ANALYSIS OE TOBACCO GROWERS* ASSOCIATION 5 



and Burley types, and possibly the cigar types, the production of all 

 other types shows a decrease from the pre-war average. In 1909 the 

 production of flue-cured and Burley tobaccos accounted for 46.2 per 

 cent of all United States tobacco; in 1927 the percentage was 72.8. 

 The data available by types of tobacco shows that the year-to-year 

 fluctuation in production of all United States tobacco is largely 

 accounted for by the changes in the production of flue-cured and 

 Burley tobaccos. The increase in Burley production has been small 

 as compared with that of flue-cured tobacco. The reason for the 

 smaller increase of Burley is that in normal years in the past a much 



1908 



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Figure 4.— Production of Tobacco in the United States by Principal 

 Types, 1909-1928 



Flue-cured tobacco has shown a rapid increase in production since the pre-war period, 

 whereas the production of most other types has declined. 



smaller portion of this type of tobacco has been found suitable for 

 manufacture into cigarettes. But the increased demand for the 

 cigarette types of tobacco has resulted in a larger part of the Burley 

 being used in cigarettes. 



Increase in the production of flue-cured tobacco has been phenome- 

 nal. From an output of 283,000,000 pounds in 1913 the production 

 climbed steadily to 692,000,000 pounds in 1927, an increase of 145 

 per cent in 14 years. In 1909 the production of the flue-cured class 

 was 21.1 per cent of the total United States production; in 1927 it 

 had increased to 55.9 per cent. 



