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, February 12, 1966—5
Lancaster Farming,
• Tobacco Sales
(Continued from Page 1)
Monday with two major com
panies represented in the
field. One company was of
fering 32 cents for wrapper
and 18 cents for filler leaf,
while the other company in
itnrcted its buyers to pay 25
:o 30 cents for wrappers and
G to 18 cents for fillers.
A third firm was reported
in the field on Tuesday of
fering a straight stripped
price of 2-5 cents. The hwa
companies represented Mon
day were back on Tuesday
with .the same price offers,
and still looking for high
quality leaf.
Wednesday found the three
firms again out in the couHtj.
Prices remained the same as
the day before except for a,
2-';e'nt drop in offered wrap
per price by the company
that had originally offered
3.2 cents
Companies normally active
in the county did not 30m
the early trio of buyers,
claiming they were not yet
leadv to buy
Activity remained sluggisk
on Thursday, but a few more
buyers reportedly entered the
field Prices offered for wrapp
er tended to stablize at 28
cents, and filler held at 16-18
cents. It was reported that
several companies continued
their 25-cent straight stup
offeis.
But the emphasis remained
on high quality leaf witn many
fanners reportedly resisting
the lower-priced offers As of
press time on Friday, it ap
peared that a very small percen
tage of the bumper crop had
changed ownership this week.
The 45 9-milhon-pound 1964
crop of Type 41 tobacco sold
for an average of 27 cents per
pound, according to the USDA.
The 1965 crop has been esti
mated by that agency to total
48 6 million pounds.
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