The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
BRIGHT T0BACC0s Grow
ON new VIRGINIA LANDS
King William County Startles Rich.
mond Tobacco Buyers and
Sets New Pace.
INTERESTING SALE OF LEAF
Indications Are That Richmond May
Become Great Bright Market and
Clip Some OF Danville's alright"
Laurels-Growers Pleased.

me lear tobacco market.--that is to
say. the ioose-ieaf market OF Rich
mond--can hardly be considered open
Just yet. but all The Same there were
some interesting sales during the
past week.
As Is we'll known. RICHMOND as q
!oose.lea market confines itself very
largely to the sale of the sun-c,,red
and dark stocks. The hoeshead sales
by the old fashioned sample methods
are very different propositions. They
Keep on all the year around AS a
general rule. tle loose-leaf sales of
the sin-cured and other dark stocks
commence in the Richmond warehouses
about the first or second week Of No
Vember or each year. They have OPEN
cd up little early this year. and last
week some OF the dark goods showed
up on the market. or course they
were OF the cheaper grades and attract
ed not very much attention. but In the
meantime there was new feature In
the market-new, for Richmond-an nd
that did attract great deal Of at
tention.
AN EYE-OPENER FOR
KING WILLIAM COUNT
year ago The Times Dispatch told
OF man named Yapccy. who grew
some OF the brisE; tobaccos down in
King William County, and having cured
the same BY the fue process, brought
1t TO Richmond and sold It to the I'M
perial Tobacco Company for a fancy
price. This thing opened the eyes or
= number Of King William County
farmers. and something like twenty
acres of good land down lii that county
were set 10 tho bright weed last
spring. II is true that the drought
and some other drawbacks cut down
the production and had a rather de1
moralizinG effect on the experiment..
but all the same Il. f. Whit and
half dozen OF his neighbors did right
we'll in growing the bright weed and
fiue-curing 1t. These men certainly
demonstrated in Il limited way that
the lands OF King William County are
just as we'll adapted to the growth OF
the brights as are the lands OF Fit
sylvania or Halifax o: any other OF
the counties OF the so-called bright
belt"
MIR. Whit brought 10 the city last
week 1000 pounds OF the brights he
had grown on an acre In King Will
liam County and offered the same for
sale on the floors OF the Shockoe Ware
house. On special invitation OF Man
ager HAZEL, tile buyers turned out In
force to welcome this Innovation. and
tho brights brought figures that were
eminenty satisfactory TO the growers
OF the same. The most OF the brights
were bought by W. o. Howard. the
representative OF this market OF the
Imperial Tobacco Company.
From the sgures and calculations
made for The Times Dispa tch man by
Mr.. Whit, IL is shown that as many
pounds OF the bright can be grown to
the scre in King William County a.
of The dark sun-cured, and as the
brights bring n larger figure. OF course,
the cultivation OF the same LIS more
profitable. This sale Of King Will
liam County brishts was. In the nature
OF the ease, only an experiment.: but
Mr.. Whit went back home with
bushel basket full OF encoura cement to
his neighbours. who have also made
some briehts and tiue-cured the same.
The twenty odd acres that u'ere put
TO brights In king William have
produced something like SO, 900 pounds,
and all OF these Will be sold Oh the
Richmond market: and the result may
be that dozen, or maybe a hundred
times the acreage. Will be set to the
brights In King William and adjoin-
ing counties next year, and Richmond
may IN time become what il used to
DO under the old hogshead and fierce
regime. a most important and far
reaching bright tobacco market. Ger
tain 1t is that the buyers are here;
and if the farmers OF the counties
that have heretofore regarded only tile
dark grades will get wlse to the situa-
ton. the bright market will material
iae TO the advantage Of the farmer. as
we'll s 10 The farmers and dealers.
Pe,ersbhrx ,rsbaece Market.
PETERSBURG, VA, October FL
Receipts of bright tobacco this Week
were larger than last week. and the
market continues very active. with
prices higher than last week. Common.
grades showed an advance price. while
the best grades readily command $40
20 500, Buying is active for all grades.
DurhaM Market.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch.l
DURHAM. y. c.. October 24.-The
past week has brought about record