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Table 13. --Proportion of total volume marketed as resale tobacco by 

 Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia markets 

 having cooperative tobacco auction warehouses, 1961-62 

 marketing season 



Resales as a 

 percentage of 

 total volume 



Number 



of markets 



by 



type of tobacco handled 









Dark- fire 



Dark- air 





Bur ley 

 tobacco 



Flue-cured 

 tobacco 



cured 

 tobacco 



cured 

 tobacco 



Total 



Percent 



Number 



Number 





Number 



Number 



Number 



Less than 2.0 



3 



- 





2 



2 



7 



2.0 - 3.9 



7 



- 





- 



- 



7 



4.0 - 5.9 



3 



1 





1 



- 



5 



6.0 - 7.9 



1 



2 





- 



- 



3 



8.0 or more 



1 



- 





- 



- 



1 



Total 



15 



3 





3 



2 



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Cooperative Operations 







This section presents information on operating features of tobacco 

 auction warehouse cooperatives. Included are sale volume handled, 

 prices received, operating costs and returns, and patron charges and 

 benefits. Other activities engaged in by the associations are also 

 briefly discussed. 



Sale Volume Handled 



During the 10 marketing seasons, 1952-53 through 1961-62, the total 

 seasonal volume of tobacco marketed by cooperative looseleaf tobacco 

 auction warehouses averaged over 83 million pounds. During this same 

 period, the volume marketed cooperatively averaged 21.5 percent of the 

 total seasonal volume handled by all looseleaf tobacco markets in which 

 cooperative facilities are operated (table 14). 



Associations marketing burley tobacco accounted for over three-fifths 

 of the average seasonal volume of tobacco marketed through cooperative 

 warehouses during the period. Associations handling flue-cured tobacco 

 marketed slightly over one-fourth of the total cooperative volume, 

 while the associations marketing the dark types of tobacco accounted 

 for approximately 10 percent of the cooperative total. 



