THE DARK-FIRED TYPE OF TOBACCO. 47 
\ But the fine grades are produced in relatively very small volume. 
The lighter bodied mottled types suited for the French and Belgian 
trade are found more largely in the Paducah district, while the fat, 
rich, German grades come largely from the Clarksville district, as ales 
also the larger portions of the better bodied snuff types. 
For the general purposes of this publication the two districts may 
best be considered as a whole in discussing the final distribution of 
their product. The general methods of cultivation, curing, handling, 
and marketing the tobacco produced in the two districts are almost 
identical. The combined Clarksville and Hopkinsville and the 
- Paducah districts are often spoken of in local parlance as the ‘‘black 
patch.” 
A fair estimate of the average production of the combined ‘‘black- 
patch” district for the past five years is about 130,000,000 pounds of 
tobacco annually, 70,000,000 pounds in the Clarksville and Hopkins- 
ville district and 60,000,000 pounds in the Paducah district. In 1910 
the combined production was about 140,000,000 pounds and in 1903, 
with the largest crop on record, it was about 150,000,000 pounds. It 
has, however, in some years sunk considerably below these figures. 
An approximate average distribution of this product is estimated to 
be about as shown in Table X. 
TaBLeE X.—Estimated distribution in use of the tobacco produced in the Clarksville and 
Hopkinsville and the Paducah districts. 
Kind and place. - Proportionate dis- 
tribution. 
Per cent. Huns: 
PV U SR WRAP CUS eyecare eis ote icles iets arse tele -lolape pie Siete je ee alojnioeisieiesiac a swe eew cases csmees S 1 1,250, 000 
INUSUDIE SS Golabe spouses SSeOR ORS Bb de Bob ses SEO OBO UES ae Bee AEE s ese e yas arr ia 4 2,000, 000 
Switzerland eysmasea secre heen eee scales ace Se ees Ge cee eene cee | 13 2,000, 000 
TNDIR oi. c os otdn be oa ELC ee NCO cap OMI ni ters Ge en 23° | 30,000,000 
Snudwandimiscellancousidomesti Ggusehsmecscsss ses eee oe o ta oe ne eee 19% | 25,250,000 
Geuma nya Gab LeMe Wane erem prices stasen sci saice cela acto las Sie ae eee eases 20 26, 000, 000 
IM RINGO. coscoodobecessesoccescncusssucsdasauen saonbaceeaucsnacccshasse5eernupepees 10 13,000,000 
_ SOB Rescue bcasse SopaeOCO BAO SOOT er BOO oT Noe EEE ED cree MSE eer te rare a arnt Seamer 73 | 10,000,000 
GTA Cares Ae are omer sete Se ota ators Sree ctpeiore ik ol araia Scion = Eaten Ise oe 7 9,000, 000 
PAtireiCammbamcone rein iii Gere este rctsyore there e(etciane oS iayeranerevere cyan ols Sai ware a ere eae Oo 3h 4,500, 000 
Miscellancousiexpontb cletum i elCh assesment ceciice sete eee eee ee sieieiae 5s 7, 000, 000 
TREC oat SS SRM Ss Hie nei ee RD Oe ei Oa Ete in cto Tote a ee 100 | 130,000,000 
GRADES AND PRICES IN THE CLARKSVILLE AND PADUCAH DISTRICTS. 
Since 1904 a considerable portion of the “‘black-patch”’ production 
has been pooled and sold through the agency of the Planters’ Pro- 
tective Association. The following schedule of prices fixed by the 
association for the sale of the 1908 crop is of interest in throwing light 
on the comparative value of the different grades into which the tobacco 
of this district is usually classed in reassorting after it gets into the 
hands of dealers, although the farmer usually finds it sufficient to 
assort his individual crop into only about three grades. In consider- 
ing these prices it should be remembered that they represent figures 
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