98 



CIECTJLAK 10 0, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



of the total receipts for the four years being on hand on June 19, 

 1926. Comprising only 16.13 per cent of the receipts of all tobacco, 

 the inventory showed that dark-fired tobacco made up 33.68 per cent 



POUNDS 

 MILLIONS 



50 



50 



50 



100 



50 



250 



200 



150 



100 



50 



SUN-CURED POOL 



DARK-FIRED POOL 



A Lk 



EEtaa. 



EASTERN CAROLINA POOL 



Eta 



1 



SOUTH CAROLINA POOL 



um 



OLD BELT POOL 



ALL POOLS 



1924-25 

 B83 SfocAs 



1925-26 



1926 



1922-23 1923-24- 



WA Receipts 



Figure I 8-Receipts, Sales, and Stocks on Hand at End of Financial 

 Year (Green Basis) by Pools, 1922-23 to June, 1926 



Not only did the sales decrease every year after 1923. but the percentage of sales to 

 receipts plus stocks decreased appreciably after 1922. 



of the total on hand. The old-belt type of flue-cured was next 

 slowest to move; 17.39 per cent of the receipts of this pool was on 

 hand on the above date. Old-belt tobacco made up 51.64 per cent of 



