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the quality of tobacco in those pools would tend to improve during 

 the later years. 



Table 43. — Distribution of the flue-cured tooacco received among the association 



grades 





1922 crop 



1923 



crop 



1924 crop 



1925 



crop 



Family block 



Upper 

 section 



Lower 

 section 



Upper 

 section 



Lower 



section 



Upper 

 section 



Lower 

 section 



Upper 

 section 



Lower 

 section 



Old belt pool: 



A 



Per cent 

 1.40 

 18.90 

 2.85 

 5.26 

 16.28 

 1.83 

 



Per cent 



3.97 



15.59 



4.80 



18.59 



8.73 



1.76 



.04 



Per cent 



0.82 



22.85 



.86 



2.90 



15.21 



2.77 







Per cent 

 2.32 

 23.94 

 1.09 

 14.54 

 9.51 

 2.70 

 .49 



Per cent 



0.90 



23.64 



1.13 



5.14 



11.44 



2.37 







Per cent 

 1.89 



28.22 

 1.55 



12.90 

 7.79 

 1.67 

 1.36 



Per cent 



0.13 



13.26 



.22 



1.32 



9.38 



1.05 







Per cent 

 0.45 



B and H 



48.65 



C 



.67 



D — 



6.84 



E — 



13.68 



F 



2.73 





1.62 







Total.. 



46.52 



53.48 



45.41 



54.59 



44.62 



55.38 



25.36 



74.64 



Eastern Carolina pool: 



A.. 



.08 

 15.89 

 

 8.80 

 11.42 

 5.11 

 



.23 

 25. 60 

 

 14.69 

 7.48 

 5.98 

 4.72 



.07 

 21.27 

 

 6.12 

 9.49 

 7.07 

 



.14 

 30.75 

 

 14.76 

 3.39 

 5.49 

 1.45 



.11 

 21.88 

 

 11.52 

 8.57 

 6.22 

 



.14 

 24.47 

 

 16.37 

 2.80 

 4.19 

 3.73 



.18 

 22.28 

 

 11.54 

 6.72 

 8.30 

 



.26 



B and H 



23.02 



C._ 







D 



15.20 



E 



2.09 



F 



8.36 



Scrap 



2.05 







Total -- --- 



41.30 



58.70 



44.02 



55.98 



48.30 



51.70 



49.02 



50.98 







South Carolina pool: 



A — 



.08 

 15.27 

 5.27 

 11.83 

 4.92 

 



.26 

 32.25 

 11.91 

 7.60 

 3.65 

 6.96 



.01 



27.74 



5.04 



7.94 



4.33 







.27 

 33.60 

 13.50 

 2.15 

 2.17 

 3.25 



.01 

 18.90 

 3.70 

 10.26 

 5.73 

 



.07 

 32.73 

 12.36 

 5.45 

 5.73 

 5.06 



.01 

 22.08 

 2.74 

 8.66 

 3.70 

 



.08 



B and H 



37.41 



D 



10.48 



E — 



4.52 



F .- 



4.63 





5.69 







Total 



37.37 



62.63 



45.06 



54. 94 



38.60 



61.40 



37.19 



62.81 







In Table 44 are presented the gross average prices per 100 pounds 

 realized by the association on sales of green and redried tobacco. 

 These figures were obtained by dividing the proceeds of the sales of 

 green and redried tobacco by the number of pounds sold under each 

 class. Higher average prices per 100 pounds were obtained on the re- 

 dried tobacco in all of the 1922 pools, and in every pool of the 1923 

 crop except the old-belt and sun-dried pools. Higher average prices 

 were obtained on redried tobacco only in the dark-fired pool of the 

 1924 crop and in the South Carolina pool of the 1925 crop. Kedried 

 tobacco should sell at a higher average price than green tobacco of 

 equivalent quality because it has been partly processed. It is im- 

 possible to tell from the average prices for all grades whether redried 

 tobacco was sold more advantageously than green tobacco. It was 

 necessary to analyze the sales of green and redried tobacco on a grade 

 basis. This information appears in Tables 56 to 60 (appendix), 

 from which it will be seen that, in spite of the more valuable condi- 

 tion of redried tobacco, the association failed to obtain higher prices 

 for many grades of redried tobacco. The reason for this has been 

 explained. 



