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ALKON NEWS BULK CURING EDITION Alkon: Pioneering manufacturer of tobacco bulk curing equipment; Continued leadership through proven engineering improvements. alkon alkon Vol. I April-August, 1961 No. 2 Bulk Cured Tobacco Prices On Fla.-Ca. & Border Belfs Up fo press time, August 24, 1961 Complete report available after markets close Bulk cured Ave. price per lb. Croppings lbs. sold Bulk Conventional Variety R. F. & Revis Moore , Live Oak, Fla. entire crop 10,290 $64.40 $63.02 Hicks & sand lugs 1,124 55.50 40.17 Golden Harvest 2nd 1,008 66.00 53.00 3rd 1,332 66.00 66.00 4th 1,860 66.00 66.00 6th & 7th 2,942 66.00 66.00 8th & tips 2,024 66.00 66.00 Leroy Odom, Mayo, Fla. sand lugs 1,128 63.00 McNair 2nd 950 63.00 38.33 H-2 3rd 1,224 65.30 64.42 4th 1,256 66.00 66.00 5th 1,282 66.00 66.00 6th 1,514 61.00 62.10 7th 1,502 66.00 Cecil Moore , Live Oak, Fla. 1,2,3, & tips 6,593 65.48 Hicks R. M. & Jimmy Mikell, Alma, Ga. sand lugs 2,016 55.78 2nd & 3rd 1,908 66.00 2,3 & 4th 2,112 66.00 Hicks 4th 1,868 66.00 5th 1,678 66.00 1961 Fla.-Ga. Beltwide Ave $58.87; Bulk Cured Ave. $64.22 FLORIDA-GEORGIA BELT SUMMARY: On sand lugs, bulk cur ing produces less trash. On second primings, bulk cured tobacco brought top price of $66. Conventional curing produced trash, and none of this priming brought top dollar. This is evidence that the Hassler Curing Unit can cure good quality tobacco from first and second primings, which have always been hard to cure in conventional barns and with a large percentage going to trash. It was also demonstrated that bulk curing can handle the overripe leaf, which is usually discarded at the stringing table at conventional barns. Buyers of bulk cured tobacco on the Florida-Georgia Belt: Reynolds, American, Leggett, Export, Imperial, Taylor and Lorillard. Ravenel Scott, Dillon, S. C. 2nd 708 72.00 3rd 504 68.41 4th 966 72.00 5th 1,174 73.10 Coker 316 Stone Bros., Rowland, N. C. sand lugs 1,594 58.00 2nd 606 52.32 3rd & 4th 4,200 70.66 25.60 Coker 316 Wayland D. Currie, Whiteville, N. C. 2nd 986 68.60 2nd & 3rd 476 70.33 3rd & 4th 1,488 71.10 Woodrow Britt, Chadbourn, N. C. sand lugs 1,120 60.60 2nd 652 72.27 67.42 3rd & 4th 2,968 75.38 Robert R. Smith, Jr., Chadbourn, N. C. sand lugs 706 64.40 54.40 McNair 2nd 950 66.48 H-2 3rd 1,088 67.18 Coker 316 Hicks L. V. Hogan, Ellerbe, N. C. sand lugs 1,306 68.86 62.93 2nd 1,312 67.38 46.12 Bells 16 N. C. 95 In the Border Belt, bulk curing of the low stalk tobacco was of sufficiently higher quality to bring from 5^ to 40^ more in sales than the conventional cured. Buyers of bulk cured tobacco on the Border belt: American, Reynolds, Lorillard, Taylor, Leggett, Virginia, Stark, Person & Garret, Export, Imperial. A Tremendous Tesf-imonial . . . From Four Farmers To More Than 300,000 Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers m Stone Bros., Rowland, N. C., pioneered bulk cur ing in 1960. When they placed a Hassler Curing Unit (patent pending) in 1961 along side their other unit, bulk curing of tobacco got an endnvse- ment, which in effect means that bulk curing was here to stay and that tobacco in the future would to bulk cured. This is what Stone Bros, have to say: “After using bulk curing last year and making all the statements that have been made, it’s nice of the farmers to believe what we said, and to History being recorded—R. F. “Cap” Moore holds left end of rack, which was the first rack of bulk cured tobac co in Florida in 1961, while Revis Moore smiles approval. Harr>' Stone, of Stone Bros., pioneers in bulk curing in 1960, holds other end of rack. Graham, E. W., Harry, and A. F. Stone install units on their farms this year. According to reports from farmers who used the units this year, it bears out what we have been saying all along. From what we have cured, we can see that it will do as good, if not better, tlian last ear. We think that the farmers generally know how we feel about bulk curing, and the fact that we put in another Hassler Curing Unit along side the one we had last year is the best endorsement we could give to the whole idea of mechanizing curing by handling our tobacco in bulk.” FLUE-CURED TOBACCO LABOR REQUIREMENTS The conventional way requires 490 man hours for one acre. Bulk curing reduces hours on barning and curing from 40% (196) to 75% (367). Seed bed and land preparation _ 40 Transplanting 35 Growing after transplanting 65 Harvesting and baming 174 Curing and marketing 176 Total man hours 490 FIRE INSURANCE RATES LOWER ON HASSLER UNITS The Commissioner of Fire Insurance has approved the rate schedule for “Tobacco Bulk Curing Units of all- metal construction”, recommended by the N. C. Fire Insurance Rating Bureau, and the rates are now effective. One year fire insurance rates for SlOO insurance, including 60 days permit for curing tobacco by arti ficial heat, are: Hassler (all metal) Ordinary frame bam curing unit Savings $5.15 $1.48 $3.67 Extended coverage rates (wind, hail, explosion, etc.) Zone I $ .40 $ .19 $ .21 Zone II .32 .15 .17 Zone III .23 .14 .09 I The 1961 model Hassler Curing Unit. Camera records first full bam of tobacco cured in Hassler Curing Unit in 1961, and owned by Leroy Odom, Mayo, Fla.
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