The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-12-28
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The Tobacco Crop.

The statistics of the tobacco crop for
1906, complied by Giesks & Niemann, are
as follows:
Receipts for the year of Maryland and
lower county, about $4,000 hogsheads;
Maryland and upper county, about 1,5o0
hogsheads; Eastern Ohio tobacco, about
$500 hogsheads; total receipts at Balti
more market, $1,000 hogsheads, which
represent value to the farmer of about
$2,GO0.0O0.
=: The 1906 crop of MARYLAND tobacco
from the lower counties which was mar
gketed this year was about 3 900 hogsheads
less than last year. The crop showed
little bright color, but the leaf was thin
ner, with more spotted houseburn; still
all found ready buyers, leaving tactical
ly none unsold for the first of the year
By far the largest buyer of this tobacco
is the French government, which this
year has bought through contractors
about Il, 900 hogsheads. Next in impor-
lance are the buyers for Hol land and
Germany, who took 10000 hogsheads, ap
proximateiy Other European countries
about 900 hogsheads, and domestic MAI
ufacturers and dealers about 4,0G9 hogs
heads. Total, 80, 900 hogsheads.
Prices for Maryland crop tobacco rang
ed from cents to 12 cents, with an acca-
sional hegshead above and below these
prices, and the. general average was $50
cents per pound, which compares with
an average last year of about 80 cents.
The advance in price was rather more
than one cent, because the quality was
poorer this year.
The 1905 crop Maryland ground leaves,
which amounted to about 500 hogsheads,
showed: very good color, but was not
taken freely for export because they
were rather heavy in leaf, and finally
many were used in this country. The
new 1895 crop of ground leaves is now
being marketed, and many of these also
find their way to domestic manufacturers.
The new leaves are decidedly darker than
last year, and, unfortunately, many show
signs of stem rot Prices for ground
leaves range from three to nine cents
The feature of the year was the decided
increase of this tobacco taken for home
consumption, in all abo ut 200 hogshead,
These were mostly used for cheap cigar
filler and the better grades for cigar bind
ers This demand was caused by the ex-
tremely high prices ruling for all kinds
of seedleaf tobacco, and manufacturers
of cheap cigars were conn elled to use
some chea per substitute. The continued
demand from this source is good evidence
that certain grades of Maryland tobacco
have given general satisfaction, and
unless prices for seedleaf decline consid
erably we look for this country to use
even more Maryland tobacco next year.
The so called Farmers Alliance early
in the year fixed the minimum prices at
which the French grades of A, B and
c should be sold for, viz IL, s and Scents
respectively, but these were bought at
about 9, and 81 cents, and later at 10,
81 and cents The advance was due
Principally to the demand fer home con-
sumption.
Upper country or Bay tobacco this
year amounted to about 1900 hogsheads,
of which about 900 were air-cured and
600 fire cured. Prices for air cured rang
ed from to IL cents, with an average of
nearly cents The French bought about
600 hogsheads of this tobacco direct
through their local agent, and the remain
ing 600 hogsheads were mostly used in
his country, although Germany received
perhaps 100 or $50 hogsheads. The 600
hogsheads fre-cured were mostly all
bought for export at from 5 to Is cents
The Farmers Alliance in that section
was much stronger than in Lower Mary
land. They controlled about two thirds
of the crop. Early in the year they had
their tobacco limited by an official grader,
but when his limit was too high the to
bacco remained uns old until his limit was
lowered Later the domestic demand ad.
vanced prices fully one cent for the air
cured.
The Eastern Ohio crop of 1905 which
came to market this year was of excep
tionally fine leaf and quality, but did not
contain large percentage of yellow and
span gled. In all $500 hogsheads were
received, against 1850 last year, of which
about 5000 were fire cured and 1900 air
cured. OF the fired about 1850 hogs
heads were bought by the French agent
direct, and about 1900 hogsheads were
taken by buyers for Duisburg, Germany,
and some 700 hogsbeads colory spangleds
were sold to various countries. The air.
cured were mostly all sold for domestic
use, though about 800 were exported to
Germany and France.
Price for fired Ohio ranged from Al to
10 cents, the latter being fine yellow.
The average of this tobacco will hardly
reach 775 cents, which is lower that for
several years. The air cured sold from
d. to IA cents, the latter for cigaret
wrappers. The demand for colory, fired
and air-cured improved during the sea
son, and prices also stuffed somewhat
for these kinds. About 2,OO0 hogsheads
of Ohio will be carried over to next year.
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