Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-03-20
Tobacco Notes.


Seven thousand acres of tobacco
were grown in Wisconsin last year.
The product brought s3,50O0.000.
Old tobacco growers think there is
no danger Of over production OF to-
bacco. The demand increases year
ly.
During his recent visit to Rock
and Green counties, Edwin Osborne
became fully confirmed in the belief
that it pays to raise tobacco.
A Mr.. Boyes has come from Edg-
erton and located in Lancaster, to
grow tobacco. He has five years
lease of five acres of land from G..
r. Thomas.-Teller
Sam Ross and James Mulhairn,
intend next week to visit Edgerton,
GAINESVILLE and other points in the
tobacco district to gain information
regarding tobacco culture.
The Rock county tobacco growers
association held a meeting recently
and elected the following officers:
President SiIas Ward; vice president
James Cleland; secretary and
treasurer. II. Griswold.
Brodhead Independent: Mr.. VIM.
NJ. Fleek received twenty-four loads
of tobacco last Saturday, twenty
six loads on Monday, and ten on
Tuesday; in all sixty loads in three
days. He has now sixtv-two hands
employed in his tobacco warehouse,
which makes II the busiest place we
have seen for some time.
Our advice to new beginners is to
go slow. plant only what you will
take the best care; get pure seed of
the best varieties, and don't stop to
consider the price you are paying
for the seed; you need never think
you will succeed with scrub" tobac-
co seed, as you might with scrub
cattle Everything must be thor
oughbred" to succeed in growing
the choice and notable leaf of the
Wisconsin Spanish.-Western Farm
er.
Grant County Democrat: Now is
the accepted time and the day of
salvation to the farmers if they will
only accept. The farmers within
ten miles of Platteville can plant 500
acres of tobacco and cultivate it with
out any great expense. Boys and
girls can do most of the work after
the plants are set out. Suppose the
profits are 500 per acre, there will
be $4,000 added to the wealth of
the community and we would all
profit by it.
Tobacco culture promises to be-
come one of the leading industries
of this section. In this city and
immediate vicinity, quite an acreage
of the weed will be put in during
the coming season. S. Ross and J.
Mulhairn will plant about s acres;
Edwin Osborne 4 acres; II. H.
Wright 4 acres; Chas. Springer 2
acres; John Bohan 3 acres; Edwin
Prideaux 2 acres; Peter Toay. of the
town of Mineral Point, 5 acres;
w. Cramer, town OF Mineral Point,
1 acre; w. Higgons 2 acres; VIM.
Uren 2 or 3 acres.
Ridgeway Enterprise: " Mr.. Ire
seder received returns from his to-
bacco last week and it has Melted
him more money than his other
crops put to together, and some was
damaged by stacking grain too
close to the tobacco shed, thereby
stopping circulation of air through
the tobacco thus causing shed-b burn.
The tobacco was sold in Edgerton
the largest tobacco market in the
state and MIR. Henry Marsden, an
old and experienced tobacco grower,
sold it for Mr.. Treseder and pro-
nounces it as good as can be grown
any where in the state and Wiscon-
sin tobacco is {" the boss.
Edwin Hubbell, of the town of
last year carried off the
blue ribbon for receiving the high
est price paid for an 'S3 corp of
tobacco. This year again Mr.. Hub
bell has made a record that is hard
to beat. Saturday he delivered his
crop to Rowe Il Stevens, of James
vile, consisting of 5 acres which
weighed out 6,10S lbs. The price
received was 19c per Id and brought
him 81 ,540,32. It's by far the best
money yield that has come to our
notice this season. The yield was
,621 lbs or $50S for each acre of the
ield. Mr.. Hubbell says he is abund-
unity pleased with his treatment by
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