54 EXPORT AND MANUFACTURING TOBACCOS. 
GRADES AND PRICES. 
The Maryland types of tobacco as a whole are produced on rather 
light soils, ranging from loamy clays to those that are quite sandy. 
They are very easy to work. Most colory tobaccos are produced on 
the lighter class of soils. Holland takes most of the highest colored 
tobacco and pays the best price, sometimes as high as 15 or 16 cents 
a pound for the air-cured types. The best fired bay and spangled 
tobaccos often bring from 18 to 20 cents or more a pound and go 
principally to brokers in the open markets of Germany (Bremen 
and Hamburg) for final distribution to the manufacturers of northern 
Europe. France takes more of the red grades. 
The general average price for Maryland tobacco has been about 
53 to 64 cents a pound. The last few crops, however, owing to the 
generally higher price level for all tobaccos, have commanded a 
somewhat better price, the Baltimore market averaging about 
7 cents in 1908 and a little better than that in 1909. Under this 
influence the acreage in Maryland has shown a tendency to expand, 
but scarcity of labor and higher prices for other products as well 
have been offsetting factors. 
DISTRIBUTION OF ACREAGE. 
The Maryland tobacco crop proper is produced entirely in the 
five southern counties of the State, mostly south of a line connecting 
Baltimore and Washington, D. C., including the peninsula between 
Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River. Table XIV shows the 
approximate distribution of the annual production. 
TABLE XIV.—Estimated annual production of the Baltimore ‘ypes of tobacco, distrib- 
uted in the 5 counties. 
{ 
Counties. _ | Pounds. Counties. | Pounds. 
Re 
PTiTiCG GEOTAS ee ee ee ee 4,500;000. || Calvert.c5.. =. ee ee ee ee | 3,250, 000 
Gharless= te 6 8 hai eee eee 3;500; 000)}|: Anne zATund else a eee | 2,500, 000 
SENEAT yS eee eee oe ee eee oe | 3,250,000 | y jas woh 
The larger portion of Maryland tobacco is marketed in the summer 
and fall of the year following that in which it is grown. It is shipped 
in hogsheads to a considerable extent by water from the numerous 
wharves on the rivers and inlets abounding on both the Chesapeake 
and Potomac side of the peninsula. Maryland tobacco is not redried 
prior to shipment abroad after being purchased from the farmers, 
and it is therefore necessary that the tobacco have some age and be 
thoroughly dried out and conditioned before it is marketed. It is 
generally exported in the original hogsheads as sent in by the farmers. 
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