AMERICAN TOBACCO TYPES, USES, AND MARKETS 26 
The decrease in the volume of exports of Marvland tobacco has 
been fully compensated by the increased use for domestic purposes. 
The result has been a fairly stable level of production which is in- 
dicated in table 10 showing the number of hogsheads of Maryland 
tobacco inspected at the Baltimore market from 1840 to 1940. The 
decreases shown in 1939 and 1940 were due to the sale of portions of 
the crops sold in those years (25 percent and 50 percent respectively) 
at the newly established auction markets. 
Net weight per hogshead of Maryland tobacco as it is packed on 
farms varies widely, probably from 550 pounds to 650 pounds each. 
In 1937 the average weight of all hogsheads delivered to the Baltimore 
market, including some Eastern Ohio Export, was 627 pounds. In 
1939 the average was only 586 pounds. The average net weight of 
all deliveries to Baltimore from 1936 to 1940, inclusive, was 607 
pounds. 
Hogsheads packed in the plants of dealers at the auction markets 
probably average about 700 pounds. The increase results from the 
use of hydraulic presses. At these plants some tobacco is now being 
packed in bales for greater convenience and economy in handling. 
TABLE 8.—Light air-cured tobacco: Production, stocks, and disappearance, 1912 
and 1917-40 
BURLEY, TYPE 31 
Stocks Oct. 1 Disappear- 
Year Production farm-sales | Total supply | ance begin- 
weight ning Oct. 1 
Million Million Million Million 
pounds pounds pounds pounds 
NOL 2 PRES es Oe Ronson ee ark = eat oe ee a a ee ee 196.1 269. 5 465. 6 186.8 
HLT Sere ieee as SNE oa pes we se CS 300. 3 281.9 582. 2 258. 7 
PAWV.CT ASCH 920-20 eee i a eo He eae Aare Oe 272.5 435.8 708. 3 261.1 
TNS BIO ess es eee A UE ee ee Se ee ee 349. 2 438. 3 787.5 277.3 
1G SU ee ares oe Es Silene tee 2 ees i Ng [ers 424.8 510. 2 935. 0 252. 4 
[93 25 5= ee see meee pre eta ee es UE 303. 7 682. 6 986. 3 266. 0 
YASS A aie as a ge I 377.5 720. 3 1, 097.8 277.5 
LS Ye Lie oe eee ee ied aie a et Se ie DOQaa 820. 3 1,072. 5 302. 6 
OS Disa cen eee © ea Se Se ee ee ee 220. 9 769.9 990. 8 309. 1 
193 6 ae a eee ie ie ee ee me I ree re 219.6 681. 7 901.3 329. 5 
NOS Se ees oer ee eres ae WR oe oe EE 402. 4 571.8 974. 2 313.5 
3 5 em ee Ste SL Fe ER Fash eS Lea ee as ys 339. 4 660. 7 1, 000. 1 316.0 
TE Ee ae Se I he Dp Oa a 396.3 684. 1 1, 080. 4 318.1 
SL AO) eae 9S iis ee Ene apart EE Ns ek Ra 2 1 375.5 762. 3 Ia BY ates ase cece 
SOUTHERN MARYLAND, TYPE 322 
Oe ees SE ie a ee oe ee ee ee ad 2a 22.6 19.1 41.7 22. 4 
IS es SP a a ee ee a 26. 6 19.3 45.9 24.0 
TG AY Met ts a ee ee a oe ie 19.6 21.9 41.5 24. 3 
Averag eul 920-20 hee ee ee ee ioe 23. 4 15.0 38. 4 23. 3 
1930 2S8 Te Le Se rel es eee ae 19. 6 WSC 37.3 15.5 
EG 3D ee a Ee ce en Sie On ge ay ee ne 28.1 21.8 49.9 W6 
IU Pe ee Ss See ee ee ee a ee a 28. 7 32.3 61.0 22.1 
ROSSM fees eee een eaten ed Sek Wea od. 22. 2 38. 9 61.1 25:1 
LEERY ee ieee ee at oe 2 ey er ee 26. 2 36. 0 62. 2 23. 6 
SS ye ki ce | eee ae ae ee Sa Pe 28. 7 38. 6 67.3 28.8 
1 O3G25s 22 Tee See Sas ne a yas ee ete 30.8 38. 5 69.3 28. 2 
OS Te eae hrs Baer rae ee lees re 5 22.8 41.1 63.9 26. 2 
LOSS ts tat at Eee aor Teese 20S 2 SS a 29. 2 Bila U 66. 9 30. 6 
OS OEE ea eaten Sea tame fe Lea Fie Pe ee oe, 28 32. 8 36. 3 69. 1 25. 9 
1940 Nese Soa aa eee eae! Se Ne 3159 43.2 (fata |e eee 
1 Preliminary. : . 
2 Stocks as of Jan. 1 of year following production, and disappearance beginning Jan. 1 of year following 
production. 
Stocks prior to Apr. 1, 1929, were compiled from reports of the Bureau of the Census. 
