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' Further Reduction In Case Acres
. Advocated By Specialist In .
.Warning To Growers.1' , :
", (By Oar BaMgh Correspondent)' ' ''
.:,. V "Keep your acrap tobaeeo off ths market."
Thta la the advice c ?TV Floyd. extension
tobaeeo specialist at Hv CV State College, la
v. , , By "acrap" Mr." Floyd,meens low grade to
".. bacco that . will not bring aa much aa four
. fwuiwi nuquuij imn ie iron 3HI,-
,. ' 000.000 to SS.O0O.O0O pounds of aerap tobacco
, wacn year, ous oue to aeaaonai eon-
: dlttona tha figure la nearer, 39,000.000 pound!
..."Most of the eontrsctlna srowara' have a.
operated .In keeping their low grade tobaeeo
,.- ii w present market,- nr. Floyd said, add
- Ing: "However, aome of tha tenanta and help
era on the farm hTe aold acrap tobaeeo when
-, tha produeer did not know about the sale.
. It haa been a cut torn in tha put to Ignore
aerap jooaoco when It cornea to regular
wm w Mie warwrous naor. t
...- ' Beata Down Meea
- Mr. Fiord armed that all mnnuliin .
ducers Instruct tenanta and helpers on tha
farm that aerap tobaoco muat not be aold
at "this distressingly low prices" fob It beata
uuwn in price of aomo of the better grades.
"In aa a grower, haa not aold hta U per
cent and wanta to aeU hla aeraD tobasm. ha
ahould take H to the warehouse or re-drying;
p" ki nan u enssrea an -tna allotment
card." Mr. Floyd said, .j,..- vi
"We are stressing thla point In the Inter
est we contracting trowera aa a whole.
taring 8i aoon be here, and work In the Oelda will be In order. Above la typical
amie in iiwui Carolina, rnoto courtesy Extension service, . n . ', V... . Jt ;
1936 Tobacco Q
FworahleFor CaroUnaGroxveh
i,.t-- '. -V BT A ATAFF WRITER
Trend's of major aignificance in tha tobacco industry insofar as the Caro
lina are concerned, relate largely to cofrsumption increases at home due to
improved economic conditions, and to the export situation. The outlook on
And with tha rental and adtuetent i.T.nVl pnees for 1 936"T- favorable, although decrease in' the oroduction of flue
SttiS0 IThmSLS0. .'mm 'u!!,. Myland and fire-cured are advised by the bureau of agricultural eco-
cannot afford to nolau thetr eonSet in nomic' t least until stock are further reduced.
ease tnera haa already been alee made by
wuMWMug eiguBi, vu uiuig i or uia .grow
err-to do M to go to hla county agent -and
na wui adTlsa him what steps he can take
to near nia contract. i ; . , v s
'"With tha prnent base acreage of flue
. cured tobacco for all, of the . nuavcured
aoma Increase In exporte ,of American typea.
a anucipaua coin cigar and cigarette con
sumption U , increaalng ateadUy. ClKaretta
eoneumpuon this year la eatlmated at 13il
ouiion, oomparea to 130 bimon in ids and
im biuion la 1830. In 1833 conaumptlon of
states, namely riorlde, ' Oeorgla. South Oar-1 eIgarettea;feU so lea than 101 billion., Thla
ollaa. North Carolina and Virginia,, which I trtnd u hone, alga, for both flue-cured
ia enaDuanea principally from the base yearsl" "-7 -""' . -r
of 1B3L. lose, and 1099 tha hu. . I' Oonsumptlon of plot and aoTan ehewlnc.
ao great that them will have to be a ndue- f""" ? " tobaccolto d-aswg, but
tlon of at least 30 per cent. And for tha years aamsd. only modeiaiely.. This trend
preceding good crop yearn tha reduction will affect tha fire-cured typesA of which It Is
hare to be around SB to SO per. cant from "T-.nw.tha moat Important domeetlc. outlet.
Una with consumption. . . I ' mnr tiir,th..w.M h, w ml.
Ma Raosa For Increase ', i .
"Thla. means that if the present, growere
uimum lonaoco receire a reaapnable
pries for their tobacco, there will not be'much
room for an expansion of acreage. ; I wish
to urge eacn proaucer. Whether he be a land'
stantlally lower: than those of any otber simi
tar period. . American tobscco continues to
meet with uniaTorable trade restrictions and
Increased competition In ferebrn markets.
Production of tobacco. In ' seven countries
which, before the- world war took approxl-
owner or tenant, to try as beet be can tom"teIy 48 P"1 cant of tha leaf exported from
hold to his present farm with an established
base. , -Ton can readily sea that' there will
not be much leeway for an Increase in the
tha United Stat, Increased from an aver
age or shmmxw.vuo pounds in 1018-30 to 4S8
000.000 pounds In 1031-33. This resulted
present bass tobaoco acreage and production. I torSW from high , foreign tariffs, tobaeeo
li tobaeeo growing' la profitable to the pro
ducers aa a whole." . .'. -.,. .,'-.,.
Mr. Floyd pouted out that it -la tha pur
pose of the committees in tha counties to do
all they can to belp growers .who may loss
monopolies In foreign countries, and unfa
vorable exchange rates.: During ths past two'
nurseling yean, exports wera leas than U
per cent of production. .
Of particular algniflcance la ths decline la
their farms thmwh forecloatira o- .r,.r,. 1 exports to China. These decreased Tram 144,
Who cannot stay with their present landlords r00'000 Punda In 1030-31 to- W.000.000
In 1B3S. , '-- . ,' s , : pounos in is M, wnils eonsumpuon In
"It will be neoeaeary for a parson movinr China during this period actually 'Increased,
from the farm that he Is now living on to lDcrel domestic production, ths lnaugura-
ahow convincing evidence to the committee- ton 01 higher taxes on grades' of cigarettes
before he will be able to establish a tobacco w wnlcn American tobacoo la used, and mors
- Base on a new rarnr that haa never arown "r - m""r pnees on our auction xnsw
' lohumt u, asAi m . . -rlketa. ara resoonalbla for thla rifntlnn
' . . . unrt a.ftj..(frak f.r Decrease Is 'Desirable
- - ... , - v : ... - , u vuun, aa in connneniai BTurops, witn-
-Therefore, I want all landowners and ten- drawals of American flue-cured seem- to have
K'J'JSS"'8 01 each .oUllr ' "' exceeded Imports, and with lower prices some
5gSir7faK arrangement to take ears Increase in purchases Is anticipated. Whether
i": Zl.?rrr -r" ""Tr oepwuon ex foreign -stocks of American
t f,JL ' "S1 !t."V J W" tobacco wUl - have, a bearing on the 1833
r tie moving as passible In 183S because It is marketing situation win depend on the da.
. w u me sen gree 10 - wmcn aepienisnment la accomrulshed
. age and pourfdage to fit tha needs of tha pre- out of the 18SS erop m moanulBa
ant tobaoco growers In the very beat way-poe- The bureau says that with a moderate de-
rwil'r'v'ii'',';?'v'-i'-? ' 8rBaw ,n ProuoWon Of flue-cured tobaoco la
- v.3?TJ ' J"1,'.1:.' Fk' Pnted out 1036, tb outlook la for favorable prices. Do-
;7 IS JZ. . awiw i er jnan lasi year, ana aitnougb thU ahort-f-SLSr
. se haa been more than offset by tha large
We," be added, "ara beslnnlna tn Ma uh mi a.i. ...
' um . a es 1 I vvv vsi vws yvi a 1 'mf v H I vVsAOUAAAUwlUlfj J WJA
f!U. I" nA0 at, this time and etantly Increasing; while export buying has
It Is desire of the peanut asction .in Wash-1 been active recently. , The loas V JmS hi.
S i"". r,V.PSIaI!li,?,?,1T. i.Je" three moved at prlcea equal to or greater than
centa a pound for tha Virginia type peanut. parity, v Record yields and resulting surpluses
- Convert Into Oil - - would Indicate a sUght curtailment in 1038
'In order' to maintain this price, the pea- acreage is desirable: With sucb adjustment
: uui -mwju use ovviaea a matnod oy which I ure wuun na gooa reason to -expect ravor
, yum mi uuiwr or vne proauoers may convert I" pns. x .
: a portion of their peanute Into oil. The grow- I . Tha Burley Situation
. i " pound, l The outlook for burley continues 46 be
thi vuguua iyps peanuts at dominated by large stocks In the hands of
' ,'. " ' " . .; oomesne aeaier and manufacturera. The
After November IS tb grower ahould re- stocks on October l, i3 (not yet tabulated)
.o r!!!J?n-l-OI!lthcnt" V Punl. are expected to ha about 770.000,000 pounds,
J? ton- tor nJspsanuts.? , farm sales weight. While these stocks are
. " - '""" sy very near this smaller than, those of a year ago, they are
price, they could oonvert the peanuts them- substantially larger than for any ether year,
- aelvea by selling them to an OU mlU for being 40 per tent above tha 1838-33 five year
- around 43,o per ton and fill out the neces- average, - V . CT 7 . "
sary forms and the peanut aeeUon. will pay wiih an ' stunated crop . of 348,883.000
them , adlverslon payment of around 3160. v pounda'fr 10 the -total supply is anproxl-
All growers who can should hold their pes- maiwly l.OlS.OuO.OOO pounds as of Octooer 1st.
nuts In order npt to rush them on. ths msr- With the exception of 1833-84 and 1034-85
' and depress the price, jm has been dons tills is ths largest supply of burley for sny
Icr-tbe past. Orderly marketlnf of this pea- similar period on record. In view of this
, wui raw a uuuorm price i or ins i ouraentome supply, and the fact that con
crop,, ana mere is a difference of 14 sumption of buriev will Inrrtum hut. litti.-
. cent per pound paid for peanuts diverted to It snpears that plantings in 118 should not
, all, beginning November 18, which will make be larger than In 1038. It la eetlmatd--thit
..-a utile ouierenoa - taas will pay the pea
nnt growers, who can, to hold their peanuts
- . elf the market" ' V ,. -t
I the present rate) of production, If toiiunu. il
I lor lour years, would redurw f to nor
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StappUea of Maryland tobacoo continue to
ds too large. Bxporta tor the year ended with
September, 1838 were the lowest on record,
and a decline la domestic consumption ap
pears' probable. During recent years supplies
or low-graae ' tooacco nave' accumulated in
warehouses, althoush last veer much of It
ftnoved into the Jiande of the trade and Is
belna used In -manufacture. It Is not be
lieved, however, that this trend toward 'In-'
crease In . - domastlo conaumptlon . will eon-tintav-s.,,;,.,
..r-:,'...v. X
"Improvement In the dark-alr-cured situa
tion la Indicated. Froductloa since 1833 has
been greatly reduced and it Is less than the
average ' annual ..disappearance, with the . re
sult that stocks have . declined heavily sine
the, 1832-33 marketing season. Present Indi
cations are that there will be no- marked
change In the rat 'of consumption -during
lha 10SK.M mimram " 1 '- . .
1 Th outlook for' cigar tobacoo has Improved
materially over that of last year.' However.
excessive supplies and restricted outlets for
ths stemming grades ara still a Serious prob
lem. - Although the production ' of. certain
types of cigar tobacco In- 1838 should be in
creased over that of 1835, In comparison with
the: 10-year period prior to 1831. production
of all types appear to b on a permanently
tower basis, w..;i ,.,
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T6Aacco?lnx
Brings Fine Return
- Tobacco powers in South Carolina received
34.483.780 more for their crop in 1835 than
they did for that of 1834, a statement issued
from the office of J. Boy Jones, commission
er of agriculture, commerce and Industries,
During the season, which elosed with Oc
tober, producers sold 84.888.308 nounda of
the golden leaf for 16,887,763 as . compared
with the sale of 83.883.178 nounda for ail.
434.833 In 1834.'v.ii......iv'V....,...iV.. " .
The average price for ths 80-odd million
pounds thla year was 18M par 100 as com
pared with 83140 In 1884. . However, the to
tal amount of cash Teallaed from the sale
waa greater by four million dollars. ' .
In October there Vera inly two market
open. Lake City and Mulllns which sold dur
ing the month, 7,020,380 pounds for 81,118,
791. The warehoueea at Lake City disposed
Of 1,593,938 pounds for 8173,832 while those
at Mulllns sold 8,438,841 . pou&Jtts for 8846,
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The average brlos In October waa i 8 as
per 100 pounds as compared with' 818.34 for
ins preceaing uctooer. . -.:
Scrap Tobacco Law" Ruled. ; I
' Constitutional By Judge
Judge J. Paul FrlEsle haa rulaA that WnUh
Carolina's new scrap tobacoo Uv, which le
vies' a 81.000 tax on Scrap dealers and was
intended to drive them out of bualnaa. la eon.
etltutlonal. .; r .
But the 10 defendants in the Case have .
pressed Intention of appealing to the Supreme
Court. - '
'The scrap tobscco tax; test cane bnened mm-.
than a month ago before a Robeson county
recorder. be " allowed a' motion- to.qmu.i,
holding the law unconstitutional. The (State
nea.ed- and the -oiatwr wa araued before
... e r-rhaue wno reversed tue reirrtnr anrt
found that the law was neither eonjiiK'ftti.fy
(BY Onr Balelfch C- ' i,-)
' North Carolina tobacco l . n r. . . m
total of 8v0,tll3,658.31 for tue Wf. I t y
on state market through Ont.uiHr si, t
indications now sre the full crop may t
duo a record money return.
Figures compiled by the Jdo 1 fitnte c
Reporting Servloe show that f m 1 . i ,
through that date a grand toi.nl of i
851 pounds of tobacco at an svm. e ptit e .
81 centa a pound.
The price average la Identical v ' U I s t i
ty figure originally accepted for tins v , ...r i
above the. revised figure annonuci (" i y t -,
AAA It Is, however, more tni e t ,
blow ' Ihe i : aversge figure of U l; r , a
pounds registered through Octooer SI ui !,.;
year by'KorthCarollna farmera.
Although the price Is fur b. m tl,. e of l
year, less than half the estmiu d li 5 cin
has been sold. At the same time liwt year ap
proximately 77 ner. cent of the croD hud been-
disposed of. 11 -
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At the' end of October. 1B34. NortJi num.
Una growera-xhad been paid a total of U3,--858,178.30
for the 332,085,333 pounds of tobao-
co they had sow at ths average level of 28,17
oenta a pound.- vV"'.--
Forthee aure sea so n.ae spit ethe
For the-entire season, .despite the poorer :
quality of the weed and the lower prices,' North
Carolina's growers stand this year to receive
a larger aggregate total for. their crop than
In any -year In history, on the basis of pros- .
ent crop .estimates. ,. .
Price trends for. the 1838 season Indicate
that the seasonal average will' climb some- .
what. aC least, above the Jl-cent figure. In
August, with the light sales, ths price average :
waa. only 13.88 cents a pound. - The next '
month, with sales still light but increasing,
tha monthly average rose to 21.88 cent a"
pounds, . .-..'.-.-,.j-,;.r -..- .-.'"-r
For octooer. with sales heavy, the aver- , -:
age pries paid waa 33.88 cents a pound, bring
ing tne seasonal average up to an even 21
cents. - . .' :" . v ': . - ; - .-
Tha eroo reoortlna Service estimates! aa of -
October 31 that the State would produce a '
crop of 788,788,000 pounds, but present Jn- -dloatlons
are that the figure may fall below
thla level, . s - ?.
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TpbaccoAUotmerii
Cards - Av a liable
Contrasting growere of Burley." fire-cured
and dark - alr-cured tobacco, -who have com-
puea with tneir contracts to date but who
have produced tobacco In exeess of their al
lotments, may obtain additional allotment
cards under an amendment to an admin
istrative' ruling - announced by . the Agrlcul-.
tural - Adjustment Administration. . . ...
The' new ruling provides , two -methods -.
through which contracting t"ducers . wnh
excess tobaoco may purchase as tlonal allot
ment earaa. .-First, producers w. a excess tow
baoco may purchase, through ooun y a --nt's
offices, the- unused allotments of otiier J o- -duoers
whose production Is def lolent. In i
m, the. produoer whose production la t
than his allotment will .be required to -cute,
a form on- which he waives the -
tlclency -payment under hla contract for lii X '
May Purchase Cards
Under the other method, .a contracting
grower - with , excess' production may, after .
hs has sold his initial allotment, purcbas
an additional allotment card through coun-. '
ty agents'; offices by refunding three cents ;
for each pound of excess Buriev tobaenn.'
and two cents for each pound of excess fire- , '
curea ana asrk air-cured tobacco.-. TJnMer
thl latter .method, the nmdueer nnn-hu, -
ing ths additional allotment .card will be re- '
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wgu ni Btifwiiieiic BQQ aeuver hp y...
th county agent a certified check, bank draft
cashier's check, or postal money -order made -
Eayable to the order of the United State '
epartment of Agrioulture. -The
funds accumulated through these re
funds will- be used in making benefit pay-
menta to all growers who cooperate under
tobaoco contracts. , - '- . ,
-The value of excess tobaoco sold, will not
be Included In calculating the amount of '
tha adjustment payments under the contract
for 183S.
1 ' '- Diverting. Lew Orad3',; -".'
to order to encourage the diversion of .
the lower grades of tobacco to by-product
uses. sspeeclaUy in the case of dark tvpes of
tobaoco, growers 'With excess production may .
sell such excess tobacco to manufacturers
who enter Into an agreement with the -Secretary
to use such tobacco only In, the man- ,
ufacture of nicotine, spray material, fertili
ser, or other tobscco -by-products. For ad
ditional allotment cards to cover such sales .
to nicotine companies, the contracting grow
er will pay 1-2 cent per pound end will bs
eligible to receive tax-payment wxrrnnta if
the sale bills art properly certlfh t by tha .
nicotine buyers. Detailed lnst,rii. . ioiis may y
be-obtained through county a ..a' offices
when the markets open. " i
Contracting growers will not bs permitted
to sell tobacco except on allotment cania la-,
suds In' accordance with ths provisions of
the contract or the-ruling.
U- NEW CONTBAf!T !..! ' ''. '
Th new tobacco oontiH. s 1
for the. best farming practices t
particular .farm ia u. u.g it-., t .
tobacco to other purptjet-B," v. tl .
tobacco sneclailst at N. C. f i
centiy, "ims provmlon wi-i 1
farmera in worHing out t. r
Crn rotation pr. . r ,
fx ,s of the I'l.u.a v. I .
d a sll protect - prmi-. i '
f "e play
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