The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-24
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The June Crop Reporter, published by
the Agricultural Department, gives the
following preliminary statement con-
corning the acreage of cigar leaf tobac
COS:
New England.-The season is at least
two weeks late, and in some sections
plants are reported very backward and
scarce, and cut worms troublesome. In
New Hampshire and Vermont the reduc-
ton from last years acreage will be
slight. In Franklin and Hampden coun-
ties, Massachusetts,, the acreage will be
about the same as last year, while in
Hampshire county it will be somewhat
less, More Connecticut broad leaf" is
being planted than for several years, and
in Hampshire county alone the increase
in the area devoted to this type is esti-
mated at 1000 acres more than was
planted last year. From Connecticut
reports indicate that the acreage will be
reduced 10 per cent or more. The acre
age in shade-grown tobacco is notably
smaller, the decrease in many cases be-
ing stated at so per cent or more. There
will be more broad leaf planted than for
several years past. Plants are back
ward, the beds having been destroyed
by late frost, and very little transplant
ing has been done. There is no scarcity
of labor in this section.
New York.-Reports indicate that the
acreage will not exceed three-fourths of
that planted last year. The season is
very wet and backward. Transplanting
will begin about June Is. The decrease,
said to be due to the low prices of re-
cent crops, is most marked in Wayne,
Steuben, Cayuga and Onondaga coun-
ties.
Pennsylvania. = Reports indicate a
slight decrease in acreage for the follow
ing reasons: The season is three weeks
late, and hence plants are backward and
scarce; prices for previous crops have
been low; farmers lack the required
help and larger acreage will be plant
ed in potatoes; the development of the
Gaming industry is said to have created
a demand at paying prices for large
other vegetables. Very little transplant
| forced plants. The main planting will
be done with the planter. In Lancaster
county, which produces more than half
age will be about 10 per cent less than
that of last year, owing to scarcity of
labor. Plants in beds are doing well,
| but have not been transplanted. The
season is at least two weeks late.
Ohio Miami Valley District. = The
acreage will not vary greatly from that
planted last year. In Montgomery and
Darke counties, which together produce
more than half the cigar tobacco grown
| in the state, the acreage is estimated at
| 100 POI cent of that planted last year,
| e1Sbois2h the season is two or three
weeks late Transplanting has not yet
| begun Miami and Mercer counties re-
port slight increase, while decrease
varying from 5 to 20 per cent is reported
| for Preble, Shelby, Warren and other
! less important counties The causes as
signed for the decreases reported are low
| prices, unfavorable season, and the large
| proportion of the 1908 crop which re-
| mains unsold. Owing to the late season
plants are small and in some localities
are said to be infested with f1eas and not
doing we'll.
Wisconsin.-Th bulk OF the tobacco
crop in Wisconsin, like that of Pennsyl-
| vania, is produced on very limited area
only six counties in the state reporting
| more than 500 acres each. Reports from
these counties indicate marked reduc-
tion in acreage In Dane county this
| decrease is estimated at from 25 to 30
per cent; in Crawford county, about 30
| per cent; in Columbia county, about 20
| per cent: in Rock county, about % per
cent; in Vernon county, 50 per cent, and
| in Jefferson county, about 10 per cent.
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state shows l)robabl decrease OF % to
80 per cent. The season was late and
cold, plants small and backward, and
transplanting not yet begun. The causes
assigned for the decrease in acreage are
low prices for previous crop, scarcity of
Ia Dor, and the unfavorable season.
Georgia and Florida. Decatur county,
Ga, and Gadsden county, Fla, consti-
tute an important cigar tobacco district,
q large proportion Of the crop being
shade-groWn Sumatra, producing excel
lent wrappers. Reports from these coun-
ties indicate an acreage in shade-groWn
tobacco practically the same as that
planted last year, while the sun-grown
tobacco will be reduced. The decrease
is somewhat greater in Decatur county,
Ga, than in Gadsden county, Fla, and is
estimated at from 40 to so per cent, as
compared with acreage planted last year.
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4 farmer advises the Commissioner
that he has crop aggregating about
ten thousand pounds of tobacco raised
by himself aud his tenants, and he asks
whether he has the right to pack this
tobacco loose in boxes or hogsheads IL
the natural leaf without prizing it, and
| carry the same to q neighboring state or
some other state and sell it IN hundred
pound lots Or less at retail to consumers.
| He was Informed that il the tobacco re-
| ferred to was Of his own growth and
| raising, or if he owned the land on which
| it was raised, or came into ownership of
| It in payment Of rent from his tenants,
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