20 CIRCULAR 435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



packed especially for the African and South Sea Islands trade. The 

 tobacco is almost saturated with mineral oil, petrolatum, or other 

 prepared sauces and then packed in tierces or boxes and subjected to 

 tremendous pressure . 



About 80 percent of the total One Sucker that is exported goes out 

 in the form of Black Fat; the 20 percent remainder consists of low- 

 grade lugs and trash. The One Sucker used by domestic manufac- 

 turers is packed in hogsheads 54 inches in depth and 46, 47, or 48 

 inches in diameter, ranging from 1,000 to 1,250 pounds net weight, 

 and averaging about 1,100 pounds. 



One Sucker is sold at auction over loose-leaf floors. In handling 

 over the floors, a certain amount of sorting is done on the basis of 

 quality, color, and length as the tobacco is unloaded from the farmers' 

 wagons or trucks and placed on the baskets. The markets for One 

 Sucker usually open in about the second week in December and sales 

 continue until the latter part of March. 



The moisture content of One Sucker at the time of delivery by the 

 farmers and the keeping quality of the tobacco prohibit packing 

 without reordering. About 85 percent is air-dried before packing in 

 hogsheads and the other 15 percent is shipped to some point where it 

 can be put through a redrying machine. The air-dried One Sucker is 

 packed with a moisture content of about 14 percent, the machine- 

 dried with slightly less. The loss in weight from handling, ordering, 

 and packing, including a dirt and sand loss of about 1 percent, ranges 

 from 8 to 12 percent, averaging about 9 percent. The packers of 

 Black Fat show no loss in the operation. They have an actual weight 

 gain due to the addition of oil, etc. The loss in weight in storage 

 averages about 2 percent the first year, 1.5 percent the second year, 

 and 1 percent the third year. 



Because of the long narrow leaf and the coarse stem and the pur- 

 poses for which used, the percentage of loss in stemming One Sucker 

 is higher than for most other types, ranging from 25 to 35 percent, 

 and averaging about 30 percent. 



GREEN RIVER, TYPE 36 



Green River tobacco is produced in the northern part of Kentucky 

 in the territory adjacent to Owensboro and Henderson, and is marketed 

 at these two points. Production of this type in former years was as 

 high as 60,000,000 pounds, but in recent years has ranged from 

 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 pounds. It is a dark air-cured type, rang- 

 ing in color from a light tan to a very dark brown. The variety or 

 strain of seed used is the same as for type 24. Growers in this district 

 either air-cure this tobacco and sell it as Green River, or fire-cure it 

 and sell it as Henderson Stemming. 



Green River tobacco is harvested by the stalk-cutting method. 

 It is air-cured, sold at auction, and packed in hogsheads averaging 

 about 1,400 poimds in weight. The marketing period is from early in 

 December until early in March. As is the case with most of the 

 southern types, there is some variation from year to year, in the 

 opening and closing dates of the markets. Late plantings and conse- 

 quent late harvesting and curing may delay the opening dates. 

 Weather conditions unfavorable to stripping, sorting, and handling 

 by the farmers may delay the closing dates. 



