Burloy Pr0(lucti0n CoStS.Rouu·nS production in the Bluegrass area averaged 995 pounds
ttionzinnml from Page I3) per acre in the period 1937-41, increased to 1,273 F
of barn, strip-room and sticks. Differences in the costs pounds in 1947-49, and averaged 1,551 pounds per _` 
of tractor, horse nower and e ui ment are of minor acre in 1954-56. Cash recei ts er acre increased from ( ·
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importance. about $200 in 1937-41 to about $800 in 1951-53. Since nc`- .
Tobacco production costs have greatly increased in 1951-53 the acreage of tobacco per farm has decreased ‘
recent years, especially since 1940. Commercial fer- by about one-third, but, owing to the increase in price **2
tilizers, labor, and slant-bed materials, in articular, per pound, the burle tobacco income er farm in ·
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have increased both in < uantities used yer acre and in 1956-57 was about the same as in the eriod 1951-53.
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price. However, since 1950, production costs have in- Similar changes have also occurred in other burley- * *1
creased at a lower rate, especially the quantities of the producing areas. ..4,
various inputs. Fortunately, the years included in this _
study were relatively stable as to inputs and costs, Price ChaUg€$ In Burley Gl`3d€S i 
production and price received for tobacco. Conse- (conhnued from Page 12) —·
quently, comparisons could be made between years i -_ L'
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for the different burley-producing areas. ¤,<,f.• _r~.\ 1
Burley tobacco production and income per acre have G ° ,f;° .’ ` fj
greatly increased i11 recent years; for example, burley x°$\:_·°• °_< /·/ ,
r ’•  
HOURS D 5** ,’.·' ,‘
OF LABOR § I';} ( _/" __,'  
° I.' 4*/ '
¤’ 40 [ ' • ’ ' ’
  : t
500 @ cuamc, STRIPPING AND MARKETING   5 ,{• /·/ .
W currme AND nousmc gg IL '•· x` **7
‘   Us 30 •° •
  Pazaanvasr W   E .’ ¤
w »•¢ /
. . i•'1 ?" W •°* ° · .
4¤<> .   #$2       2° M  
g rid $$¤ $3 bid •$¢ - ·
,     =§:§ as     —···. 1
gi gi #$5 $$2 $5 E3 $" '°
1•Z§ _°: s.• *3 Zzzi $5 Wi % "‘
300 as '·# $•=§ ta :-:1  rs   /
;g:•• $2*, V   ga gi;} $5 ga f 1955- 1941- l946· 1951- 1954 1955 1956 I957 rg
;•4 :::1 M #3 ©:•; M 7 / 1959 1945 I9 50 I953 ~
  ·• 5;:; ce; gg. V / A
$1 Q {   Z   % %   Fig. 5.—.Prices of Lug, Flying, Leaf, and Tip tobacco of cor-
Z.•. f 4 / / / / / gg,) responding quality and color. Leaf and Tip grades sell at
200 as / V / / / A 4   . . .
4 / / / % / ,,;.14 L.,  pgii lower prices than do Lugs and Flyings of corresponding
135 é ¢           {1,. gi-ode, but from 1955 to 1957 the price differences were rela- xw
é                 tively small. p
A { '.l. fr   ;;?S         tr 
1 Og       i.;`_           and Tips   Group, quality and color are not sep- X
      Q_         ij?. arate and distinct characteristics but to the extent V
‘-.·,_                 that they are distinguished in the grades, this graph
*;.1 lil    `- -L·;. ii       brings out group differences. Again the differences.
O `—,.§ 1.,1 ,. .3 ._; .-, gcc;   ·.,.; N _ _ . _ A I . `. . I 7 { (l
I H m N V W vn vm IX iniasuiptl in dollarsi wtrg fairly consistéeift 1111t1ll§55HD ,
BURLEY PRODUCTION AREAS * W *6** li 1€Y U¢U'fOW€( to A Out t lt. S]Z€ 0 t msc in . 1_ , ..
Fig. 2.- r\vcrage hours ol` labor used per acre for producing Price Differences |_iko|y to Continue A
l****`;*‘)‘_ ********1* *** *$°******`**¥`· **Y ***`°***·“° Tho horizontal scale on the graphs emphasizes the
\ln· loention ol the area. kl\’l‘l`ilLZ(` :1t‘f1‘111.t<‘ of l***fl¢‘)’ ***· 1 _ p ,, b I- 1 .· U. 1 · · · - "`
1.111-1-.1 ana 11.1- 1·1.·1t1 1»111.11n.·11 po- so-1~ 1111 1111- gmwm into-- Mt ""*_Y*j‘“ ut ms ’““¤* Wt f‘°_ WW “‘““’*" -
\1·—n1·11 in 1In~ nine p1·o1l1n·t1on areas wi-no 1_ time l$lm·gmSS_ ranges of 1906 and the tendency for price spreads in pu;
$.0 ilt'l`l‘S. 1.605 pounds; ll. l4(l\\'(‘l` Ohio Valley, 3.3, 1.190; 1957 to I`€t111'11 to 2l1)Ot1ll 'Cl1€1I' 1955 size. \Vl12llZ i;l1lZL1l`G `
tlhl ()11£1·r\1%l1n·g1·asT; .11, 1023; 1\', _|tl§l·(S()I1 1)ll1‘(`{1;l5L‘_ 1,9, Pricc Sprguds “/iu be, HO Ono can Say “/ith Certaiutv A`.
{ `)`   Mgt `t°"i"`}"` “l°` l`1°(‘ ll' l`“°)°‘ LENS but new manufacturing processes such as homogenized A,
(.()ll1ll}`, ·>.0, 1,.1o; \ll. laden bhale. Blniegrass, 4.2, 1393; _ _
1*111. snn111