The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-19
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton. Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

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The situation concerning the growing
crop of tobacco is becoming more serious
each day At this writing three weeks
drouth and season of scorching heat is
still unbroken. The present outlook
could scarcely be worse unless total
crop failure should come to us. In order
to keep closely in touch with the condi-
tions in all the growing sections of the
state, Mr.. G.. L. Culton last week gave
instructions to his representatives In the
different localities of the tobacco belt
some twenty of them, to ride over their
immediate sections and report the result
of their findings. A summary of these
reports, covering every tobacco growing
section, goes to show that in no locality
except the northern portion of Vernon
county are exempt from the whitening
effects of the drouth. The estimates
throughout the central belt places from
10 to 70 per cent. of the crop living that
might, under favorable conditions, make
a harvest, while the general average is
not over half crop. Every day the
drouth continues cuts into the percent
ages above outlined. The oldest mem
bers in the tobacco trade say they have
seen nothing like the present season
since 1874 and the crop that year was a
failu 9. Tobacco planted a month ago
and gell rooted is holding up under the
pare ing weather and if rains should
come this week some surprises may yet
be locked for. The general impression
is that at best ''B" crop is about all
that can be hoped for.
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A local dealer writing his New York
connection, places another estimate upon
the situation as follows:
Of the plants set and living there
is probably not more than 10 per cent
that has any start and looking at all we'll.
It is only the fields and portions of fields
that were set about three weeks ago,
PIOFIOUS W CLO AOG WGdbuCI, SluCc GI1dC
time about 80 per cent. has been set and
fally one-half is burned out by the hot
sun and drying winds, and about 25 per
cent. has not been set at all.
The farmers all agree that never, since
tobacco has been grown in this state, has
there been such poor showing for a
crop. The % per cent. yet to be set out,
if at all, cannot amount to much of any
thing, and the fields which have been set
and are half killed out and the other
half barely living. cannot amount to
much, for if they reset as late as this, it
will mean green stuff, mixed all through
the earlier set plants, and if they leave
it without resetting, the tobacco will be
so thin on the ground it will be all
whipped to pieces by the wind and will
amount to nothing, and besides this, we
will have to have radical change in the
weather before any setting or resetting
can be done and make the plants live
So each day makes it more certain that
we will not have ovec half crop grown
in this state this year, and very poor
prospect for that half, amounting to not
much, excepting few of the earliest set
fields.
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At Hatfield we called on B. M. War
ner, who has "a acres of Connecticut
Havana and who has three-quarters of
an acre under cheesecloth, all the same
variety. That under the tent was set
one day before the other portion, all on
the same excellent land. That under the
tent is more than double the size of that
four feet outside the tent. Inside the
tent we measured few plants that were
% inches high, and it would probably
average Is inches high, every leaf as per-
feet and sound as it possibly could be, if
we except an occasional leaf hit by the
hoe Or cultivator. There will not be
green worm or a grasshopper bite on the
whole plot. There is about from six to
ten degrees of heat; the tent is so warm
and has so much humidity in the air
that the work is more easily done before
s o'clock a. m. Mr.. Warner has guar
anty of so cents pound for that grown
under the cloth. The tent is nine feet
high. We saw field of 60 acres owned
by three men. AS we rode by it we saw
no division stones. This was all nearly
ready to spindle. 1t was a splendid
sight. Owned by Mr.. Warner, A. Ell.
Graves and Ihaddeus Graves nearly all
of it. There are two or three others who
have smaller pieces under tents.-Cor.
n. E. Homestead.
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Special tax liability for any year is
computed on the aggregate sales of the
previous special tax year, ending June
80, no matter whether the business of
the year in question will be greater or
less than that of the previous year.
Hence if a manufacturer sold between
$4,000 and 100000 pounds during the
year ending June 80, 1901, he will be re-
quired to pay S12 special tax this year,
though he may expect to sell less than
$4,000 pounds this year.
$1,000 To Buffalo and Return $13 90