The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-11

The following observations OF the Sun
Prairie Sun put this question pretty
plainly before our readers:
The great trouble all through the
state this year is found in the unreason-
able demands made by the farmer on de-
liveg'ing his crop. He knows, as does the
buyer, that for many years Wisconsin
has had no crop which required the pre-
caution this one has. Where the tobac-
80 oo'escaped the storms damage has come
i'm by way of pole rot, shed burn and
rust. There is no way to find this loss,
Justly, save through the asserting table.
saearowers cannot keep it out when strip
lping and they know it, yet they make
contracted for the crop, he must take it.
|sall damaged included, at the contract
|. price. Right is right for all, and why
this unjust claim? At Edgeton and
other packing points, farmers realizing
the fact that their crop is not in the
merchantable condition, called for in
their contract, are signing other CON
| tracts, authorizing the firm they sold to,
| to assert their CROP paying per pound
for the labor of handling all damaged to-
| bacco taken out i'm such asserting. The
damaged being returned to the grower.
The seller accepts part of the agreed
purchase price at tine the time 'of deliv-
cry and the balance to be paid after the
crop has been assorted. The farmer
having the privilege of being atthe ware
house while his crop is going ever the
tables, that he may see what lis thrown
out All fair minded men must see the
impossibiaity of delivering otherwise,
where the damage is 80 extensive. This
is not one-sided affair, sDut equal alike
to buyer and SELLER.
Tobacco growers are mot likely to lose
their heads over the results of one sea
sons trial in raising pure Sumatra seed
tobacco under cover. While the expert
ment conducted last summer by trained
experts and specialists on one third of an
acre has resulted ia cropso fine that an
enormous profit was made on it, yet
growers will go slow before 5umping into
the new method too hastily. In fact,
New England Homestead has so far
heard of but very few growers who will
erect covering and raise pure Sumatra
seed next summer. There is no doubt,
however, but those tobacco growers who
have the capital and the night kind of
soil, can make good thing with a linn
tied area of Sumatra tobacco under
cover. Buyers of the Poquenock lot are
reported to have said they would will
ingly pay ST. per Id. for ali they could
sget of as good quality as that secured
last month. Only limited area can be
cared for by one man, under cover, and
the cost is heavy. 1t is a fine instance
of intensified farming. A comparatively
small acreage under cover will probably
net more profit than several acres in the
open field.-N. E. Homestead
*x*
At the recent annual meeting of the
Te1as tobacco growers the following reso-
lltiom was adopted:
Resoled. by the Texas Tobacco Grow
ers' Association, that each congressman |
from THIS state use his best efforts to in
huenee congress to make a liberal appro- |
priatiOn for the tobacco experimental |
station in this state; and be it further
Resolved, That they use their influence /
in behalf of bill that will be presented |
to the present congress changing the /
salaries of tobacco experts employed by
the government from statutory to dis
cretionary power by the honorable Sec
retary of Agriculture.