, 035
WG Dap sees eae 1, 145 1, 547 14, 087 15, 634 15, 947 14, 852 10, 990
192522. ae 1, 035 1, 398 15, 643 17, 041 17, 382 16, 189 11, 980
1926 e252 Sa 878 1, 186 18, 471 19, 657 20, 050 18, 674 13, 819
O22 oe 574 775 21, 325 22, 100 22, 542 20, 995 15, 536
O28 Meee eee 1, 335 1, 804 23, 797 25, 601 26, 113 24, 321 17, 998
TiS AC ee el 1, 646 2, 224 17, 336 19, 560 19, 951 18, 582 13, 751
UCR ese 1, 461 1, 974 15, 706 17, 680 18, 034 16, 796 12, 429
AOS les Sa BE 1, 617 2, 185 20, 492 22, 677 23, 131 21, 543 15, 942
OB Ze Gee epee 1, 200 1, 621 29, 470 31, 091 31, 713 29, 536 21, 857
RIOR ee ce 1, 180 1, 594 39, 308 40, 902 41, 720 38, 857 28, 754
1934s. Bae 891 1, 204 34, 687 35, 891 36, 609 34, 096 25, 231
IR Gi See eee Se 967 1, 306 38, 364 39, 670 40, 463 37, 686 27, 888
OSG keeec teeta 610 824 40, 631 41, 455 42, 284 39, 382 29, 143

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.351 pounds unstemmed.

2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.02 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.95 pound unstemmed processing
weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.74 pound stemmed processing weight.

A6 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR®

TABLE 12.—One Sucker tobacco, type 35: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917—36

Stemmed
Quarter and year 5 fe eas
uantity
reported NS eae 1
Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds
OMS o. Sees 299 427
1O18: =. eee 739 1, 056
19192. = eee 1, 071 1, 5380
11920 =. aa 1, 030 1, 472
NO Qe Vee eee 2,119 3, 028
192222 es 1, 195 1, 708
O23 52 = sees UPA (7 1, 825
i ht) 7, eee et 970 1, 386
1925-22 ee 673 962
1926:—— oa 531 759
192752 aes 895 1, 279
1O28 i ee ees 907 1, 296
1929 See 441 630
(9302222 98 140
103122 eae 211 302
1932. ana 142 203
1933'S eee 123 176
103422 =e 119 170
193522 22 = aes 97 139
19386202 Ss See8: 86 123
Apr. 1:
19132 = aawees 346 494
1914s eee 342 489
1O1DE == See 757 1, 082
O16: === Saas 457 653
LOE Sa ee 1, 023 1, 462
1OIS2 see 1, 446 2, 066
1919! 2 sae 1, 146 1, 638
19203 ae 2, 034 2, 907
1O2 oe eee 1, 367 1, 953
1O22 cae eoriee 1, 810 2, 586
1923 50s 1, 370 1, 958
102422 2 tae 729 1, 042
LOZ} Saar 569 813
192672 — sak 681 973
OZ Ses Sees 1, 114 1, 592
ODS 2. Somer 8 1, 240
19205 Sa 420 600
1930.2 = See 236 337
1931. = Se 324 463
103222 ae 109 156
1933222 = aes 118 169
1934 =k rae! 228 326
93522 == Saree 214 306
LOZ GSE Saice 283 404

See footnotes at end of table.

Un- Total on
stemmed /junstemmed
reported basis

Un-
eveignt, | Stemmed | Secessing
equivalent ? Pp 8 weight 3

weight 2

1,000 pounds | 1,000 pownds|1,000 pownds

29, 839
28, 362
33, 247
40, 804
39, 501
51, 240
42, 307
40, 443
42, 669
42, 744
45, 706
37, 907
27, 626
29, 754
28, 969
31, 538
33, 931
27, 265
27, 895
30, 395

36, 636
43, 852
36, 537
29, 232
43, 094
45, 870
72, 687
62, 284
54, 798
50, 500
54, 856
63, 631
58, 638

30, 266
29, 418
34, 777
42, 276
42, 529
52, 948
44, 132
41, 829
43, 631
43, 503
46, 985
39, 203
28, 256
29, 894
29, 271
31, 741
34, 107
27, 435
28, 034
30, 518

37, 130
44, 341
37, 619
29, 885
44, 556
47, 936
74, 325
65, 191
56, 751
53, 086

56, 814.

64, 673
59, 451
63, 583
59, 622
40, 186
37, 846
38, 319
48, 496
45, 153
40, 992
41, 276
40, 915
34, 386

32, 990
32, 066
37, 907
46, 081
46, 357
57, 713
48, 104
45, 594
47, 558
47, 418
51, 214
42, 731
30, 799
32, 584
31, 905
34, 598
37, 177
29, 904
30, 557
33, 265

40, 472
48, 332
41, 005
32, 575
48, 566
52, 250
81, 014
71, 058
61, 859
57, 864
61, 927
70, 494
64, 802
69, 305

37, 481

1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds
29, 055 20, 338
28, 241 | ~ 19, 769
33, 386 23, 370
40, 585 28, 410
40, 828 28, 580
50, 830 STOO OSL
42, 367 29, 657
40, 156 28, 109
41, 886 29, 320
41, 763 29, 234
45, 106 31, 574
37, 635 26, 344
27, 126 18, 988
28, 698 20, 089
28, 100 19, 670
30, 471 21, 330
32, 743 22, 920
26, 338 18, 437
26, 913 18, 839
29, 297 20, 508
35, 645 24, 952
42, 567 29, 797
36, 114 25, 280
28, 690 20, 083
42, 774 | 29, 942
46, 019 32, 213
71, 352 49, 946
62, 583 43, 808
54, 481 38, 137
50, 963 35, 674
54, 541 38, 179
62, 086 43, 460
57, 073 39, 951
61, 040 42, 728
57, 237 40, 066
38, 579 27, 005
36, 332 25, 432
36, 786 25, 750
46, 556 32, 589
43, 347 30, 343
39, 352 27, 546
39, 625 27, 738
39, 278 27, 495
33, O11 23, 108

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

47

TABLE 12.—One Sucker tobacco, type 35: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Quarter and year

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.429 pounds unstemmed.

Stemmed
Un- Totalon
‘ ie stemmed |unstemmed
geantiy Stonanned reported basis
Pp equivalent !

1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds) 1,000 pouwnds|1,000 pounds
866 1, 238 29, 661 30, 899
1, 649 2, 356 47, 724 50, 080
1, 486 223; 44, 349 46, 472
1,912 2, 732 45, 071 47, 803
1, 719 2, 456 51, 042 53, 498
1, 414 2, 021 44, 524 46, 545
1, 094 1, 563 41, 040 42, 603
818 1, 169 54, 384 55, 553
465 664 52, 070 52, 734
952 1, 360 56, 184 57, 544
1, 093 1, 562 47, 151 48, 713
684 977 31, 715 32, 692
305 436 26, 191 26, 627
219 313 30, 064 30, 377
162 231 40, 864 41, 095
121 173 37, 374 37, 547
94 134 36, 583 36, 717
106 151 35, 594 35, 745
174 249 35, 147 35, 396
499 713 29, 966 30, 679
549 785 22, 037 22, 822
318 454 31, 548 32, 002
219 313 27, 623 27, 936
263 376 21, 996 22, 372
224 320 16, 479 16, 799
715 1, 022 17, 847 18, 869
544 777 35, 358 36, 135
1, 154 1, 649 31, 365 33, 014
2, 370 3, 387 42, 219 45, 606
1, 633 2, 334 46, 002 48, 336
1, 358 1, 941 34, 996 36, 937
999 1, 428 32, 805 34, 233
549 785 41, 215 42, 000
386 552 42, 042 42, 594
899 1, 285 49, 024 50, 309
943 1, 348 40, 725 42, 073
560 800 26, 323 27, 123
173 247 21, 201 21, 448
1, 079 1, 542 24, 044 25, 586
260 372 32, 064 32, 436
120 171 33, 590 33, 761
149 213 30, 312 30, 525
147 210 31, 746 31, 956
91 130 29, 908 30, 038
485 693 25, 758 26, 451

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent ?

1,000 pounds
33, 680
54, 587
50, 654
52, 105
58, 313
50, 734
46, 437
60, 553
57, 480
62, 723
53, 097
35, 634
29, 023
33, 111
44, 794
40, 926
40, 022
38, 962
38, 582
33, 440

24, 876
34, 882
30, 450
24, 385
18, 311
20, 567
39, 387
35, 985
49, 711
52, 686
40, 261
37, 314
45, 780
46, 427
54, 837
45, 860
29, 564
23, 378
27, 889
35, 355
36, 799
33, 272
34, 832
32, 741
28, 832

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight ?

1,000 pounds
29, 663
48, O77
44, 613
45, 891
51, 358
44, 683
40, 899
53, 331
50, 625
55, 242
46, 764
31, 384
25, 562
29, 162
39, 451
36, 045
35, 248
34, 315
33, 980
29, 452

21, 909
30, 722
26, 819
21, 477
16, 127
18, 114
34, 690
31, 693
43, 782
46, 403
35, 460
32, 864
40, 320
40, 890
48, 297
40, 390
26, 038
20, 590
24, 563
31, 139
32, 411
29, 304
30, 678
28, 836
25, 393

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
20, 764
33, 654
31, 229
32, 124
35, 951
31, 278
28, 629
37, 332
35, 438
38, 669
32, 735
21, 969
17, 893
20, 413
27, 616
25, 232
24, 674
24, 020
23, 786
20, 616

15, 336
21, 505
18, 773
15, 034
11, 289
12, 680
24, 283
22, 185
30, 647
32, 482
24, 822
23, 005
28, 224
28, 623
33, 808
28, 273
18, 227
14, 413
17, 194
21, 797
22, 688
20, 513
21, 475
20, 185
17, 775

2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.09 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.96 pound unstemmed process-

ing weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.70 pound stemmed processing weight.

48 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLeE 13.—Green River tobacco, type 36: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- t Un- q | Stemmed
Quarter and year (One stemmed |unstemmed| weight Stems processing
Quantity Sfcmined reported basis equivalent ? Seaeeest ane weight 3
reported equivalent ! he

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds |1,000 pownds | 1,000 pownds|1,000 pownds|1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds
Ko) Iya ees ct 2, 686 ; 36, 240 39, 775 44, 946 38, 184 29, 020
LOD Sts Hire 6, 413 8, 440 47, 096 55, 5386 62, 756 53, 315 40, 519
1919S Suet ae 10, 172 13, 386 45, 241 58, 627 66, 249 56, 282’ 42, 774
19200 Si dare 4, 661 6, 134 39, 363 45, 497 51, 412 43, 677 33, 195
LODE Naa ree 7, 248 9, 538 39, 070 48, 608 54, 927 46, 664 35, 465
G2 Do dua seer ae 4,910 6, 462 45, 616 52, 078 58, 848 49, 995 - 37, 996
AQ230 wee 3, 239 4, 263 41, 860 46, 123 52, 119 44, 278 33, 651
O24 2 wee ae 3, 347 4, 405 52, 394 56, 799 64, 183 54, 527 41, 441
OD Fic eee arene 3, 320 4, 369 52, 849 57, 218 64, 656 54, 929 41, 746
19262552 ees 2, 381 3, 133 50, 299 53, 432 60, 378 51, 295 38, 984
OD aoe ee 3, 774 4, 967 50, 387 55, 354 62, 550 53, 140 40, 386
O28 snes 2, 561 3, 370 45, 317 48, 687 55, 016 46, 740 35, 522
19292 2 5 ie 2, 619 3, 447 38, 503 41, 950 47, 404 40, 272 30, 607
19802 eee ae 2, 183 2, 873 28, 641 31, 514 35, 611 30, 253 22, 992
MOST a. seen ae 976 1, 284 26, 393 27, 677 31, 275 26, 570 20, 193
NOROIGe a s) 920 1,211 26, 033 27, 244 30, 786 26, 154 19, 877
1933252 608 800 33, 183 33, 983 38, 401 32, 624 24, 794
OSA 21 Le Naar 522 687 34, 579 35, 266 39, 851 33, 855 25, 730
193 5e eas 538 708 29, 326 30, 034 33, 938 28, 833 21, 913

. wep Dyers Wor A 433 570 28, 944 29, 514 33, 351 28, 333 21, 533

pre:

ON Seas eee ae 4, 888 6, 483 60, 111 66, 544 75, 195 63, 882 48, 550
LOMA. ee ES 4, 293 5, 650 55, 363 61, 013 68, 945 58, 572 44, 515
LOM sus SRE 4, 769 6, 276 53, 619 59, 895 67, 681 57, 499 43, 699
[GIG es s1 Sea ee 6, 567 8, 642 48, 700 57, 342 64, 796 55, 048 41, 886
LOL. Stee 5, 085 6, 692 60, 236 66, 928 75, 629 64, 251 48, 831
[LOLS ES sae 9, 775 12, 864 63, 245 76, 109 86, 003 73, 065 55, 529
LONG. ne Wet 11, 1382 14, 650 63, 649 78, 299 88, 478 75, 167 57, 127
192020 alee 7, 898 10, 394 57, 719 68, 113 76, 968 65, 388 49, 695
1921 etre 8, 050 10, 594 50, 745 61, 339 69, 318 58, 885 44, 753
O22 Rese ene ae 4, 321 5, 686 50, 158 55, 844 63, 104 53, 610 40, 744
19 233 evested eel 4, 678 6, 156 65, 549 71, 705 81, 027 68, 837 52, 316
19 24a eee 3, 101 4, 081 64, 470 68, 551 77, 463 65, 809 50, 015
1G 25 aaah ere 4, 437 5, 839 66, 289 72, 128 81, 505 69, 243 52, 625
1926) Sousa ss 4, 204 5, 532 57, 664 63, 196 71, 411 60, 668 46, 108
G2 Fane eee ee 3, 378 4, 445 59, 737 64, 182 72, 526 61, 615 46, 827
1Q28 34 tilts 2a 2, 370 3, 119 46, 757 49, 876 56, 360 47, 881 36, 390
192022 oc aiesh 2, 216 2, 916 33, 752 36, 668 41, 435 35, 201 26, 753
1930 tee ae 1, 660 2, 185 33, 958 36, 143 40, 842 34, 697 26, 370
Oi! Se omeet 2h 940 1, 237 28, 368 29, 605 33, 454 28, 421 21, 600
1932. = haan ean 743 978 38, 214 39, 192 44, 287 37, 624 28, 594
LOS See 2h eee 1, 399 1, 841 42, 607 44, 448 50, 226 42, 670 32, 429
193422 Uae 901 1, 186 36, 783 37, 969 42, 905 36, 450 27, 702
LOSS Rees enwn 936 1, 232 36, 299 37, 531 42, 410 36, 030 27, 383
193625 2a er a 348 458 34, 300. 34, 758 39, 277 33, 368 25, 360

See footnotes at end of table.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 49

TaBLE 138.—Green River tobacco, type 36: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed

Un- Total on | Farm-sales- eae Stemmed

Quarter and year cine stemmed junstemmed| weight eeRia(e processing

Quantity efomined reported basis equivalent 2 ei he Ae weight 3

reported equivalent ! =
July 1: 1,000 pownds | 1,000 pounds |1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds
TUF faepsh eh Me 5, 642 7, 425 53, 305 60, 730 68, 625 58, 301 44, 309
TOUS ewes 9, 406 12, 378 64, 632 77, 010 87, 021 73, 930 56, 187
GIO ere tee 9, 070 11, 936 46, 374 58, 310 65, 890 55, 978 42, 543
9 20) Saee 9, 461 12, 451 51, 644 64, 095 72, 427 61, 531 46, 764
TOA Us ais Se a 4, 804 6, 322 45, 409 SIR Zi 58, 456 49, 662 37, 743
ODD ere eet 3, 914 alee 41, 892 47, 043 53, 159 45, 161 34, 322
1923 sae eee 5, 134 6, 756 58, 908 65, 664 74, 200 63, 037 47, 908
1O24s rawr. 2, 385 3, 139 59, 736 62, 875 71, 049 60, 360 45, 874
QD 5c sen sae 3, 251 4, 278 53, 888 58, 166 65, 728 55, 839 42, 438
1926 =e 3, 858 5, 077 54, 051 59, 128 66, 815 56, 763 43, 140
192 7a so ents 2, 693 3, 544 51, 990 55, 534 62, 753 53, 313 40, 518
1.928 ee ee 2, 356 3, 100 41, 366 44, 466 50, 247 42, 687 32, 442
TO PAS ese een Ueleete 1, 794 2, 361 33, 876 36, 237 40, 948 34, 788 26, 439
GSO Me see 842 1, 108 27, 691 28, 799 32, 543 27, 647 21, 012
TG Be 2 ae 448 590 25, 688 26, 278 29, 694 25227 19, 173
i 3 Dian ata 356 468 36, 596 37, 064 41, 882 35, 581 27, 042
TOBE oe 988 1, 300 40, 520 41, 820 47, 257 40, 147 30, 512
OSES a sete = 366 482 35, 359 35, 841 40, 500 34, 407 26, 149
TIO BNR eee oer emerald 475 625 32, 908 3a080 37, 892 32, 192 24, 466
1OZG 22 Bee Soe 220 290 31, 976 32, 266 36, 461 30, 975 23, 541
Oct. 1:

TORE ae Ee ee 4,319 5, 684 38, 557 44, 241 49, 992 42,471 32, 278
OLS Seen ee 4, 154 5, 467 46, 235 51, 702 58, 423 49, 634 37, 722
IOV ee 3, 332 4, 385 44, 824 49, 209 55, 606 47, 241 35, 903
TICS) Lae ee sae eee 3, 095 4, 073 42, 097 46, 170 522 44, 323 33, 685
NOG HSS tees 2, 423 3, 189 31, 921 35, 110 39, 674 33, 706 25, 617
eee Ge ees 5, 999 7, 895 43, 485 51,380 | . 58, 059 49, 325 37, 487
OT Sis ees 10, 239 13, 475 49, 722 63, 197 71, 413 60, 669 46, 108
TQ) See ae ee 6, 069 7, 987 34, 401 42, 388 47, 898 40, 692 30, 926
TORN os 8, 439 11, 106 38, 773 49, 879 56, 363 47, 884 36, 392
OQ |e ae 3, 621 4, 765 41, 393 46, 158 52, 159 44, 312 33, 677
1922 eee 2, 859 3, 762 36, 251 40, 013 45, 215 38, 412 29, 193
GPA 2 eee ee 3, 704 4, 874 48, 539 53, 413 60, 357 51, 276 38, 970
192A eee 3, 244 4, 269 51, 432 55, 701 62, 942 53, 473 40, 639
OPA ee Sea 2, 765 3, 639 49, 190 52, 829 59, 697 50, 716 38, 544
G26 RSseea ese 3, 646 4, 798 48, 065 52, 863 59, 735 50, 748 38, 568
1G 2 (ish epee 2, 231 2, 936 46, 216 49, 152 55, 542 47, 186 35, 861
LO DSP ease ee 2, 212 2,911 37, 915 40, 826 46, 133 39, 193 29, 787
1929 bee meee 1, 484 1, 953 29, 272 31, 225 35, 284 29, 976 22, 782
1OSO Sea 670 882 23, 116 23, 998 27,118 23, 038 17, 509
QS Tie are ee 805 1, 059 = PB SESY/ 24, 496 27, 680 23, 516 17, 872
ICRP a hee 878 1, 155 35, 427 36, 582 41, 338 35, 119 26, 690
ICR aes ane 467 615 36, 107 36, 722 41, 496 35, 253 26, 792
O34 SS ee 350 461 31, 305 31, 766 35, 896 30, 495 23, 176
LOS haere 324 426 29, 946 30, 372 34, 320 29, 157 22, 159
103 6a eee 214 282 26, 875 Zea 30, 687 26, O71 19, 814

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.316 pounds unstemmed.

2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.13 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.96 pound unstemmed processing
weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

50

CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 14.—Virginia sun-cured tobacco, type 37: Stocks owned by dealers and manu-
facturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semi-
annually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

Quarter and year |

See footnotes at end of table.

Stemmed

: Un-
Quantity
reported stemmed

| 1,000 pounds |

2, 121

899
1, 996
2, 160
2, 552
4, 180
2, 824
1, 267
1, 621
1, 457
1, 753
2, 519
2, 003
1, 318
1, 356
1, 47
1, 497
1, 033

684

793

4, 365

3, 870 |

4, 486
4,079
2, 702
1, 626
3, 061
1, 913
3, 245
3, 594
2, 503
1, 199
1, 873
1, 763
2, 290
3, 016
2,707
1, 709
2, 103
2, 222
1, 610
1, 360

1, 377 |

1, 279 !

equivalent 1

7
|

Un-
stemmed
reported

1,000 pounds
3, 581
1, 183
2, 627
2, 843
3, 358
5, 501
3, 716
1, 667
2, 133
1,917
2, 307
3, 315
2, 636

1,000 pounds) 1,090 pounds|1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds
,18 9, 766 11, 036 bays
4,813 5, 996 6, 775 5, 876
6, 095 8, 722 9, 856 8, 548

7, 098 9, 941 11, 233 9, 7:

4,619 7,977 9, 014 7, 817
5, 965 11, 466 12, 957 11, 237
5, 602 9, 318 10, 529 9, 132
7, 520 9, 187 10, 381 9, 003
4,117 6, 250 7, 062 6, 125
3,314 Pail 5, 911 5, 126
3, 730 6, 037 6. 822 5, 916
3, 985 7, 300 8, 249 7, 154
2, 420 5, 056 5, 713 4, 955
3, 623 5, 357 6, 053 5, 250
2, 499 4, 283 4, 840 4,197
1, 627 3, 663 4,139 3, 590
1, 900 3, 870 4, 373 3, 793
1, 251 2, 610 2, 949 2, 558
1, 209 2, 109 2, 383 2, 067
1, 267 2, 311 2,611 2, 265
8, 733 14, 477 16, 359 14, 187
8, 856 13, 949 15, 762 13, 670
9, 169 15, 073 17, 032 14, 772
7, 679 13, 047 14, 743 12, 786
6, 467 10, 023 11, 326 9, 823
5, 802 7, 942 8, 974 7, 783
7, 419 11, 447 12, 935 11, 218
7, 326 9, 844 11, 124 9, 647
6, 826 11, 096 12, 538 10, 874
7, 042 11, 772 13, 302 11, 537
7, 867 11, 161 12, 612 10, 938
7, 383 8, 961 10, 126 8, 782
4, 896 7, 361 8, 318 7, 214
4, 296 6, 616 7, 476 6, 484
5, 676 8, 690 9, 820 8. 516
4, 543 8, 512 9,619 8, 342
5, 208 8, 77 9,910 8, 595
4,111 6, 360 7, 187 6, 233
2, 606 5, 374 6, 073 5, 267
2, 413 5, 337 6, 031 5, 230
1, 996 4,115 4, 650 4, 033
3, 107. 4, 897 5, 5384 4,799
1, 626 3, 438 3, 885 3, 369
2, 201 3, 884 | 4, 389 3, 806

Total on
unstemmed
basis

}

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent ?

Un-
stemmed
| processing
weight 2

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

|1,000 pounds
7, 274

~IOr

ROS
a

a
00

>

& oS

be et
DoD Or Ors =7 CO bt

PROAMQM MMO HSS pp
STN Wow

8, 313

2, 560
I 2, 893

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

ol

Tasip 14.—Vuirginea sun-cured tobacco, type 37: Stocks owned by dealers and manu-
facturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semi-
annually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—386—Continued

Quarter

Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- ae d Stemmed
and year f hae stemmed |unstemmed weight Bre sessing processing
Quantity Srenmnied reported basis equivalent ? weight 2 weight 3
reported equivalent !
1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds |1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds
aoe ate Meee, 2, 693 3, 544 4, 466 8, 010 9, 051 7, 850 5, 966
Ai ONE Ea) 1, 493 1, 965 6, 446 8, 411. 9, 504 8, 243 6, 265
ee Bea ee 3, 517 4, 628 6, 581 11, 209 12, 666 10, 985 8, 349
ere a ele = 2, 692 3, 543 5; 628 9,171 10, 363 8, 988 6, 831
Bae os ae ew os 3, 762 4,951 6, 050 11, 001 12, 431 10, 781 8, 194
oem NA 18 SS 3, 156 4, 153 6, 687 10, 840 12, 249 10, 623 8, 073
Beene g Oe 2, 230 2, 935 7, 069 10, 004 11, 305 9, 804 7, 451
ae 1, 180 1, 553 6, 425 7, 978 9, 015 7, 818 5, 942
ee I | 1, 671 2, 199 3, 832 6, 031 6, 815 5, 910 4, 492
O26 Re ee 1, 598 2, 103 3, 721 5, 824 6, 581 5, 708 4, 338
gion eh oa, 2, 203 2, 899 5, 033 7, 932 8, 963 7, 773 5, 907 -
ok ole eames 2, 646 3, 482 3, 701 7, 188 8, 117 7, 039 5, 350
ar ee 1, 939 2, 552 4, 134 6, 686 7, 555 6, 552 4, 980
Dense ps site 1, 452 1,911 3, 483 5, 894 6, 095 5, 286 4,017
ns Sel iad 1, 825 2, 402 DF BaL7/ 4, 719 5, 3382 4, 625 3, 515
Sere SMR 1, 977 2, 602 2, 230 4, 832 5, 460 4, 735 3, 599
pee eee 1, 372 1, 806 1, 856 3, 662 4, 138 3, 589 2, 728
Dee eee 1, 128 1,484 |. 1, 368 2, 852 3, 223 2, 795 2, 124
Re Ss 1, 113 1, 465 152i: 2, 986 3, 874 2, 926 2, 224
apes eee 1, 075 1,415 1, 518 2, 933 3, 314 2, 874 2, 184
ea DE Wa 3, 607 4, 747 7, 550 12, 297 13, 896 12, 051 9, 15S
See Ser eae 3, 305 4, 349 6, 947 11, 296 12, 704 11, 070 8, 413
Ba as Wee 4, 669 6, 144 8, 536 14, 680 16, 588 14, 386 10, 933
Die Ure oe 2, 624 3, 453 6, 841 10, 294 11, 632 10, 088 7, 667
yas SA coe 2, 802 3, 687 4, 484 8, 171 9, 233 8, 008 6, 086
Soe ee PEE 1, 782 2, 345 38, O81 5, 426 6, 131 0, oid 4, 041
LD ope tS ue 1, 555 2, 046 4, 765 6, 811 7, 696 6, 675 5, 073
UI see a 2, 934 3, 861 5, 659 9, 520 10, 758 9, 330 7, 091
PB ape 2, 658 3, 498 7, 020 10, 518 11, 885 10, 308 7, 834
See DS Sis 2 3, 668 4, 827 5, 799 10, 626 12, 007 10, 413 7, 914
ee oe We 2 3, 004 3, 953 5,2. 9, 230 10, 430 9, 045 6, 874
RIBOSE ae 1, 796 2, 364 6, 511 8, 875 10, 029 8, 698 6, 610
Be et 1, 697 2, 233 4, 558 6, 791 7, 674 6, 655 5, 058
fe Pnieme tts 1, 436 1, 890 BY 4, 627 5, 229 4, 534 3, 446
ot ne eee: 1, 505 1, 981 2, 738 4, 719 5, 3382 4, 625 3, 515
Beers ae 2, 235 2, 941 3, 690 6, 631 7, 493 6, 498 4, 938
Sega paar 2, 006 2, 640 38, 045 5, 685 6, 424 Deore 4, 234
ieee se bear 1, 495 1, 967 3, 997 5, 964 6, 739 5, 845 4,442
eee ae 1, 191 1, 567 2, 687 4, 254 4, 807 4, 169 3, 168
COS ere xh 1, 569 2, 065 1, 886 3, 951 4, 465 3, 872 2, 943
ieee err a 1, 573 2, 070 1, 785 3, 855 4, 356 3, 778 2, 871
SSRs. Ss 1, 1338 1,491 2, 108 3, 599 4, 067 3; 027 2, 681
Chas ME Sea eee 842 1, 108 1, 188 2, 296 2, 594 2, 250 1,710
aes oe 910 1, 198 1, 166 2, 364 2, 671 Dros 1, 761
Shes ete 831 1, 094 1, 306 2, 400 2, 712 2, 352 1, 788
|

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.316 pounds unstemmed.

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.13 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.98 pound unstemmed processin

weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

cS
oS

i CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 15.—Pennsylvania Seedleaf tobacco, type 41: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

Stemmed |
| Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- t al | Stemmed
Quarter and year hie stemmed |junstemmed| weight S emme processing
Quantity Brominod reported basis equivalent 2 buocessue | weight 3
| Teported | .quivalent ! ie

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds
OU Atee ete ere 4,310 5, 978 65, 226 71, 204 79, 036 63, 728 45, 884
AQIS= 2 ee 3, 886 5, 390 59, 084 64, 474 71, 566 57, 704 41, 547
[OI9. 2 a SN 7, 324 10, 158 68, 440 78, 598 87, 244 70, 345 50, 648
1920-2 Sees 6, 498 9, 013 73, 941 82, 954 92, 079 74, 244 | . 53, 456
1S YA eee ee! ae 8, 167 11, 328 61, 278: 72, 606 80, 593 64, 982 46, 787
19227.) 0 ee 7, 328 10, 164 62, 526 72, 690 80, 686 65, 058 46, 842
19235225 7, 507 10, 412 73, 868 84, 280 93, 551 75, 431 54, 310
AO 24Ce 2 Pee me 9, 792 13, 582 77, 603 91, 185 101, 215 81, 611 58, 760
1925 e== ae x 8, 814 12, 225 88, 630 100, 855 111, 949 90, 265 64, 991
19262 Sub ee iS WUE 8, 013 91, 808 99, 821 110, 801 89, 340 64, 325
G27 ae SS ee 6, 519 9, 042 83, 189 92, 231 102, 376 82, 547 59, 434
G28 ane yee 7, 881 10, 931 63, 635 74, 566 82, 768 66, 737 48, 051
929). 5 2h se z= 6, 937 9, 622 65, 487 75, 109 83, 371 67, 223 48, 401
1930cs2 Sa 9, 344 12, 960 63, 842 76, 802 85, 250 68, 738 49, 491
19312 ees 8, 578 11, 898 60, 212 72, 110 80, 042 64, 538 46, 467
932525. tees 8, 781 12, 179 57, 529 69, 708 77, 376 62, 389 44, 920
93325 Saas ee 7, 141 9, 905 91, 870 101, 775 112, 970 91, 089 65, 584
19342 eae een 5, 698 7, 903 85, 974 93, 877 104, 203 84, 020 60, 494
IG RYH bees Be 6, 100 8, 461 78, 781 87, 242 96, 839 78, 082 56, 219
pee wisn oe toe rs 3, 952 5, 481 75, 952 81, 483 90, 391 72, 883 52, 476

Apr. 1:
ION es 5, 056 7, 013 135, 959 142, 972 158, 699 127, 960 92, 131
[Opto cs. Soe 7, O11 9, 724 118, 595 128, 319 142, 434 114, 846 82, 689
(Ou Fees = 6, 903 9, 574 120, 336 129, 910 . 144, 200 116, 269 83, 714
OG s. sae SMI 7, 097 104, 275 111, 372 123, 623 99, 678 71, 768
ON) Seer 4, 487 6, 223 86, 265 92, 488 102, 662 82, 777 59, 599
AGU SEs as sees 3, 739 5, 186 96, 026 101, 212 112, 345 90, 585 65, 221
HOTO Eso ee Ee 7, 400 10, 264 87, 096 97, 360 108, 070 87, 137 62, 739
O20 Rien ee 6, 075 8, 426 99, 661 108, 087 119, 977 96, 738 69, 651
192). =... See 9, 549 13, 244 84, 369 97, 613 108, 350 87, 364 62, 902
G22 aoa teams 6, 579 9, 125 90, 249 99, 374 110, 305 88, 940 64, 037
1G 25 ee Sh 7, 574 10, 505 112, 047 227520 136, 033 109, 684 78, 972
NG 24s As Ra 8, 628 11, 967 118, 645 130, 612 144, 979 116, 898 84, 167
NO 2a ee ee 7, 358 10, 206 111), 227 121, 433 134, 791 108, 683 78, 252
192622523408 ~ -+5, 336 7, 401 112, 503 119, 904 133, 093 107, 314 77, 266
NO 2 (222 see 5, 934 8, 230 107, 616 115, 846 128, 589 103, 682 74, 651
NOQS)) = 5 eens 7, 560 10, 486 99, 086 109, 572 121, 625 98, 067 70, 608
9292 32 cee 7, 587 10, 523 108, 052 118, 575 131, 618 106, 125 76, 410
NOZOM se: aes 11, 640 16, 145 82, 155 98, 300 109, 113 87, 978 63, 344
OS Tes eee 7, 739 10, 734 72, 648 83, 382 92, 554 74, 627 53, 731
932220 Stee s 8, 954 12, 419 106, 110 118, 529 131, 567 106, 083 76, 380
NOS3E es eee 6, 658 9, 235 93, 298 102, 533 113, 812 91, 767 66, 072
1193422 Soe ee 4,911 6, 812 91, 251 98, 063 108, 850 87, 766 63, 192
NOS 5 eae eee 5, 343 7, 411 88, 247 95, 658 106, 180 85, 614 61, 642
936 eens 3, 961 5, 494 96, 998 102, 492 118, 766 91, 730 66, 046

See footnotes at end of table.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

53

TaBLeE 15.—Pennsylvania Seedleaf tobacco, type 41: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36—Continued

Quarter

and year

Stemmed ts
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- x eae Stemmed
he stemmed junstemmed| weight mH GSS e processing
Quantity Stenmtuned reported basis equivalent 2 Lee ht > | weight 3
reported es g
equivalent !
| |

|1,C00 pounds| 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
4, 424 6, 136 83, 498 89, 634 99, 494 80, 222 57, 760
4,871 6, 756 91, 882 98, 638 109, 488 88, 281 63, 562
7, 299 10, 124 92, 654 102, 778 - 114, 084 91, 986 66, 230
6, 366 8, 830 92, 305 101, 135 112, 260 90, 516 Gdn 172
8, 140 11, 290 85, 482 96, 772 107, 417 86, 611 62, 360
6, 765 9, 383 94, 511 103, 894 115, 322 92, 985 66, 949
7, 857 10, 898 102, 530 113, 428 125, 905 101, 518 73, 093
8, 393 11, 641 112, 048 123, 689 137, 295 110, 702 79, 705
6, 539 9, 070 115, 948 125, 018 138, 770 111, 891 80, 562
5, 012 6, 952 113, 893 120, 845 134, 138 108, 156 77, 872
6, 149 8, 529 89, 391 97, 920 108, 691 87, 638 63, 099 |
7, 154 9, 923 88, 312 98, 235 109, 041 87, 920 63, 302
7, 015 9, 730 | 86, 846 96, 576 107, 199 86, 436 62, 234
9, 877 13, 699 80, 415 94, 114 104, 467 84, 232 60, 647
8, 685 12, 046 74, 326 86, 372 95, 873 77, 303 55, 658
8, 684 12, 045 106, 018 118, 063 131, 050 105, 666 76, 080
5, 816 8, 067 93, 704 101, 771 112, 966 91, 085 65, 581
5, 059 7, 017 92, 025 99, 042 109, 937 88, 643 63, 823
5, 059 Ta Oletales One 5il 98, 268 109, 077 87, 950 63, 324
3, 710 5, 146 94, 796 99, 942 110, 936 89, 448 64, 403
3, 825 5, 305 114, 957 120, 262 133, 491 107, 634 77, 496
6, 425 8, 911 120, 920 129, 831 144, 112 116, 199 83, 663
6, 718 9, 318 106, 295 115, 613 128, 330 103, 474 74, 501
4, 631 6, 423 100, 829 107, 252 119, 0&0 95, 991 69, 114
4, 782 6, 633 74, 518 81, 146 90, 072 72, 626 52, 291
4, 254 5, 900 72, 249 78, 149 86, 745 69, 943 50, 359
6, 976 9, 676 78, 151 87, 827 97, 488 78, 605 56, 596
7, 573 10, 504 84, 123 94, 627 105, 036 84, 691 60, 978
8, 035 11, 145 79, 716 90, 861 100, 856 81, 321 58, 551
7, 582 10, 516 75, 490 86, 006 95, 467 76, 975 55, 422
Wesail 10, 168 82, 928 93, 096 103, 337 83, 321 59, 991
7, 940 11, 013 91, 141 102, 154 113, 391 91, 428 65, 828
8, 992 12, 472 100, 735 113, 207 125, 660 101, 320 72, 950
5,302 7, 451 108, 027 115, 478 128, 181 103, 353 74, 414
OOo 7, 402 $9, 925 1OB 327 119, 138 96, 058 69, 162
7, 110 9, 862 76, 957 86, 819 96, 369 77, 703 55, 946
7, 164 . 9, 936 77, 484 87, 420 97, 036 78, 241 56, 334
7, 855 10, 895 75, 451 86, 346 95, 844 77, 280 55, 642
8, 402 11, 654 ~ 71, 190 82, 844 91, 957 74, 145 53, 384
9, 642 13, 373 64, 558 77, 931 86, 503 69, 748 50, 219
7, 940 11, 013 99, 743 110, 756 122, 939 99, 127 (AL eval
5, 328 7, 390 93, 984 101, 374 112, 525 90, 730 65, 326
4, 823 6, 690 86, 989 93, 679 1038, 984 83, 843 60, 367
3, 805 5, 278 84, 751 90, 029 99, 932 80, 576 58, 015
3, 971 5, 508 86, 524 92, 032 102, 156 82, 369 59, 306

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.387 pounds unstemmed. ;
2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.11 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.895 pound unstemmed processing

weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.72 pound stemmed processing weight.

o4

CIRCULAR 4385, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TABLE 16.—Ohio tobacco, types 42-44: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

[Beginning April 1929, factors for types 42, 43, and 44 combined were not used; the figures are the sums of the

individual types]
Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- t Un- q | Stemmed
Quarter and year wie stemmed |unstemmed| weight sere’ processing
Quantity stemmed reported basis equivalent ? eae weight 3
reported equivalent L cae
Jan. 1: | 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds
RON ees eka 2, 387 48, 586 50, 973 57, 294 45, 366 3 32, 664
IGISSS 22-2 ee 2, 484 3, 453 50, 106 53, 559 60, 200 47, 668 34, 321
(919... 2, 091 2, 906 58, 932 61, 838 69, 506 55, 036 39, 626
19202 =e 2, 295 3, 190 69, 255 72, 445 81, 428 64, 476 46, 423
1 7 ire ees = 3, 383 4, 702 66, 789 71,491 80, 356 63, 627 45, 811
192223 4,217 5, 862 67, 197 73, 059 82, 118 65, 023 46, 817
15 ale ge ots at 2, 917 4, 055 61, 109 65, 164 73, 244 57, 996 41, 757
1974s eee 4, 242 5, 896 58, 289 64, 185 72, 144 of, 125 41, 130
107 ee 5 2 ee 3, 643 5, 064 61, 969 67, 033 75, 345 59, 659 42, 954
G26 =s= 2 eae 3, O87 4,291 48, 563 52, 854 59, 408 47, 040 33, 869
17 (ee aes 3, 308 4, 598 59, 182 63, 780 71, 689 56, 764 40, 870
O28 eee eee 5, 073 7, 051 43, 347 50, 398 56, 647 44, 854 32. 295
[9292862 Boao 6, 343 8, 817 32, 524 4}, 341 46, 467 36, 793 26, 491
19302 eee 3, 524 4, 904 30, 978 35, 882 40, 327 31, 872 22. 902
2 8 3 een Sarde 2,614 3, 633 27, 888 31, 521 35, 431 27, 999 20, 117
(9325-2 ee 2, 427 3, 370 46, 145 49, 515 55, 638 43, 974 31, 618
19336. eee 2, 796 3, 884 53, 545 57, 429 64, 547 51, 005 36, 675
1934 2, 626 3, 652 51, 665 SOLE 62, 179 49, 124 i 346
POS Smet aa eaeere. 2, 463 3, 426 51, 023 54, 449 61, 215 48, 348 34. $14
R Ee iS 3 eae 2, 581 3, 584 50, 979 54, 563 61, 321 48, 440 34, 902
Apr. 1:
1G Bien ee 3, 474 4, 829 86, 853 91, 682 103, 051 81, 597 58, 750
Ti: eed 3, 485 4, 844 78, 951 83, 795 94, 186 74, 578 53, 696
iSij sea 2, 097 2,915 88, 932 91, 847 103, 236 81, 744 58, 856
1OlG= eee 1, 440 2, 002 72, 751 74, 753 84, 022 | 66, 530 47, 902
143) fy japon eee 2, 822 3, 923 81, 684 85, 607 96, 222 76, 190 5A. 857
RGIS a ees 2, 402 3, 339 69, 420 72, 759 81, 781 64, 756 46, 624
1 eee 2, 000 2, 780 54, 282 57, 062 64, 138 50, 785 36, 565
fG2022) see 2, 100 2,919 62, 502 65, 421 73, 533 58, 225 41, 922
1 yA Ee eee ee 3, 407 4, 736 75, 364 80, 100 90, 032 71, 289 51. 328
LP 27S meee ae 3, 911 5, 436 71, 667 77, 103 86, 664 68, 622 49, 408
G2 ea ee 3, 152 4, 381 81, 872 86, 253 96, 948 76, 765 55; 271
tO ZAC eee 4,113 Se GhE 56, 130 61, 847 69, 516 55, 044 39, 632
17) eee ee 2, 863 3, 980 60, 433 64, 413 72, 400 57, 328 41, 276
119268. ee 2, 299 3, 196 64, 725 67, 921 76, 343 60, 450 43, 524
ODE Sh. 2 Sees 3, 958 5, 502 68, 079 73, 581 82, 705 65, 487 47, 151
iO IR cee HetsS (6186 55, 563 62, 698 70, 473 55, 801 40, 177
1 A e,) Vea ee 5, 045 7, 014 50, 347 57, 361 64, 487 50, 946 36, 504
19306 2. Ue Ree 3, 278 4, 567 38, 170 42, 737 48, 041 37, 960 71, 289
193th =e 1, 962 2, 726 52, 427 Dros 62, 013 48, 989 35, 215
1932 =e ee 2, 744 3, 813 52, 861 56, 674 63, 667 50, 347 36, 129
OSS 5 a eae 2, 448 3, 405 55, 015 58, 420 65, 670 51, 887 37, 306
(O54. eee | 2, 301 3, 198 53, 176 56, 374 63, 356 50, 064 36, 007
hOS5 =e eee 2, 635 3, 667 61, 450 65, 117 73, 190 57, 826 41, 604
193565222 Ser 2, 594 3, 605 | 53, $24 57, 429 | 64, 523 51, 006 | 36, 658

See footnotes at end of table.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

5d

TaBLE 16.—Ohio tobacco, types 42-44: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannually
1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Quarter and year Tite
Quantity
reported stemmed

equivalent!

July 1: 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds
LOW eee ens ee 2, 661 3, 699
AO1Ri 222 2, 450 3, 406
GIG Re oe 2, 270 3, 155
O20 EEL Loa DEAR: 2, 951
192 Pea 3, 035 4, 219
19222 Baek eee 3, 186 4, 429
8 eee oe 2, 814 3, 911
OAM See 3, 831 5, 325
O25 eseel eee 2, 502 3, 478
LOIG See Le 2, 421 3, 365
OP ewe eS 4, 746 6, 597
O28 Rees eee 6, 060 8, 423
1O2G 0 Se oh ae 4, 268 5, 921
1930S. ee 3, 422 4,773
URE e eS 1, 525 2) 11h
OS 7S et SBS 2, 807 3, 900
NOS ame uae Eee Pe MEE 3, 024
OR AE = ae 2, 447 3, 398
TE Bo ces ee 2, 256 3, 138
ORY eee 2, 481 3, 445

Octs:

19 (77m a eee 2, 836 3, 942
POTS =e eee 3, 061 4, 255
Gig Eee Seek 2, 715 3, 774
iG Sea ee 1, 534 2, 132
1GIGSs 22 2 Se" 1, 976 2, 747
IIS ey (aires Pee 2, 554 3, 550
1LGPREs == 2, 341 3, 254
LGIQs = 2 2; 217 3, 082
1920 Be =e h aes 2, 873 3, 993
DOD BAe es. 3, 142 4, 367
G22 eS 2 UES 2, 465 3, 426
1 (ys eee ae ES 3, 682 5, 118
1S: ere eee 3, 838 5, 335
1G? ea 2, 340 3, 253
O26 2S ie Sa. 3, 162 4, 395
O27 ee 4, 904 6, 817
O28 ese Se 5, 979 8, 311
19294 aes 3, 648 5, 073
LOS 0 eee ear 2, 837 3, 944
G85 tes 2 SUE 3, 223
LOS 2 eee Se 2, 467 3, 430
O33 eee ee 2, 274 3, 158
1 AU epee 2, 592 3, 603
193 eee 2, 442 3, 3891
1Q36 Sees Se 2, 602 3, 610

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.390 pounds unstemmed.

Un-
stemmed
reported

1,000 pounds
72, 264
73, 208
59, 824
THE PPT
73, 189
75, 996
78, 905
76, 362
58, 523
72, 582
59, 639
49, 455
42, 826
38, 860
56, 930
58, 617
55, 149

» 54, 280
60, 480
54, 986

86, 739
81, 021
65, 806
72, 795
57, 938
61, 825
64, 372
67, 088
76, 890
75, 161
71, 510
70, 438
69, 893
54, 041
68, 533
51, 870
40, 896
. 36, 240
33, 590
51, 869
55, 296
52, 349
52, 761
55, 142
49, 958

Total on
unstemmed
basis

1,000 pounds
75, 963

76, 614 |.

62, 979
80, 178
77, 408
80, 425
82, 316
81, 687
62, 001
75, 947
66, 236
57, 878
48, 747
43, 633
59, 041
62, 517
58, 173
57, 678
63, 618
58, 431

90, 681
85, 276
69, 580
74, 927
60, 685
65, 375
67, 626
70, 170
80, 883
79, 528
74, 936
75, 556
75, 228
57, 294
72, 928
58, 687
49, 207
41, 313
37, 534
55, 092
58, 726
55, 507
56, 364
58, 533
53, 568

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent ?

1,000 pounds
85, 382
86, 114
70, 788
90, 120
87, 007
90, 398
93, 085
91, 816
69, 689
85, 364
74, 449
65, 055
54, 760
49, 044
66, 357
70, 260
65, 384
64, 831
71, 500
65, 692

101, 925
95, 850
78, 208
84, 218
68, 210
73, 482
76, 012
78, 871
90, 912
89, 389
84, 228
84, 925
84, 556
64, 398
81, 971
65, 964
55, 309
46, 417
42, 190
61, 909
66, 001
62, 390
63, 359
65, 801
60, 222

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
67, 607
68, 186
56, 051
71, 358
68, 893
71, 578
73, 706
72, 701
55, 181
67, 593
58, 950
51, 511
43, 287
38, 759
52, 437
55, 536
51, 663
51, 219
56, 491
51, 891

80, 706
75, 896
61, 926
66, 685
54, 010
58, 184
60, 187
62, 451
71, 986
70, 780
66, 693
67, 245
66, 953
50, 992
64, 906
52, 231
43, 794
36, 689
33, 341
48, 933
52, 168
49, 295
50, 053
51, 975
47, 577

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
48, 677
49, 094
40, 357
51, 378
49, 603
51, 536
53, 068
52, 345
39, 730
48, 667
42, 444
37, 088
31, 136
27, 844
37, 696
39, 882
37, 159
36, 858
40, 657
37, 333

58, 108
54, 645
44, 587
48, 013
38, 887
41, 892
43, 335
44, 965
51, 830
50, 962
48, 019
48, 416
48, 206
36, 714
46, 732
37, 606
31, 532
26, 378
23, 952
35, 161
37, 461
35, 457
36, 022
37, 417
34, 212

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.124 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.89 pound unstemmed process-

ing weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.72 pound stemmed processing weight.

56 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 17.—Gebhardt tobacco, type 42: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, quarterly 1929-36

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- t ee d Stemmed
Quarter and year Wine stemmed |junstemmed] weight ae a processing
Quantity Stoned reported basis equivalent ? Deke 8 weight 3
reported equivalent 1 Na
Janse: 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds|1,000 pounds |1,000 pownds | 1,000 pounds |1,000 pownds|1,00Q2 pounds
193053 sae 1, 184 1, 622 11, 083 12, 705 14, 230 11, 244 8, 208
| QZi1e zee Ee eors 1, 024 1, 403 9, 466 10, 869 12, 173 9, 619 7, 022
(O32 Da. Paes 1, 038 1, 422 17, 470 18, 892 21, 159 16, 719 12, 205
983s eas Bae 1,175 1, 610 19, 835 21, 445 24, 018 18,979 | . 13, 855
1Q34e- at ee 1, 029 1, 410 20, 338 21, 748 24,358 19, 247 14, 050
1935 oe 937 1, 284 21, 179 22, 463 25, 159 19, 880 14, 512
1936220. ea 1, 142 1, 565 22, 680 24, 245 27, 154 21, 457 15, 664
Agora I's
11929 Sar os eae 1, 850 2, 534 18, 462 20, 996 23, 516 18, 581 13, 564
19308 = eee 907 1, 243 14, 039 15, 282 17, 116 13, 525 9, 873
NG Bee 859 ib (ef 18, 171 19, 348 21, 670 123 12, 500
LOSQES Lute ae 1, 074 1, 471 16, 960 18, 431 20, 643 16, 311 11, 907
TICES ie ae | 900 1, 233 20, 133 21, 366 23, 930 18, 909 13, 804
NOGA Sea ee 953 1, 306 20, 432 21, 738 24, 347 19, 238 14, 044
NOS hoes = eee 959 1,314 24, 291 25, 605 28, 678 22, 660 16, 542
' NOSGe. eae ees 1, 045 1, 4382 19, 856 21, 288 23, 843 18, 840 18, 753
July 1
G29 Rares eee 1, 981 2,714 16, 945 19, 659 22, 018 17, 398 12, 701
1930%) eee 785 1, 075 13, 804 14, 879 16, 664 13, 168 9, 613
QZ eae 868 1, 189 20, 550 21, 739 24, 348 19, 239 14, 044
WO32E ce eee 1, 085 1, 486 19, 425 20, 911 23, 420 18, 506 13, 509
ISS are ee Se 950 1, 302 20, 980 22, 282 24, 956 19, 720 14, 396
1O34! nee en 1, 076 1, 474 21, 480 22, 954 25, 708 20, 314 14, 829
1193 Hite eee 867 1, 188 24, 694 25, 882 28, 988 22, 906 16, 721
TORY ee ikea ac 1, 069 1, 465 20, 936 22, 401 25, 089 19, 825 14, 472
Oct lk
1920 nae eae 1, 310 1, 795 14, 019 15 814 UA 13, 995 10, 216
QSOs seen 1, 060 1, 452 11, 335 12, 787 14, 321 11, 316 8, 261
TRO ig se eas 806 1, 104 18, 624 19, 728 22, 095 17, 459 12, 745
19325 ier 919 1, 259 18, 227 19, 486 21, 824 17, 245 12, 589
1933525 ee 992 1, 359 19, 873 21, 232 23, 780 18, 790 See ier
OS 4a eee ene 1, 047 1, 434 20, 977 22, 411 25, 100 19, 834 14, 479
103 Fass oe Ree 1, 093 1, 497 22, 318 23, 815 26, 673 21, 076 15, 385
MOBYR os eel 1, 236 1, 693 18, 014 19, 707 22, 072 17, 441 IDA BY,

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.370 pounds unstemmed.
_ 21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.12 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.885 pound unstemmed process-
ing weight. 3

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.73 pound stemmed processing weight.

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TABLE 18.—Zimmer tobacco, type 43: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers
in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, quarterly 1929-36

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- t ee d Stemmed
Quarter and yeer Pie stemmed junstemmed] weight ee se processing
Quantity | commea | reported basis equivalent 2 Paint 18 | weight 3
reported | .quivalent !

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds|1,000 pounds 1, aes Ih OO wous 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
93022. eee ee , 129 6, 995 , 204 15, 126 10, 815
AOS eA See w 1, 441 2, 019 13, 386 15, 405 17, 408 13, 710 9, 803
LOS22 = ee 1, 260 1, 765 20, 536 22, 301 25, 200 19, 848 14, 191
1 O53 S22 eaeee 1, 443 2, 022 25, 088 ZEMLOS 30, 634 24, 128 ZO2,
ICR. ee ee 1, 339 1, 876 24, 246 26, 122 29, 518 23, 249 16, 623
OS Sees ee 1, 309 1, 834 24, 234 26, 068 29, 457 23, 201 16, 589
193622 ews e220 1,716 22, 388 24, 104 27, 238 21, 453 15, 339

Apr. 1:

NOZOS Ro. ee ee 3, 007 4, 213 20, 743 24, 956 28, 200 PP PAN 15, 881
1930222 Foss 2, 188 3, 065 17, 778 20, 843 235553 18, 550 13, 263
TOS TGs 53 Sena ~ esht 1, 192 26, 823 28, 015 31, 657 24, 933 17, 827
19322 ee een ess 1, 565 2, 193 23, 345 25, 538 28, 858 22, 729 162251 ~
1O332 sa eee 1, 354 1, 897 26, 442 28, 339 32, 023 25, 222 18, 034
igssert Fea 1, 144 1, 603 24, 404 26, 007 29, 388 23, 146 16, 549
193522 ere 1, 391 1, 949 28, 450 30, 399 34, 351 27, 055 19, 344
193G2=-2 ees 1, 369 1, 918 23, 619 25, 537 28, 857 22, 728 16, 251
July 1:
1920 etree PEDAL 2,972 17, 595 20, 567 23, 241 18, 305 13, 088
[9302253 25m 3 2, 410 3, 376 17, 890 21, 266 24, 031 18, 927 13, 533
LOS eae 532 745 27, 069 27, 814 31, 430 24, 754 17, 699
193252 eee 1, 602 2, 244 27, 723 29, 967 33, 863 26, 671 19, 070
Ito BB yee alee 1, 064 1, 491 25, 849 27, 340 30, 894 24, 333 17, 398
193543 ese 1, 187 1, 663 25, 432 27, 095 30, 617 24, 115 17, 242
HOS 5 eee 1,176 1, 648 27, 418 29, 066 32, 845 25, 869 18, 496
1OSG2 2S. See=s 1, 265 tz 26, 889 28, 661 32, 387 25, 508 18, 238

Octal: s
1h pe! ae ea 2, 172 3, 043 15, 226 18, 269 20, 644 16, 259 11, 625
1930see es 1, 609 2, 254 16, 157 18, 411 20, 804 16, 386 11, 716
iG hee 2 ene 1, 418 1, 987 23, 540 25, 527 28, 846 22, 719 16, 244
OS 2H as Seed 1, 409 1, 974 26, 261 28, 235 31, 906 25, 129 17, 967
TORS eee are hee 1, 086 521 24, 686 26, 207 29, 614 23, 324 16, 677
1934-2 = Sees 1, 290 1, 807 24, 979 26, 786 30, 268 23, 840 17, 046
UGS Hees cee sees 1, 130 1, 583 26, 266 27, 849 31, 469 24, 786 17, 722
TOSG =a see ce 1, 182 1, 656 24, 672 26, 328 29, 751 23, 432 16, 754

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.401 pounds unstemmed.

2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.13 pounds farm-sales weight and 0. 89 pound unstemmed processing

weight.

3 i pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.715 pound stemmed processing weight.

58 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Tape 19.—Dutch tobacco, type 44: Stocks owned by dealers and manufacturers in
the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, quarterly 1929-36

| Stemmed
Quarter and year | ee ine
uantity
reported stemmed

paeraoae 1

|

Janeol: el pes Aer See
1930 ees 211 299
1 OS 1s = reer 149 211
193224 =" aeeee 129 183
1Q332 2. ees 178 252
19342 aa 258 366
HORDES Peete 217 308
L936 === as 214 303
Apr. 1:
1929.2 188 267
19302 sees 183 259
1931s ee 252 307
1932)> ees 105 149
1G332 eae eae 194 275
NOSABa ee Ts eae = 204 289
11 Yeh ee 285 404
1O3G2¢ - eee 180 255
July 1
19292 166 235°
1930 =e 227 322
19312 See eee 125 177
1932352. eee 120 170
iE pe eee 163 231
1QS4¢ =. Sees 184 261
O35 aie Neer 213 302
19362222 ae 147 208
Oct. 1
19295 ee 166 235
LO30l Sees 168 238
OS(s Soave See 93 132
LOZ Zoe see 139 197
193355. iene 196 278
1934. 22 Rees 255 362
103 5% 55S ees 219 311

193625223222 184 | 261

1
2

ing weight.

= Un-
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales-
stemmed junstemmed! weight See
reported basis equivalent 2 weight 2
1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds

5; 6, 182 , 893 5, 502
5, 036 5, 247 5, 850 4, 670
8, 139 8, 322 9, 279 7, 407
8, 622 8, 874 9, 895 7, 898
7, O81 7, 447 8, 303 6, 628
5, 610 5, 918 6, 599 5, 267
5, 911 6, 214 6, 929 5, 530
11, 142 11, 409 122 7PAL 10, 154
6, 353 6, 612 7, 372 5, 885
7, 433 7, 790 8, 686 6, 933
12, 556 12, 705 14, 166 11, 307
8, 440 8,715 9, 717 7, 756
8, 340 8, 629 9, 621 7, 680
8, 709 9, 113 10, 161 8, 111
10, 349 10, 604 11, 823 9, 438
8, 286 8, 521 9, 501 7, 584
7, 166 7, 488 8, 349 6, 664
9, 311 9, 488 10, 579 8, 444
11, 469 11, 639 12, 977 10, 359
8, 320 8, 551 9, 5384 7,610
7, 368 7, 629 8, 506 6, 790
8, 368 8, 670 9, 667 7, 716
7, 161 7, 369 8, 216 6, 558
6, 995 7, 230 8, 061 6, 435
6, 098 6, 336 7, 065 5, 639
9, 705 9, 837 10, 968 - 8, 755
10, 808 11, 005 12, 271 9, 794
7, 790 8, 068 8, 996 7, 181
6, 805 7, 167 7, 991 6, 379
6, 558 6, 869 7, 659 6, 113
7, 272 (D3 8, 399 6, 704

1 pound stemmed equal to 1.418 pounds unstemmed.
1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.115 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.89 pound unstemmed process-

2] pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.705 pound stemmed processing weight.

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
3, 879

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eas SA
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TABLE 20.—Georgia and Florida sun-grown tobacco,

Stemmed
Quarter and year Q Wine
uantity
reported stemmed

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds
1930 Soeee se 321 409
LOST Ses 683 871
1932 Seance 1, 061 1, 353
193383 -ee ees 1, 376 1, 754
O34 eee ee 1, 201 1, 531
Te eee eae 640 816
93622 sos 2 451 575

Apr. 1:
1OZQ See Res 580 740
1930 2aewera* 579 738
LOST ares 641 817
G32 RS ee eee 1, 040 1, 326
1 G33z eens 1, 297 1, 654
O34 0a os He 1883 1, 445
193550 ee 576 734
1936Re eens 695 886

July 1:

1929 ee See se 608 775
19302 nesieae 1, 098 1, 400
TRB biden ees sears 1, 267 1, 615
NG32eF 335 Fane 1, 033 1, 317
TORR eee eee ee 1, 206 1, 538
IER Y alpen Pa see 988 1, 260
TO Bye ses oy es 733 935
OS GEE a ewer e 1, 310 1, 670
Octal:
1 G20 0 eee 462 589
1930te nase 760 969
TAS 3 i See ee es 33 1, 445
CB Wane 1, 363 1, 738
1933282422 e = 998 1272
HL ORAS 803 1, 024
Qs beens 559 713
OSG Raa 924 1,178

equivalent !

Un-
stemmed
reported

1,000 pounds
a Ales
1, 350
1, 036
687
302
817
1, 332

594
740
1, 582
1, 148

1, 286
662
724
817

1, 490
614

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.275 pounds unstemmed.
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.245 pounds farm-sales weight and 0. 94 pound unstemmed process-

ing weight.

Total on
unstemmed
basis

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent 2

type 48:

59

Stocks owned by
dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as ‘reported and on a converted-
weight basis, quarterly 1929-36

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

’

2, 221 |-

2, 389
2, 441
1, 833
1, 633
1, 907

1, 334

1, 478 |

2, 399
2, 474
2, 295
1, 664
1, 534
1, 824

970
1, 642
1, 878
2, 561
2,171
1, 407

941
1, 767

2, 205
2, 554
2, 731
2, 400
1, 996
1, 841
2, 203
1, 792

1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds

2, 024
2, 765
2,974
3, 039
2, 282
2, 033
2, 374

1, 661
1, 840
2, 987
3, 080
2, 857
2, 072
1, 910
2, 271

1, 208
2, 044
2, 338
3, 188
2, 703
1, 752
1,172
2, 200

2, 745
3, 180
3, 400
2, 988
2, 485
2, 292
2, 743
2, 231

1,000 pounds
1, 528
2, 088
2, 246
2, 295
723
1, 535
1, 793

1, 254
1, 389
2, 255
2, 326
2,157
1, 564
1, 442
1, 715

912
1, 543
1, 765
2, 407
2, 041
1, 323

885
1, 661

2, 073
2, 401
2, 567
2, 256
1, 876
1, 731
2, O71
1, 684

3] pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.785 pound stemmed processing weight.

1,000 pounds
1, 199
1, 639
1, 763

60 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 21.—Georgia and Florida tobacco, types 45 and 62: Stocks owned by dealers
and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight
basis, semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

[Beginning April 1929, factors for types 45 and 62 combined were not used; the figures are the sums of the
individual types. Data for these types separately for years 1929-36 are shown in tables 20 and 30,

Un-
stemmed
reported

respectively]
Stemmed
Quarter and year Q Wane
uantity
stemmed
reported equivalent !
Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds
OUST eae as se IkgAl 209
GUS ES Se een 247 303
TOUQ 9.0: 2 Bene 2 583 714
1920 5=so0 eee 654 801
OD Se eee He 620 760
HOQQES Ere nee 1, 242 1, 521
NO 23E Sas Bees 747 915
G24, eae 3 491 601
1O2522 somes 345 423
OIGE= =e eeee 219 268
TS Py feces 296 363
9282.22 eres 437 535
O20 ok aE 352 431
O30 Ss ees 353 448
HGS = See ees 904 lp UB Y/
1930 eee eine 1, 078 1, 273
193322=-—ee 1, 480 1,819
93455) 2 Fee 1, 215 1, 548
193 ho eee 2 705 894
1036222 Shoes 473 602
Apr. 1:
NOUR eee 308 377
ni ee sis he ee 340 416
Iii ee ae 560 686
1OIGS2 2 eee 229 281
LOU cs Sees 223 273
a) Ss ae a 292 358
1GIOE se ees 675 827
1LQ202 a2 SZeeee 548 671
GND Tea whence 551 675
IS PAE ee Cee 367 450
1923 erlerereeee 691 846
WO QA Se ime 462 566
1025 See 476 583
O26 Waa eee 331 405
19275 Sees ea 270 331
OD Sir etre a a 464 568
NG 2G easiest 599 763
193 (meena 608 773
LOSI earners 719 911
O32 teas 1, 180 1, 495
1933s eases se 1, 381 IL 7st
19342 ues 1, 205 1, 532
G3 5 eeeteate or 611 776
193 Gee 708 902

See footnotes at end of table.

1,000 pounds
6, 396
4, 9657
6, 584
5, 628
7, 324
8, 257
6, 839
7, 924
6, 861
4, 146
3, 792
4, 024
5, 642
6, 233
6, 294
5, 844
5, 4384
4, 246
4, 124
4,818

5, 923
6, 131
5, 901
6, 415
5, 236
5, 075
5, 144
5, 366
6, 302
7, 022
5, 692
6, 678
5, 455
3, 745
2, 920
3, 555
4, 419
5, 661
5, 932
5, 415
4,775
3, 586
3, 731
4, 149

Total on
unstemmed
basis

1,000 pounds
6, 605
5, 270
7, 298
6, 429
8, 084
9, 778
7, 754
8, 525
7, 284
4, 414
4,155
4, 559
6, 073
6, 681
7, 431
Ue PAL
W208
5, 794
5, 018
5, 420

6, 300
6, 547
6, 587
6, 696
5, 509
5, 433
5, 971
6, 037
6, 977
7,472
6, 538
7, 244
6, 038
4, 150
3, 251
4, 123
5, 182
6, 434
6, 843
6, 910
6, 530
5, 118
4, 507
5, 051

Un-

Farm-sales- Stemmed
weight eee processing

equivalent 2 weight 2 weight 3
1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
7, 827 6, 176 5, 033
6, 245 4, 927 4, 016
8, 648 6, 824 5, 562
7, 618 6, O11 4, 899
9, 580 7, 559 6, 161
11, 587 9, 142 7, 451
9, 188 7, 250 5, 909
10, 102 7,971 6, 496
8, 632 6, 811 5, 551
Dezel 4,127 3, 364
4, 924 3, 885 3, 166
5, 402 4, 263 3, 474
7, 197 5, 678 4, 628
7, 888 6, 254 i Ny)
8, 809 6, 959 5, 682
8, 574 6, 760 5, 510
8, 621 6, 794 5, 536
6, 877 5, 427 4, 427
5, 960 4, 700 3, 832
6, 449 5, 078 4,135
7, 466 5, 890 4, 800
7, 158. 6, 121 4, 989
7, 806 6, 159 5, 020
7, 935 6, 261 5, 103
6, 528 Deli 4,198
6, 438 5, 080 4, 140
7, 076 5, 583 4, 550
7, 154 5, 645 4,601
8, 268 6, 523 5, 316
8, 854 6, 986 5, 694
7, 748 6, 113 4, 982
8, 584 6, 773 5, 520
Ue LS 5, 646 4, 601
4,918 3, 880 3, 162
3, 852 3, 040 2, 478
4, 886 3, 855 3, 142
6, 125 -4, 852 3, 970
7, 589 6, 023 4, 936
8, 142 6, 410 5, 219
8, 226 6, 474 5, 269
7, 770 6, 117 4, 980
6, 079 4, 793 3, 908
— 5, 359 4, 222 3, 439
6, 014 4, 732 | 3, 850

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61

TaBLE 21.—Georgia and Florida tobacco, types 45 and 62: Stocks owned by dealers
and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight

basis, semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued
Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- ee ae ad Stemmed
Quarter and year ae stemmed |junstemmed} weight rocaecin processing
Quantity Bromine’ reported basis equivalent 2 oe cee 18 weight 3
reported | quivalent ! ,

July 1: 1,000 pounds) 1,C00 pounds} 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pouwnds| 1,000 pounds
TUCO fete 224 274 4, 146 4, 420 5, 238 4,133 3, 368
IK iS eee ee 435 533 4, 343 4, 876: 5, 778 4, 559 3, 716
ONO Ree Te ees: 447 548 4, 358 4, 906 5, 814 4, 587 3, 738
O20 Ws enegany 486 595 4, 274 4, 869 5, 770 4, 553 Seale
NO Dee saute ees 512 627 5, 082 5, 659 6, 706 5, 291 4, 312
ODEs eaten 376 461 6, 321 6, 782 8, 037 6, 341 5, 168
Gp Aan ene ee 682 835 4,517 5, 352 6, 342 5, 004 4,078
TIGA. a Se Soe 465 570 5, 684 6, 254 7,411 5, 847 4, 765
Opie ie eae 627 768 4, 132 4, 900 5, 806 4, 582 3, 734
O22 2. 4A eS 331 405 3, 100 3, 505 4,153 ONT 2, 671
NOD (es a8 Sei 247 303 1, 629 1, 932 2, 289 1, 806 1, 472
1O28ee een 359 440 2, 259 2, 699 3, 198 2, 524 2, 057
ODO 8 25 645 820 3, 722 4, 542 5852 4, 252 3, 488
1980 Ko so4 1, 125 1, 433 4, 183 5, 616 6, 654 5, 259 4, 295
LOIN =U eaes= 1, 298 1, 652 4, 342 5, 994 Us LB} 5, 613 4, 580
1OZ0E se zvee. 1, 049 1, 336 4, 844 6, 180 7, 386 5, 791 4, 698
HOSS eens mes. 1, 293 1, 643 4, 476 6, 119 7, 283 5, 732 4, 666
O34 ee iate 1,010 128 7a 3, 164 4,451 5, 283 4, 169 3, 401
1935 eee 748 953 2, 536 3, 489 4, 128 3, 267 2, 672
NGZGES see 1, 329 1, 693 2, 410 4, 103 4,910 3, 845 Se La

Oct. 1:

[ONDE ee weet 328 402 7, 349 nto: 9, 185 7, 247 5, 906
NOTA Cree yan 299 366 8, 054 8, 420 9, 978 7, 873 6, 416
OYA eas egal 411 503 10, 138 10, 641 12, 610 9, 949 8, 108
NOU pies ike eee 310 380 8, 206 8, 586 10, 174 8, 028 6, 543
HONG ESSA ones 199 244 7, 499 7, 743 9,175 7, 240 5, 901
[QI Sem * 296 363 6, 062 6, 425 7, 614 6, 007 4, 896
TOUSe Saye © 376 461 6, 365 6, 826 8, 089 6, 382 5, 201
OGRE ac a Sree 558 684 5, 452 6, 136 Up Pati DRO 4, 676
1OQ0E ee keen 596 730 5, 973 6, 703 7, 943 6, 267 5, 108
OQIES- =F Sea 472 578 7, 840 8, 418 9,975 7, 871 6, 415
NOD DIESE ee 729 893 7, 410 8, 303 9, 839 7, 763 6, 327
O23 eae is esl 54 664 6, 760 7, 424 8, 797 6, 941 5, 657
NO24E ko 351 430 6, 253 6, 683 7,919 6, 249 5, 093
O25 Ea he sore 460 564 4, 848 5, 412 6, 413 5, 060 4, 124
1O2Get es sates, 419 513 4, 538 5, 051 5, 985 4, 723 3, 849
OD ena eee 559 685 4, 320 5, 005 5, 931 4, 680 3, 814
NGOR en tet 464 568 6, 618 7, 186 8, 515 6, 719 5, 476
O29 Es ea pares 479 609 6, 423 7, 032 8, 344 6, 586 5, 373
HOS OERe ta eaee s 780 993 7, 486 8, 479 10, 053 7, 941 6, 483
OSM se orcas: 1, 156 1, 473 6, 460 7, 933 9, 434 7,431 6, 052
MGR 2S see 1,410 1, 795 ORT. Geax 8, 988 7,092 5, 785
(GR Bir eee Goer 1, 025 1, 305 5, 331 6, 636 7, 867 6, 214 5, 074
HOS 4st ems at ges 815 1, 038 4,975 6, 013 Wls2, 5, 632 4, 597
193 jeer 569 725 5, 570 6, 295 7, 490 5, 897 4, 802
LOZ Grae eel ex tee 939 1, 196 4, 189 5, 385 6, 399 5, 043 4,110

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.225 pounds unstemmed.
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.185 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.935 pound unstemmed proc-
essing weight.
31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.815 pound stemmed processing weight.

62 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 22.—Puerto Rican tobacco, type 46: Stocks owned by dealers and manufac-
turers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannu-
ally 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- Un-
Quarter and year Un- stemmed |unstemmed| weight | Stemmed ie seen
Quantity epee a ql reported basis |equivalert 2 eae weight 3
Teportec | equivalent ! gay Al :

Jan. 1: 1,009 pounds| 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds
10175. ee 1, 752 2, 234 % 815 ES 049 : Oe oop ae eae
(Oigiai.! Mees 2, 986 3, 807 4, 321 8, 128 9, 510 7, 803 6, 125
1 eee OF 4, 024 5, 131 5, 999 11, 130 13, 022 10, 685 8, 388
1990: 221) Maas 4, 858 6, 194 5, 975 12, 169 14, 238 11, 682 9. 170
1001S | fetes 6, 698 8, 540 2) 843 11, 383 13, 318 10, 928 8, 578
yy eee 5, 917 7, 544 3, 490 11, 034 12, 910 10,593 | "g-316
1993u. 2 eee 7,015 8, 944 4315 13, 259 15, 513 12, 729 9. 992
1994s ees 8, 265 10, 538 3, 408 13, 946 16, 317 13, 388 10, 510
1OO5N. 2) Des 7, 341 9, 360 3.115 12, 475 14, 596 11, 976 9. 401
topgte: 2 eS 6, 871 8, 761 4. 408 13, 169 15, 408 12) 642 9, 924
19972. beeies 11) 145 14, 210 7, 432 21, 642 25, 321 20, 776 16, 309
igoRe 2 eamee 15, 613 19, 907 5, 813 25, 720 30, 092 24 691 19, 382
ig092. 2 Saes 16, 155 - 20, 598 6, 074 26, 672 31, 206 25, 605 20, 100
1O30n: Loa weae 20, 686 26, 375 8, 353 34, 728 40, 632 33, 339 26, 171
103 (ues 22) 818 29, 093 4 466 33. 559 39, 264 32. 217 25, 290
19Q30e> Taaeeg 24195 30, 849 2) 220 33, 069 38, 691 31, 746 24 921
1QSa 00 oes 17, 988 22) 935 1, 680 4 615 28, 800 23, 630 18, 550
1Os4e Lok EEE 19, 328 24. 643 1, 159 25, 802 30, 188 24770 19, 444
1903502. hee 19, 624 25, 021 1, 305 26, 326 30, 801 25, 273 19, 839

cam ew 22, 288 98) 417 4 366 39) 783 38, 356 31, 472 24’ 706
(013s. eee 1, 039 1, 325 2, 776 4,101 4, 798 7
1QT4ee: ee 1, 366 1, 742 3, 018 4, 760 5,569 z 0 3 287
AOT5u.- 1 amen 1, 379 1, 758 5, 556 7,314 8, 557 7,021 5 511
1916.02: 1, 190 1,517 3, 494 5, 011 5, 863 4 8i1 3.707
1O17 5.2 ee 1, 672 2 132 1, 822 3, 954 4, 626 3, 796 2. 980
191g toe 3, 456 4 406 3, 841 8, 247 9, 649 7, 917 6, 215
Thee. = ae 4.049 5, 162 5, 088 10, 250 11, 992 9, 840 7 794
Tew weed Sa 3, 946 5, 031 4, 928 9, 959 11, 652 9 561 7, 505
pie eee ae 7, 274 9, 274 1, 842 11, 116 13, 006 10, 671 8. 377
Tipo Sama s = 6, 598 8, 412 2. 01 11, 313 13,236 | ‘10, 860 8, 525
1973 mel Laue 6, 070 7, 739 3, 376 11, 115 13, 005 10, 670 8, 376
1Q94e 2h Bee 8, 845 11, 277 2) 271 13, 548 15, 851 13, 006 10, 210
epee ae 8, 181 10, 431 1, 949 12, 380 14, 485 11, 885 9, 330
1Q060o-. Cte 7. 544 9, 619 2, 650 12, 269 14, 355 11, 778 9. 246
AOD 7a. 05k eS 12, 040 15, 351 5, 600 20, 951 24) 513 20, 113 15, 789
1gpg >, Paes 17, 762 22. 647 5, 884 98, 531 33, 381 27, 390 21, 501
these ame 18, 495 23, 581 7, 633 31, 214 36, 520 29, 965 93, 523
19900...) eee 21,710 97, 680 6, 732 34. 412 40, 262 33, 036 25, 933
Tey eae eS Ee 24.751 31, 558 3, 181 34. 739 40, 645 33, 349 26, 179
19308 | ke 93) 463 29) 915 2) 184 32, 099 37, 556 30, 815 24° 190
TORRE ean 18, 083 23, 056 1, 235 24 291 28) 420 23, 319 18, 305
(cy aa 20, 050 25, 564 1 112 26, 676 31, 211 25, 609 20, 103
193500 cas 21, 849 97, 857 1, 281 29. 138 34’ 091 27, 972 21, 958
1636. t ae 23, 696 30, 212 1,174 31. 386 36, 722 30, 131 23) 653

See footnotes at end of table.

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TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 63

TABLE 22.—Puerto Rican tobacco, type 46: Stocks owned by dealers and manufac-
turers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semiannu-
ally 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- t Un- d Stemmed
Quarter and year ine stemmed |junstemmed| weight ses processing
Quantity Sronaed reported basis equivalent? BESS IE weight3
reported equivalent! es

July 1: 1 neues 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pownds|1,0C0 pounds
KY) by eae ee 1, 248 1, 591 1, 232 2, 823 3, 303 2, 710 2, 127
18s ree 3, 189 4, 066 3, 243 7, 309 8, 552 7, 017 5, 508
1G19e See 3, 372 4, 299 4, 747 9, 046 10, 584 8, 684 6, 817
1920 2s= eee S 3, 614 4, 608 3, 806 8, 414 9, 844 8, 077 6, 340
1921 eee 5, 789 7, 381 2, 076 9, 457 11, 065 9, 079 WADE
192223025 ewes 6, 095 BTA 2, 763 10, 534 12, 325 10, 113 7, 939
1Q232 soars 3, 991 5, 089 2, 528 7, 617 8,912 ole 5, 740
192402 Saas 7, 538 9, 611 1, 235 10, 846 12, 690 10, 412 8, 173
19252 ee 7, 473 9, 528 877 10, 405 12, 174 9, 989 7, 841
19262222 Seer 5, 690 A250 1,961 9, 216 10, 783 8, 847 6, 945
192 (2 ee 9, 645 12, 297 4,101 16, 398 19, 186 15, 742 PRE HY/
1232 eS eees ~ 16, 909 21, 559 4, 263 25, 822 30, 212 24, 789 19, 459
1929-2 aa 19, 532 24, 903 5, 610 30, 513 35, 700 29, 292 22, 994
193032 ae 18, 399 23, 459 6, 335 29. 794 34, 859 28, 602 22, 453
18 eee ee Se 21, 665 27, 623 3, 275 30, 898 36, 151 29, 662 23, 285
1932232 ee 19, 223 24, 509 4, 247 28, 756 33, 645 27, 606 21, 671
19332 18, 281 23, 308 451 23, 759 27, 798 22, 809 17, 905
1934 5S Re 18, 212 23, 220 1, 278 24, 498 28, 663 23, 518 18, 462
HOS 5 = ee 19, 339 24, 657 1, 338 25, 995 30, 414 24, 955 19, 590

- 1936 :4as tae 20, 252 25, 821 1, 664 27, 485 32, 157 26, 386 20, 713

Ges Ue

iGQibee = ee 737 940 2, 205 3, 145 3, 680 3, 019 2, 370
19132 1, 181 1, 506 2, 948 4, 454 5, 211 4, 276 Ay GLYs
he) Rees ee See 977 1, 246 3, 897 5, 148 6, 017 4, 937 3, 876
OSS ee aS The TGy/ 1, 475 4, 731 6, 206 7, 261 5, 958 4, 677
1OTG= 2 2 SS 1, 416 1, 805 3, 365 5, 170 6, 049 4, 963 3, 896
AO aera 2 1, 851 2, 360 2, 992 5, 352 6, 262 5, 138 4, 033
LOT ges 3, 607 4, 599 4,061 8, 660 10, 132 8, 314 6, 526
191922 See 4, 334 5, 526 6, 781 12, 307 14, 399 11, 815 9, 275
1920 Se See 5, 100 6, 502 3, 646 10, 148 11, 873 9, 742 7, 647
192 (aS eee 5, 356 6, 829 2, 342 9,171 10, 730 8, 804 6, 911
1929s See 5, 726 7, 301 5, 147 12, 448 14, 564 11, 950 9, 381
O23 ves vee 5, 491 7, 001 4, 056 11, 057 12, 937 10, 615 8, 333
Gy) ae 6, 473 8, 253 2, 747 11, 000 12, 870 10, 560 8, 290
1925-22 ees 6, 738 8, 591 1, 336 9, 927 11, 615 9, 530 7, 481
1926S 7, 336 9, 353 3, 383 12, 736 14, 901 12, 227 9, 598
192 ose = 11, 703 14, 921 4, 885 19, 806 23, 173 19, 014 14, 926
7: ae ee 16, 111 20, 542 3, 956 24, 498 28, 663 23, 518 18, 462
1929 eee 18, 439 23, 510 6, 831 30, 341 35, 499 29, 127 22, 865
1O3 0 eres ars 18, 840 24, 021 4, 670 28, 691 33, 568 27, 543 21, 621
CO ee 20, 675 26, 361 S PEGYAL 29, 232 34, 201 28, 063 22, 029
OS 2S ee esos 18, 451 23, 525 1/885 25, 410 29, 730 24, 394 19, 149
[(Q33Sas- si ae 15, 978 20, 372 1, 853 22, 225 26, 003 21, 336 16, 749
[O342e 2-2 ear = 17, 310 22, 070 1, 192 23, 262 QQ, 22, 332 17, 531
TOR Sees sree 18, 600 23, 715 1,091 24, 806 29, 023 23, 814 18, 694
OR ees 18, 229 23, 242 1, 451 24, 693 28, 891 23, 705 18, 608

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.275 pounds unstemmed.

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.17 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.96 pound unstemmed proc-
essing weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.785 pound stemmed processing weight.

4 Beginning Jan. 1, 1936, stocks on the island of Puerto Rico were reported, but these stocks are not in-
cluded in the 1936 figures i in this table.

64 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLe 23.—Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco, type 51: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1914-16, quarterly 1917-36

[Prior to 1914 types 51, 52, and 61 were reported together as New England cigar leaf]

| Stemmed
Un-
| Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- Stemmed
Quarter and year | emus stemmed |unstemmed| weight | Stemmed | irocessing
| Quantity | ommed | reported basis |equivalent 2 PROCESS NE weight 3
reported | ae | weight
‘equivalent ‘|
|
|
Jan. 1: i ,000 pou ai 1,000 pounds} 1 00 DOTLE: 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds
iY) ly Gee te Sa 941 | 1, 216 25, 336 26, 552 28, 411 23, 100 17, 902
OTS) eee 331 428 21, 340 21, 768 23, 292 18, 938 14, 677
TRUS ee ee a 640 827 20, 493 21. 320 22. 812 18, 548 | - 14, 375
1520S: = Seen 805 1, 040 21, 331 22, 371 23, 937 19, 463 15, 084
NOD. Teer 2, 746 3, 548 23, 981 27, 529 29, 456 23, 950 18, 561
1922"... ee 3, 225 4, 167 22, 917 27, 084 28, 980 23, 563 18, 261
1925) 3 2 4, 228 5, 463 26, 769 32, 2a2 34, 488 28, 042 21, 733
19274085 2 SS5 3 | 3, 035 3, 921 27, 351 St, 33, 461 27, 207 21, 085
11925255 = ee 1, 994 2, 576 34, 300 36, 876 39, 457 32, 082 24, 864
1926222) Se 1, 307 1, 689 40, 451 42, 140 45, 090 36, 662 28, 413
192 /S2> > sere 1, 192 1, 540 39, 087 40, 627 43, 471 35, 345 27, 392
1928505 See i 2b2 1, 566 31, 615 33, 181 35, 504 28, 867 22, 372
19202. See 2, 537 3, 278 25, 565 28, 843 30, 862 25, 093 19, 447
1930.-- See 2, 999 3, 875 26, 508 30, 383 32, 510 26, 433 20, 486
OS tt eee 2,481 3, 205 20, 957 24, 162 25, 853 21, 021 16, 291
1932) =. => ees 3, 211 4,149 26, 290 30, 439 32, 570 26, 482 20, 524
19332 >> es 3, 492 4,512 31, 607 36, 119 38, 647 31, 424 24, 354
O34 5 + ee } 3, 059 3, 952 32, 179 36, 131 38, 660 31, 434 24, 361
19550 ee 1, 947 | 2, 516 33, 465 35, 981 38, 500 31, 303 24, 260
i 1966 pees ee 1, 730 2, 235 30, 403 32, 638 34, 923 28, 395 22, 006
Apr. 1: |
1915222 See 938 1, 212 29, 599 30, 811 32, 968 26, 806 20, 775
191G re ee 1, 556 2, 010 32, 133 34, 143 36, 533 29, 704 23, 021
TAY) 7 eS Ae 556 718 28, 064 28, 782 30, 797 25, 040 19, 406
i918 = i ee 352 455 26, 124 26, 57 28, 440 23, 124 17, 921
O19 ne eo Reed 341 441 23, 824 24, 265 25, 964 21, 111 16, 361
1920s. ee 791 1, 022 26, 739 27, 761 29, 7 24, 152 18, 718
107) beeen = ee 2, 370 3, 062 29, 586 32, 648 34, 933 28, 404 22, 013
19022 ee 3, 007 3, 885 24, 152 28, 037 30, 000 24, 392 18, 904
19235822 ee 4,193 5, 417 32, 646 38, 063 40, 727 33, 115 25, 664
OO teme near 3, 032 3, 917 36, 705 40, 622 43, 466 35, 341 27, 389
G25 ee oe aes 22 } 1, 660 2, 145 42, 318 44, 463 47, 575 38, 683 29, 979
1096222. eee | 1, 532 1, 979 46, 325 48, 304 51, 685 42, 024 32, 569
192 (A= es | 1, 843 | 2, 381 44, 640 47, 021 50, 312 40, 908 31, 704
1928S a 2, 224 2, 873 36, 691 39, 564 42, 333 34, 421 26, 676
1929-2 oes 4, 007 | 5, 177 33, 873 39, 050 | 41, 784 33, 974 26, 330
19302 =. ee 2, 253 | 2,911 27, 819 30, 730 32, 881 26, 735 20, 720
13) Meee Ee Se | 2, 725 3, 521 28, 033 31, 554 33, 763 27, 452 21, 275
1932.22.21 3, 533 4, 565 32, 972 37, 537 40, 165 32, 657 25, 309
1O3326 2 ees 3, 363 4, 345 32, 304 36, 649 39, 214 31, 885 24,711
{hiya a ye 3, 126 | 4,039 34, 708° 38, 747 41, 459 33, 710 26, 125
1429 #7 pesca coe | 2, 903 | Sh ib | 34, 560 | 38, 311 40, 993 33, 331 25, 832
ibs hee 1, 602 | 2, 070 31, 576 33, 646 | 36, 001 | 29, 272 22, 686

See footnotes at end of table. ~

8 a a

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT

65

TABLE 23.—Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco, type 51: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1914-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales-| .; pee | Stemmed
Quazter and year Tie stemmed junstemmed| weight Bk eee processing
Quantity eowtnicd reported basis equivalent? ne wane > | weight?
reported equivalent! ig

July 1: 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
1OL7E2 = Lt 573 740 29, 680 30, 420 32, 549 26, 465 20, 510
LOLS Seis Ses eet 431 557 26, 942 27, 499 29, 424 23, 924 18, 541
G19 ee 463 598 27, 285 27, 883 29, 835 24, 258 18, 800
1920322 ss ee 1, 388 1, 793 30, 638 32, 431 34, 701 28, 215 21, 867
LODE AS eo 2; LH Darla 29, 605 32, 338 34, 602 28, 134 21, 804
UG ip ep 3, 791 4, 898 29, 768 34, 666 37, 093 30, 159 IA BVO:
1075 o eS 3, 233 4,177 35, 271 39, 448 42, 209 34, 320 26, 598
RQDAS r= ie AY 3, 056 3, 948 42, 531 46, 479 49, 733 40, 437 31, 339
1A) ee ee 1, 925 2, 487 47, 457 49, 944 53, 440 43, 451 33, 675
LUG. eet > 1,515 1, 957 47, 682 49, 639 53, 114 43, 186 33, 469
10 27 (Sees ers 1, 790 2, 313 44, 134 46, 447 49, 698 40, 409 31, 317
NODS ose ee 1, 933 2, 497 30, 272 32, 769 35, 063 28, 509 22, 094
1S 4) ee ee Bea 3, 816 4, 930 30, 642 35, 572 38, 062 30, 948 23, 985
OSE st ee 2, 349 3, 035 26, 611 29, 646 31, 721 25, 792 19, 989
GS 3, 476 4,491 29, 901 34, 392 36, 799 29, 921 23, 189
NOS? 3 eee 3, 847 4, 970 32, 936 37, 906 40, 559 32, 978 25, 558
TEER Se eae eae 3, 369 4, 353 35, 592 39, 945 42, 741 34, 752 26, 933
HOSAS eae 3, 485 4, 503 35, 641 40, 144 42, 954 34, 925 27, 067
OS Has 2, 069 2,673 34, 399 37, 072 39, 667 32, 253 24, 996

5 1G) Poe Se 1527 1, 973 31, 922 33, 895 36, 268 29, 489 22, 854

eClasie
1G yeep 1, 108 1, 482 30, 388 31, 820 34, 047 27, 683 21, 454
(0 1G ee 1,319 1, 704 29, 899 31, 603 33, 815 27, 495 21, 309
IOPGes ese 1, 332 IRYPAl 28, 552 30, 273 32, 392 26, 338 20, 412
1h) 7 (ee 286 370 25, 112 25, 482 27, 266 22, 169 17, 181
Ose ees 587 758 225150 ZoTOLO 25, 161 20, 458 15, 855
OIG EE =o sas) 770 995 23, 303 24, 298 25, 999 21, 139 16, 383
1920 S42 ccs 1, 162 1, 501 26, 376 27, 877 29, 828 24, 253 18, 796
TR Fi Lec 2, 789 3, 603 27, 193 30, 796 32, 952 26, 793 20, 765
[ho Dene 4, 407 5, 694 27, 354 33, 048 35, 361 28, 752 22, 283
73) eee 3, 310 4, 277 30, 380 34, 657 37, 083 30, 152 23, 368
NO2Z4%..-24- 25% 2, 457 3, 174 37, 370 40, 544 43, 382 35, 273 7A ABy}
1h P25 eee eset 1, 858 2,401 42, 854 45, 255 48, 423 39, 372 30, 513
19262252 2— 22 1, 347 1, 740 42, 428 44, 168 47, 260 38, 426 29, 780
Tho 7 (ee om ae 1, 451 1, 875 36, 258 38, 133 40, 802 33, 176 2D 0UE:
1928 Ses 3 ee. 2, 690 3, 475 28, 751 32, 226 - 34, 482 28, 037 21, 729
1a! eee ees 3, 059 3, 952 27, 957 31, 909 34, 148 27, 761 Z1F515
193022 eee 2, 412 3, 116 22, 397 25, 513 27, 299 22, 196 17, 202
105: hoes ee 3, 324 4, 295 26, 645 30, 940 33, 106 26, 918 20, 861
19325-3222 SS 3, 398 4, 390 33, 249 37, 639 40, 274 32, 746 25, 378
TER ee ae es 3, 052 3, 943 34, 398 38, 341 Al, 025 33, 357 25, 852
102), See eee 38, 536 4, 569 32, 665 37, 234 39, 840 32, 394 25, 105
103 fees eee 2, 044 2, 641 30, 560 33, 201 35, 525 28, 885 22, 386
1103 (ee eae 1, 818 2, 349 29, 616 31, 965 34, 203 27, 810 21, 553
1

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.292 pounds unstemmed,

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.07 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.87 pound unstemmed
processing weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.775 pound stemmed processing weight.

66 CIRCULAR 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TABLE 24.—Connecticut Havana Seed tobacco, type 52: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,

semiannually 1914-16, quarterly 1917-36

[Prior to 1914 types 51, 52, and 61 were reported together as New England cigar leaf]

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

’

22, 958
22, 858
23, 058
23, 621
27, 737
31, 547
37, 845
36, 636
43, 509
38, 339
36, 948
34, 284
29, 871
29, 264
30, 417
32, 147
30, 839
29, 763
25, 271

24, 288
27, 408
25, 735
29, 795
27, 556
29, 269
29, 784
34, 986
39, 890
48, 255
51, 768
49, 769
43, 893
40, 966
35, 511
38, 769
37, 638
37, 313
34, 633
31, 817
30, 251

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

ds 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds

14, 679
17, 678
17, 601
17, 755
18, 188
21, 357
24, 291
29, 141
28, 210
33, 502
29, 521
28, 450
26, 399
23, 001
22, 533
23, 421
24, 753
23, 746
22, 918
19, 459

18, 702
21, 104
19, 816
22, 942
21, 218
22, 537
22, 934

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales-
Quarter and year Un- stemmed junstemmed| weight
Quantity Sronaned reported basis equivalent 2
reported equivalent !

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 poun
3 ly eee Sot 209 271 21, 640 1,911 23, 445
LISS eee 426 553 25, 836 26, 389 28, 236
1919) = ee 643 835 25, 439 26, 274 28, 113
19202 324 421 26, 083 26, 504 28, 359
NOD 92553 ee 1,005 1,305 25, 846 Pf GH 29, 052
192232 ee 1, 648 2, 141 29, 741 31, 882 34, 114
Th pS 3, 090 4,014 32, 247 36, 261 38, 799
1924255 0 eee 5, 749 7, 468 36, 032 43, 500 46, 545
1925 =. a eee 3, 901 5, 067 37, 043 42,110 45, 058
192622222 4e= 906 TSbig 48, 833 50, 010 53, 511
1OZ7 <2 ee 1, 820 2, 364 41, 704 44, 068 47, 153
O28 2k ek eve 5, 285 6, 865 35, 604 42, 469 45, 442
1OZOE 2 cas SeeL 4,451 5, 782 33, 625 39, 407 42, 165
193022228 2, 835 3, 683 30, 652 34, 335 36, 738
TRB Tees 3, 004 3, 902 29, 735 33, 637 35, 992
1932-222 eset 3, 723 4, 836 30, 126 34, 962 37, 409
O33 0.2 /es ees 3, 789 4,922 32, 029 36, 951 39, 538
LOS Ass eae 3, 213 4,174 31, 273 35, 447 37, 928
193 592-— 25 eee 2, 641 3, 431 30, 77! 34, 210 36, 605
TRE RY laut os os 1, 974 2, 564 26, 483 29, 047 31, 080

Apr. 1:
1h!) 1 eee oye 214 278 27, 639 27, 917 29, 871
TK eee Se 222 288 31, 216 31, 504 33, 709
TK) 7 ee ot 219 284 29, 296 29, 580 31, 651
191832222 Ss 437 568 | 33, 679 34, 247 36, 644
G19 =. see 1, 015 1, 318 30, 355 31, 673 33, 890
1920 eee 352 457 33, 186 33, 643 35, 998
1921 ee 1, 216 1, 580 32, 655 34, 235 36, 631
1O22E See 1, 601 2, 080 38, 134 40, 214 43, 029
1923. ae 3, 456 4, 489 41, 361 45, 850 49, 060
ODA a es Se 5, 953 7, 733 47, 732 55, 465 59, 348
NO) Ss See 3, 208 4, 167 55, 336 59, 503 63, 668
19262. 22s ee 1, 143 1, 485 it 7A 57, 206 61, 210
19D (2.422 et 2, 967 3, 854 46, 598 50, 452 53, 984
1OQR". 2. 4. TE 5, 724 7, 435 39, 652 47, 087 50, 383
BODO a 2,913 3, 784 37, 033 40, 817 43, 674
1930=— > ee 3, 658 4,752 | 39, 810 44, 562 47, 681
O32 =. Sao 3, 632 4,718 | 38, 544 43, 262 46, 290
1932.20 eee 3, 798 4, 934 37, 955 42, 889 45, 891
1933 ee 3, 895 5, 060 34, 748 39, 808 42, 595
NOSE Ss es 3, 076 3, 996 32, 575 36, 571 39, 131
1935= see 2, 750 3, 572 | 31, 199 34, 771 37, 205
193622 Seen 1, 809 2, 350 | 26, 080 28, 430 | 30, 420

See footnotes at end of table.

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67

TABLE 24.—Connecticut Havana Seed tobacco, type 52: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1914-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Quarter and year

|

Stemmed

7 Un-
Quantity
reported stemmed

equivalext !

Un- Total on
stemmed |unstemmed
reported basis

1,000 pounds
08

2,814
1, 226
3, 572
6, 459
5, 952
1, 947
1,941
5, 623
5, 636
4, 007
4, 741
4,791
4,910
4, 428
4,154
3, 085
2, 010

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent ?

1,000 pounds' 1,000 pounds| 1,000 nounds
868

, ,

31, 187 31, 621
30, 478 31, 574
34, 430 35, 283
28, 911 30, 285
36, 722 39, 692
39, 211 45, 177
44, 958 51, 760
51, 479 54, 206
51, 487 53, 394
41, 203 45, 592
40, 180 47, 826
30, 205 37, 159
31, 917 36, 873
34, 409 39, 418
37, 040 41, 994
34, 714 39, 410
33, 159 37, 179
28, 510 31, 960
24, 513 26, 646
17, 199 17, 564
24, 107 24, 434
22, 524 22, 794
25, 515 25, 900
26, 025 26, 852
23, 601 23, 900
26, 086 28, 900
25, 099 26, 325
32, O71 35, 643
34, 979 41, 438
40, 208 46, 160
47, 363 49, 310
46, 977 48, 918
38, 078 43, 701
32, 566 38, 202
28, 303 32, 310
29, 248 33, 989
29, 754 34, 545
33, 312 38, 222
31, 639 36, 067
31, 205 35, 359
25, 668 28, 753
22, 422 24, 432

1 1 pound stemmed equal to 1.299 pounds unstemmed. ;
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.07 pounds farm-sales weight and
processing weight. ; :
31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.77 pound stemmed processing weight.

33, 029
33, 834
33, 784
37, 753
32, 405
42, 470
48, 339
55, 383
58, 000
57, 132
48, 783
51, 174
39, 760
39, 454
42, 177
44, 934
42, 169
39, 782
34, 197
28, 511

18, 793
26, 144
24, 390
7,713
28, 732
25, 573
30, 923
28, 168
38, 138
44, 339
49, 391
52, 762
52, 342
46, 760
40, 876
34, 572
36, 368
36, 963
40, 898
38, 592
37, 834
30, 766
26, 142

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
26, 855
27, 510
27, 469
30, 696
26, 348
34, 532
39, 304
45, 031
47, 159
46, 453
39, 665
41, 609
32, 328
32, 080
34, 294
36, 535
34, 287
32, 346
27, 805
23, 182

15, 281
21, 258
19, 831
22, 533
23, 361
20, 793
25, 143
22, 903
31, 009
36, 051
40, 159
42, 900
42, 559
38, 020
33, 236
28, 110
29, 570
30, 054
33, 253
31, 378
30, 762
25, 015
21, 256

0.87 pound

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
20, 678
21, 183
21, 151
23, 636
20, 288
26, 590
30, 264
34, 674
36, 312
35, 769
30, 542
32, 039 _
24, 893
24, 702
26, 406
28, 132
26, 401
24, 906
21, 410
17, 850

11, 766
16, 369
15, 270
17, 350
17, 988
16, 011
19, 360
17, 635
23, 877
27, 759
30, 922
33, 033
32, 770
29, 275
25, 592
21, 645
22, 769
23, 142
25, 605
24, 161
23, 687
19, 262
16, 367

unstemmed

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TABLE 25—New York and Pennsylvania Havana Seed tobacco, type 53: Siocks
owned by dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a
converted-weight basis, semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917-36

| |

Stemmed |
SSS SSS ST Un- Totalon Farm-sales- ees Stemmed
Quarter and year | ~ | stemmed junstemmed) weight | processing | processing
Quantity Se reported basis equivalent 2) ent | weight 3
reported .ouivalent : |
|

Jan. 1: 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
C7 br eae 52 | 71 | 3,014 | 3, 085 | 3, 501 2,792 | 2, 052
19180 a Sole | 37 | | Zee Bee rom os ol 1,711
Tj} Seen 21 29 2, 567 | 2, 596 | 2, 946 | 2,349 | 1,727
1G 20° eee 29 | 40 | 2, 734 2, 774 | 3, 148 | 2,510 | 1, 845
92h: See 151 206 | 2, 497 2, 703 3, 068 | 2, 446 | 1, 798
e739. aa 130 | 177 | 3, 424 3, 601 | 4, 087 | 3, 259 | 2, 395
1923 2 ee 153 | 209 | 3, 475 3, 684 4,181 | 3, 334 2, 450
1978S ee 144 196 | 3, 145 3, 341 3, 792 | 3, 024 2, 293
1025) t= ree 78 106 2, 781 2, 887 | 3, 277 2, 613 1,921
19252 eee 64 | 87 | 3, 927 4,014 | 4, 55 3, 633 2, 670
1927 ee 51 | 70 | 3, 731 3, 801 4,314 3, 440 2, 528
10982" eee 35 | 48 | 2, 637 | 2, 685 | 3. 047 2, 430 | 1, 786
1920 ae 30 | 41 | 2, 024 | 2, 065 2, 344 | 1, 869 | 1,374
1990) es 211 288 | 2, 184 | 2, 472 2,806 | 2, 237 | 1 644
rife) eee 123 168 2,714 2, 882 | 3, 271 2, 608 | 1,917
1032." ae 115 | 157 | 2, 749 | 2, 906 | 3, 298 2, 630 | 1, 933
1033.02. ae 40 55 | 3, 295 3, 350 | 3, 802 | 3, 032 | 2, 229
hic) ae 129 176 | 4, 007 4, 183 4, 748 | 3, 786 | 2, 783
1935.2 ae 21 29 | 2, 599 | 2,628 | 2, 983 2, 378 | 1, 748
1956) OS" See | 52 7 | 1, 88 | 1,929 | 2, 189 1,746 | 1, 283

Apr. 1: | |
191g eee 74 | 101 | 5,780 | 5, 881 6,675 | 5, 322 | 3, 912
1914 eee | 77 | 105 5. 976 | 6, 081 6, 902 | 5,503 | 4, 045
1Gie eae 148 202 5, 327 5, 529 | 6, 275 | 5,004 | 3, 678
iG een 52 71 6, 254 | 6, 325 | 7, 179 5, 724 | 4, 207
ty Gee 41 56 | 3, 593 | 3, 649 | 4, 142 3, 302 | 2, 427
191) eee 7 95 | 3,375 3, 470 3, 938 3, 140 | 2, 308
1g1G* ees 17 | 3 | 3, 589 | 3, 612 4,100 3, 269 | 2, 403
199). -2> See 77 | 105 3, 037 | 3, 142 3, 566 | 2, 844 2,090
ip aa 2s 112 | 153 4, 375 | 4, 528 5, 139 | 4,098 | 3, 012
(7 a ee 126 | 172 5, 615 | 5, 787 6, 568 | 5, B7 | 3, 849
TA 75 ee eal 182 | 248 4, 053 4,301 4, 882 | 3, 892 2, 861
12 re 132 | 180 3, 967 4, 147 4,707 3, 753 | 2, 758
1Qpyles 2 = Oe 79 | 108 4, 080 4, 188 4, 753 3, 790 | 2, 786
1995s oan 39 | 53 5, 245 5, 298 6, 013 4, 795 3, 524
7; Gee 276 | 376 4,149 4,525 | 5, 136 | 4,095 | 3, 010
7s en 36 | 49 2, 565 2,614 2, 967 2, 366 | 1, 739
i909. ae 1, 595 | 2, 176 1, 747 | 3,923 | 4, 453 | 3, 550 | 2, 609
13052. een 199 | 271 | 2, 612 2, 883 | 3, 272 | 2, 609 1, 918
1951 ee 117 | 160 3,441 3, 601 4, 087 | 3, 259 2, 395
iGo” oc 101 | 138 | 4, 354 4, 492 | 5,098 | 4, 065 2, 988
1Ggg0! 2 eee 63 86 | 3, 192 | 3, 278 | 3,721 | 2, 967 | 2, 181
7s alee Ta! ~ 52 71 | 3. 330 3, 401 3, 3,078 | 2, 262
10352 c. Seee 27 37 | 2, 396 2, 433 2, 761 2, 202 1, 618
(his Pomeees SE 58 | 79 2, 149 | 2, 228 | 2, 529 2, 016 1, 482

See footnotes at end of table.

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TaBLE 25.—New York and Pennsylvania Havana Seed tobacco, type 53: Stocks
owned by dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on
converted-weight basis, semiannually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- t Un- dl Stemmed
Quarter and year (Rae stemmed junstemmed|] weight SAS ARES AG processing
Quantity | tommed | reported basis _|equivalent 2 ges ° weight3
reported equivalent! .

July 1: 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds
TIS yf Seer = 43 59 2, 839 2, 898 3, 289 2, 623 1, 928
1OTSt ae See 105 143 3, 018 3, 161 3, 588 2, 861 2, 103
(OT OR tees 23 31 2,996 3,027 |. 3, 436 2, 739 2,013
TODO urs 2 xe 102 139 3, 274 3, 413 3, 874 3, 089 2, 270
RG Die ae RO os 127 173 3, 895 4, 068 4, 617 3, 682 2, 706
LG 22a ees er 156 213 4, 829 5, 042 5, 723 4, 563 3, 0504
(O23 Scie Peles 169 231 3, 813 4,044 4, 590 3, 660 2, 690
1O DAE ee 125 170 3, 398 3, 568 4, 050 3, 229 2, 373
QDR 5s es 58 79 4,335 4, 414 5, 010 3,995 2, 936
IOP Gosss Se eS 76 104 4, 898 5, 002 5, 677 4, 527 3, 327
iC py eiae eeress 43 59 3, 467 3, 526 4,002 3, 191 2) 345
WGQSEE) Mute ee 44 60 2, 564 2, 624 2,978 2,375 1, 746
LOZQE ee ses 100 136 2, 681 2, 817 3, 197 2, 549 1, 874
1930) Seco 188 256 2, 345 2, 601 2952 2, 354 1, 730
OSI Se at 112 153 3, 532 3, 685 4, 182 3, 335 2, 451
O32 Rees 104 142 4, 266 4, 408 5, 003 3, 989 2, 932
1933S ees 10 14 3, 922 3, 936 4, 467 3, 562 2, 618
UO Ye Be tae ae 32 44 3, 070 3, 114 3, 534 2, 818 2,071
OS heh ee 15 20 ; 2,072 2, 092 2, 374 1, 893 1, 391

é GB} tare 51 70 2, 025 2,095 2, 378 1, 896 1, 394

Glke JIE
IH pseare se ieeere ah 333 454 4, 906 5, 360 6, 084 4, 851 3, 565
QI Smee eee 92 125 4, 897 5, 022 5, 700 4, 545 3, 341
NON ARGS ee 47 64 3, 675 3, 739 4, 244 3, 384 2, 487
TCH IG ees ete 55 75 4,195 4, 270 4, 846 3, 864 2, 840
MONG Sa eee 38 52 3, 952 4, 004 4, 545 3, 624 2, 664
TCH 7 Sea ee ee 38 52 3, 050 3, 102 By GPA 2, 807 2, 063
{QISR oars 24 33 2, 629 2, 662 3, 021 2, 409 iL, eA
ONO S = 22 eee 33 45 PES 2, 356 2, 674 2, 132 1, 567
O20 SE 2 ees 64 87 2, 414 2, 501 2, 839 2, 263 1, 663
10 Pat se eee 111 151 3, 485 3, 586 4, 070 3, 245 2, 385
1OQ2 = ee ek 126 172 4, 409 4, 581 5, 199 4, 146 3, 047
LO DB re sioner 136 186 3, 166 3, 352 3, 805 3, 034 2, 230
1 pY soe ee 79 108 3, 103 Sal 3, 644 2, 906 2, 136
G2 pte ee ee 71 97 4, 367 4, 464 5, 067 4, 040 2, 969
O26 ears ere 69 94 4, 508 4, 602 5, 223 4, 165 3, 061
NO 2a 34 46 3, 162 3, 208 SOA in |in 2, 903 2, 134
NG 2S ween ae 29 40 2, 250 2, 290 2, 599 2, 072 1, 523
G2 Oe eee ee 120 164 2, 080 2, 244 2, 547 2, 031 1, 493
1OSQMeS Gatanee 112 153 2, 054 2, 207 2, 505 1, 997 1, 468
NOBUS Ree ees 111 151 2, 923 3, 074 3, 489 2, 782 2, 045
TOBY 2 Sty ear 82 112 3, 799 3, 911 4, 439 3, 539 2, 601
TBR y as =e ee 96 131 3, 665 3, 796 4, 308 3, 435 2525
NOS 4eertease aS 32 44 2, 672 2, 716 3, 083 2, 458 1, 807
19S pees a 29 40 1, 722 1, 762 2, 000 1, 595 72
19368 =— 17 23 Alles 1, 738 1, 973 Loe 1, 156

! 1 pound stemmed equal to 1.364 pounds unstemmed.

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.135 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.905 pound unstemmed proc-
essing weight.

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.735 pound stemmed processing weight.

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70
TABLE 26.— Wisconsin tobacco, types 54 and 55: Stocks owned by dealers and manu-

facturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-werght basis, semi-
annually 1912-16, quarterly 191 7-36

[Beginning April 1929, factors for types 54 and 55 combined were not used; the figures are the sums of the
individual types]

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- aaa Stemmed
Quarter and year Une stemmed junstemmed| weight SNe processing
Quantity | semmed | reported basis _|equivalent ? as essing | “weight 3
eight 2
reported | .quivalent !

Jan. 1: 1,000 Dede 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds | 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds
17222 See 4, 786 6, 294 41, 688 47, 982 51, 341 40, 065 30, 449
LOIS = ees 5, 414 7, 119 35, 300 42, 419 45, 388 35, 420 26, 919
TIO) 9, 194 12, 090 35, 216 47, 306 50, 617 39, 501 30, 021
1920822 ee 8, 192 10, 772 46, 566 57, 338 61, 352 47, 877 36, 387
1921 2 Sees 11, 649 15, 318 65, 532 80, 850 86, 510 67, 510 51, 308
1922 sae 11, 110 14, 610 71, 656 86, 266 92, 305 72, 032 54, 744
123 eee eee 12, 839 16, 853 89, 814 106, 697 114, 166 89, 092 67, 710
1924) ee 15, 803 20, 781 83, 995 104, 776 112, 110 87, 488 66, 491
O25 = ees 14, 933 19, 637 82, 817 102, 454 109, 626 85, 549 65, 017
1926 aaa 12, 225 16, 076 71, 670 87, 746 93, 888 73, 268 55, 684
109722 = sees 11, 920 15, 675 70, 861 86, 536 92, 594 72, 258 54, 916
12852 eee 12, 792 16, 821 57, 132 73, 953 79, 130 61, 751 46, 931
1920 = anes 11, 287 14, 842 51, 072 65, 914 70, 528 55, 038 41, 829
OS OH se recente 10, 184 13, 348 62, 430 75, 778 81, 085 63, 354 48, 260
19312... Sees 13, 788 18, 047 59, 503 77, 550 82, 952 64, 789 49, 373
1932) 2a 12, 202 15, 952 83, 762 99, 714 106, 738 83, 431 63, 526
1933 Bees ee « 9, 540 12, 475 106, 047 118, 522 126, 791 99, 040 75, 464
19342") See 7, 489 9, 816 112, 830 122, 646 131, 156 102, 411 78, 065
NOS 5S eeee 6, 559 8, 627 106, 472 115, 099 123, 026 96, 015 73, 229

r 19365 22a 5, 098 6, 681 92, 990 99, 671 106, 501 83, 089 63, 394

Jafar, IS
LOSS ass 11, 192 14, 717 82, 572 97, 289 104, 099 81, 236 61, 739
TNS es 10, 373 13, 640 75, 368 89, 008 95, 239 74, 322 56, 485
{O15 E See S 7, 548 9, 926 81, 114 91, 040 97, 413 76, 018 57, 774
19162. 2 se eee 6, 053 7, 960 80, 743 88, 703 94, 912 74, 067 56, 291
AQUHE* =e See 2, 763 3, 633 59, 828 63, 461 67, 903 52. 990 40, 272
1 OI SOs eae 5, 011 6, 589 59, 936 66, 525 71, 182 55, 548 42, 216
1919S a= 8, 366 11, 001 63, 779 74, 780 80, 015 62, 441 47, 455
1920822 eae 7, 623 10, 024 63, 599 73, 623 78, 777 61, 475 46, 721
TOpAle Se 2S 9, 683 12, 733 92, 722 105, 455 112, 837 88, 055 66, 922
L927 R ee ee 11, 120 14, 623 119, 570 134, 193 143, 587 112, 051 85, 159
O23 te Sea 14, 144 18, 599 111, 598 130, 197 139, 311 108, 714 82, 623
G7 9 GS ZZ! 20, 739 90, 057 110, 796 118, 552 92, 515 70, 311
1925 %2 See 14, 978 19, 696 92, 459 112, 155 120, 006 93, 649 71, 173
19265 == 10, 647 14, 001 104, 181 118, 182 126, 455 98, 682 74, 998
NOY (ere os 12, 003 15, 784 95, 148 110, 932 118, 697 92, 628 70, 397
ODS Oras Sarees 12, 676 16, 669 81, 459 98, 128 104, 997 81, 937 62, 272
19202. See = 8, 411 10, 982 88, 934 99, 916 106, 902 83, 516 63, 626
TORY a = 10, 151 13, 260 91, 269 104, 529 111, 843 87, 383 66, 568
O31. 2S ee 15, 075 19, 741 82, 440 102, 181 109, 391 85, 515 65, 104
1903222. 2 Aw 11, 903 15, 561 102, 783 118, 344 126, 610 98, 907 75, 357
TOSSES see 8, 047 10, 518 109, 510 120, 028 128, 438 100, 357 76, 444
1 O34 eee 5, 913 7, 748 113, 593 121, 341 129, 817 101, 412 77, 265
1935 aes 5, 349 7, 028 113, 397 120, 425 128, 758 100, 521 76, 639
193625 Steno 4, 650 6, 091 95, 126 101, 217 | 108, 204 84, 460 64, 406

See footnotes at end of table.

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fal

TABLE 26.— Wisconsin tobacco, types 54 and 55: Stocks owned by dealers and manu-
facturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, semi-
annually 1912-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Quarter and year

Stemmed

Un-
stemmed
equivalent !

Quantity
reported-

1,000 pounds

3, 326 4, 374
5, 575 7, 331
8, 506 11, 185
5, 904 7, 764
9, 661 12, 704
11, 345 14, 919
14, 302 18, 807
16, 007 21, 049
14, 003 18, 414
9, 011 11, 849
11, 582 15, 230
12, 425 16, 339
10, 444 13, 636
9, 683 12, 649
13, 791 18, 042
10, 619 13, 886
6, 472 8, 470
5, 736 7, 530
5, 028 6, 611
5, 703 7,470
10, 948 14, 397
12, 197 16, 039
11, 795 15, 510
7, 525 9, 895
4, 942 6, 499
4, 502 5, 920
7, 447 9, 793
8, 610 11, 322
7, 472 9, 826
10, 833 14, 245
11, 246 14, 788
14, 477 19, 037
15, 242 20, 043
12, 270 16, 135
9, 279 12, 202
12, 077 15, 881
11, 654 15, 325
9, 345 12, 245
11, 635 15, 218
11, 810 15, 439
9, 888 12, 930
7, 268 9, 520
6, 239 8, 193
5, 132 6, 735
4,810 6, 301

Un- Total on
stemmed |junstemmed
reported basis

63, 551 67, 925
59, 632 66, 963
70, 900 82, 085
78, 388 86, 152
93, 874 106, 578
120, 665 135, 584
112, 616 131, 423
100, 346 121, 395
96, 341 114, 755
96, 410 108, 259
85, 077 100, 307
72, 500 88, 839
86, 936 100, 572
87, 340 99, 989
98, 764 116, 806
117, 804 131, 690
120, 753 129, 223
116, 002 123, 532
107, 460 114, 071
90, 167 97, 637
60, 209 74, 606
59, 892 75, 931
59, 539 75, 049
71, 366 81, 261
54, 841 61, 340
48, 549 54, 469
43, 338 53, 131
60, 104 71, 426
77, 871 87, 697
82, 642 96, 887
109, 328 124, 116
102, 689 121, 726
94, 763 114, 806
85, 953 102, 088
83, 923 96, 125
70, 978 86, 859
60, 894 76, 219
77, 356 89, 601
73, 639 88, 857
93, 359 108, 798
111, 385 124, 315
116, 924 126, 444
112, 417 120, 610
100, 970 107, 705
82, 140 88, 441

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.315 pounds unstemmed.
21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.07 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.835 pound unstemmed process-

ing weight.

Farm-sales-
weight
equivalent 2

1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds

72, 680
71, 650
87, 831
92, 183
114, 038
145, 075
140, 623
129, 893
122, 788
115, 837
107, 328
95, 058
107, 634
106, 985
124, 995
140, 853
138, 258
132, 115
121, 955
104, 346

79, 828
81, 246
80, 302
86, 949
65, 634
58, 282
56, 850
76, 426
93, 836
103, 669
132, 804
130, 247
122, 842
109, 234
102, 854
92, 939
81, 554
95, 889
95, 065
116, 462
132, 977
135, 300
128, 946
115, 124
94, 510

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
56, 717
55, 914
68, 541
71, 937
88, 993

113, 213
109, 738
101, 365
95, 820
90, 396
83, 756
74, 181
84, 113

83, 585 |

97, 670
110, 006
108, 013
103, 168

95, 201

81, 424

62, 296
63, 402
62, 666
67, 853
51, 219
45, 482
44, 364
59, 641
73, 227
80, 901

103, 637

101, 641
95, 863
85, 243
80, 264
72, 527
63, 643
74, 931
74, 266
91, 033

103, 863

105, 714

100, 658
89, 849
73, 742

3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equa Ito 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight.

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
43, 105
42, 495
52, 091
54, 672
67, 635
86, 042
83, 401
77, 037
72, 823
68, 701
63, 655
56, 378
64, 060
63, 675
74, 394
83, 836
82, 288
78, 634
72, 589
62, 111

47, 345
48, 186
47, 626
51, 568
38, 926
34, 566
33, 717
45, 327
55, 653
61, 485
78, 764
77, 247
72, 856
64, 785
61, 001
55, 121
48, 369
57, 070
56, 582
69, 314
79, 147
80, 527
76, 750
68, 526
56, 257

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TABLE 27.—Southern Wisconsin tobacco, type 54; Stocks owned by dealers and manu-
facturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, quarterly

1929-36
Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- i Un- q | Stemmed
Quarter and year Un- stemmed |unstemmed| weight | S’¢™mMec | processing
Quantity | ommea | reported basis equivalent 2 pears weight 3
reported equivalent ! bere
Jan. 1: | 7,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,090 pounds 1 SEL DUTTA 1,000 pounds
L930 sae ees 6, 881 8, 945 36, 432 45, 377 48, 100 37, 209 28, 651
[G31 RsSan eee 10, 075 13, 098 34, 497 47, 595 50, 451 39, 028 30, 052
19325. °5 — es 9, 486 12, 332 45, 740 58, 072 61, 556 47,619 36, 667
193352. 7, 325 9, 522 62, 699 72, 221 76, 554 59, 221 45, 600
1O34= 2 an ee 5, 056 6, 573 70, 039 76, 612 81, 209 $2, $22 48, 373
19352 eae 3, 527 4, 585 69, 665 74, 250 78, 705 60, 885 46, 881
HOR Geos ees 3, 464 4, 503 61, 191 65, 694 69, 636 53, 869 41,479
Apr. 1:
1920 6, 971 9, 062 51, 214 60, 276 63, 893 49, 426 38, 058
1930-2 Se 8, 226 10, 694 52, 113 62, 807 66, 575 51, 502 39, 657
193122 oe 10, 731 13, 950 45, 054 59, 004 62, 544 48, 383 BL RS
1932222): See 9, 279 12, 063 59, 652 CASTS 76, 018 58, 806 45, 281
O33 = . Temes 6, 316 8, 211 63, 461 71, 672 75, 972 58, 771 45, 254
193422 Sees 4, 063 5, 282 68, 246 73, 528 77, 940 60, 293 46, 426
1935-2. ee 3, 096 4, 025 72, 099 76, 124 80, 691 62, 422 48, 065
a 1O3Gc== eee Se20" 4, 234 60, 422 64, 656 68, 535 53, 018 40, 824
uly 1: ;
192921 8, 647 11, 241 48, 235 59, 476 63, 045 48, 770 37, 553
1930222 Ss 7, 855 10, 212 49,915 60, 127 63, 735 49, 304 37, 964
1O31ese eee 10, 345 13, 448 56, 130 69, 578 fandoo 57, 054 43, 932
19302 See 8, 141 10, 583 70, 608 81, 191 86, 062 66, 577 51, 264
193322 a= 4, 779 6, 213 71, 740 77, 953 82, 630 63, 921 49, 219
1934222 ae 3, 514 4, 568 72, 146 76, 714 81, 317 62, 905 48, 437
IOS 2S sue neers 2, 786 3, 622 68, 878 72, 500 76, 850 59, 450 45, 776
‘ 1936e22 = eee 3, 978 5, 171 58, 434 63, 605 67, 421 52, 156 40, 160
ctr:
192022. 2 Te 6, 418 8, 343 44, 800 53, 143 56, 332 43, 577 33, 554
1930 Se 8, 811 11, 454 42, 332 53, 786 LYS UIBS || 2 44,105 33, 961
(9312 9,185 11, 940 51, 401 63, 341 67, 141 51, 940 39, 994
(9322... —- = 7, 585 9, 860 66, 333 76, 193 80, 765 62, 478 48, 108
19334222 5, 085 6, 610 69, 086 75, 696 80, 238 62, O71 47, 795
1934 3, 759 4, 887 71, 772 76, 659 81, 259 62, 860 48, 402
fOsh sees See 3, 198 4,157 65, 288 69, 445 73, 612 56, 945 43, 848
OSG NS | eee 3, 376 4, 389 53, 545 57, 934 61, 410 47, 506 36, 580

i 1 pound stemmed equal to 1.300 pounds unstemmed.

2] pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.06 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.82 pound unstemmed proc-
essing weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.77 pound stemmed processing weight.

Ak yciapenmmnamae 4 ————_—_

See ee
ws

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73

TABLE 28.—WNorthern Wisconsin tobacco, type 55: Stocks owned by dealers and manu-
facturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis, quarterly

1929-36

Quarter and-year

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales-
Oa Te sere’ uustemmed Wee
uantity | reporte asis equivalent 2
reported BA seat t

1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds

; 4, 403 25, 998 , 401 32, 985

3, 713 4, 949 25, 006 29, 955 32, 501

2, 716 3, 620 38, 022 41, 642. 45, 182

2, 215 2, 953 43, 348 46, 301 50, 237

2, 433 3, 243 42, 791 46, 034 49, 947

3, 032 4, 042 36, 807 40, 849 44, 321

1, 634 2,178 31, 799 33, 977 36, 865

1, 440 1, 920 37, 720 39, 640 43, 009

1, 925 |- 2, 566 39, 156 41, 722 45, 268

4, 344 5, 791 37, 386 43,177 46, 847

2, 624 3, 498 43, 131 46, 629 50, 592

iE eu 2, 307 46, 042 48, 356 52, 466

1, 850 2, 466 45, 347 47, 813 51, 877

2, 253 3, 003 41, 298 44,301 48, 067

1, 393 1, 857 34, 704 36, 561 39, 669

1, 797 2, 395 38, 701 41, 096 44, 589

1, 828 2, 437 37, 425 39, 862 43, 250

3, 446 4, 594 42, 634 47, 228 51, 242

2, 478 3, 303 47, 196 50, 499 54, 791

1, 693 WD PUY | 49, 013 51, 270 55, 628

2, 222 2, 962 43, 856 46, 818 50, 798

2, 242 2, 989 38, 582 41, 571 45, 105

IL GS 2, 299 31, 733 34, 032 36, 925

2, 927 3, 902 32, 556 36, 458 39, 557

2, 824 3, 764 31, 307 35, 071 38, 052

2, 625 3, 499 41, 958 45, 457 49, 321

2, 303 3, 070 45, 052 48, 122 52, 212

2, 183 2,910 47, 838 50, 748 55, 062

2, 480 3, 306 40, 645 43, 951 47, 687

1, 934 2, 578 35, 682 38, 260 41, 512

1, 434 1, 912 28, 595 30, 507

33, 180

Un-
stemmed
processing
weight 2

1,000 pounds
26, 145

Stemmed
processing
weight 3

1,000 pounds
19, 609
19, 321
26, 859
29, 864
29, 692
26, 348
21, 915

11 pound stemmed equal to 1.333 pounds unstemmed.

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.085 pounds farm-sales weight and
essing weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.75 pound stemmed processing weight.

0.86 pound unstemmed proc-

74 CIRCULAR 435, U. 8S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TABLE 29.—Connecticut shade-grown tobacco, type 61: Stocks owned by dealers and ‘
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1914-16, quarterly 1917—36

[Prior to 1914, types 51, 52, and 61 were reported together as New England cigar leaf]

-_ i Mia +

| |

| Stemmed |
Un- | Total on | Farm-sales- = ua d Stemmed
Quarter and year Was stemmed junstemmed| weight eh = processing
| Quantity | one reported basis equivalent ? sone 1g weight 3 |
| Teported equivalent ! i | | eee ;
Pen penn paneer cee
Se i OOO pons i 00 pends ite AND poremaiat, IO pea ifs east rE geen nes ee
(------~-~-- 2, 2, 82: 5]
118232 eee 34 103 3, 706 z a 4, 323 3, 580 2, 918
O19 L 2 Se eee 168 206 5, 589 5, 795 6, 577 5, 447 4,439
4920 =) se 166 203 7. 824 8, 027 9,111 7, 545 6, 149
419271. See 272 333 6, 522 6, 855 anh 6, 444 5, 252
1220 281 344 8. 806 9, 150 10, 385 8, 601 7, 010
1O23%: = ees 211 258 9, 276 9, 534 | 10, 821 8, 962 7, 304
1QJAW 5) ees 502 614 12, 128 12, 742 14, 462 11, 977 9, 761
i ht 72; eee 359 439 11, 821 12, 260 13, 915 11, 524 9, 392
19062) ae 438 536 11, 296 11, 832 13, 429 11, 122 9, 064
ht 77 eee ae es 360 44] 8, 299 8, 740 9, 920 8, 216 6, 696
1028) 2 ae 468 573 7, 894 8, 467 9, 610 7, 959 6, 487
192702 aes 243 297 8, 47 8, 775 9, 960 8, 248 6, 722
1930: a eS 596 730 10, 733 11, 463 13, 011 10, 775 8, 782
I@iz- eee 269 329 11, 502 11, $31 13, 428 11, 121 9, 064
103 22% ee 267 327 10, 641 10, 968 12, 449 10, 310 8, 403
i Lis 2 eee Sere 258 316 11, 044 11, 360 12, 894 10, 678 8, 703
1G 4. eee 316 387 10, 505 10, 892 12, 362 10, 238 8, 344
1Q35* ee es 321 393 10, 761 11,15 12, 660 10, 485 8, 545
108G 22 Cee | 304 372 9, 114 9, 486 10, 767 8, 917 7, 267
Apr. 1:
¥ (OL 5== eee | 44 4 2, 261 2, 315 2, 628 2,176 Me rdikes
1DIGso: Seee 27 33 2, 578 2, 611 2, 963 | 2, 454 2, 000
iO (ee 35 43 3, 429 3, 472 3, 941 3, 264 2, 660
1918. Se 105 129 6, 175 6, 304 7, 155 5, 926 4,830
1919) = ae 153 187 6, 127 6,314 7, 166 | 5, 935 4, 837
1920) 22 515 630 7, 504 8, 134 9, 232 7. 646 6, 231
10212 ee 370 453 | 5, 944 6, 397 | 7, 261 6, 013 4, 901
‘ipo ee ee 24 297 | 8, 568 8.865} 10, 062 8,333 6, 791
3 ee 339 415 | 8, 915 9. 330 10, 590 8, 770 7,148
O24 ee 541 662 | 10, 938 11, 600 | 13, 166 16, 904 8, 887
1925 ee 274 335 | 10, 358 10, 693 12, 137 10, 051 8, 192
AODG Ls sees 400 490 9, 030 9, 520 | 10, 805 8, G49 7, 293
4192/2 Se 354 433 7, 251 7, 684 | 8, 721 | 7, 223 5, 887
1 ity) Veen es 336 411 | 7, 542 7, 953 | 9, 027 7, 476 6, 093
1929: =" = | 316 387 | 8, 433 8. 820 10, O11 8, 291 6, 757
rie, aba B15 630 | 9, 984 10, 614 12, 047 9, 977 8, 131
1a 544 666 | 10, 274 10, 940 12, 417 10, 284 8, 381
1952) int ea | 319 390 11, 185 11, 575 13, 138 10, 880 8, 867
kt 6 ee 189 231 - 10, 676 10, 907 | 12, 379 10, 253 8, 356 .
1(Q3422. 2S 266 326 | 9, $72 10, 298 11, 688 | 9, 680 7, 889 |
1035 = eee 289 | 354 | 9, 447 9,801 | ‘11, 124 9, 213 7, 509
1 OS GES st Sie es 273 | 334 8, 264 | 8, 598 | 9, 759 8, 082 6, 587

See footnotes at end of table.

TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 75

TABLE 29.—Connecticut shade-grown tobacco, type 61: Stocks owned by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-weight basis,
semiannually 1914-16, quarterly 1917—36—Continued

Stemmed
Un- Total on | Farm-sales- <i Up: d Stemmed
Quarter and year wn stemmed junstemmed] weight ara na processing
Quantity | semmed | Teported basis _|equivalent 2 ee ht 18 | weight 3
reported |. quivalent ! :

July 1: - |1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pounds} 1,000 pounds| 1,000 pounds
ICO) Uy fae a Sli 108 132 3, 474 3, 606 4, 093 3, 390 2, 763
LOSE sateen se 141 173 4, 684 4, 857 Sols 4, 566 a iGal
WQIG: Hs Be 179 219 6, 660 6, 879 |- 7, 808 6, 466 5, 270
1192022 ee. 221 271 LSPA 5, 543 6, 291 5, 210 4, 246
O21 Set sae 502 614 5, 950 6, 564 7, 450 6, 170 5, 029
G22 ee eae 211 258 7, 495 7, 753 8, 800 7, 288 5, 940
923 eae 451 552 7, 193 7, 745 8, 791 7, 280 5, 933
19242 ee 523 640 10, 651 11, 291 12, 815 10, 614 8, 650
11925 eee ees 350 428 9, 143 9, 571 10, 863 8, 997 7, 333
119262 2 Bes 289 354 6, 551 6, 905 7, 837 6, 491 5, 290
192 ae ees 509 696 5, 925 6, 621 UAoLd 6, 224 5, 073
HOSE SEES 320 392 5, 559 5, 951 6, 754 5, 594 4, 559
192902 2 ae 340 416 5, 614 6, 030 6, 844 5, 668 4,619
Tint) sea aA 527 645 9, 680 10, 325 11, 719 9, 706 7, 910
NOSTE Ses See: 614 752 9, 641 10, 393 11, 796 9, 769 7, 962
LOZ 2ES 2 eae 341 417 10, 379 10, 796 12, 253 10, 148 8, 271
O33 Se hs eee es 255 312 10, 197 10, 509 11, 928 9, 878 8, 051
(O34 eee Tae 368 450 9, 208 9, 658 10, 962 9, 079 7, 399
1O35ee Se ei 298 865 : 8, 006 8, 371 9, 501 7, 869 6, 413

one G3 GE Se=e eee 269 329 6, 882 Au 8, 184 6, 778 5, 524

et. 1:
OTA See 28 34 1, 198 1, 232 1, 398 1, 158 944
1) es 38 47 PA US? 2, 204 2, 502 2, 072 1, 689
GIG: See es 32 39 1, 881 1, 920 2,179 1, 805 1, 471
OU ee eee Bao 91 DUE 2, 742 2, 853 3, 238 2, 682 2, 186
NOTSe Saas 91 111 4, 503 4,614 5, 237 4, 337 8, 535
1 OLG is Sethe: ew 163 200 5, 564 5, 764 6, 542 5, 418 4, 416
10202222 =a 234 286 4, 984 5, 270 5, 981 4, 954 4, 038
CS 7 ee eee a 373 457 7, 281 7, 738 8, 783 7, 274 5, 928
192230 2a 367 449 7, 145 7, 594 8, 619 7, 138 5, 817
19235— Sees 549 672 8, 495 9, 167 10, 405 8, 617 7, 023
ODA eek A 538 659 9, 166 9, 825 11, 151 9, 236 Thee
(O25 3s 312 382 10, 100 10, 482 11, 897 9, 853 8, 030
O26 Sner see 327 400 6, 088 6, 488 7, 364 6, 099 4, 971
UC Py/a- ee SES 458 561 6, 034 6, 595 7, 485 6, 199 5, 052
O28 Bake Sars 291 356 6, 524 6, 880 7, 809 6, 467 PHL
O29 Se aie 391 479 6, 085 6, 564 7, 450 6, 170 5, 029
930 s==a= 598 732 9, 564 10, 296 11, 686 9, 678 7, 888
NOB Tewat As > 518 634 10, 345 10, 979 12, 461 10, 320 8, 411
O32 sess 330 404 10, 572 10, 976 12, 458 10, 317 8, 408
TIGRE ie ee Se 381 466 10, 349 10, 815 12, 275 10, 166 8, 285
AIC Ye Ree ec as 364 446 8, 324 8, 770 9, 954 8, 244 6, 719
19354 a 349 427 lg 200 7, 702 8, 742 7, 240 5, 901
IGE} aS ee 265 324 5, 688 6, 007 6, 818 5, 647 4, 602
|

1] pound stemmed equal to 1.224 pounds unstemmed.

21 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.135 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.94 pound unstemmed proc-
essing weight.

31 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.815 pound stemmed processing weight.

76 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TaBLE 30.—Georgia and Florida shade-grown tobacco, type 62: Stocks owned by
dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted-
weight basis, quarterly 1929-36 }

Stemmed
Un- Totalon | Farm-sales- st ae Stemmed
Quarter and year OE stemmed |unstemmed| weight Tae, processing
Quantity eroranneed reported basis equivalent 2 ee ht 18 weight 4
reported | .quivalent 2 :

Jan. i: 1,600 pounds) 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pownds) 1,000 pounds) 1,000 pownds| 1,000 pounds
IG30e2 3 esse 32 38 5, 016 5. 055 5, 864 4,726 3, 923
JOE ose 221 266 4,944 5, 210 6, 044 4, 871 4, 043
1932222 eee W/ 20 4, 808 4, 828 5, 600 4,514 3, 747
O33 =s 2 Bees 54 65 4, 747 4,812 5,; 582 4, 499 3, 734
19342. 2 ee 14 17 3, 944 3, 961 4, 595 3, 704 3, 074
1935S sea 65 78 3, 307 3, 385 3, 927 3, 165 2, 627
193614525 es 22 27 3, 486 Pole 4, 075 3, 285 2, 727

Apr. 1:

e ODO =: 22 es 19 23 3, 825 3, 848 4, 464 3, 598 2, 986
1O30E 2a 29 35 4, 921 4, 956 5, 749 4, 634 3, 846
1IGG eae ee 78 94 4, 350 4, 444 5, 155 4,155 3, 449
1932" 2 See 140 169 4, 267 4, 436 5, 146 4, 148 . 3, 443
1OSSe tee eee 84 101 4, 134 4, 235 4,913 3, 960 3, 287
193422 eee 2 72 87 3, 367 3, 454 4, 007 3, 229 2, 680
OS} aes 35 42 2, 931 2, 973 3, 449 2, 780 2, 307
19362325 ees 13 16 3, 211 3, 227 3, 743 3, 017 2, 504

July 1:

1929 2s eae 2 37 45 3, 527 3, 572 4,144 3, 340 enti

19802. 2 =) 33 ah 33 3, 941 3, 974 4, 610 3, 716 3, 084
HOS etee Sears 31 37 4, 079 4,116 4,775 3, 848 3, 194
1932-2 ee 16 19 3, 600 3, 619 4,198 3, 384 2, 809
1933822258 ee 87 105 3, 843 3, 948 4, 580 3, 691 3, 064
1O342- sere 22 27 3, 017 3, 044 3, Dol 2, 846 2, 362
NOS hs co Sees 15 18 2, 530 2, 548 2, 956 2, 382 1, 977
19365. “=i 19 ; 23 2, 313 2, 336 2, 710 2, 184 1,813

Oct. 1:

192922 ae alyé 20 4, 807 4, 827 5, 599 4,513 3, 746
19302--2aee 20 24 5, 901 5, 925 6, 873 5, 540 4, 598
OSS ae 23 28 5, 174 5, 202 6, 034 4, 864 4, 037
193 2e-.< ees 47 57 5,115 Oslepe 6, 000 4, 836 4, 014
NOS3e= = ieee 27 33 4, 607 4, 640 5, 382 4, 338 3, 601
O34. es eee 12 14 4, 158 4,172 4, 840 3, 901 3, 238
NOS5te es eae 10 12 4, 080 4, 092 4, 747 3, 826 3, 176
AQSGERae 2 eee 15 18 3, 575 3, 593 4, 168 3, 359 2, 788

|

1 Prior to 1929 stocks of type 62 were not segregated. They were reported in combination with type 45
-and are included in the figures in table 21.

21 pound stemmed equal to 1.205 pounds unstemmed.

31 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.16 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.935 pound unstemmed proec-
essing weight.

41 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.83 pound stemmed processing weight.

FE

ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WHEN THIS PUBLICATION WAS LAST PRINTED

SCCRELEM TOMA GIUC ULL! mre tes ee Pe Henry. A. WALLACE.

WC S CCRCLOT mae ee ee ee eee et NI. WiIESON:

PAIS SP SUG IULS COMCLO TA) erate a = een ein ay eee Harry L. Brown.

Director of Extension Work_._..-.--------. C. W. WARBURTON.

DD URCCLOMBOIME TIVO NCC ors nen a hee os W. A. JUMP.

DD iCELOr Oj LI OL, NOON ma ee M. S. EISENHOWER.

DireCLoTsOfee CT SOMNC = 2 = es W. W. STOCKBERGER.

| DPOGOP Of ACSI a ee See es JAMES T. JARDINE.

ISOULCLUO] eee emer eee we a ro ea SOS es _ Martin G. WHITE.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration_____ H. R. Touiny, Administrator.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics ______ ~~~ A. G. Buacx, Chief.

Bureau of Agricultural Engineering________- S. H. McCrory, Chief.

Buea OfLAnvmantnGustiyas 2. = 8 2 JoHN R. Mouser, Chief.
COU IOf BLOLOGUCAL ISUTVCYa === = Ira N. GABRIELSON, Chief.
BUECOU OV CHEMISU-Y-ANG SOUS 25 = 52 es Henry G. Knicut, Chief.
Commodity Exchange Administration_______- J-W. T. Duven, Chie:

/BVERGOI O}f DPN Te GOGH eae 5 ee O. E. Reep, Chief.

Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. LEE A. Strona, Chief.
Oniccrojrapervment Stations. -22 2. 2 es JAMES T. JARDINE, Chief.

Food and Drug Administration____________- WALTER G. CAMPBELL, Chief.
TT OGES eS CMU IC Chee ae ex ane 9 FERDINAND A. S1Lcox, Chief.
Bureau of Home Economics________-___-_-- Louise STANLEY, Chief.

ILO ORGY Ses a aes Se ee een eee CLARIBEL R. Barnett, Librarian.
HTealof rian’ indusiny 2. ._______-_ FREDERICK DBD. Ricupy, Chief.
Bureau of Pulic Roads______- Dae ity i San 8. Tuomas H. MacDona tp, Chief.
Resettlement Administration_._____._.___._.._. W. W. ALEXANDER, Administrator.
MeL COnSerpatvonsyService- = H. H. Bennett, Chief.
Wieaienesuneaue a8. 8 8. 4 WibLis R. Greee, Chief.

This circular is a joint contribution from

Bureau of Agricultural Economics____------ A. G. Buack, Chief.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration. ___- H. R. Toutey, Administrator.

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1937 ~