Burley Opening-Edition
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NO. XI
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Christmas Shoppu
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SI, 1H7
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Rules Governing
Auctions Announced
The Barley Sale* Committee,
meeting in Kentucky November 4,
adopted a resolution letting the
date for opening Burley sale* in
Boone and the entire Burley belt.
The resolution, in full, follows;
Resolved, that burley auction
warehouses shall open their 199798
sales season on November 29,
1997.
Further resolved, that there shall
be a marketing holiday on Thanksgiving
Day, November 28, 1907.
be a Christmas Holiday marketing
Further resolved, that there shall
recess to begin at the close of sales
on December 20, 1987; sales shall
be resumed on January 6, 1966.
Further resolved, that throughout
the 1957-98 sales season, burley
sales shall be conducted on the
following basis:
There shall be two sales periods:
(1) pre-Christmas sales and (2)
post-Christmas sales. By a notice
addressed to the Burley Sales Committee,
P. O. Box 363, Ht. Sterling,
Kentucky, deposited in the U. S.
mails one week prior to the respective
sales period and transmitted
by registered mail to the
Burley Sales Committee, each
warehouse may elect to exercise
the right to sell burley tobacco
for the designated sales period on
a poundage basis. Any warehouse
which fails to notify the burley
sales committee of its election to
sell on a poundage basis shall conduct
it* sales on a basket basis.
A warehouse may not change from
one basis to the other basis during
a sales period, but a warehouse
may sell on one basis during the
pre-Christmas sales period and
then by proper notice change to
and sell on the other basis during
the post-Christmas sales period.
A warehouse operating on a basket
basis shall sell per day, per
set oi buyers, no-more than the
number of baskets of tobacco authorised
by the Burley Bales Commit
tee. A warehouse operating on •
poundage basis (lull sell per day,
per aet of buyera not more than
the number of pounds of tobacco
authorized by the Bur ley Salea
Committee, but in any event not
more than 1800 baskets per day
per aet of buyera.
If a warehouse operating on a
poundage basis exceeds iu quota
for any seltiqg day and fail* to
correct the average during ita next
regular sale, that warehouse will
automatically be placed on a basket
count basis for the remainder of
the season.
The Burley Salea Committee has
established and shall observe the
following Ratios:
1060 baskets . 4 258,200 pounds
1260 baskets 302,400 pounds
1440 basket* - •>. 845,00 pounda
1820 baaketa 388,800 pounds
1800 baaketa a432,000 pounds
Further resolved, that until otherwise
ordered by the Burley Sales
Committee, warehouses operating
on a basket basis shall sell not
more than 1380 baskets per day
per aet of buyers (that is 380 baskets
an hour far 3*» hours).
Further resolved, that until otherwise
ordered by the Burley Sales
Committee, warehouses operating
on a poundage basis shall aell not
more than 302,400 pounds a day
per set of buyers, but in any
event not more than 1800 baskets
per day per set of buyers.
Further raaolved. that until otherwise
ordered by the Burley Sales
Committee, sales shall be conducted
during each day of each sales
period excepting only Saturdays
and Sunday*.
Further resolved, that the Burley
Sales Committee requests the
Inspection Service of the United
States Department of Agriculture
to assist in the enforcement of
sales regulations by grading no
more than the baskets or poands
TOBACCO U brought to warehouse prior to opening sale and readied to be auctioned off. This scene, taken
in the local warehouse, is expected to be repeated often as farmers in this area put their crop on the floor
for prices that are expected to be even higher than 1 ast year's record prices.
of tobacco authorized to 'be told
by the Burley Sales Committee.
Futher resolved, that selling
days, selling hours, and rate of
sale shall be subject to change
by the Burley Sales Committee as
conditions may require.
Further resolved, that the Burley
Sales Committee recommends to
the Tobacco Inspection Service of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
that the order of sales and
allocation or rotation of selling
time in, to and among warehouses
of each market be determined by
the following procedures:
(1) If a tobacctf Board of Trade
exists on the market with a membership
of it least • majority of
the warehouses on that market,
then the order of salea and allocation
or rotation ahall be determined
as authorized by the local tobacco
Board of Trade, or by a sales
committee duly constituted and appointed
by the' local Board of
Trade.
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(2) If a market does not have a
tobacco Board of Trade with a
membership of at least a majority
of the warehouses on that market,
then the order of sales and allocation
or rotation of selling time
shall be. determined by local custom,
If such custom can be ascertained;
and, if not, by the custom
prevailing on the nearest market
having an established practice.
(3) In determining whether or
not a Board of Trade has • membership
of at least a majority of
warehouiei, all tales floors under
the same ownership shall' be deemed
to constitute a single warehouse.
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Further resolved, that each market
shall have the right to conduct
4-H Club sales and educational and
charitable fund sales in addition to
the sales heretofore authorized by
this resolution.
Representative Price of Illinois,
who hat just returned from Moscow,
reported that a nuclearpowered
plane would "soon" be
launched.
Stitch In lime
Saves Burley
A stitch tn time uves more than
nine when treatments for the control
of burley toteoco diseuet arf
concerned. Wildfire control de
mands an early treatment. When
tobacco planti are in the two-leaf
stage, lomewhat larger than the
head of a pin, the chemical treatments
for control of wildfire are
moat effective. Although later
treatments are also necessary,
treatments started at a later stage
of tobacco development will aot
produce the desired control resuits.
Take your stitch in time by n
starting treatments early far effective
control.
World shipbuilding set a record
in third quarter.
DEMOCRAT ADS PAY
We Extend A Cordial Welcome
To All Tobacco Growers and Christmas Shoppers to Boone
Your Best Burley Market
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