storage costs by percentage of capacity utilized are illustrated in tables 4 

 and 5 for fire-cured and dark air-cured tobaccos, respectively. 



Storage service costs 

 survey period and $2.36 wh 

 $2.00 and $2.19 for these 

 service performed in the s 

 the survey period. When e 

 head. Other services util 

 During the survey period, 

 was $3.18. This cost was 

 of fire-cured tobacco whil 

 and an estimated $1.49 in 



for fire-cured include innage at $2.16 for the 

 en estimated for 1968. For outage, these costs were 

 periods. Costs for sampling, the most expensive 

 torage operation, amounted to $20.79 per hogshead for 

 stimated for 1968, this cost averaged $22.93 per hogs- 

 ized by the industry in volume include reweighing. 

 the cost to reweigh and restore a hogshead of tobacco 

 estimated to be $3.39 for 1968. Reweighing a hogshead 

 e performing some other service was $1.45 in 1966/67 

 1968. 



Storage service costs for dark air-cured include innage at $1.13 for 

 1966/67 and $1.27 for 1968. For outage, these costs are $1.05 for the survey 

 period and $1.17 for the 1968 estimate. Cost of sampling a hogshead of dark 

 air-cured tobacco amounted to $11.48 for the survey period. When estimated for 

 1968, this cost averaged $13.02 per hogshead. During 1966/67, the cost to 

 reweigh and restore a hogshead of dark air-cured tobacco was $1.30. This was 

 estimated to be $1.44 for 1968. Cost for reweighing a hogshead of tobacco 

 while performing some other service was 36 cents in 1966/67 and an estimated 

 39 cents in 1968. 



Table 1. --Tobacco firms included in sample, volume processed, yield, 

 hogshead months of storage, and selected services performed, 1966/67 



: Number : 

 Item _ _. 



:of firms 



Unit 



: „ , : Yield or 

 Volume ,. • i . 



utilization 



• 

 • 



•1,000 lbs. 1/ 



Hogshead 

 month If 



'Hogshead 

 •month 11 



•Hogshead 

 •Hogshead 

 Hogshead : 



•Hogshead : 

 •Hogshead : 

 Hogshead 



Percent 

 : 17,651 88.36 



♦ 



Storage: : 

 Fire-cured, types 22 and 23: 5 



• 



Dark air-cured, types 35 : 



: 258,335 82.00 



Services: : 



Fire-cured, types 22 and 23: : 



• 488,420 86.76 

 5,628 





4,970 





1,650 



Dark air-cured, types 35 : : 

 and 36 : : 



8,439 





12,308 





1,159 







1/ Green weight, 



If Units of hogsheads times the months each was counted as being stored. 



