The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-20

There was slight improvement 1T the New York domestic leaf market last
 week, which encourages dealers in the belief that a season of active trading is
 is much sought for and moves off rap idly as soon as it is ready for market
 Manufacturers of stogies are buying Niberally of dark Connecticut wrappers of which there is not an abundant SUD- ply. The demand for samples of Su- matra continues good. but no sales of
 any account were reported. As soon as
 the purchases at the recent inscription
 are ready for examination it is expected i that important sales will follow. The
 market for Cuban tobacco was quiet, except for wrappers, which are in good 1 demand With light offerings, According
 to correspondent or the Tobacco Leaf
 exceptionally dry weather continues to
 prevail throughout the entire tobacco
 growing section of Cuba. The packing and selecting of the new crop is delayed
 on this account, causing general stag nation of business in the fields. The few small lots of the new crop deliv-
 cred have been found to be ip unsatis- factory shape, owing to the weather conditions
 IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY.
 "Rusticus' writes to the Tobacco
 Leaf, under date of May G. that the wet
 and cold weather of the month just past has been rough on the tender little to 1,an ,A1, IT. III
 posted men that the crop will be from
 eight to ten days late in the transplant
 ing, but that depends much upon the
 weather from this time on. If it is warm and growing time for the next twenty-four days in May, a rapid growth will be had, as the cold weather induces a rather abnormal growth of the roots and the plants grow very rap- idly when a warm spell follows.
 Forty years ago we used to be satis- fled if the plants were set in the field as soon as the 10th or the 18th of June, and then many would not finish this work until the 2Oth And when the cut worms were really troublesome we have set an acre the 4th of July, sitting on each plant paris green, mingled with nine or ten parts of plaster of paris. This application saved every plant. Applying the paris green at that stage of growth does not harm, as the first shower washes it all off. Even though it did not, the bottom leaves usually die off as the plants ripen. But poison should never be used later than the time mentioned above.
 The advantage of setting early, among other things, is that the crop ripening early when the weather is warm is almost always thinner and lighter colored, and is ready to be taken down earlier and stripped ready to force-sweat Moreover, early crops are ready for sale while late tobacco is still on the poles
 The new plan of growing tobacco un- der shade will have many followers, so that we shall have that plan well test ed in both Connecticut and Massachu- setts this year Some excellent grow CTS have this matter in charge. and new sheds arranged for curing the leaf are being erected
 The great number of new curing barns is an indication of the extent of increase in the planting this seaon. Many old tracts of land that have for merly been sown with rye, and contin- ued as long as it would pay, are being These lands are sandy and just right for the production of fine wrappers. In Massachusetts there are hundreds of acres of such lands that could be used That is also true of | Connecticut,
 
 Correspondents of the New England i report as follows:
 Somers-Charles Converse sold at five | rents through. and r. Fields & Sons re- used the terms offered by Huntington . E Sons of Hartford. This firm has been several lots in town, but of ers are low.
 Elllngton-Milo Hamilton has sold his ast years, crop to MT, Sloane of Broad Brook Growers have been delivering tobacco of late. Buyers lave secured several lots of late.
 lastonbury-Recent sales include: )his House, D. H. Carrier, Charles Sell, L. P. Davis, W. L. Hale, Ransom Frederick Hut, John Bran lon, B. F. Turner, H. A. Potter, Hub ,ard Waldo and Joseph Bantle. Mi hael Liebler refused seventeen cents or his crop of broad leaf last week. and x-Deputy Sheriff Griswold has refused ,uyers the privilege of overhauling his TOD unless they were willing to consid- r at least twenty cent figure. Many f the crops in town are among the best yer raised, and those growers who can ford to hold it do not intend to give it way. While many growers had their eed beds sown in middle April, the ontinued wet, cold weather was not avorable for gernination of plants. A eW days of warm sunshine has worked Ionders in tobacco beds.
 Enfield-Quite a number of tobacco eds were resown last week, as the aims and continued cloudy weather otted the sprouted seed. and but few lants made healthy growth. Tn the Weymouth district Frank Simons and rank Pease are building new sheds; eth Phelps has closed his warehouse jr the season. w. H. Martin, of Sciti }, has bought the Oliver Rose farm in Vest Suffield and has moved there, lanting eight acres in tobacco on his ew farm and fifteen on his old home ,rm. About one-fourth acre Connecti Ut Havana seed will be raised under 4 leesecloth. The Rose farm has al reat reputation for it's tobacco, L. s. rant having paid thrty-five cents per ound for two of it's crops.
 East Hartford-Nearly all of last ears crop raised at Hillstown has been