The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-27
Farmville Tobacco Markets Opening
Next Monday Gets Boost In Late Rains;
Three Warehouses, Buyers Are Ready
Drought Whipped
Crop Estimated
10 Million Pounds

Farmville Tobacco Market
opens next Monday. Nov. 80. COM
mencing sales OF the 1853 crop
OF flre-cured and sun-cured leaf.
Heavy opening sales are anticip-
ated because this week S rain came
just in time to provide a good
season.
The markets three warehouses.
Old, Middle and Planters are
ready to receive tobacco. and
managers report adequate and
competent STATS readied for the
markets three daily sales.
Harry H Hubbard continues as
manager of the Old Warehouse,
Jim Nat Carter is retained as
manager at the Middle Ware
house and Joel Watkins Jr.. is
Planters operator.
Sales Start 9 A. NJ.
Market sales will follow the
daily pattern OF former years.
alternating first. second and third
sales. Mondays opening day first
sale will be at the Old house. with
second sale at Middle warehouse
and third at Planters.
First sale will start daily at
a. m. with two sales each morn
ing and the third at p. m, after
the lunch interruption. When
light volume warrents the sales
schedules will be moved up ac-
cordingly.
Some tobacco men anticipate
repeat OF last years first day
carry-over sales. A similar good
season preceded opening day last
year and growers brought more
I to market than could be handled
on the first dav
\ Firms Have Buyers
The market will again have
full complement of buyers repre-
\ senting Dunpington Tobacco
Company. Putney Tobacco Com
pany, Export Leaf Tobacco
Company and Imperial Tobacco
7 Company according to an an
\ nouncement by the local Tobacco
/ Board of Trade
The four-day sales week will
also be followed this year. with
Monday through Thursday
schedule According to present
agreement Of Virginia dark belt
markets, sales will be suspended
after December II for the Christ
mas holidays. They will begin
again January and run until
the end of the season.
A. H Irby will again be market
supervisor for government graders
His staff will include R. c. Cum
bingham. Farmyllle; Ben w.
Marshall, Keysville; Wiley Payne.
Pamplin, and Carroll j. Crews.
Red House.
Fire-cured tobacco will be sup
ported at prices averaging out to
approximately 35 cents a pound
Sun-cured leaf will average about
81 cents. Both are down about
two cents over last years 81 cents
and 33 cents.
Typical support prices Of dark
cured tobacco per hundred pounds
at AS lengths follow: AlF. first
quality wrapper $50: B3F. third
quality brown leaf. s42: C21. cut
ting leaf, $40; C1F. Austrian leaf,
ssh; Kill, first quality Tugs, S37,
and X5G, green Tugs s21.
/ The crop OF 1858 leaf is expect
ed to sell out to about ten million
pounds. some three million pounds
below last year The summer long
drought has taken 25 to 80 per
cent toll in harvestings, accord
ing to most forecasts.
The lcng period of dry weather
also produced a crop that is off
IN length and color. in addition
to poundage, Although tending
to pull down prices generally, the
situation probably will mean bet
ter than average prices for the
grower who has a good crop on
the floors.
Last year the Farmville Market
had total fire cured sales OF A.
l60,870 pounds. averaging S3496.
Growers received S1.454 ,82082.
Sun cured sales amounted to
730,924 pounds. The average was
s29.65 and growers pocketed
s2l6,729.
Jubilee Backing bf
The Farmville Market will be
backed by the biggest prize pro-
gram Of the four years the Cham
Der OF Commerce has cooperated.
There will be an opening day
prize for the best sale, and a re-
peat of the Jubilee Day near end
OF the season when more prizes
totaling nearly $1,000 will be
awarded
Warehouses will again supply
contest tickets with each daily
sale.