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Developing and Market Testing an Improved Looseleaf Tobacco Package

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  • Cockroft, Lindon U.
  • Brown, J. W. H.

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Excerpts from the report: Traditionally, type 14 flue-cured tobacco produced in Georgia and Florida has been marketed untied, in round packs of loose leaves. Flue-cured tobacco marketed in other States is tied in bundles. There is substantial agreement among leaf buyers that the present method of selling looseleaf, flue-cured tobacco in cotton or burlap sheets is damaging to the leaf and that the packages thus handled present a poor appearance on the market. Tobacco growers can improve salability and decrease preparation cost by adopting a new form of looseleaf package, such as the one described here. The Department of Agriculture, in developing the new packaging method, established the following requirements: (1) The method should require no more labor on the part of the grower than is consistent with the needs of the auction. marketing system and modern processing technology. (2) The package should be open to rapid and easy inspection for foreign material at the auction market with a minimum of disarray. (3) The package should be square or rectangular to conserve space in transit and storage and to reduce unpacking labor at the processing conveyor. (4) The package should be adaptable to mechanized handling at the manufacturing plant and in marketing,

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  • Cockroft, Lindon U. & Brown, J. W. H., 1964. "Developing and Market Testing an Improved Looseleaf Tobacco Package," Miscellaneous Publications 320481, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:320481
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320481
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