6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 4, 1958 Grades of Tobacco Are Most Complex Of Any Agricultural Product Nowhere else in the marketing of agricultural prod ucts do you find as many grades as in the marketing of tobacco. To adequately classify the many variations of kind and quality, 2,683 Federal tobacco grades have been de veloped. Established by the Tobacco Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service, these grades are applied to all tobacco sold at auction. This amounts to 95 percent of the U.S. crop. Despite this conpnon usage, Federal grades for tobacco are not always clearly understood by all v/hc use them Tobacco grades are based, first of all, upon the US. standards, v/hich are written, descriptions of the physical properties and char acteristics of'tobaccO The Stand ards provide, basically, for major classes and types within'which there are numerous grades There are six USDA classes for tobacco Class 1 Flue-cured; Class 2—Fire-Cured, Class 3—Air cured; Class 4—Cigar-filler; Class s—Cigar-binder, and Class 6 Cigar-wrapper Within these classes, tobacco is identified by types, according to its characteristics and uses Class 3 (Air-cured), for instance, has 5 types Type 31, Burley, Type 32, Maryland Broadleaf; Type 35, One Sucker, Type 36, Gieen River; and Type 37,-Virginia Sun-cured. Tobacco grade is defined ac cording to three factors group, quality, and color Group is determined by the position of the leaf on the stalk and reflects the traditional farm method of priming, stripping, or sorting Typical of these groups are those for Flue-cured tobacco They include Leaf—leaves from the top of the stalk, Cutters— leaves from the mid-position of the stalk, and Lugs—leaves iiom the bottom of the plant Quality—the second factor ot grade—is defined either as Choice, Fine, Good, Fan Low, or Poor Smoothness, oil, maturity, body, width, porosity finish, and unifom ity determine the quality designa tions Color is the third giade factor Each quality of the Leaf, Cutter, and Lugs groups, for instance, is classified according to its particu lar color WELL IN VARIED ENVIRONMENTS Rank o< nationally sold chicks In' 1956-57 tests (losed on income over feed cost except in N Y C and Missouri ) My Ctltf Mo NYC. lino. Utah* An. B '* * Kink Kimbtr K 137 Strain A S/rom I Strain C Strain D Strain £ Strain F Strain G • Incomplete. iAvera ge of 2 enfne*, tlncome over feed and chick costs, K-137 entries ranked FIRST IN NET INCOME among all nationally sold chicks entered in three or more of the above tests. The average net income from Kimberchiks was 56<f higher than the average of all entries . Such consistent, prof itable performance in a wide variety of environments should encourage you to order K-137 Kimberchiks this season. Lon genecker’s Hatchery 1110 South Market St. By Quentin W. Roop In addition to these three mam factors of a grade, a fourth is used when tobacco has a peculiar char acteristic not covered by the other giude specifications. Within each of the 26 types of tobacco—group, quality, and col or are highly variable. As a re sult, each type of tobacco has anywhere from 2 to 150 grades. This system of standardization is one of the most elaborate used for agricultural products. It is made necessary not only because of the variable nature of tobacco, which is highly affected by soils, climatic conditions, and_methods of curing, but also by the import ance placed by industry on the dif ferences between the various kinds and qualities of tobacco. The standards are intended to provide a yardstick of quality, value, and usefulness in tobacco. Since the value of a particular tobacco depends primany upon its fitness for a specific use, it is imperative that the standards be l-cpt flexible enough to reflect changes in the marketing pattern With this in mind, the Tobacco Division from time to time makes changes in the standards. 4.2 6.0 3 5f 11.6 13.3 i6.a 17.0 19.0 1t.3 MARTIN’S LIMESTONE Ivan M. Martin, Inc., Blue Ball, Pa. Chemical analyses of tobacco are currently being made by the Tobacco Division and a number of Federal State, and industry lab oratories. Perhaps in the future, those may throw additional light on the relationship of grades to commercial utilization. The first published report on this project, “The Chemical Com position of Representative Grades of the 1951 and 1952 Crops of Burley Tobacco,” will be issued by the U S Department of Agri culture within the next few Dead Animals Removed Promptly Will Pay Full Value For Dead Animals Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRY’S RENDERING WORKS Prop., John Fry 2114 Bollinger RD. Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Toll Charges Accepted NEW Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter fast sound groiart ... because it’s a qualify feed! Since chick starter is so vital to sound growth and development and you need only 2 lbs. per chick don’t settle for a bargain brand. Feed new Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter with Hi-Fi performance ... with growth-promoting ingredients that spell out better living for chicks. George Rutt Stevens R. D. X. Pi. Grubb Supply Elizabethtown, Pa. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXA@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXVVXXXV\ Rubber Bags Being Used to Ship Milk A dairy cooperative in Portland Ore., recently began to sfinp milk months. Underway at present is a com pi ehensive correlation study which wil relate the findings of chemists who analyzed represen tative grades of both Burley and Flue-cured tobaccos to the physi cal factors on which these grades were based. promotes stop and see us soon H, M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Witmer & Ronks, Pa. For every dollar in vested in limestone, ex periment stations con elude, three dollars are returned in increased crops. Sometimes the ratio climbs to one to 15. This explains why the Government pays about half the cost of applying limestond, if help is de sired. The Government is convinced that farmers cannot afford to not use limestone. Where else does one dollar spent bring at least three in return’ It does pay to use good limestone 1 . New Holland ELgin 4-2112 • Terre Hill HUlcrest 5-3455 Millport Roller Mills Lititz, R-D.4, Pa. J. C. Walker & Son Gap, Pa. between plants in large rubber bags. Shipping by bags, which hold about 2,500 gallons of milk, caves 20 per cent in hauling costs as compared to tank trucks. These lower transportation costs mean milk can be shipped over longer distances in a more economical manner thaii_ever be iore. LANCASTER FARMING Classifieds Ads Pay Phone STteriing 6-2132 OR CKS Leghorns Housed Basis ;ord made by 1800 ;m of L. M. Garrette. with low losses and ;ed on carefully-kept same high quality ■ghorns nearby from ised to produce them ;k this year? w Hamps, Sex Links. ;ion for Quality Clucks. F, Oxford, Pa. 286 CoUect Fui,-Ope1?S( chick s9crt^ D. W. Hoover East Esrk R. D. 1, Pa. S. H. Hiestand & Co. Salunga, Pa. j Also Sold by: £.COUn r Ph. EXpress 4-0541 Dillerville Road, Lancaster Branches: New Holland Manheim Quarryville
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