growers of flue-cured tobacco are also increasing acreages of burley sharply. Yields 

 of burley have been satisfactory; the air-curing operation is not as expensive as flue- 

 curing. Because of the high humidity during the curing season, growers have been ex- 

 periencing difficulties with the burley-curing procedures, and some have been faced 

 with barn or pole rot. 



Several varieties of burley have been grown in the "Federation." Some which have 

 been tried are: Barnet Special, Briarvet, Stand Upright, Station Stand Upright, and 

 strains of Burley 1, Burley 21, Ky 9, and Mammoth Ky 22. 



The United States can expect increasing competition from burley tobacco grown in 

 the "Federation." Officials of the Federal Government (prior to the separation of the 

 territories) had hopes for reaching a production goal of 1 million pounds of cigarette- 

 type burley by 1965, and an ultimate goal of 40 million pounds. An appraisal of the future 

 of burley in each of the three territories is discussed in their respective sections. 



Table 14. --SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Burley acreage and production, 1957-58 to 1962-63 



Year 



Area planted 



Production 



Year 



Area planted 



Production 



1957-58 



1958-59 



1959-60 



Acres 



1, 000 pounds 



32 

 22 



1960-61 



1961-62 



1962-63 



Acres 



30 



165 



2,057 



1,000 pounds 



22 



91 



1,255 



Not available. 



Table 15.— SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Costs and returns on 15 acres of Rhodesian-grown 



burley-type tobacco, 1961-62 season''' 



Item 



Per acre 



Total 



Costs: 



Labor 



Tractors 



Motor transport. 



Other costs : 



Fertilizer 



Seedbed sprays 



Curing equipment (wire, etc.)^ 



Adaptation of bldgs . ^ 



Packing material 



Transport 



Miscellaneous 



Total Costs. 



Returns : 



13,193 pounds (at 40.1 / per lb J 



Dollars 



352.69 



Dollars 



104.72 



1,570.80 



21.19 



317.80 



12.91 



193.83 



41.33 



620.15 



.61 



9.10 



4.06 



60.76 



10.09 



151.39 



7.12 



106.77 



.75 



11.20 



.19 



2.80 



202.97 



3,044.60 



5,290.39 



Average yield, 866 pounds per acre. ^ Nonrecurring costs, 



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