190 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 193. 



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

 Lights and Seconds. 



Length of Leaves (Inches). 



Size of Case 

 (Inches). 



Pounds per 

 Case. 



16, 

 18, 

 20, 

 22, 

 24, 

 26, 



320 

 250 



270 

 290 

 310 

 325 



Darks and Mediums. 



16, 

 18, 

 20, 

 22, 

 24, 

 26, 

 28, 



Fillers, 

 Brokens, 



Summary. 

 In 1915 the packers estimated that it cost them 85 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. 



