Table 22.— NORTHERN RHODESIA: Sales of bur ley produced by Africans in 

 Eastern Province, 1950-63 





Quantity 



Average price per pound 



Year of harvest 



Rhodesian currency 



Equivalent in U.S. 

 currency 



1950 



1951 



1952 



Pounds 



264,000 



192,000 



24,000 



20,696 



44,774 



6,876 



6,890 



12,154 



19,688 



29,647 



64,621 



249,185 



300,000 



Pence 



26.96 

 20.40 

 28.22 

 29.56 

 25.97 

 25.12 

 18.29 

 34.87 

 18.18 

 22.09 

 31.70 

 24.00 

 30.60 



Cents 



31.4 

 23.8 

 32.9 



1953 



34.5 



1954 



1955 



30.3 

 29.3 



1956 



21.3 



1957 



1958 



1959 



I960 



40.7 

 21.2 

 25.8 

 37.0 



1961 



28.0 



1962 





1963 





Not currently available. 



Fire-Cured and Sun-Cured 



Fire-cured is not now grown on a commercial scale in Northern Rhodesia. 



There is relatively little sun-cured tobacco grown in Northern Rhodesia; this is 

 grown by Europeans. Production decreased from 225,000 pounds in I960 to 15,000 pounds 

 in 1962. 



Turkish 



About 100,000 pounds of Turkish tobacco is being produced on European farms in 

 Northern Rhodesia, and about 300,000 pounds on African farms. Efforts are now being 

 made to encourage African farmers to increase production. 



A number of years ago (1946 and 1947) Northern Rhodesia produced about 1 million 

 pounds of Turkish type tobacco per year. Later, poor quality, high labor input, and low 

 prices contributed to such decreases in production that for 10 years Northern Rhodesian 

 output averaged only 67,000 pounds per year. 



By I960, production had increased again to 217,000 pounds. However, acreage this 

 year was higher than production indicated, with the "bushy top" disease causing low 

 yields and quality. This dashed hopes of furnishing some of the export tobacco needed 

 because of shortages in Greece and Turkey, caused by blue mold. 



In 1963, total production was down sharply again. 



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