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Value of tobacco 





Marketing 



marketed by tobacco 





season 



auction warehouse 

 cooperatives 





1952-53 

 1953-54 

 1954-55 

 1955-56 

 1956-57 

 1957-58 

 1958-59 

 1959-60 

 1960-61 

 1961-62 



Average 



Million dollars 



44.8 

 32.7 

 40.5 

 43.5 

 47.5 

 43.0 

 41.9 

 44.6 

 45.6 

 56.2 



44.0 



Volume Marketed by Individual Associations and Warehouses 



The average volume of sale tobacco handled during a marketing season 

 by associations, and by individual warehouses operated by the associ- 

 ations, is presented in tables 15 and 16. 



Two-thirds of the associations, all locals, handled seasonal volumes 

 ranging between 1 and 5 million pounds. Seven of nine associations 

 marketing burley tobacco handled seasonal volumes ranging from 1 to 4 

 million pounds. The two remaining burley associations, both centrals, 

 together handled a volume approaching three times that handled in total 

 by the seven smaller, local cooperatives. 



Two of three associations handling flue-cured tobacco and the single 

 dark-fired tobacco association, a central -type organization, marketed 

 volumes in the 4 to 7 million pound range. The other flue-cured tobacco 

 association handled between 10 and 11 million pounds of tobacco during 

 a marketing season. 



The two cooperatives selling dark air-cured tobacco handled seasonal 

 volumes similar in size to those handled by the smallest burley tobacco 

 auction warehouse associations. 



Individual cooperative warehouses marketing flue-cured tobacco handled 

 larger volumes than warehouses marketing other types. Approximately 

 two-thirds of the cooperative warehouses marketing burley, dark fire- 

 cured, and dark air-cured tobacco handled seasonal volumes of less 

 than 2 million pounds. The remaining third handled amounts of tobacco 

 ranging from over 2 million up to about 3.5 million pounds which was 

 considerably less than that handled by the smallest cooperative flue- 

 cured tobacco auction warehouse. 



