The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-04

their other farm Work SO IL means nuStl-
inc times for them to get their tobacco
lands in shape at the usual transplantlng
season, even if the plant beds were not
so forward. The danger from frosts are
not yet over and the growers need use
care in keeping the young plants pro
tected against climatic changes liable to
occur the next few weeks. The outlook
now is for an early planting season for
the 1900 tobacco crop.
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An unusually large number of con-
tracts have been placed with thegrowers
this season for the raising of Cuban to-
bacco. The terms have generally been
for the dealer to furnish the seed and
agree to pay 10 and or s cents straight
for the crop delivered in the bundle. The
soil selected for these crops has quite
generally been OF clay nature where a
heavy bodied leaf is usually produced.
While the expense of producing a crop
of Cuba leaf is considered much greater
than that of the larger varieties, it is
believed that about 1000 pounds can be
grown to the acre, and the money re-
turns will not be much below that of the
average crop of the state. By making
an advance contract the grower is as
sured of a profit on his crop and the to-
bacco growers through the sections
suitable for growing filler leaf were
Quite willing to subscribe to the con-
tracts. Experience has proven that
Wisconsin can produce first class filler
leaf and SO long as the demands of the
trade are calling for this class of tobacco
ii, seems. quite probable that the growing
of(Cuba leaf will be considerably ex-
tended in this state. The soil SO far de-
voted to this variety does not produce a
good quality of binder leaf, hence the
farmers are more willing to take up the
filler end of the business
*x*
Rules recently adopted by the New
York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade for
the inspection of tobacco are as follows:
l. No firm of inspectors or their agents
to sample any tobacco which they may
have packed or bought, or in which they
are in any way interested.
2. Samples may bare one date, pro-
vided the goods are all sampled within
one week or ten days of date of sample.
3. Inspectors shall not have the right
to sell their tickets.
4. Inspectors shall not affix tickets to
samples which they have not drawn.
s. All samples to be marked exactly as
the cases may be found-if mouldy,
musty, damaged or high in case.
b. All disputes as to difference between
samples and cases, to be referred to the
committee Of arbitration of the Leaf To
hacco Board of Trade. The inspector of
the tobacco in question to be allowed to
be present at the arbitration.
Z. Any complaint as to unfair sampl-
ing, or for the violation of any of the
above rules, shall be investigated by
committee of three appointed for the
violating may be punished by expulsion
from the Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade
8. All the firms of inspectors are in
NAoOo w pOiII ckC VI dOC SOm DIO-
Vided they sign an agreement to conform
with such rules as may be adopted by
the Board of trade.
9. A copy of such rules and regula-
tions to be sent to the various Leaf To
baceo Boards of Trade in the United |
States and their cooperation solicited
10. The firm" name of the inspectors |
who sign such rules and regulations as |
may be adopted, shall be sent to the |
various Leaf Tobacco Boards of Trade in |
the United States.
*x*
Statistics of tobacco manufacturing /
for the month of March indicate great |
activity in all branches. The output has
simply been immense, exceeding one mil |
lion pounds for each day of the month. |
Compared with same month last year
the gain is nearly six million pounds or
n per cent. The great gain was most
marked in the Louisville and ST. Louis
districts especially in the former,
which showed an increase of over three
million pounds over the corresponding
month of last year, which, however, was
an unusually light one. Some sections
Of the country, however, show marked
falling off, notably in Baltimore, Durham,
n. c., and Danville, Va. In spite of the
troubles in the cigar trade the output
shows large gain only one or two dis