Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-08-23
Leaf Market Passes
Three Million Mark:
$57.l Avg: Tuesday


City as the Tobacco market con
tlnued to sell its maximum every
day since last Wednesday. Tho
catching up and every warehouse
anticipates heavy sales for the
balance of the selling season.
The Tabor City market crossed
the 100000 pound mark on
Tuesday and total poundagc
through Tuesday showed that
3.O15,O0S pounds of tobacco have
been auctioned off thus far dur
ing the season. This tobacco sold
for $1.618,659.95, a handsome
amount of cash that has beer
put into the pockets of tobacco
farmers in this area.
Tabor City continued to set
the pace in the Border Belt fol
one buyer markets and is one of
the few such markets in the area
that has sold as much as 3,O0O,-
600 pounds thus far. Tabor City's
average shows every indication
of putting the local market right
up there on top or near the top
on total sales average when the
official records are released after
the season. Tabor City has fol
lowed the plan of releasing only
exact averages thus far and has
avoided approximations. This has
tended to give farmers the right
prospective as to what to expect
when they sell their crop here
and does not mislead them like
padded and appropriated fig.
ures tend to do. Tabor City has
led the belt four times in six
seasons and hopes to make this
the fifth year out of seven.
Warehousemen in Tabor City
have requested that all farmers
selling in Tabor City make their
baskets just as near the 800
pound maximum as possible. This
will make more room for more
baskets, help every farmer get
his crop sold as soon as possible.
and help to make the local mar.
ket approach the 100000 pounds
sold last season. The late crop
has thrown the total poundage
much below the usual at this
stage of the season.
Mondays average in Tabor
City was the best of the year
thus far and showed a days
mark on $4,000 pounds of to-
bacco at a S57.71 average. The
daily average throughout most
Of the season has run from $3.50
to $3.50 with the overall aver
age for the season thus far
Through Tuesday of This week.
standing at S53.68.
The United States Department
of Agriculture report for the
third week of sales is as follows;
During the third week of sales
on the South Carolina and Border
North Carolina flue-curcd tobac
co markets, volume of sales was
heavy and quality of offerings
lower. Very little change occur
red in average prices.
According to the United States
and North Carolina Departments
of Agriculture, gross sales tol
the week ending August Is total
ed 40.1O2,O42 pounds, The pound
age was around 16 IL million
more than was sold the previous
week. but the weekly average
was 70 cents less. Season sales
were raised to S1,215,269 pounds
averaging $500. The first three
weeks of sales last year 135.373'
1912 pounds were sold for an aver
age of S49,99. Sales were fairly
heavy during the first of the
week A considerable increase IN
deliveries Wednesday and Thurs
day resulted in some markets
having blocked sales THURSDAY.
Most all markets were blocked
Friday, and heavy sales are ex-
pected for the next several days
Average prices for most grades
number of grades fluctuated
were fairly steady this week. A
81 90 and $500 per hundred with
few more decreases than IN
creases. The most noticeable
change was for common and low
green leaf up $500.
General quality of offerings
was not as good because of an
increase in common and low leaf
grades. Principal marketlngs
were fair to fine Jugs, low to
good leaf, fair cutters and low
primings.
The Sterilization Corporation,
gram, received around &c per
under the Government loan pro,
cent of gross sales this week
through Thursday, August II.
Season receipts through August
II were approximately 2.8 per
cent of sales.