Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-16
SALES OF LEAF TOBACCO
5 IN NUMEROUS MARKETS
Larger Offerings of Sun-Curcd on
Richmond Warehouse Floors
Than Looked For.
SALES OF rIRE-CvKED WEED
Notes From the Old Bright Bell.
= Figures That Probably Explain
Z EaGcrncss of Growers to Set Out
! Big Crop This Year.

Figures That Probably Explain
y EaGcrncss of Growers to Set Out
X Big Crop This Year.
" Virginia and North Carolina to-
.bacco growers seem bent upon closing
the selling season III a rush, and some
s. thing OF a fame OF glory. They are
markcting What remains Of the crop
Vi OF 1915 as rapidly AS they can. only
Il the markets of the old Bright Belt
and the Dark Bclt OF Virginia remain
scpcn and on all OF these tho receipts
tMhilc lighter than they have been
+ were larger last week tham the buy
2crS expected
On some OF the markets the leaf
Offered was not in as perfect order
as the buyers would love to see IL,
sand this caused some failing OF in
Syalue, but in the main prices held UP
S ON the Richmond market the offer
ihgs of sun-cUrcd leaf amounted 10
100000 pounds. The buyers were out
gin full force and the bidding was
ttivcly enough. bat there MAS no ma
terial change in prices from those
snaid the previous wcck. The average
Ehade was about sl,.25 per hundred
Bounds.
= The offerings Of dark and brown
sshippinS leaf were about 10000 pounds.
Which sold readily At the prevailing
good prices. that * to say the Jugs
Wrought $40 10 sl' per hundred; snort
1faf SCI to $93 and long leaf S2i TO
iBurley At auction.
EARMENS PREPARING FOR BIG
- CRuFS-rtti.Hr:'s \ REASON
Reports from the bright belts. both
the old and the new. "G"ce that me
Farmers, encouraged by the high prices
they have been getting for the weed,
are preparing 10 make big crops TINS
Scar, at least just as large as me
labor conditions, and a due regard Tor
sthe importance OF making "iS loou
+ crops Will permit.
,. r. l. Dibrcll, president Of the Dan
willie Tobacco Association. furnishes
tIhc Times Dispatch With some very
Interesting ngur,s OF "a comparative
SRind. which though not intended for
Hkat purpose, may explain why thc
farmers Of the ODD Bright iieil are so
Eager to pitch large crops thi- year.
:. These figures siNc the sales on me
iDanvillc market Of tnr crops OF 1871
tisln 1915. 1917 and 1918 from the
Gpcning OF the season TO March |, ana
SHOW remarkable facts concerning tne
Tapid rise in value OF the Nirs mia caro-
dina grown bright tobaccoS. me SAFES
tof the 1914 crop on the market Tor me
speriod mentioned footed UP "".2So'oS4
hounds. which brought S&.iH0,1i6.V'; or
San average of SH."o per hundred
pounds. Sales OF the l"i' crop i9r
sthe same period were So. Sass pounds
sfor $3.55G.266.46, average Sio.'' per
hundred. sales of the 1916 crop We're
.aeI34'7G, pounds for S5,545,S9S,%l
Average SlS.3i per hundred. fo[ 80, hy'
Crop. 3.,SS2.s27 roHn49s for S SiO,aSvi-
.673.92. average SSl's' per n"''u' ~"
Sales OF the 1918 crop for the SAM, SAM,
;period amounted 10 i'.i6'iH" pouhuS
FOR SI4,34O.53o.55 or an average oil
sS5.43 per hundred pounds.
Good sale. at South Doston.
e SOUTH BOSTON. VA. March 10
Enles on the South BOSTON market
continue about AS heavy As ihcy haNt
No. for the past three weeks, the
GALES This week being about oo"'"VV
sounds otn which brought the total for 70,
Prices for The week were little better
thau for las; week, the average pc-
ihg around SIS per hundred BOUNDS:
Light sales are expected from no"
until the market closes on HP''' D.
Better prices 1T Lynchh"rs. .r,o
IYNCiibuKG. W.. March r, l@-- ,h ne
Loose leaf safes on tins market -, ms
wc"k footed up $1,000 pounds. Thus
{, will he seen that the receipts were
lighter this week man l's' IN , az,
tNbacco offered was in better CONDITION.
making the offerings as "a wn"lr NOR 're
desirable, the result being prices were
9 I Ths demand for all grades in good
rpndition was strong. and the genera!
sSyerage price was better than last
3eef
" .Len,ings" of Crop ut FnrmNiiic.
SFARMVll.LE, VA, March l1-sais e.,
OF leaf tobacco TINS week anouhteu ="
sr,5,949 pounds which brought an "N-
NJ Of slSG2 which is rcGardcd as
q vcry good ..iii&ure cohS;oefit'S va,
Ae onsrnET @E d9,le INe of y yhe tonacSo
ssfercd this week was better than has
hern the case for several weeks past
NJ, the farmers in this territory are
Ngain busy wtih their pianibcds'
y u Sale on Drnhc- Branch Market:
- DRHKES BRANCH. VA, March Ia
Arhe sales % dark tobacco on this
Garket were not quite as heavy this