Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25


sociates to Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture upon the
practicability of raising high grade
Cuban leaf tobacco in east Texas.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Shelter an
nounced that he had resigned his post.
ton with the government to become
tobacco planter, so much impressed
had he become with the possibilities
of raising the Cuban leaf in thed
vicinity of Nacogdoches since his ADJ
vent here a year and a half ago. The1
tests made by Mr.. Shelter, and hi
partial reports thereon, interested the
Southern Pacific railroad on the line
of which the tobacco lands lie, and
that company at once began hes-v
campaign of advertising to attract
settlers into the new found tobacco
country, with the result that thou
sands of inquiries have come here ar
to the railroad from all parts of the
United States, and even as far away
as south Africa, Australia, and
Europe.
port to the government, and in dis
cussing the matter today made several
important statements which have a
direct bearing upon the nature of this
report. Said Mr.. Shelter:
FEB. 1. 1902, myself and assistants
were sent to Texas by the bureau OF
soils of the United States Department.
of agriculture to demonstrate if there
could be high grade of cigar filler
tobacco grown on Texas Soils There
had been a good deal of tobacco
grown in the western and some in the
southwestern part of the state from
all kinds of seed and all kinds of land
After careful examination of these
crops and of the soil upon which they
were grown, I concluded that Cuban
seed seemed most desirable, and that
one must use a heavier and more uni
/ form soil than had been used before
Sept. 1, 1902, l made partial re.
port to the department of agriculture,
and sumbitted samples of tobacco,
which were of such merit chat / was
sent to Cuba to study soil and
climatic conditions and secure pure
/ seed for future experiments. / SEM
samples of Cuban soil to Washington
for analysis and comparison with
samples from Texas. Samples of
Cuban tobacco were also secured fof
comparison with the Texas leaf.
After making my report on this
/ trip was instructed to make my head
quarters at Nacogdoches, Tex, where
had found considerable soil similar
to the Cuban. Arrangements were
made for thorough experiments on
these soils in Nacogdoches, Angelina,
and Tyler counties. Arrangements
were also made to do some coopera-
tive work in Liberty, Montgomery,
and other counties of East Texas, and
in Lavaca, De Witt, \ Victoria, and
other counties of southwest Texas.
These experiments have demon.
strated that there are three sections
of the state man can grow cigar to-
bacco of commercial value but each
being of a. different type.
"The red or chocolate belt~Mill pro-
duce, in my opinion, the highest grade
of Cuban filler that cam be grown III
the United States, and will equal the
average Cuban filler imported to this
country. By using cheesecloth shade
one can grow as fine wrapper as is
now being grown in Cuba under shade,
having the same grain, appearance,
and aroma.
The sandy loan will also produce
grade of filler tobacco equal to any
now grown in the United States, and
wrappers could be successfully grown
under shade
"The gray, sandy loan is more
adapted to the culture of Sumatra
wrapper while there could be grown a
Cuban leaf that would make a fairly
good filled.
1.-THE climatic conditions found in
this part of the state are favorable to
the growth of the weed. These soils
lie in a radius of so to $50 miles Of
the gulf, and, being on the first
elevated or rolling lands, get the
benefit of the gulf clouds, fogs, AMI
dews. The rainfall is evenly. dis
tributeG through the year, so that Z
irrigation is not necessary.
las this experiment has GemosI
strated what kind of soil will produ
these high grades of tobacco, it
now up TO the people to have the
soil examined and classified. Whe;
you find the same soil in the sd,
climate it is not necessary for
government to experiment
further.
The government is
menter, but not deveI
rests with the peoplel
1t may be some til
tary Wilson makes
ment of the repor
partment of AZ
Shelter. and
statement froQ
mer specials
matter is q
utmost impq
embodies