The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-14
PRICES DECREASE
ON LEAF MARKETS
Lower Quality Tobacco
Down From 81 To Sc
Per Hundred Pounds

Prices for lower quality leaf,
which is appearing on the markets
IN large quantities, were down
from 81 to Sc per 100 pounds Fri
day, while Tugs were registering
gains of from 81 to S. on markets
of the Eastern North Carolina Belt,
the Federal and State Departments
of Agriculture reported.
Price decreases of from 81 to
81 were recorded on markets of
the South Carolina and North Caro-
lima Border Belt. A few grades
showed advances, the agriculture
agencies reported. but they were
far outnumbered by the decreases.
There was little change in the
quality of offerings on the Eastern
Belt where common to good leaf,
low and fair cutters and monde
script predominated. On the South
Carolina and North Carolina Bor'
der Belt the quality vas slightly
better with common to good lea1
and fair and good cutters making
up the bulk of the sales.
A total of 10, GIG, 662 pounds was
sold on the Eastern Belt Thursday
at an average price of $49.93 per
hundred, and sales on the Border
Belt totaled 10, 247, 81 pounds at
an average of $45.22, a new low
for the season.
Average price for a limited num-
Der of grades on the Eastern Belt:
Leaf: Good lemon $64, up 81;
fair lemon $50, down ST; good
orange $50, UP 81; fair orange $50,
up 81; low orange $45, down 50;
common orange $35, down 81; low
red 500, down 81; common red $50,
down 81.
Cutters: Fair lemon $65, un-
changed; low lemon $63. down 81;
low orange $61, unchanged.
Lugs: Fine lemon $65. up 81;
good lemon $63, up 81; fair lemon
s54, UP 81; good orange $50, up
S.; fair orange $50, up So; low
orange $38, up 81.
Nondescript: Best thin $2l, up
$3.50.
Averages for a limited number
Of grades on the South Carolina
and North Carolina Border mar
kets:
Leaf: Fine lemon SOL, down So;
good lemon $50, down ST.; low
lemon $40, up 81; good orange $46,
down So; fair orange $42, UP So;
low green $36, down 81.
Smoking leaf: Good orange S57,
up 81; common orange $35. down
S.; common red $29, up 81.
Cutters: Good lemon $65, I'M
changed: good orange $50, down
81; low orange $54, down 81.
Lugs: Good lemon SIS, down So;
fair orange 500, down 50; low
orange $32, down 81.
Nondescript: Best thin, $3.50,
down $1.50.
North Carolina farmers during
August sold a total of 154, 174,l46
pounds of tobacco at an average
price of $500 a hundred pounds,
the State and Federal Depart
ments of Agriculture reported Fri
day.
Because Of a one-week sales
holiday during which markets were
closed in order to allow over-Work-
ed redryiag plants to catch up, the
total sales were below the 1887
146 pounds sold during August OF
1945, but the average price was
50. SO more than the average OF
s44. 16 received in August Of last
year.
On the Border Belt, which open
ed Aug. /, a total of 1884, 7so
pounds were sold at an average
price of $55.29 compared with the
IS, 118, 1872 pounds sold in the same
month last year at an average
price of $44, So.
The Eastern North Carolina Belt
opened on Aug. 10 and reported
the sale of 1929, 1856 pounds at an
average price of $52.54 compared
with rs, 749, 210 sold in August last
year at an average price of $43.7o.
The Fairmont market, where a
total of 81, 9O8, 1893 pounds were sold
at an average price of $56.19, led
the eight North Carolina markets
on the Border Belt in total sales
A total of 1888, 730 pounds were
sold at Lumberton at an average
of s56.24 and 1880, 1872 pounds sold
at Whiteville brought an average
Of $55.45.
On the Eastern Belt, Greenville
led in sales with ~11,235,434 pounds
at a $53.01 average, and Klnston
was second with II, III, 400 pounds
at an average of $54.45 and Wilson
reported the sale of 1O,649, l2o
pounds at an average price OF
$51.55.