Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-22
rosAcco SECTIONS or BADGER STATE.
Wall Map Just Issued by c, Nj & st Paul Railway
Some Practical Information A Round
OfLoeal Houses

A new wall map showing thu princi-
pal tobacco growing sections of Wiscon-
sin has just been published by the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Co. 1t shows the counties growing to-
bacco in color from Rock county on the
south to Dunn county in the north An
explanatory paragraph at the side of the
map says, among other items of infor-
nation: Wisconsin is known to the to-
hacco world as the binder state. "a
cigar is composed Of 'fller, the inside
f'frg: hinder which goes round the
filler and binds ii; wrapper, or out
side covering) Few high grade do
ain binder The superior quality of
this tobacco has achieved for it ma
tional prominence and it is shipped all
over the United States In 1901 about
33. 900 acres of tobacco were raised in
Wisconsin The tobacco runs from
1000 to 1900 pounds per acre-average
|, 300 pou1dsand makes yield tD the
farmer of from s75 to rs high as $ls5
per acre
The map is intended 20 still further
promote the tobacco growing Interests
of Wisconsin and is being circulated SO
that it will be seen wherever farmers
congregate. 1t will also be largely cir
culated in the eastern states to still
further proclaim the merits of Wiscon-
sin tobacco
While in this city, last Friday, the
editor of the CFHSoR made the rounds
of the tobacco wa. ahouaes with Mr.. +.
W. Coon, editor of the Wisconsin Tobac-
co Reporter AT the four houses now
in operation full crews are working at
sorting and casing, and it is novelty
to watch the nimble fingered young peo-
pie as they almost like a slight of.hand
operator, quickly separate the different
grades. At each warehouse there was
general expression of approval of the
fine shape in which the bundle goods
is presented to the buyers,
AT O H. Helgeson's warehouse the
new Dahl patent sizing machine is in
operation. Mr.. Dahl has materially
simplified the machine as compared
with the first ones constructed two years
ago. In its yet somewhat crude shape,
three operators can size and tie one
thousand pounds of tobacco. This is
average work for four to five hand sort
ers. 1t is believed speed will be at
tained of 800 to z, 600 when fully per-
fected. With this accomplished the
implement would recommend itself to
all packers
Mr.. Coon told the CENSOR that OF the
dozens of large and magnificent ware
houses in his home town of Edgerton,
not sorting crew is employed, Very
little of last years crop has been con-
tracted for by buyers, and farmers are
handling their own goods Dealers are
not willing to pay prices demanded by
growers Vernon county farmers have
received on an average 20 per cent more
for their crops than Rock and Dane
county people are able to secure Drouth
reduced thsir quantity to a half crop,
and that of medium quality.
Each day our streets are crowde3 with
teams delivering tobacco to local ware
houses and loading upon cars to be ship
ppd TO Sparta and other packing points.
The largest crop 20 be yet delivered was
from the farm Of Mrs II. N Preus II
was ten acres, 14,S79 pounds and the
contract price was straight i3 cents,
bringing in clean cash $l,03427 Mel.
vim Kingslin marketed three acres 5,335
pounds, at IL cents, netting 1886 So.
| He said he had at least 200 pounds 2.
home still on the poles from the three
acres These ARE two crop figures that
will be hard t0 match They were de-
| livered at the Eckhardt warehouse.