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Table 28. — Size of Cases and Pounds per Case. 

 Lights and Seconds. 



Darks and Mediums. 



Sunmiary. 

 In 1915 the packers estimated that it cost them 3| cents a pound to 

 sort, tie, store, pack, sweat and sample their tobacco. This includes all 

 labor, lumber for cases, nails, twine, paper, sampler's fee and other ex- 

 penses connected with packing. In 1916 the packers estimated their cost 

 at 5 cents a pound. The depreciation on buildings and equipment, cost 

 of heating, lighting, taxes, etc., are not included in the above. Including 

 these last-named items, the 1916 cost was about 7 cents per pound. In 

 1917 the packers estimated that processing and marketing cost them, from 

 the time the tobacco reached their hands until delivered to the manu- 

 facturer, wholesaler or jobber, 11 cents a pound for sun-grown tobacco, 

 and 28 cents a pound for shade-grown. 



