['-2-', '3.', 'A', 'summary', 'report', 'for', 'the', '1977', 'crop', 'burley', 'tobaccos', 'processed', 'at', 'the', 'Davie', 'County', 'Plant', 'was', 'submitted', 'on', 'February', '21,', '1978,', 'This', 'report', 'showed', 'that', 'the', 'redried', 'strips', 'produced', 'at', 'the', 'Davie', 'Plant', 'had', '18.9', 'percent', 'fines', 'passing', 'the', '3/8-inch', 'Rotex', 'screen,', '0.9', 'percent', 'of', 'material', 'passing', 'the', '8-mesh', 'screen,', '3.8', 'percent', 'stem', 'content,', 'and', 'were', 'stored', 'with', 'a', '14.1', 'percent', 'moisture', 'content.', 'The', 'report', 'also', 'showed', 'that', '86.9', 'percent', 'of', 'the', 'fines', 'tests', 'exceeded', 'the', 'upper', 'control', 'limits', 'and', '31.5', 'percent', 'of', 'the', 'stems', 'tests', 'were', 'over', 'the', 'upper', 'control', 'limit', 'of', '4.2%.', '4.', 'A', 'summary', 'report', 'for', 'the', '1977', 'crop', 'burley', 'tobaccos', 'processed', 'at', 'the', 'Brook', 'Cove', 'Plant', 'was', 'submitted', 'on', 'March', '10,', '1978.', 'This', 'report', 'showed', 'that', 'the', 'redried', 'strips', 'produced', 'from', 'the', '1977', 'versus', '1976', 'crop', 'burley', 'tobaccos', 'processed', 'at', 'Brook', 'Cove', 'had', '0.3', 'percent', 'more', 'fines', 'passing', 'the', '3/8-inch', 'Rotex', 'screen', '(19.0%', 'vs.', '18.7%),', '0.1', 'percent', 'more', 'redried', 'strips', 'stem', 'content', '(3.9%', 'vs.', '3.8%),', 'and', 'were', 'stored', 'at', 'the', 'same', 'moisture', 'content', '(13.82).', 'The', 'report', 'also', 'showed', 'that', 'the', 'Brook', 'Cove', 'Plant', 'had', 'a', '4.8', 'percent', 'increase', 'in', 'the', 'percentage', 'of', 'fines', 'tests', 'exceeding', 'the', 'upper', 'control', 'limits,', '84.9%', 'for', 'the', '1977', 'crop', 'versus', '81.0%', 'over', 'for', 'the', '1976', 'crop.', 'The', 'percentage', 'of', 'stems', 'tests', 'over', 'the', '4.2%', 'upper', 'control', 'limit', 'increased', 'by', '8.9', 'percent', '(33.1%', 'vs.', '30.4%).', '5.', 'Quality', 'Control', 'testing', 'of', 'dealer', 'strips', 'begun', 'at', 'Whitaker', 'Park', 'Blending', 'on', 'January', '11,', '1978,', 'is', 'being', 'continued.', 'II.', 'External', 'Leaf', 'Processing', '-', 'Dealer', 'Operations', '1.', 'K.', 'R.', 'Edwards', 'Leaf', 'Tobacco', 'Company', 'a.', '1977', 'Crop', 'Burley', 'Visits', 'were', 'made', 'to', 'Edwards', 'on', 'February', '6', '&', '7', 'and', '23', '&', '24,', '1978,', 'for', 'the', 'processing', 'of', '1977', 'crop', 'burley', 'tobaccos', 'for', 'RJR.', 'A', 'more', 'constant', 'input', 'feed', 'rate', 'is', 'currently', 'being', 'maintained', 'and', 'screening', 'efficiency', 'has', 'greatly', 'improved', 'through', 'the', 'installation', 'of', 'additional', 'screening', 'equipment.', 'Edwards', 'is', 'making', 'equipment', 'modifications', 'wherever', 'necessary', 'in', 'an', 'attempt', 'to', 'meet', 'RJR', 'strip', 'specifications.', 'b.', '1978', 'Honduras', 'Burley', 'A', 'short', 'run', 'was', 'made', 'on', 'these', 'tobaccos', 'on', 'March', '2,', '1978,', 'to', 'establish', 'the', 'grades,', 'and', 'the', 'strip', 'qualities', 'produced', 'were', 'within', 'RJR', 'specifications', 'and', 'allowable', 'tolerances.', 'gZol', '9700S']