AS EXPORT AND MANUFACTURING TOBACCOS. 
considerably above the normal farm price. The grades establishe« 
and prices set for the specified grades are shown in Table XI. 
TaBLE XI.—Schedule of prices, by grades, set by the Planters’ Protective Association jor 
the sale of the pooled 1908 crop, representing over 50,000 hogsheads of the Clarksville and 
Hopkinsville and the Paducah types of leaf. 
Price Price Price 
Grades. per 100 Grades. per 100 Grades. per 100 
pounds. pounds, pounds. 
Plug wrappers: Spinning leaf: French and Belgian: 
Many ware cease $18. 00 HanCygeeeeeeeceeee $16. 00 DEAT ea beeen oy tet $12. 00 
ines ees ae 17.00 BT Oise oe ee ere 15. 00 1 BRC Geen Si. Ae Net 9.50 
Goods an. 16. 00 Goode aa 13.50 B= C2Siky es ae ee 9. 00 
Mediiimmaees see. 14. 00 Medium.......... 12.00 ( OAs per eras Care terse 8.50 
x Commons. 12.00 Common.......... 10. 50 Cisse one 8. 00 
ustrian: See Spanish: 
RSE Ae ree 17,00) Sosa 100 einen eek 10. 00 
IBS econ seer See 15. 00 Ringe en 11.00 Bis sess 9.50 
1 BOLE a Peas omen 12.50 Goodness 10.00 Oise aaa soe 8.50 
C’s were eee sees ecess 12 00 Medium. Sapte a a 9. 50 Lugs: 
Ci2Se eee see 11.00 (Omir... 9.00 yh 0S eras te a 9. 00 
DEAL A ee eee es a ipmecg eres. ok anil Sie ict eeaseaea enter eager ages a : Goode sess 8.00 
DNASE al ae ee Dee 15.00 || Snuffers: | Mediums see saaee 7 
IBS eee ee eee 14. 00 Fine...... 8 Sea SE 12.00 || Common.......... 6.50 
1 BAAS iis oar a i pg 13.00 Goode Wee 11. 00 TOW ane ee 6. 00 
Clgei i erica cee 11. 00 Medium.........- TO SOO) Sela Tn ete eee eet 4. 00-5. 00 
OOS 5 AU aaa 9.50 Commons ee 9. 00 
¢ y) 
THE HENDERSON OR STEMMING ”’ DISTRICT. 
The Henderson subdivision of the dark-fired tobacco district pro- 
duces a type of leaf. particularly suited to the British trade. In the 
past a large proportion of it has been stemmed before shipment, 
which fact gave rise to the name ‘‘Stemming”’ as applied to the dis- 
trict. Itis a rather coarse tobacco of large leaf, which makes it strip 
to advantage, and it has good absorptive capacity, which gives an 
opportunity for a considerable increase in weight after having passed 
the British customs as nearly as possible at the prescribed 10 per 
cent moisture basis. Figure 19 shows long and short English strips 
of the Henderson type. 
The annual production of the ‘‘Stemming’”’ district is approximately 
35,000,000 pounds, distributed about as shown in Table XII. 
TABLE XII.—Estimated annual production of the Henderson or ‘‘Stemming’’ district, 
distributed by counties. 
Counties. Pounds. Counties. Pounds. Counties. Pounds. 
Henderson.......... 1050005000) |(SUmioneeeseeeeeeeee 3,000,000 |} Muhlenberg......... 1,000, 000 
WEDSLET ARs teenie maf 500%000) || 5Caldwella@2sneresecee 1,500, 000 ; —— 
Op kinSe peewee cece 6,000,000 || Livingston.........- 1,000, 000 Totaleesecenice 35, 000,000 
Crittendentasses45-5 4: 00050005 || Muon seas. 35 -e 1, 000, 000 
About 50 per cent of the product of the district is handled through 
Henderson, which is the important market town of the district. 
Other important receiving points are Providence, Madisonville, 
Princeton, and Nebo. 
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