Table 20. — NORTHERN RHODESIA: Flue-cured tobacco production or sales by area or market 



1958-63 





Western Area production, 

 for Salisbury market 



Northeastern production, 

 for Limbe market 





Year 



Sales 



Average 

 yield 



Sales 



Average 

 yield 



Total sales 



1958 



1959 



Mil. lb. 



5.7 

 10.9 

 10.9 

 13.7 

 15.9 

 13.0 



Pounds 



526 

 911 

 847 

 914 

 986 



Mil. lb. 



1.1 

 1.7 

 1.6 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.1 



Pounds 



^ 500 



^ 800 



802 



574 



664 



Mil. lb. 



6.8 

 12.6 



1960 



1961 



12.5 

 14.8 



1962 



16.9 



1963 



14.1 







Estimated. 

 ^ Not available. 



Bur ley 



The government and the tobacco extension specialists as well as the marketing 

 organizations are encouraging production of burley-type tobacco by both European and 

 African farmers. 



Output of burley has risen very rapidly in Northern Rhodesia. European farms pro- 

 duced a total of 193,000 pounds in 1957, 751,000 pounds in 1961, 1.3 million pounds in 

 1962, and 3.1 million pounds in 1963. (Data are not available as to the proportions which 

 were heavy burley, or light.) 



Table 21.— NORTHERN RHODESIA: Acreage and production of burley-type tobacco, 1955-63 



1 



Area 

 planted 



Production 



Yield 



Year^ 



European 



African 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



I960 



Acres 



460 



420 



410 



1,100 



1,040 



800 



1,380 



2,200 



5,008 



1,000 lb. 



150 

 180 

 192 

 531 

 547 

 570 

 750 

 1,326 



1,000 lb. 



19 



30 



66 

 250 

 300 

 (^) 



Pounds per acre 



327 

 -;29 

 470 

 4S7 

 524 

 714 



1961 



544 



1962 



1963^ 



608 

 610 



Year harvested. 

 Preliminary. 

 ^ Estimated production, European and African, 3,100,000 lb. 



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