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supply of heavy leaf. Louisville 'is easily the largest 

 primary market, receiving in 1896 about 118,000 hogs- 

 heads. Cincinnati followed with 68,000 and Clarksville 

 with 37,000 hogsheads. Among the eight leading pri- 

 mary markets Hopkinsville stands forth in prominence, 

 with 21,000 hogsheads handled in 1896, Paducah 

 17,000, Mayfield 8,000, St. Louis 5,000 and Nashville 

 3,000. The beginning of each year, of course, finds 

 more or less stock carried over, but these figures afford 

 a good index of the general movement. The freight 

 rate on heavy leaf, from Louisville as a basis, to New 

 York, is about 35 cents per 100 pounds, to Baltimore 

 32 cents, to Philadelphia 33 cents, and to Boston 39 

 cents. 



