Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-08-28

contention for the industry Is that IL
will scatter money here at home that
now goes abroad; and sure enough the
merchants found the money paid the
lelpers coming back to Their stores.
1t was a marvel the way The beet
withstood the drought zone of the
claims of the beet) Each beet sent
the tap root down extra deep. There
is talk of a sugar factory in Water
town. 1t would necessitate about a.
600 acres of beets or nearly seven
square miles. 1t would be wonder
full sight.
Is Tobacco Culture Curss2
"Beet sugar lisa blessing TO district.
1t is not substitute industry, like
tobacco raising, but an added indus
try"
And then this agricultural expert
went on:
at is curious fact that tobacco
growing means deterioration. Show
me tobacco district anu I'll show you
fences out of repair. lack of fine
barns. neglected cattle and children
out of school 1t is because tobacco Is
40 necessity to the human race. but
rather a detriment. 1t seems as IL
some natural law was at work. The
dairy industry blesses community.
| 1t Is so at home and abroad. Those
who engage In it must work hard, but
they contribute TO tie worlds stock
of good things. They must have the
best Of barns, must be prompt and dill
igent Keeping cows runs along With
butter and cheese making and pastur-
| land they all work together) and make
for plenty, content and prosperity.
But tobacco raising impoverishes the
soil. the fiuctuating market excites the
| farmer; it takes his attention away
from other crops. He thinks he does
not need them. He negleets them. The
tobacco plant has no collateral uses.
Compare 1t to the sugar beet, for In
stance, every part of which has use
the factory consumes only part of
the plant. and the COW will eat that II
the factory VIII not take IT,"
Nevertheless Uncle Sam is helping
on the tobacco industry ISe agricuI-
tural department has Just secured (Ja-
pan wanted hlml an expert at $4,000
a year to experiment ON raising tobac-
co under muslin Connecticut is ex-
perimenting with a 4o-acre tract The
effect il to make the leaf thinner II
resembles the Sumatra leaf, which en-
| joys duty Of $50 a pound. We talk
of Wisconsin tobacco at or cents a
pound but think Of Americans raising
tobacco like the Sumatra that had
against the world However. | sus-
pect Sumatra favor viii be hard to
duplicate under any kind OF muslin.
Both the tobacco and beet sugar
Industries are Under the cloud of inter-
national uncertainties. II Cuba
should be annexed and become a state,
| Wisconsin tobacco be thrown on its
! back. This 8 even more true OF sugar
beet. Louisiana has. TO be sure. long
produced sugar. but the cane industry
has always been on the verge OF a
crisis. There Is room for that and
beet sugar both; but Hawaii the Phil
| ippines. and especially Cuba, could
dump cane sugar into this country In
a way TO postpone beet culture indefi-
nitely. We are on the threshold of
tariff agitation that will make Grover
Clevelands sondness Tor sheep mere
incident
Cheese Already Cut Pound Weight.
Wisconsin cheese is getting to be a
| household word. Marshfield recently
shipped a full carload direct to San
Franz SEQ. 1t consisted OF 2,4o0 cheese
OF 10 pounds each packed two cheese
to a box. A leading concern there has
new device consisting OF an oblong
mold or, as they call 1t. hoop, In
which cheese s. pressed at the factory.
Creanes on one side divide tho cheese
into one-pound cuts. This Is a great
convenience 10 retail dealers who no
longer have to guess at the weight OF
thin slice from q cheese of the old
kind weighing sixty pounds Appetizer
advantage il 1t dries out less quickly.
Before shipping each cheese Is dipped
In boiling paratine for few seconds.
Not long ago a quantity was ordered
| sent to the Philippines by the United
| States government These were given
an extra heavy paratine coating and
arrived Mt their destination in good
condition.
Every cheese factory but one with.
In radius OF tiiiFtytige miles Of
Marshtield il making cheese log this
| concern and they expect before snoN
flies to have all the lctOries oH theiF
books from Stevens .'oin. 10 Chippe-
wa Falls.
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