TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 21 



Green River tobacco is used in the manufacture of chewing tobacco, 

 snuff, and smoking tobacco. At one time a considerable quantity 

 was exported, but more recently exports have declined somewhat. 



Practically all of this tobacco is redried. The loss in weight in 

 redrying, including a dirt and sand loss of 1 percent, averages about 

 10 percent for domestic trade and about 14 percent for export trade. 

 The loss in weight in storage averages about 3 percent the first year, 

 1.5 percent the second year, and 1 percent the third year. The loss 

 in stemming ranges from about 20 to 28 percent and averages about 

 24 percent. 



VIRGINIA SUN-CURED, TYPE 37 



Virginia sun-cured tobacco is produced in a limited district near 

 Richmond, Va., and practically all of it is marketed at that point. 

 The annual production during the last 10 years has averaged about 

 4,000,000 pounds. 



Virginia sun-cured tobacco derives its name from the former practice 

 of hanging the green tobacco on scaffolds in the fields during the greater 

 portion of the curing process. It is really an air-cured type of tobacco, 

 very dark in color. Practically all is used in the domestic manufacture 

 of chewing tobacco; very little is exported. 



Virginia sun-cured tobacco is marketed under the loose-leaf auction- 

 sales system. The market Usually opens about the middle of Novem- 

 ber and extends until the latter part of February or the first of March. 

 The tobacco is redried, and is packed in hogsheads about the same size 

 as those used for the flue-cured and fire-cured tobacco produced in 

 Virginia. The average net weight of a hogshead is approximately 

 1,250 pounds. The average loss in weight in redrying, including a dirt 

 and sand loss of 1 percent, is about 11 percent. The average loss in 

 storage the first year is 1 percent, the second year 1 percent, and the 

 third year 0.5 percent. The average loss in stemming is about 24 

 percent. 



PENNSYLVANIA SEEDLEAF, TYPE 41 



Pennsylvania Seedleaf tobacco, also known as Pennsylvania Broad- 

 leaf, Pennsylvania Filler, and Lancaster and York County Filler, is 

 produced principally in Lancaster and adjoining counties of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



The annual production during the last 10 years has averaged about 

 43,000,000 pounds. This type is used principally for cigar fillers. A 

 limited quantity of the thinner, lighter bodied leaves, which are free 

 of injury, are selected and used as binders or as stogie wrappers. The 

 regular filler grades are known locally as wrappers, but are used only 

 for cigar fillers. The lower or stemming grades are known locally as 

 fillers and are used principally in the manufacture of scrap chewing 

 tobacco or in shredded fillers for low-priced cigars. A very limited 

 quantity is exported. 



Pennsylvania Seedleaf is harvested by the stalk-cutting method and 

 like all cigar-leaf tobacco, it is air-cured. After the tobacco is fully 

 cured it is stripped from the stalk and tied into hands of 14 to 18 leaves, 

 The hands are then put up in paper-wrapped bundles or bales weighing 

 from 50 to 70 pounds for delivery to packers. 



Pennsylvania Seedleaf is usually sold while still hanging in the 

 curing shed. Independent dealers, and buyers who represent the larger 

 cigar manufacturers, visit the premises of the growers and purchase the 

 tobacco. Each requires that the crop be delivered to the buyer's ware- 



