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TaBLE 10.—Inspections of Maryland tobacco at Baltimore, Md., 1840-1940 
Year Hogsheads Year Hogsheads Year Hogsheads Year Hogsheads 
18402 ss = Se 319340) 1866R 222" S21 290 S92 Eee e== 22045 Sia OLS ease 28, 552 
1 Reyes eee 29, 980 || 1867______- 40; 481 || 1893_____-- Ps AE IN) alghie\e = oe 41, 763 
S42 make ee Sh Coke) Il}, deletes. Be 26, 734 || 1894______- Sool e920 eee 24, 694 
(843 eee ZA Gla 1869s DCS Soo eee 28, 084 |} 1921_______ 34, 017 
1844 eee ay) Ihe.) Ie. - - 204696 plS96 ne = a= ZOMG 29N LO 22 Ee aan 24, 157 
184 5= esse" G40), TBP) Wits Wessle o— S 30, 956 || 1897_____-- 34, 905 || 19238_______ SIMI 
ICYNG oe ae ASIN O 27a | Sizer Bon 204 a PLS O8et eee SOR 210 N|| 19245 eee 32, 003 
1S 4a eS 33h, (24) jl) WB — Sas 38, 656 || 1899______- 315,484) || 1925255 32, 306 
184 See SRY A |Il| seb = oe ZileoAs ||| 900 see se 347570) ||| 19262 eee s=- 30) /223 
TBAQ i ey. 30596 5a MS ios=e eee = Sieh ess it ICKL S15 40835192 eee 40, 511 
18502e==s== ifs Hata WEG. Ss AD SUN) 19022 eae 34, 662 || 1928. ____- 38, 458 
Iya ee ee PAS (ONES |} Meio oer 385905) 19032-22222 35, 035 || 1929. ____- 31, 180 
1852 esse PA), SPADINA oo 46, 521 || 1904_____ ao 369276) |||L93 0 eee 34, 438 
1853 eee PAD) OOENSS IIIf Ty A = = oe 35, 671 || 1905_____-- Beh Oe) weil oes 30, 155 
1854 eee 26, 048 || 1880_ __-_-- 36, 871 || 1906____ _-- 305 704s 1932 Eee 45, 922 
I) oe kee 2854708 SSilaaaea== Z200|| L902 PAI exes) ||| CBB ae 42, 696 
1Sh6ee sees 38, 330 || 1882_____ on 35, 891 || 1908____ _ ue 26; 981 ||| 1934 36, 003 
MEIN e Be 38; 057) ||) 18832 20 - =. 335 1050/1909 See 26,721 ||| 1935 meee 44, 997 
1858 eee 45, 654 |} 1884_______ 35, 149 || 1910______- 29, 890 || 1986______- 46, 319 
185 9 eee eo 44, 132 || 1885______- 32, 649 || 1911_____ ie 30, 459 |) 1987______ 48, 790 
18602 22s OLS (4alllpel SSG aan S828 ||| eel OZ eee 29, 934 || 1988_____- 35, 922 
[86] aa== =e 50; 370 |) 1887_____- 33, 966 |} 1913______- 26, 650 || 1939______. 37, 340 
1862525 41, 432 || 1888______- S2182i)|| P1914 eee 24,823) ||) 19402 2222s 26, 354 
I863eeee eee 36; 747 |) 18892 -_ 2 26-1818 1G oe sees 29, 440 
1864222 ee 28, 454 || 1890_____-- 14, 027 || 1916.______ 27, 163 
186oseeeee 25, 479 || 1891__2___- fs Oi) AUCH 28, 737 
EASTERN OHIO EXPORT 
Eastern Ohio Export, formerly of considerable importance, has 
dwindled to an average annual production of less than 1,000,000 
pounds. The association of Eastern Ohio Export with Maryland 
tobacco results from the fact that Baltimore has always been its 
principal market, although a portion of the crop was at one time sold 
in Cincinnati. The type may have had its origin in Maryland in the 
upper country or bay district. The curmg methods employed are a 
curious mixture of air, fire, and flue curing, all three methods being 
used in the district around Barnesville, Ohio, in which the present 
production is localized. Figure 14 illustrates a type of flue-curing 
barn and wilting rack in the Eastern Ohio Export district. 
In earlier years there was a demand for ‘‘spangled”’ tobacco of the 
Eastern Ohio Export type. The spangled appearance was induced by 
dashing small quantities of water on the tobacco while curing, causing 
a splotched appearance. This was supposed to indicate a desirable 
quality. 
In export statistics, Eastern Ohio Export tobacco is combined with 
Maryland. 
No data are available as to the acreage, yield per acre, or farm 
prices in earlier years. Table 11 shows the annual inspections of 
Kastern Ohio Export tobacco on the Baltimore market since 1840. 
To what extent this type was sold through other markets such as 
Cincinnati, when that city was an important hogshead tobacco 
market, is unknown. Mathewson (20, p. 40) states that in 1882, 1,530 
hogsheads of Burley tobacco from the eastern Ohio district were 
delivered to the Cincinnati market, from which it seems possible that 
some of the export type also was sold there. This table represents 
the only information available on the subject. Most hogsheads 
of Eastern Ohio Export tobacco weigh from 750 to 850 pounds, 
although occasional hogsheads weigh as much as 900 pounds. 
