The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Farmers More and More Using
1t i'm Business.
a NEW STOCKHOLDERS STORE
The Madison Project-Jesse Stones
Kind Heart-Enormous Cam
ming Preparations.


haps nowhere more So The farmers
lead the way, but others are following.
For instance. the farmers of Black
Creek. near Appleton, have formed Il
cooperative association of about 100
members who agreed to plant over 400
acres of cabbage, onions, potatoes and
| squash The stock is sold on profit
sharing basis, this detail being en-
| trusted to Mr.. Louis of a fruit and
| produce concern Of Appleton. A SIM
| liar association was also formed at
| Shiocton, which MI. Louis also man
ages. With these two large producing
areas at his command, it is believed
| he will be in touch with the largest
buyers OF the country. Similar asso-
cations have been in existence for
years in other fruit and vegetable dis
tricts and have proven very success
full.
We have in Dane county a number
of cooperative stores, which seem to
be successful. The one at Black Earth
has revolutiOniZed the trade of that
village and it does an enormous bust
ness. The strong point in favor of
such concern is that it's patronage is
already built up-the one or two hum
dred stockholders are all eager to buy
at the store. for there they get dis
count ON all purchases and the more
profit the store makes the better the
dividend. Of course, the question is
always whether the prices at the coop
erative store are ''right''-it is no adj
vantage to purchaser to get per
cent. eff if he pays 81 for a 95-cent ar
ticle.
Madison is about to initiate a bust
ness of this sort The Colonial COM
pany purposes to handle produce, max
ing a speciality of fine butter, eggs,
ETC., and also carrying groceries, The
capital stock is 1000 shares at $40 a
share, total $4,000. Many families,
members of lodges, farmers and others,
are taking one OF two or five shares,
and will give considerable Of their
trade to the store. The plan proposes
per cent. off of accounts Of share
holders; the stock dividend to be linn
tied to 10 per cent. Mr.. Greatly, q
graduate of the university agriculture
al school, who is an expert on dairy
products, is the active spirit He has
nd OK NSN1.in nd Sc,
manager. Such a concern will bring
a new line Of farmers to Madison to
trade, which will be benefit to all,
and it may do some manufacturing of
food products later.
Big New Thing for Wisconsin.
The canning industry has reached
the proportions where it has an ''or-
gan''-a neat monthly publication
1.-The Cannery Producer" printed at
Waterloo by Mr.. ?. H. Bolger of the
Waterloo Democrat, and C. F. Roessler
of the Jefferson Banner-the long time
genial secretary of the Press associa-
ton.
The growth of the canning industry
in Wisconsin is frequently remarked.
The Lawson cannery at Green Bay
will this year handle the crop from f.
QUO acres Of peas and with an ordinary
crop this will produce $4,000 cases.
The Manitowoc Canning company is
even larger packer and it is estimated
that between $4,000 and 10000 acres
OF peas are annually harvested in the
vicinity of Manitowoc and Sheboygan.
About Barron 800 acres go into peas.
An Appleton packing company has or
dered 100000 tin cans
The promise that II beet sugar plants
will be put up this fall in Wisconsin,
to cost $4,000 OO-the locations are
even listed-should, of course, be taken
with caution.
What Lumbermen Are Doing.
The buying of timber lands outside
the state goes on. Wisconsin lumber
men know what they are about, and
these repeated investments by the most
successful of our timber magnates are
suggestive. Not long ago a new COM
pany was formed by some of the
Stouts and Wilson of Menomonie,
Messrs. Biglow and Camp of Milwau-
kee, Eau Claire men and others to
buy 1900 acres of the finest redwood
in California. In addition to more
than 2,0000O0,OOO feet of redwood, it
contains much hemlock and other val
liable woods. The redwood is of the
finest quality, and is located from
within four to ten miles of the ocean.
Some trees yield more than 10000 feet
of lumber each, and some acres more
than 100000 feet Some of the trees
are from six to sixteen feet in dame
ter
Another purchase by Milwaukee men
is 200,00O,000 of fir in the vicinity OF
Portland, Ore, and the purchasers