The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-01
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Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK. SKETCHES.

time. Two weeks of almost continuous
rainy weather has proven trying condi
tions to the early set fields. The ground
had become so thoroughly water soaked
that the plants have not only failed to
develop the usual size of leaf, but on
lands not we'll drained there has been
tendency to shoot up to an early bud
with too few leaves to the stalk. These
circumstances all conspire to give the
early set fields growth below expecta-
tions. The absence of sunshine has pre-
vented the development after topping
and it is quite possible the washing out
the tobacco will be noticeable in the
cured leaf Had the rainy season con-
tinued much longer rotting in the fields
would have occurred, and rust had be-
gun, also, to show on low grounds. The
amount of rain fall has been without
precedent at this season of the year.
Fortunately, however, only a portion of
the crop has been under the ban OF the
elements up to date. With the advent
Of warm weather and sunshine the bal
ance of the crop has yet a chance to
reach it's usual perfection, especially
Jhat which has yet to be topped. The
outlook at present is that the later set
fields have show of producing the bet
ter tobacco. The harvest will commence
in limited way the ccnaing week.
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At the warehouse Of the Pioneer Leaf
Tobacco Co. at Germantown, Ohio, gov
ernment experts have been experiment.
ing in the fermentation of tobacco in
bulk. Mr.. Endress furnished twenty
cases. OF 1901 ZimE1er Spanish for this
purpose. The tobacco was dipped in
water and stood eon head in troughs to
allow the water TO drain off, after which
it was laid for twenty- four hours in cases
to draw, and then bulked on low plat
form 6xi2 feet, ITO height of about six
feets After being allowed to stand for
seven Gays the temperature reached llA
degrees 4. The tobacco was them shaken
up we'll and rebulked, and after a sec
ond pcocessiGT~ shaking up and Tebulking
was gone through, it was packed in cases.
The bulk was down thirty two days, and
was then tMoronghly fermemted, every
leaf being asniform in color, aMd all heads
as we'll swsated as tips of leaves. The
tobacco men who watched the expert
uaent pronounce this the best way to
handle Ohio tobacco. Mr.. E0dress Us so
Weea pleased with the process that he is
now putting his entire holding, about
1000 cases, through fermentation i'm bulk.
He says that the expense of handling lit
in this wagis no more, and that the bulk
generates sufficient heat im tine -stammer
to enable him to dispense with aEtifcial
heat whiSh' in previous years he had Ito
use aal sammer in the smGsting process.
Eu company with DIR. Freer1 of 'the
State Agricultural College, @. u. Nc
Ness, of the Agricultural Department at
Washington, and half dozen other gen
| tlenaen, g Lancaster, Pa, correspondent
made a trap to the State tobacco expert
menG station in the vicinity of Marietta.
He had tseen there three weeks sago.
Since that time an almost magical
change has been brought about. The
plants, which were at that tlmae foot
were fifteen inches high are NOW six and
eight feet high, reaching almost to the
canvas roof. Seven rows of the earliest
planted have been topped at the height
of about seven feet. There has been ex-
have had saothing to do but grow. Ow-
the tent, THAT which was planted oneand
two weeks after the first planting has
caught up aad it is hard to tell the diff
ference between them. The tempera-
.ture on the anside has been 105; yes
:serday was a,eool day, 70 on the outside
iand 80 inside. On the outside, tobacco
of the same saind and planted on the
same day is ossy from fifteen to twenty
inches high. Nhere have been no tobac-
co worms to fesht nor any other insect
pests, save few lingering grasshoppers,
which brood OF active chicks are after
continually. The tobacco is all Sunaa-
-tra save one row.; this is Vuelta Abalo;
1T is:S feet high, while 18 rows on the
outside are only foot high. The to
bacco has been cultivated five times,
and now men are keeping the soil stirred
with hoes. Mr.. MeNess came here from
View England especially to show the per-
son In charge when and where to top. |
He reports the condition of the plant |
equal to that standing IN the Connect
cut Valley to-day. AG the present mo-
ment all the conditions are very promis-
ing, and / cannot but believe we shall |
make a good showing at the seasons |
close.
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In reply to che inquiry of a firm of /
commission merchants, who sell tobacco |
on commission for farmers, as their |
agents, as to whether they were regarded |
as leaf dealers, and as such required to
pay special tax, the Commissioner has
ruled that every person is regarded as
dealer in leaf tobacco whose business it
is, for himself or on commission, to sell,
or offer for sale, or consign for sale on
commission, leaf tobacco, and will be re-
quired on the 1st day of July of each
year, or on commencing business, to reg
lister with the collector of the district, on
Form 277, his name or style, place of
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