The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-15

$40 acres. or 4s per cent The total
Yield will be approximately 17.207, 900
pounds, an increase Of 5,4S1.S00
pounds. or Al per cent. Other i'm
portant producing centers show gains
as follows In comparison with last
years figures: Connecticut, 1000
acres, or II per cent: North Carolina.
$4,000 acres. or 20 per cent; South
Carolina, 10000 acres. or IS per cent;
Virginia, $1,000 acres, or almost rs
per cent; West Virginia, 500 acres.
or n per cent; Wisconsin. 1000 acres.
or per cent
In Buriey Belt.
In the Burley belt conditions were
not 20 favorable. owing to the very
cool nights and an excess OF rains
throughout the season. Plant beds
failed completely IN many counties
and had TO be resown, and in soma
cases even after that was accomplishing
the plants failed to show SUFFICIENT
growth to set out the full acreage
which had been placed. Notwith-
standing the trouble with plant beds,
however. conditions at transplanting
time were reported favorable in so
many sections that It's certain q good
win likely fall q little short Of last
year. A liberal estimate Of the Bur!ey
crop Of 1915 may be made as follows:
Kentucky. 10000 acres; Ohio. 10000
acres; Indiana, 1919 acres: West vir-
GINA and scattering sections. 5000
acres; total. 1ss.s40 acres The total
estimated Burley acreage at planting
time last season was 197,T70 acres.
Thus q decrease OF $3.50 acres, or
almost 8 per cent. IL indicated. The
harvested BurIey acreage IN 1914 was
1ss.9o5 acres some counties having
overestimated the damage done by the
drought early IN the season at plant
ing time, and IL is likely that with
favorable growing seasons throughout
the current summer the final Burley
yield VIII be at least within per
cent of the crop Of 1914 The har-
vested Buriey areas Of previous years
follow: 1913, 1e6.111 acres; 1919, 2tk,-
40I acres: 1911, 1ss,0se acres; 1910.
2s4.o0 acres; 1909, 254,ss7 acres.
The average Buriey yield per acre
f1uotuAted between 600 and 1000
pounds, and. estimating the total crop
on q total basis OF s25 pounds to the
acre. q total Yield OF 174,7ss.5o0
pounds 10 Indicated for 1915. Last
year the estimated Burley yield at
planting time was 49,. ss7,25 pounds.
and the harvested. production was
2oo,S7S.2oo pounds. The harvested
Yield in 1918 was 17s.see. soc pounds.
In 1919 2o5.181, 900 pounds: 1911,
t174.4s5,7o0 pounds: 1910. 25s,47s,ooo
pounds
In the Black Patch.
IN the dark tobacco sections OF Ken
lucky. scattering spots IN Indiana and
in the vast tobacco area OF Tennes-
see Familiarity known a. the Black
Patch. q total area OF 21T.7 acres
II indicated for 1915, as against an
estimated area Of 1Ss,e20 acres last
year. This makes an increase for the
current year OF 1888 acres. or almost
10 per cent. Based on average yield
per acre Of 500 pounds, the total pro-
duct1on OF tobacco in the Black Patch
this year Will be 17&,174.40o pounds,
| making n increase for the curreff(
season OF 16.l1s.4o0 pounds or not
quite 10 per cent. Included In these
figures are tho districts known a. the
Henderson or steuming district. Cum
bertrand district, Upper Green River
district, Paducah. Hopkinsvtlle and
C1arksvfIIe districta Most Of the to-
bacco raised enters into export trade.
In Cigar Lent Sections
The area planted to cigar Leaf In the
United States In about. On a par with
last year. according to the statistics.
which indicate q total of 156,750
acres which should yield approximate
ly 2o8.se2.500 pounds Last year there
Iwere planted 153.s5o acres. which were
estimated to produce 192,00S,< $50
pounds In 1919 the harvested cigar
leaf area was 167. S15 acres. producing
201, $4,000 pounds and In 1912 $780,
3s3 acres produced 32S.o16.00o pounds
80 It h apparent that the cigar leaf
sections Of the country maintain =
more uniform acreage than those pro-
ducdng other types Of tobacco.