TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 



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Table 8. — Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured tobacco, type 23: Stocks owned by 

 dealers and manufacturers in the United States, as reported and on a converted- 

 weight basis, quarterly 1929-36 





Stemmed 



Un- 



stemmed 

 reported 



Total on 



unstemmed 



basis 



Farm-sales- 

 weight 

 equivalent 2 



Un- 

 stemmed 

 processing 

 weight 2 



Stemmed 



processing 



weight 3 



Quarter and year 



Quantity 

 reported 



TJn- 



stemmed 

 equivalent l 



Jan. 1: 



1930 



1931 



1,000 pounds 

 264 

 581 

 296 

 215 

 164 

 112 

 71 



399 

 361 

 286 

 261 

 203 

 141 

 199 

 74 



306 

 182 

 350 

 265 

 190 

 144 

 82 

 103 



277 

 608 

 737 

 325 

 173 

 25 

 85 

 104 



l,000pounds 

 347 

 765 

 390 

 283 

 216 

 147 

 93 



525 

 475 

 376 

 343 

 267 

 186 

 262 

 97 



403 

 240 

 461 

 349 

 250 

 190 

 108 

 136 



365 

 800 

 970 

 428 

 228 

 33 

 112 

 137 



1,000 pounds 

 27, 211 

 20, 707 

 27, 999 

 39, 519 

 39, 633 

 27, 579 



35, 777 



30, 892 

 33, 089 



31, 970 

 39,839 

 54,241 

 47, 607 

 42,811 

 47, 986 



25,094 

 24,719 

 33,824 

 47, 749 

 47, 867 

 43, 672 

 41, 509 

 39, 975 



20,677 

 18, 859 

 26, 491 

 38, 721 

 26, 789 

 30, 872 

 38, 868 



36, 853 



l,000pounds 

 27, 558 

 21, 472 

 28,389 



39, 802 

 39,849 

 27, 726 

 35, 870 



31, 417 



33, 564 

 32, 346 

 40, 182 

 54, 508 



47, 793 

 43, 073 

 48,083 



25, 497 

 24, 959 

 34,285 



48, 098 

 48, 117 

 43, 862 

 41, 617 



40, 111 



21,042 

 19, 659 

 27, 461 

 39, 149 

 27, 017 

 30, 905 

 38, 980 

 36, 990 



l,000pounds 

 28,660 

 22, 331 

 29,525 

 41, 394 

 41, 443 

 28,835 



37, 305 



32, 674 



34, 907 

 33,640 

 41, 789 

 56,688 



49, 705 

 44,796 



50, 006 



26,517 



25, 957 



35, 656 

 50, 022 

 50,042 

 45, 616 

 43, 282 

 41, 715 



21,884 

 20,445 

 28,559 

 40, 715 

 28,098 

 32, 141 

 40, 539 



38, 470 



1,000 pounds 

 26, 180 

 20,398 

 26,970 

 37, 812 

 37, 857 

 26, 340 

 34, 076 



29,846 



31, 886 

 30, 729 

 38, 173 

 51, 783 

 45, 403 

 40, 919 

 45, 679 



24, 222 



23, 711 



32, 571 

 45, 693 

 45, 711 

 41, 669 

 39, 536 

 38, 105 



19, 990 

 18, 676 

 26,088 

 37, 192 



25, 666 

 29, 360 

 37, 031 

 35, 140 



l,000pounds 

 19, 897 

 15, 502 



1932 



1933 



1934 



1935__ 



20, 497 

 28,737 

 28, 771 

 20, 018 



1936 



Apr. 1: 



1929 



1930 



1931 



1932 . 



25, 898 



22,683 

 24, 233 

 23,354 

 29, 011 



1933 



1934 



1935 



1936 



39. 355 

 34,506 

 31,098 

 34, 716 



July 1: 

 1929 



18 409 



1930 



18,020 



1931 



24,754 



1932 



1933 



34, 727 

 34,740 



1934 



31.668 



1935 



30,047 



1936 



28, 960 



Oct. 1: 



1929--. 



15, 192 



1930 



14,194 



1931 



19, 827 



1932-.- 



28, 266 



1933 



19,506 



1934 



22,314 



1935 



28,144 



1936 -. 



26,706 







1 1 pound stemmed equal to 1.316 pounds unstemmed. 



2 1 pound, unstemmed basis, equal to 1.04 pounds farm-sales weight and 0.95 pound unstemmed 

 processing weight. 



3 1 pound unstemmed processing weight equal to 0.76 pound stemmed processing weight. 



