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75 years ago From the Greensboro Daily News, Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1935:
Jump to full article: Greensboro (NC) News & Record, 2010-01-31
Author: Jack Scism Special to the News & Record
Intro: 75 years ago From the Greensboro Daily News, Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1935:
Auction sales for the 1934-35 season were closed out Jan. 31 on the Reidsville market with the sale of about 30,000 pounds of tobacco. This brought sales for the season to about 8.1 million pounds.
The latest sales consisted primarily of the common types of tobacco and resulted in an average of $14 to $15 per hundredweight.
25 years ago From the News & Record, Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1985:
Farm income in Rockingham County was $40.4 million, up more than $5 million over the year before. The difference was that tobacco brought higher prices in 1984 and the weather was more conducive to growing crops.
Tobacco remained the county's leading crop by far, with the golden leaf bringing in $26.6 million, according to figures compiled by the Agricultural Extension Service. This was well above 1983 when tobacco brought farmers $23.4 million.
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