The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-08-25
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s&entpeky 1922 erop9of tobacco gex-
ceeds in estimated weight the largest
crop 2ever grown fih5 che State. The in
crease in acreage over 1921 is 45 per
cent, while the increase in weight is
Estimated atsee elperl rlceht. INearly 600,
1000 acres are planted to tobacco in the
state this year, and the yield is placed
at more than 520nniiion poundsss The
largest crop raised in past years was
grownsfn 1919 when 512 million pounds
were taken off the K entacky fieldsaa in
the Burley section some wildfre has
appeared June sales Frankfoft of
1921 tobacco, used largely for cigar
cites, averaged about lie perxpound. ;.
Z CO III ISL ~ x*E9oOT ! f01ps
IS The wv all street, oatnaEpdints out in
an article about earnings of tobacco
stocks that 'In 1921, a poor year fer
most industrial COMPANIES old line tes
bacco companies made new high record
earnings,2 and itaforeeasts even better
earnings for these concerns during the
present year. In another article this
journal gives credence to the rumor,
| mention of which has been made before
| in this column, that American interests
Lsnay acquire the tobacco monopoly of
EgFrance! "a gbillipnagard> a halfsswss' at
ore tims mentonsd as the SAN ayaiIs
able to effect the deal covering GER
tain period of years.
The government report July says
that some over 1900 million pounds of
leaf tobacco were then in the possession
of rnanufaetp and dealers; this is
4 about GO mill Hon pounds less than held
lat thegsame time year ago. The ci-
| gar Leaf out ef--this amount was, how
lever largersbyga a considerable margin
thanl laHyear-ago.1 ( w %~4H@x ga
+ department OF Commerce Bulletin
| No. 149 is review of the 1921 tobacco
trade. H. G. HalIam, Washington rep
resentative Of the Leaf. has summar-
lied some Of the figures, few of which
are given here: s.-
| There were l,473, 600 acres planted in
tobaeeoszipsal92l,gWhilvst the production
| from thatgcNop amounted to Lit, ,682, :
1000 pounds, which compares with l, ,582,-
@-10 ~ EErxS
Iimported during the year leaf tobacco
| and tobacco products, to the value of
$50, 253, 0OOs while the 5eXports of leaf
| tobacco Were valued at approximately
/ S205. 1000, and Of tobacco products at
4 S21, 0'0, 000] The 1comblned production
| of cigars in registered factories and in
bonded manufacturing warehouses, was
1881 ,695, 900; of cigarettes, 81, 287;O00,-
| 009,oand of chewing. and smoking to-
1 baccoi and !snuff, Ala, 600, 600 pounds.
There were 8,544, 900, 900 cigarettes ex-
ported during the~year, leaving 45.743, :
900, 900 factory made cigarettes forScon-
!ssumption*in the United States. Rev
Iente collected during the year amount
led to 1854. OBS, 600, p Of this total. North
| Carolina contributed $79,567, 900; New
| York, $44, 199, ,000;~ Pennsylvania, S22,
| 260, 900; New Jersey 500, 919. 900; Vir-
| ginia, SIS, ,580, ,Ooo, and Ohio, 81, ,255;O 1000.
About s450, 900 farms raise tobacco in
the u. s., located in AZ different states
and grown in about LOO counties. The
leading county in point of acreage is
iLancaster county, Pa, which produces
nearly $4,000, 600, pounds annually,
Hartford county; Conn, second with
$4,000, 600; Dane county ia the largest
producer in Wisconsin producing about
"a, 900, 600 pounds. D1RI. 9TU'I
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