32 



Table 15. --Tobacco auction warehouse cooperatives in Kentucky, North 

 Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia classified by type of 

 tobacco and average seasonal volume handled, 1952-53 to 

 1961-62 



Average seasonal 





Associations hand] 



in g 





volume of tobacco 







Dark 



Dark 





handled 



Burley 



Flue- 



fire- 



air- 



Total 







cured 



cured 



cured 





Million pounds 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Less than 5.0 



7 



1 



- 



2 



10 



5.0 - 9.9 



- 



1 



1 



- 



2 



10.0 - 14.9 



- 



1 



- 



- 



1 



15.0 - 19.9 



1 



- 



- 



- 



1 



20.0 or more 



1 



„i, 



- 



. 



1 



Total 



9 



3 



1 



2 



15 



Table 16. --Warehouses operated by tobacco auction cooperatives in Kentucky, 

 North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia classified by type of 

 tobacco and average seasonal volume handled, 1952-53 to 1961-62 



Average seasonal 

 volume per 





Ware 



houses handling 





. 



■ 



Dark 



Dark 





warehouse 



Burley 



Flue- 



fire- 



air- 



Total 







cured 



cured 



cured 





Million pounds 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Less than 2.0 



20 



= 



4 



2 



26 



2.0 - 3.9 



12 



- 



- 



- 



12 



4.0 - 5.9 



- 



3 



- 



- 



3 



6 . or more 



- 



1 



- 



- 



1 



Total 



32 



4 



4 



2 



42 1/ 



1/ Information for three additional cooperative warehouses was not 

 available. 



Cooperative warehouses marketing burley and the dark tobaccos normally 

 handle, in total, a volume which averages between 20 and 25 percent of 

 the volume handled by the markets in which they operate. Flue-cured 

 tobacco cooperatives handle a somewhat smaller proportion of their mar- 

 kets ' volume, usually between 15 and 20 percent. 



Patron Business 



The number of tobacco growers patronizing cooperative auction warehouse 

 facilities averaged over 46,000 seasonally during the 10-year period 



1952-53 to 1961-62. 



