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TOBACCO .NEWS <yvs& CAROLIN AS itkr Has Much lo i With Curing Flue 'okacco, Floyd Says iflst Contributes Second Of bm Of Articles For Readers State Farmer Section rial Note: This Is the second of a t articles cm Tobacco by Mr. Floyd, recognized w the outstanding tobac iaiitr in North Carolina. The third pair In era- next Issue.) Br E. I. FLOYD, no Specialist N. C. State Ooliege. ling is the Tim of three stages in aag of flue-turei tobacco. This pro ms shen the leaf is primed off the t the second stage, the color Is set. is sarteu as soon as the tobacco is a the bam, and the temperature is fl"-"e to ?- ' ?'?? ? than the G?o e. y FLoyo t _ lorra cotla tobacco curing: barn in Lenoir Cotinty, N. C. usuaiiy irom 8S to 100 Eahrmhelt. enperature Is maintained until the feifly yellow, requiring from 24 to ? ft; temperature should then be so to five degrees each hour, de epen the rapldty with which the ? facing, until 120 of 125 degrees 1 reached. By this time the leaves ? a pale yellow. at raise will toughen the tobacco ' *11! stand higher heat. Hold this foe until the tips of the leaves begin raise the temperature 4 to 6 ?*h hour until 135 to 140 degrees H ba? been reached. Hold this until the leaf tissue Is dry. 2? period, the color will be fixed. J2 the leaf is dry, raise the tem fretr, 5 to 10 degrees each hour un 0 136 degrees Fahrenheit has been Tbis heat may be held until the I 1 b dry in all parts of the oam. 1 "Wired to eure a barn varies from bocrs, ?Uy General Outline, fbse lor curing is general and "*riou. ] , modified rs good Judg Weather conditions, the * hp In the tobacco, and. other fac ' baressltate prolonging or short t ccc of the stages. Approximate * pounds of moisture or sap during each curing of During the first degree of humidity in the barn Is high * WEtllation must be provided, i c-ry high during yellow . ventilators should be opened , jf e*dess moisture escape. **f drying stage oas been reach ^Waters. both bottom and top, "Sponcing" will result ** , '' ^ hot removed as fast as It Is '" the temperatuse Is raised too -he humidity very high, a Tl to greenish black color will :v> raiding" and the leaf 7^*. main stem and the etem brown to dark brown color of from 165 to 120 de ?*? has been reached the bu ^d be low aoq ltir ventilators -=C 5 it may be necessary to raise 1-. . abovc 140 degrees to make '18 * should. <a "Ron" May IJeverop A condition known as "run may develop during the latter part of the leaf drying stage I? the temperature is allowed to drop several degrees. After the tobacco is thoratrghiT cured, the fire., are out. and the temperature has gone down, the ham doors are opened to order that the tobacco may come to "order or case", so that the tobacco car be removed from the bam witbcgjt breaking. Frequently it k> necessary to wet the floor of the Parr, in order to hapten the softening of -he cured leaf . The bam is emptied and re filled each week during the rush of Uie curing season. When the tobacco Is removed from thc i bam. It is carried to the pack house in long | pile or windrow where it is left for a few j days. It Is then packed in a square coop with | | all leaves turned inwardly and the butt of I | the leaves showing on the outside. Tobacco j so cooped should have enough moisture in it' jso that It wlli straighten out nicely and undergo such changes as are necessary -or the Improvement In color. On the other ham, if It is to too high order when packed. It may damage Tobacco packed in this way may then be left until the grower Is ready to grade and market it. Tobacco Markets Opening This Month In Carolina Georgia tobacco markets opened late In ?Inty and purchasing of this season's crop h now In full swing. Both growers and dealers are reported as optimistic over the outlook. The South Carolina market opened August 8 followed by the Eastern North Carolina market which opens on August 36 The Middle Belt will open September 17 and the old belt October 1. The Dark Virginia belt wlQ not open until Novem ber 13. These dates were fixed at the recent meeting of the Tobacco Association of the United States In White Sulphur Springs. "Uncontrolled soil erosion leads to gen eral economic and social loss."?A. Carnes, extension engineer, Clemson College, 8 C USD A Estimates Bigger Tobacco Crop Than 1934 (Continued from pagr orvei total tobacco crop is produced In North Carolina. This season the outlook is for a substantial increase as the latest Gov ernment estimate indicates a crop of 406,000.000 pounds compared with 413^00, 000 pounds last year. This season's crop will be well in excess of the five year average of 469,OOC.OOO pounds. Weather has averaged fairly good for the growth of the crop until recently when there has oeen too much rain In the Coastal district. South Carolina will have approximately 85.000,000 pound* this season against 80, 000.000 pounds last year. This is below the five year average of 71^000,000 pounds, however. Weather has been quite favor able for the crop recently. Curing is well under way in Georgia where the crop this season is estimated at 56.000,000 pounds compared with only 32, 000,000pounds last year. Growth has been fairly good and the weather has been good for curing the crop in most areas. The Pionda production show6 a good increase this season and a crop of 8.385, C00 rounds is forecast. This compares with 5,216,000 pounds last year. Weather has been too wet recently and has hinder ed the curing of the crop. Kentucky Increase Small Acreage was increased only slightly in Kentucky tills year and the total produc tion in this second most important of the tobacoo states is estimated at 253.195,060 pounds. Last year*? crop was 251,?kXU)00 pounds and the five year average is 369, 000,000 pounds, so it can be readily noted I that production i* light this year. The crop might possibly do a little better than the ; I July forecast indicates as weather has been 1 , more favorable recently and the crop boa | made good progress. Tennessee shows very little increase over . last year and the crop is estimated a;; !)4.773,000 pounds compared with 94.145,- | 000 pounds last year. Acoeage was in-; ; creased only slightly. Weather has I uood in Tennessee recently and the crop ; ! may improve somewhat oompared with the ! July estimate. There is a somewhat larger production; In Connecticut this season and the crop Is estimated at 15,105,000 pounds against 14,743,000 pound? las; year. Growing con ditions have been excellent this season, both in Connecticut and for the smaller acreage located in Massachusetts. Pennsylvania was estimated at 23,000, 000 pounds &a of July 1, an increase of 5,000,000 over last year. Since then there have been some floods in the state and these may re-luce the crop in certain sec tions. However the weather has been very | favorable in other ports of the state. Ohio shows a reduction as compared j with last year as the conditions have not been quite so favorable for growth. A crop of 2X8&X000 pounds is forecasted as against a crop of 24-2^0,000 pounds last j year. 1 Acreage was increased materially in Wis | ooiisin this year and the crop has made j ialrly good growth. A crop of 15,462.0001 pounds is indicated which compares with 11,706000 pounds harvested last year. The Maryland acreage is practically the same as a year ago and tlie crop is esti j mated to be practically the same. Grow ing conditions have been generally good ! and a crop of 22,750,000 pounds is fore i casted in comparison with 23.418JXX) pounds ! last year. Virginia Shows Increase Virginia shows a moderate increase in tobacco prospects this season and a crop of 85,118,000 pounds is forecasted- Last year the production was 80,155,000 pounds. However, the crop is below the five year average of 99,000,000 pounds. Flue-Cured Growers Offered Adjustment Program For 1936-39! The Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion has announced that growers of flue cured tobacco will be offered an adjustment program, covering the crop years 1936 to 1939. Inclusive, which Is In effect a contin uation of the program In force for the crop years 1934 -nd 1935. As a result of adjustment of acreage and production In 1934 and 193S, surplus stocks which depressed prices have been removed. J B Hutson, director of the division of to bacco, sugar, rice and peanut*, said, how ever, that indications were that without an adjustment program production of flue cured tobacco In 1936 would be out of bal ance with consumption to such an extent that prices would decline below parity price or fair exchange value. Nlnety-elglit percent of the growers who voted in the flue-cured tobacco referendum Kmston Market Will 9nen To Golden Flow Of Tobacco Aug. 26th I,nrw?t Mart In North Carolina Has Plenty of Floor Spare and the Buyers Will AH Be Then# BY A STAFT WRITES Everything points to the best skmoi) the Kins ton tobacco market has yet experienced for the coming fall and winter. Wine of the largest warehouses to b? found anywhere tn North Carolina will be ready to take care of all the weed when th* How* begins on August 26. As a matter of fart Kinston win have this com in? season over 100,000 square feet more of floor space than any other market tn the .State. "With this setup and with plenty of park ing space for all the automobiles or trucks or wagons, no matter what the farmer uses to bring his tobacco to market in, there is no reason why the Kinston market should not be the "home market" for ail farm ers in this section of the State. Buyers representing th? lareest companies in the world will be on the floors. In Ben nett Hooks, it is believed the Kinston mar ket has the most experienced and moat cour teous sales supervision to be found any where. He is busy now traveling aU over this section calling cm the farmers, talk ing with them in the fields, sitting up with them at the barns, forming the right con tacts that will result in bringing the tobac co to this city. Tobacco Board Of Trade Then the market is guided by a Tobacco I>oard of Traoe that is composed of real, lire tobacco men with Richard P. Moss, of the E. V. Webb Company, as president and this board has announced everfthing is going to be done to take care of the interests of the growers when they come to with their weed. Many irnprovemFrrfcs have been made, sjme of them enlargements, to give the ; farmers the very best service possible. Floor space on many of the floors has been greatly enlarged. Rest rooms have been arranged to take care of the men and women on all floors, and as fine a group of warehouse men as there is anywhere will be extend I ing a real hearty welcome on August 2? and every other day during the season to the farmers. Reports coming to the warehouse aitd | other tobacco men here say that the crops ! are in fine sliape; tobacco is curing well and I bams are busy thus making for a great j season and an urgent appeal Is being eenl to the- farmers to bring all of their tobacco to Kinston, not Just the lower grades. It is the desire that Kinston pay as much if not more than any other market in this section and coupled with that is a request of the farmer to bruig his best and his all heie, that the prices may average higher. ^ i ???? " held in June, 1935, voted in favor of a pro gram having the provisions incorporated to the new contract. Approximately 04 percent of all tobacco growers, including landowners, tenants and share-croppers, cast vote* to the referendum. The program for the 1936-1939 period will: carry forward acreage and production bases already established with such downward and upward adjustments as will result in more equitable bases; provide for one ad" Justment payment at the end of each con tract year; and set a limit of 35 per cent on the acreage and production reduction which may be required in any one year. m ( The new contracts will be signed by per sons who are operating farms as owners or cash or standing rent tenants. In case a landlord does not supervise operation of hi* farm and the entire farm H operated by one share-tenant or share-cropper, either the landlord or his tenant or share-cropper may sign the contract. ? The contract provides for a payment which will give growers a return "NOT lesa than the difference between the average farm price and the average parity price for that portion of the crop which Is equal to domestic consumption. / In other words, the payment will be of such an amount as will make up any dif ference between actual farm price received and parity price on the domestic portion of the crop. A little over 40 percent of the flue-cured crop Is domestically consumed. The rate of the adjustment payment for each year will be determined after sale of the crop. m, . In aooardance with requests made by to bacco growers, new contract forms are avail able at county offices in each of the Quo cured belt*. Notice of acceptance of con tracts signed by growers must be given by the Secretary of Agriculture not later than ' February 1, 1936, in order to bo effective fee/ Jo* that year. * ., *
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