Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-06
THE RUSH APPROACHES MAuaEss.
The Hustle and Race for Vernon County Tobacco
the Past Week Was Inferestiug

The chase and rivalry for the crop of
vernon county tobacco that Is now he
ing shielded is not only amusing but
interesting The latter because ii clear
~ demonstrates that tobacco dealers
lar and near, recognize and acknowl.
edge u weed superior to that of any
section In the state. Amusing because
Oh tne evident purpose of buyers TO aui-
city steal in here without permitting
rival buyers to know their whereabouts
ana "gobble" up the best crops before
oIhers We're appraised of their movements
ihe local buyers at Westby and Virooua
nave been watchful on the same subject
OF superior crops. and the moment ont
siders made their advent here there was
music n a lively chase in all directions.
MI. says there were no less
IMAM thirty buyers riding the country
districts last week. Buying is still mo-
crossing but the scramble is not 50 err
citing: Among the foreign buyers were
y: L. Scott, OF Boston; Joseph Huffman.
OF New York; +. j. Goldman, Of Madi-
son; u l.. Culton, G. f. Mabbett. r. j
Malpress, c. r. Bentley and Others of
Edgerton and Stoughton.
AS a result of this scramble a large
number OF cro,s are now contracted.
and at what would seem extremely good !
prices. Buyers hA We aimed to purchase
no crops that coulo be had al less thar |
seven cents a pound. The prevailing
price has been about eeven and three.
fourths cents, much at eight, and some
az ! and in exceptional cases. ten
Buying is still going on in a
moderate way this week.
AT this writing just about one half
the acreage in Vernon county has been
placed on the poles. 1t has been in ex-
ceiient condition for handling and the
weather has been fine except a few DAYS
or extreme heat in the middle of the
DAY. Buyers acknowledge that as a
whole the leaf is the most perfect this
county has produced. 1t is free from
worm holes, hail rents, grasshopper
bites and rust. The favorable weather
mas done much for uneven tobacco the
past two weeks.
Madison dispatch: The American to-
bacco company will hereafter buy leaf
direct from the Wisconsin farmers. The
trust will build a big depot in Madison
for sorting and storing it's purchases.
N. T. Strause, of North Carolina, a to-
bacco expert and head buyer of the
trust, is here negotiating for a site on
which to erect the building. This move
Will drive many small dealers out of the
field. Recently the trust bought 81, 600.
OOO bunch OF Wisconsin in leaf from
Jobbers which transaction impressed it
with the advantage of having agents
buy direct from the farmers. Mr..
Strause says the Wisconsin tobacco ac-
reage this year increased 12, 600 acres
over last, and the quality of the leaf is
much superior.
The Edgerton Tobacco Reporter saws
of conditions in the state and elsewhere.
Harvest of the growing crop is rapidly
progressing and probably something
better than half the crop will be secured
by September list. The hot burning
weather of the week has been unfavor-
able both to the shielded leaf and the
later fields as well. Tobacco is curing
rapidly in the sheds that many grow
ers are freely using water to keep the
floors damp, otherwise the leaf will
hay" Many of the later fields show
the effects of the pinching weather and
give promise of an abundance of "B"
stock in the present crop.
We read a good deal printed in the
eastern papers concerning damage found
in sampling the '99 crop. The high
priced New England leaf is coming
through the sweat with a larger per
cent of damage than usual and must
and black rot are found in considerable
Of the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio crops. Even Wisconsin leaf will
not be entirely free from black rot.
Sampling has now commenced and the
packers who find their tobacco free
from damage will doubtless be an ex-
It is not probable however,
that the percentage of damage will be
large enough to cause any great
uneasiness, but there is no occasion to
deny that we have it more or less. 1t is
the same class of damage found in every
season for several years past, though
the loss is so slight as to
mention.