The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-21
BORDER BELT WEED
PRICES AVERAGE
20 CENTS A POUND

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20 CENTS A POUND
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he said, but prospects were 70,
ga very good sale tomorrow"
The first 11,242 pounds which
were sold at Chadbourn yesterday
brought an average of 21.03 cent!
per pound.
At Whiteville M. S. Smith, sale!
supervisor, said an estimate j!
impossible, but we are hoping fol
an average of 81 cents. Our morn
ing sales averaged $21.85 per bun
dred pounds but the afternoon
sales, according to certain grf.'es
Well, 1 don't believe the day
will average over 81 cents"
Smith said he could not give ar
estimate of the total p%oundage bu'
that the three warehousemen a
whose houses sales were held US
terday said they believed thy hae
about $50, 900 pounds apiece. There
was a large quantity of tobacco il
high (bad) order, he said, ano
''the better grades are not showing
up"
Prices, he said, ranged from So
to $40, with very little of it being
in the $40 bracket.
Floors were. cleared there yes
terday, he said, and last night
tobacco was coming in at a fast
rate for today's sales.
A check Of one row atone ware
house yesterday morning shortly
after opening time gave an aver.
age of 23.A cents per pound. Al
the end of the first hour one ware.
house had sold IS, ITS pounds at an
average of 1924 cents, and others
had established averages for h e
first hour of 81 As and 22.O1 cents.
Last years opening average al
Whiteville was 1882 cents per
pound and farmers in Whiteville
yesterday seemed generally pleas.
ed at the increased prices offered
yesterday.
Officials of tn Fair Bluff mar.
ket reported the sale of 241, 79e
pounds at an average of 20.25 cents
a pound. Sales for the day totaled
$54, 403. 40.
They added that the quality Of
the weed was fair and that the
farmers appeared unusually well
pleased by the prices. -
The federal agricultural market
ing service reported that the South
Carolina markets paid prices ex'
ceeding those of opening day las
year for nearly all U. S. grades
Average prices on fair to fins
quality Tugs and primings, tn {
grades which composed the bulk
of the sales, increased foom 81 tt
$3.50 a hundred in most instances
The worlds largest buying com
tpanies, including imperial of Grea'
Britain, entered gingerly into thu
competitive bidding, this years
crop is short and farmers recently
voted a three-year control plan.
Prices were particularly good on
the South Carolina markets, to
which farmers experienced diff.
Guilty in getting their weed because
of rainy weather. The outlook on
those markets was by no means
pleasing to t~obacconists last week
but clear, dry weather of the last
few days brought an influx of bet
ter grades.
Reports from South Carolina
markets, received via the Asso-
ciated Press, follow:
DILLON, S. CA capacity sale
of 215, 900 was reported, averaging
about $21. Prices ranged from
eight to IS cents a pound. One
farmer said he expected $500 for
his offerings but received m O r e
than $500.
LAKE CITY, S. C.-Sales esti-
mated at $50, 900 pounds for about
$40 a hundred. Prices ranged from
four to 80 cents a pound with
domestic leading in purchases.
Quality in most cases was e d
but some inferior types on floors,
only one tag was turned.
MULLINS, S. C.-Offerings were
fair to good and prices firm. There
were few reflections and prices
ranged from five to "a cents.
PAML1CO, S. C.-Sold about
175,0OO at an unofficial average of
Offerings were of fairly
good quality and no sales were
rejected.
KINGSTREE, S. C.-Approxi-
mately 175,0o0 pounds sold at an
estimated average of $19 for most
ly first and second primings.
TIMMONsILLE, S. C.-Approx.
imately 500, 900 pounds sold Cor
about $40. Lower grades increased
in price during the afternoon.
Throughout the day farmers
crowded stores, filling stations and
restaurants but generally they
did not seem to be spending their
new money as freely as in other
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