86 EXPORT AND MANUFACTURING TOBACCOS. 
33 shows a typical plant of the Yellow Pryor type commonly grown~ 
in the Green River district. 
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION IN USE. 
The tobacco produced in the Green River district is not quite a 
typical manufacturing tobacco, nor yet is it an export type. It is 
classed as a dark tobacco and resembles in size of leaf and general 
appearance the product of the dark-fired district adjoming on the 
west, except that, being air cured, it is free from the odor and flavor 
of smoke and is more acceptable for domestic manufacture and 
consumption. Of the total production of Green River tobacco, 
which is about 35,000,000 pounds annually, it is estimated that 
about two-thirds is used in domestic consumption and one-third is 
exported, nearly all going to Great Britain. The portion consumed 
at home is used principally in the manufacture of long-cut smoking 
tobacco. Some of the finer grades are also used to some extent in 
the manufacture of fine-cut chewing tobacco. 
GRADES AND PRICES. 
Farmers generally make about three grades of the tobacco as 
they sort out the crop in preparation for market, classed as leaf, 
lugs, and trash. The average farm price of Green River tobacco 
is generally about 5 or 6centsa pound. In 1903 and 1904 it averaged 
but little above 4 cents a pound. From 1907 to 1909, under the 
general influence of the efforts of the selling organization to enhance 
the price of nearly all of the export and manufacturing types of 
tobacco, it averaged from 7 to 8 cents. 
The principal 1 market point for the district is Owensboro, where 
are situated extensive leaf plants for handling the tobacco in prepa- 
ration for the home trade or for export. Other important local 
receiving points for the district are Hawesville, Livermore, Hartford, 
Fordville, and Hardinsburg. A considerable portion of the Green 
River crop is also marketed through Louisville, pa at private 
sale, by sworn sample after inspection. 
DISTRIBUTION OF ACREAGE. 
The production of the Green River type of tobacco is confined 
almost entirely to five counties of Kentucky. An estimate of the 
total production is shown in Table XXIII. 
TaBLE XXIII.—Estimate of the annual production of the Green River type of tobacco 
in Kentucky, distributed by counties. 
Counties. | Pounds. | Counties. Pounds. 
_—————— = 
SD) AVICSS UE ey eee ed cate hae 7; 45,000;,000: 1) Hancocks-26e- =2::....522. ce es 3, 500, 000 
ee OS es ae gees Sy NN ee 65500; 000' || ;Grayson= 3 2.2 2. = .* >. Sena ee 750, 000 
OMOs Ss eee Ries ae eee ECE 5.750, 000 —___—_ 
Bimceenanee ee ee eee 3,500, 000 Total, Green River type......--- 35, 000, 000 
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