Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
SALES ''I||!.Els OF LEAF TOBACCO;
WEED CONTINUES HIGH
Both bright and Dark Primings Arc
Selling Far Beyond Expecta-
tons OF the Growers.
CAROLINA MARKETS OPENING
Iynchburg and Farmville Prices fol
Dark Primfngs Surprising to Ma.
tives-Richmond Market to Oper
Next Week.


Next Week.
s in the Virginia and North Carolina to.
!; hacco markets for the leaf of the 1915
crop g, = are the. the talk OF the trade circles
these markets have m;He last week and
the week before are being discussed not
I in the tobacco business. but by bankers
and merchants and others who are in
! directly interested in this great Vir-
tinued last. week In Danviile and South
ing sales Of the " previous We're
moro than maintained. In both OF
these markets sri few lots Of the new
they brought were just as far above
i last years opening days as the prim-
ings prices were above those of the
} 1917 crop: On the LyneGhbusg market
/ siderable quantity. and like the briEhts,
they. sold far above anything the grow
Snceo. On the Farmviiie market sales
5 of the darks were made on Wednesday
last. and here. too, the prices were a
who offered the goods.
EASTERN CAROLINA MARKETS
OPENED AND BOOMING
All OF the Eastern North Carolina
4 bright markets opened on Tuesday last.
4 and the averages paid for the first day
and kept up during the week ranged
never before dreamed of in those mar
ke.s The total sales soo d0 e the 9oeky y
100000 pounds. and in the smaller
markets from 100000 down to $4,000
The. Richmond market will open for
the sale OF sun-cured priminEs Tuesday
nj NH an &c In ~ n
the warehouses on Tuesdays and Fri
, days until the primings grown in the
I 1t IS said that the farmers have saved
more than twice as many of these prim
ings as they did last year.
nIs Price. Maintained at DanviIlc:
~ pANvILLE. VA. august 24I The
running up to over $50, 600 pounds s,g, for
s the printing in quality. and they 500
very high. some going ms high as s5u
sh as sss o49ss
would have been larger this week hu
= for the fact that farmers generally are
leaf, and comparatively few Of them
can take the time to come to market.
,bst ,Se the s 10 ,ns
!. and Is curing up. splendidly; Deliveries
: will probably be much larger next
week.
sotTM BosToS. Va: August -.
Ths .nt4ey Of Of b9sS prnEs
this market this week amounted to
100000 pounds, and It sold high, the
Increased receipts are now looked for
as the farmers In all OF this section
!. ofIered ON this market and there is a
: disposition among them to sell just as
fast as they can get the leaf ready
Some New in FnrmvIlle Region;
81 FARMVILLE VA. August 24.-The
warehouses here opened this week for
the sale OF leaf tobacco. There wer ,
good deliveries OF dark primings two.
days OF the week. and they sold out o.
sight, the prices the buyers paying
for these goods thet used to be thrown
ss..5o per hundred pounds. To get
such prices for primings is something
new to the farmers Of this part Of the
dark tobacco belt.
Lynehbnre Has Fairly Large saIss
LYMSHBERG "a ,a august ,n Itwr na,
for the sale OF primings and there were
sold 10000 pounds.
expected for the opening week and
indications are they will be much
larger next week.
{ Taking into consideration that. the
offerings were altogether primings,
prices were remarkably high. being
much higher than ever known on this
Z market.
Where primings were sound and IN
good order prices. ranged from $40 to
Farmers arc--ursed to bring their
! primings to market in good safe order.
. for owing to the scarcity of labor the
buyers can't work them up as fast
. as bought and cant afford to pay as
much for primings In bad order, so
1t Will pay to have them in keeping
order
a full corp of buyers are buying
) prImings. making competition very
strong, causing the outlook TO be very
bright for future sales.
Rocky Mount Opened for Senson.
ROCKY MOUNT. y. c.. August q
The Rocky Mount tobacco market
opened for The The season on Tuesday
CO on the warehouse floors. The offer
) ings consisted altogether of first prim-
ings. The average paid was $40 80.
The pounds were less than last season.
was the highest in the history of the
market. and so far as We can learn
has never been equaled In the State
i for FIRST, ,priminGs, and is considered
4 remarkable.
The offerings since the opening have
the farmers are busy housing the re-
3 mainder OF the crop Total for the
+ week amounted TO about 100000 pounds
= which sold at an average of SAL
The primings this year are better
4 Ing more body and better texture and
4 are cleaner. The indications point to
8 a good crop of tobacco suitable for
4 both domestic and export trade.