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Table 17. 



■Average sale value of patrons ' tobacco handled by tobacco 

 auction warehouse cooperatives in Kentucky, North Carolina^ 

 Tennessee, and Virginia, 1952-53 to 1961-62 







Average va 



lue of tobacco marketed per patron 





Central 



Local 



Associ- 



Associ- 



Associ- 





Marketing 



associ- 



associ- 



at ions 



ations 



ations 





season 



ations 



ations 



handling 



handling 



handling 



Average 





handling 



handling 



flue- 



dark 



dark air- 







burley 



burley 



cured 



fire-cured 



cured 







tobacco 



tobacco , 



tobacco 



tobacco 



tobacco 







Dollars 



Dollars 



Dollars 



Dollars 



Dollars 



Dollars 



1952-53 



1,760 



509 



2,058 



420 



284 



1,263 



1953-54 



841 



349 



1,881 



307 



220 



813 



1954-55 



1,018 



483 



1,851 



209 



449 



892 



1955-56 



813 



582 



1,836 



351 



268 



827 



1956-57 



974 



659 



1,498 



499 



561 



905 



1957-58 



985 



625 



1,948 



466 



386 



919 



1958-59 



1,027 



690 



1,552 



463 



382 



929 



1959-60 



1,038 



639 



1,896 



344 



256 



889 



1960-61 



1,028 



667 



2,172 



496 



291 



966 



1961-62 



1,508 



702 



2,347 



499 



342 



1,177 



Average 



1,072 



611 



1,879 



393 



341 



951 



In the burley markets, upwards of 97 percent of total sale volume for 

 the cooperatives was first sale tobacco. This compares with 93 to 95 

 percent for organizations not cooperatively owned and operated. In 

 the flue-cured tobacco markets, over 95 percent of total sale volume 

 handled by the associations normally consists of first sale tobacco 

 compared to between 90 and 92 percent for other warehouses. The volume 

 of resale tobacco handled by all warehouses in the dark tobacco markets 

 is comparatively light, usually comprising less than 1 percent of total 

 sale volume. 



The economic benefits associations offer to patrons are determined in 

 large part by the commissions earned on the sale of tobacco. Tobacco 

 offered for resale by patrons must be sold during the sale time allo- 

 cated to the association and does not earn commissions until disposed 

 of. Resale tobacco thus may influence the volume of first sale tobacco 

 handled and the total commissions earned during the marketing season. 

 The association is required, therefore, to use a certain amount of 

 discretion when recommending bid rejections. 



