Burley 



Prospects seem favorable for significant increases in burley tobacco production, 

 but quality is likely to remain a serious problem. Authorities are now trying to get 

 producers to raise light-type burley, whereas practically all production in past has 

 been heavy type (Red burley) leaf, not well-adapted for use in cigarettes. Problems 

 of producing good-quality Nyasaland burley and marketing it are expected to continue 

 to be more difficult than increasing quantities produced. 



It will continue to be particularly difficult to produce a uniform, light burley with the 

 aroma and open-grained texture that manufacturers desire for use in blended cigarettes. 



Government officials, the Farnners' Marketing Board, and tobacco extension per- 

 sonnel, view Nyasaland burley production as an enterprise suitable to their overall 

 plans for expanding production on small farms operated by Africans. 



NYASALAND'S PRODUCTION OF 

 CASH CROPS, 1951-1963 



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B. 



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60 



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1 



40 



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^"' Cot 



1 1 1 



ton* 



1 1 1 



1951 



1955 



1959 



196 



3^ 



* SEED COTTON. ^ CO MMERCIAL SALES. ^PRELIMINARY, 



SOURCEi ^NYASALAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, 1962*65". 1962-63 DATA, FAS. 



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