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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1964
MIDDLE BELT TOBACCO MARKETS CLOSE
Overall Value, Volume Increase
Volume of sales and value re
ceived for the 1964 crop of Mid
dle Belt flue-cured tobacco were
the second largest of record. The
Federal-State Market News Ser
vice reports average prices by
grades and quality of marketings
were better than in 1963. As a
result, the general average price
showed a gain and was the
fourth highest ever recorded.
Receipts under the Government
loan program differed little from
that of the past two years. Auc
tions were held on a five-day
week basis only once this entire
seoison. First sales were held Sep
tember 10. Suspension of sales
on Fridays was started on Oc
tober 2, due to congested condi
tions in some processing plants
Markets began closing on No
vember 10 and the season ended
December 3 after 48 sales days
Gross sales (includes resale) to
taling 188,888,864 pounds return
ed $110,832,050 for an average of
$58.68 up $1.65 over the 1963
level. Volume of sales and value
increased 11.2 million pounds and
$9.5 million respectively. Only
the 1946 volume of 189.3 million
pounds and the 1962 value of
CORRECTION
In the December 3 issue of The
Pilot, it was reported in the story
on the first Mid-South Horse
Show, that one of the judges,
Charles L. Harper of Southern
Pines, was a former Master of
Fox Hounds of the Rosetree
Hunt. This was an error; Mr.
Harper was a member and for
mer MFH, of the Whiteland Hunt
in Pennsylvania. The Pilot re-
grets the error.
Parker Oil Company
Southern Pines
nl5tf
$111.7 million top this years fig
ures. Last seEison 177.729,278
gross pounds averaged $57.03.
Moore County Markets
According to the final report
of the Federal-State Market
News Service, the two Middle
Belt tobacco markets in Mopre
County—at Aberdeen and Carth
age—each showed a slight de
cline in average prices paid in
the 1964 season, as compared to
1963. The News Service, how
ever, labels these figures as:
“preliminary — subject to revis
ion.”
According to the report, Aber
deen’s average declined from $57
1963 to $56.44 this year. At
Carthage, the /drop was from
$58.29 last year to $57.83 this
year.
In terms of volume (pounds of
tobacco sold), the Aberdeen mar
ket declined by 91,440—from
10,686,858 in 1963 to 10,595,282
this year.
Carthage, on the other hand,
registered a large gain of more
than a million and a half pounds
in volume from 5,207,916 in
1963 to 6,753,418 in 1964.
Other markets in the middle
belt are Durham, Ellerbe, Fu-
quay-Varina, Henderson, Louis-
burg, Oxford, Sanford and War-
renton.
Heaviest volume on any of the
Middle Belt markets was handled
at Durham—43,950,224 pounds.
Lightest volume was at Ellerbe—
2,229,678.
Highest average price paid at
any of the Middle Belt markets
this year was $60.18 at Fuquay-
Varina. Lowest was $56.17 at
Warrenton.
Increases In Average Prices
over 1963 levels were recorded
for about two-thirds of the
grades. Gains ranged up to $10
per hundred pounds but most
were $1 to $3. The larger gains
were more prominent for leaf of
fine quality and of red (R), wal
nut (D), and variegated greenish
(KV) color, and nondescript on
the poorest (N2) and dark leaf
side (NIR). Some losses of $1.00
to $3.00 occurred, principally for
unripe grades. Tied tobacco av
eraged chiefly $4.00 to $6.00
above untied. Auction bid aver
ages exceeded their respective
support rates by $1.00 to $5.00
per hundred pounds in a majori
ty of cases—a few averaged even
with or below.
Quality Of Offerings improved
Kentucky Straight Bourbon
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BOUBBON
KENTUCKY
STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKElf ]
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i over that of 1963 due principally
to a decline in the percentage of
nondescript and poor leaf. The
ratio of smoking leaf and lugs
was greater this year but there
were less cutters and primings.
Variegated tobacco, of which a
good part was ripe and desira
ble, increased sharply and ac
counted for nearly one-half of
volume while lemon color show
ed a decrease. Also, less green
was sold. Bulk of sales consisted
of poor to fair leaf, nondescript.
and fair lugs.
Stabilization Corporation re
ceipts this year totaled 39.0 mil
lion pounds, or 21.7 per cent of
turnover, were placed under
Government loan. The support
level for all tied tobacco offered
this year in this belt, regardless
of whether placed under loan or
not, averaged $55.11 per hundred
pounds. The untied level was
$32.40. These figures compare
with $53.23 for tied and $35.56
for untied last season.
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