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Value of the crop by classes and cost of production. 



26 pounds wrappers, dark, at $100 per 100 pounds $36.00 



44 pounds wrappers, medium, at $250 per 100 pounds 110. 00 



42 pounds wrappers, fine, at $250 per 100 pounds 105. 00 



5 pounds wrappers, small, at $35 per 100 pounds 1. 75 



7-| pounds wrappers, partly spotted, at $75 per 100 pounds 5. 63 



57| pounds wrappers, resago, medium and fine,« at $60 per 100 pounds _ __ 34. 50 

 31 pounds wrappers, quebrado, medium and fine, 6 at $16 per 100 pounds-. 5. 56 



43 pounds filler, light, at $9 per 100 pounds 3. 87 



31 pounds filler, heavy, at $12 per 100 pounds 3. 72 



Total 296.03 



Approximate cost of production c 250. 00 



Net profit ... . 46.03 



In the above statement the values were placed on the various grades 

 by the planter with whom cooperation was carried on and who is 

 also a manufacturer of cigars. 



The statement shows that there was a shrinkage in weight of 13 per 

 cent during fermenting and that, notwithstanding the very unfavor- 

 able conditions, there was a net profit of about $46 on the four- 

 elevenths of an acre of shade-grown tobacco, or $126 per acre. 



The greater part of the so-called "resago" and " quebrado," as 

 well as part of the filler, would have been classed as good wrappers 

 if it had not been damaged by disease. The large and numerous 

 spots on the leaves reduced their elasticitj 7 and made them easily torn, 

 so that they could not be used as wrappers. 



During the season of 1902-3 the writer planted a small area of 

 tobacco under shade in the vicinity of Jayuya. The plants were set 

 in rows 3 feet apart and 1 foot apart in the row, there being 2,200 

 plants on approximately two-thirteenths of an acre. After curing, 

 this tobacco was fermented in the warehouse of a tobacco company 

 at Aibonito, and was sorted and graded by the company in their 

 customary manner. The results were as follows: 



Yield of shade-groum tobacco of different grades. 



Pounds. 



Light red wrappers 25 



Light green wrappers ... 18 



Medium red wrappers 26 



Medium green wrappers • 65 



Dark wrappers 30 



Sumatra wrappers . _ . .... 7 



Total.... . 171 



"Spotted leaves, part of which can be used for wrappers. 

 & Leaves most of which can be used for binder and filler. 

 c Includes all expenses on the established tobacco farm. 



