TOBACCO SHRINKAGE AND LOSSES IN WEIGHT 7 



Table 1. — Southern types of tobacco: Average percentages of loss in weight from 

 different causes and percentages of weight remaining x 



Type 



Flue-cured 



Virg inia fire-cured 



Kentucky and Tennessee 



fire-cured 



Henderson Stemming 



Burley 



Southern Maryland 



One Sucker 



Green River 



Virginia sun-cured 



11-14 



21 



22,23 

 24 

 31 

 32 

 35 

 36 

 37 



Clean- 

 ing 2 



Pet. 

 2.0 

 1.0 



.5 

 .1.0 

 1.0 

 ( 7 ) 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



Pet. 

 98.0 

 99.0 



99.5 



99.0 



99.0 



( 7 ) 



99. 

 99.0 

 99. 



Handling and 

 packing 3 



Domestic 

 order 



Pet. 

 10.0 

 15.0 



1.5 

 10.0 

 10.0 

 ( 7 ) 

 8.0 

 10.0 

 11.0 



Pet. 

 90.0 

 85.0 



98.5 

 90.0 

 90.0 

 100.0 

 92.0 

 90.0 

 89.0 



Export 

 order 



Pet. 



II'. 

 17.0 



5.0 

 14.0 

 ll.o 



( 7 ) 

 10.0 

 14.0 

 15.0 



Pet. 



88.0 

 83.0 



95.0 



86.0 

 89.0 

 100.0 

 90.0 

 86.0 

 85.0 



Sweating and drying ii 

 storage 4 



First 

 year 



Pet. 



1.0 

 1.0 



4.0 

 3.0 

 2.0 

 4.0 

 2.0 

 3.0 

 1.0 



Pet. 

 89.1 



84.2 



94.6 



87.3 

 88.2 

 96.0 

 90.2 

 87.3 

 88.1 



Second 

 year 



Pet. 

 0.5 

 1.0 



2.0 

 1.5 

 1.0 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 1.0 



Pet. 



88.7 

 83.4 



92.7 



86.0 

 87.3 

 94. 1 



88.8 

 86.0 



87.2 



Third 

 year 



Pet. 



( 6 ) 

 0.5 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 .5 



Pet. 



88.7 

 83.0 



91.8 

 85.1 

 86.4 

 93.2 



87.9 

 85.1 



86. 8 



Stem- 

 ming 6 



Pet. 

 22.0 

 23.0 



24.0 

 24.0 

 26.0 

 26.0 

 30.0 

 24.0 

 24. 



Pet. 

 78.0 



77.0 



76.0 

 76.0 

 74.0 

 74.0 

 70.0 

 76.0 

 76.0 



Pet. 

 69.0 

 64.0 



69.5 



64.5 

 64.0 

 69.0 

 61.5 

 64.5 

 66.0 



1 Losses and remainders under cleaning, handling and packing, and sweating and drying in storage are 

 percentages of farm-sales weight. Net yield is the stemmed processing weight. 

 3 Removal of sand, dirt, etc. 



3 Includes sand and dirt loss and loss of moisture from redrying or air-drying. 



4 Storage losses calculated progressively, based on packed weight, domestic order. 



6 Percentages in removal of stem or midrib are based upon weight of leaf put into stemming process irre- 

 spective of time of operation. 6 Negligible. 



7 Maryland tobacco is packed in hogsheads at the farm; therefore losses prior to packing are borne by the 

 grower. 



Table 2. — Cigar-leaf types of tobacco: Average percentages of loss in weight from 

 different causes and percentages of weight remaining * 



Type 



Handling 

 and bulk 

 sweating 2 



Sweating 

 and spoil- 

 age in 

 package 3 



Sweating and drying in 

 storage 



First 

 year 4 



Second 

 year 



Third 

 Year 



Stem- 

 ming s 



Filler types: 



Pennsylvania Seedleaf 



Gebhardt 



Zimmer 



Dutch 



Georgia and Florida sun- 

 grown 



Puerto Rican 



Binder types: 



Connecticut Broadleaf 



Connecticut Havana Seed.. 

 New York and Pennsylva- 

 nia Havana Seed . 



Southern Wisconsin 



Northern Wisconsin 



Wrapper types: 



Connecticut shade-grown. _. 

 Georgia and Florida shade- 

 grown 



Pet. 

 2.7 

 2.9 

 4.1 

 3.3 



17.5 

 12.0 



3.0 

 3.0 



9.0 

 3.7 



8.9 

 10.9 



Pet. 



97.3 

 97.1 

 95.9 

 96.7 



82.5 

 88.0 



97.0 

 97.0 



91.0 

 96.3 

 93.7 



91.1 



89.1 



Pet 



11.6 

 11.8 



11.0 

 10. .'» 



2.1 



1.0 



7.0 



13.7 

 10.6 



2.-6 



2.0 



Pet. 



86.0 

 85.6 

 85.4 

 86.5 



87.1 



87.4 

 87.4 



84.6 

 83.1 

 83.8 



88.7 



87.3 



Pet. 

 2.3 



2.7 

 2.8 

 2.8 



2.5 

 4.0 



2.3 

 2.7 



2.0 



1.9 

 1.7 



2.7 



3.2 



Pet. 

 84.0 

 83.3 

 83.0 

 84.1 



78.8 

 83.6 



85.4 

 85.0 



82.9 

 81.5 

 82.4 



86.3 



84.5 



Pet, 



2.4 

 2.9 

 2.7 

 2.9 



2.0 

 1.9 



2.7 

 2.2 



2.4 

 2.9 

 2.2 



2.2 



2.6 



Pet. 

 82.0 

 80.9 

 80.8 

 81.7 



77.2 

 82.0 



83.1 

 83.1 



80.9 

 79.1 

 80.6 



84.4 



82.3 



Pet. 



1.7 

 2.0 



2.4 

 2.1 



2.0 



Pet. 



80.6 

 79.3 



75.7 



81.1 

 81.2 



79.7 

 77.9 

 79.2 



83.0 



80.6 



Pet. 



28.0 

 27.0 

 28.5 

 29.5 



21.5 

 21.5 



22.5 

 23.0 



26.5 

 23.0 

 25.0 



18.5 



17.0 



Pet 



72.0 

 73.0 

 71.5 

 70.5 



78.5 



78.5 



77.5 

 77.0 



73.5 

 77.0 

 75.0 



81.5 



83.0 



Pet. 



58.0 

 58.0 

 56.5 

 56.5 



59.0 

 64.5 



62.5 

 62.5 



58.5 

 59.5 

 59.0 



67.5 



67.0 



1 Losses and remainders under handling and bulk sweating, sweating and spoilage in package, and sweat- 

 ing and drying in storage are percentages of farm-sales weight. Net yield is the stemmed processing weight. 



2 Prior to packing. 3 Prior to sampling time. 



4 This refers to end of first year after packing and not to end of first year after sampling. 



5 Percentages in removal of stem or midrib are based upon weight of leaf put into stemming process irre- 

 spective of time of operation. 



