194 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 193. 



Shipments and Receipts of Tobacco, Massachusetts Local Shipping Points, 



1915-17. 

 Shipments (Tons). 



1917. 



1916. 



1916. 



January, . 



February, 



March, 



April, 



May, . . 



June, 



July, 



August, . 



September, 



October, . 



November, 



December, 



Total (tons), . 



Total (pounds). 



714.2 

 576.5 

 543.2 

 855.5 

 319.7 

 452.0 

 316.4 

 386.5 

 242.9 

 268.1 

 248.5 

 301.2 



5,224.7 

 10,449,400 



845.00 

 831.00 

 558.50 

 504.00 

 307.00 

 501.00 

 223.90 

 297.29 

 269.00 

 271.65 

 197.00 

 276.00 



5,081.34 

 10,162,680 



424 

 415 

 440 

 450 

 438 

 314 

 731 

 693 

 181 

 695 

 413 

 555 



5,749 

 11,498,000 



Receipts (Tons). 



January, . 



February, 



March, 



April, 



May, 



June, 



July, 



August, . 



September, 



October, . 



November, 



December, 



Total (tons), . 



Total (pounds), 



307 

 154 

 57 

 36 

 10 

 20 

 53 

 30 

 23 

 57 

 95 

 109 



951 

 1,902,000 



275 

 136 

 76 

 59 

 21 

 6 



47 

 30 

 26 

 45 

 120 



937 

 1,874,000 



187 

 238 

 30 

 32 

 9 

 91 

 20 

 26 

 32 

 14 

 60 

 77 



816 

 1,632,000 



Note the heavy shipments for January, February, March and April 

 of 1916 and 1917. The great demand for all classes of cigar leaf tobacco 

 and the high prices offered by the manufacturers resulted in early ship- 



