Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-02-26
TOBACCO BUYING is PROGRESSING.
Warehouses Will Open Next Week for
Seasons Operations.

Tobacco buying is going merrily on.
While the prices are painfully low as
compared with those of las. year, vet
the buyers report that they find many
growers anxious to trade. The pre-
vailing prices are fixed to such ar ex-
tent that it may be said that z cents is
about the average offer. The CENSOR
has not heard of sale in this vicinity
higher than cents. A number of to-
bacco buyers was added to the force of
riders throughout the rural districts,
but representatives of sone firms were
doing nothing more than sizing up the
conditions.
1t is good news to Viroqua people to
know that the warehouses of nj. III.
Bekkedal, and Eckhardt & Hazen and
Pretzfad 4 Co., are to open up Mon
day for asserting. They will, no doubt
be successful in securing their old and
faithful help again this year.
C. w. Fowell delivered the first crop
of tobacco this season at o. A. Kalve-
stran's warehouse. Mr.. Kalvestran in
forms us that he viii begin asserting
for farmers soon.
TOBACCO MATTERS ELSEWHERE
Edgerton Reporter: Buying of the
1907 crop can now be safely said to be
well under way. Riding is being free
ly done in all sections and the aggregate
sales will foot up good many hundred
acres for the week. Buyers say grow
ers quite readily accept the going fig
ures and trading is rather an easy prop
osition when crops are found that meet
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well established that general move
ment seems likely. The highest price
announced so far as we have learned in
this section is 8 a. cents. A large per
cent of sales are at a. 2. Deliveries
are now being made of recent purchases
sufficient to keep the warehouse already
opened in operation. Handling will be-
come more general soon now as the
buying proceeds.
Madison journal: Tobacco buyers
have begun to travel about among the
farmers purchasing few crops, There
is no very active work and all the men
are Just looking over croys with view
to future purchase. Good tobacco is
being sold for 10 cents a pound, said
one Of the buyers. MANY farmers
seem glad to get this. Only in a few
cases have found crops worth more
/ than this. This seems to be about the
average price. The crop will not be
bought up very fast, owing to the mon
ey stringency, which makes it impossi-
BILE to invest much money until last
years crop has been marketed.
Coon Valley News: Theodore Paul
son, buyer for NJ. H. Bekkedal, is in
this neighborhood and has contracted
for several crops of tobacco. He states
that the highest price to be paid this
year will not exceed 8 cent?. Also
gives the report that the tobacco ware
house here will open in ten days or so.
! Soldiers Grove Scout: The tobacco
situation is taking on brighter aspect
and the indications are that the crop il
on the move. Several buyers have beer
here and a number of crops have beer
bought and will be delivered next week
The Bekkedal firm have been the prin,
cipal buyers, having secured seyeraI
crops near Yankeetown. Elmer Peter.
son, who is doing the buying for Bek-
kedal, has been here all this week anc
Mr.. Bekkedal was also here severa
days. The prevailing price seems to be
from to cents.