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LOWER COLUMBIA EAOLr, Cathla.met, Washington December 29, 1960 ~ _ .. ... . . . ~ . .. . ~ . . .; ti . . ` t'~ . ... ~ ` ' _ ' ' r id. obacco Auctions: Today and Yesterday Tobacco Auctions: Today and Yesterday •lhis year's tobacco auctinns are bringing tobacco farmers the :)es't prices on record. Farmers in some 21 states will receive over $1 billion for their tobacco crops. At the auctions, the buyer,s (top right) face the auctioneer across stacks of cured tobacco. They bid by hand or head signals as the auctioneer continues his rapid-fire chant' and a clerk records the sale of eact lot of leaf. In the old days (bottom) buyers were often summoned to auction by a blast on a huge brass trumpet. Action at auctions then took a more leisurely pace. Both pictures are 4rom the new book "Tobacco and Americans," by Robert K. Heimann, published by McGraw-Hili. The illustrated book traces the social and economic impact of the tobacco industry in this country. .. ..:.~ . _:.._._. ..:,hl ~:....:.-....~~.~.........~.. . ,_...,. __IN s.u:~....._.. . _ : ; .. This year's tobacco auctions are bringing tobacco farmefss tHe best prices on record. Farmers in some 21 states will receive over $1 billion for their tobacco crops. At the auctions, the buyers (top right) face the auctioneer across stacks of cured tobacco. They bid by hand or head signals as the auctioneer continues his rapid-fire chant and a clerk records the sale of each lot of leaf. In the old days (bottom) buyers were often summoned to auction by a blast on a huge brass trumpet. Action at auctions then took a more leisurely pace. Both pictures are - from~ the new book "Tobacco and Americans,^' by Robert K. Heimann, published by McGraw-Hill. The illustrated book traces the social and economic impact of the tobacco industry in this country. 10 03S -43, ~ Wn 3