The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-07-16
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uniformly dull and improbable as dur
ing the past year. While there has
been marked decline in the produc-
ton of manufactured goods, the falling
off in the sale of cured leaf has far ex-
ceeded expectations or the needs even
of the manufacturer, plainly indicating
that they have been living off of sur
plus stocks or buying only in small lots
/ as their necessities require, until do
mestic stocks of both manufacturers
and jobbers have become depleted far
beyond the usual trade limits. 1t is
believed that such conditions in the leaf
trade cannot long continue especially
if the tobacco business should COM
mence to pick up some of its lost pres
tige. The early fall months, after the
tariff agitation has been settled, is set
as the date by the eastern markets as
turn in the tide towards more salts
factory basis. The 1908 crop will then
be ready to show and old leaf of all
years, it is hoped, will be needed in
larger quantities than for some time
past. By that time it is confidently
expected manufacturers will be willing
to lay in stocks for future needs and
the cloud that has hung over the lea
trade for SO long time will commence
to lift.
There are good many thousand cases
of old tobaccos held by growers and
packers IN this state that ought to be
sold before the new crop now standing
in the fields is ready for market. The
Reporter is willing to use its good Of
fees through publicity towards moving
it. We will open want column where
either the grower, packer or manu-
facturer may advertise what they have
to sell or may want to buy, free of
charge Announcements to be made
something after this style:
PURCHAsER WANTED FOR p CASE
crop sound 1907 grades. Address D. 16.
this office.
ANY PART OF a PACKING OF 1906 WILL
"A be sold at attractive figures. Address B.
IS, this office.
U7ANTED TO BUY Low GRADES OF
w any year. Highest market price paid
Address @. II, this office.
MAMIE ACTURER WANTS sSMALL1 LOT
IN1 OF Choice 1905 tobacco Address e. Is,
this office, stating price
The only condition attached to this
arrange ment is that If through the me-
dunn of these free announcements a
sale is directly or indirectly effected,
the usual brokerage fee shall be paid
this office. 1t will cost you nothing to
give this scheme for promoting busi-
ness trial. Send in your announce
ments and start things rolling.
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The Department Of Agriculture has
issued it first report on the 1909 crop of
tobacco. The Department states that
the acreage of tobacco on July 1st of
| this year was ], ,108, 1886 acres, or 232, 911
acres, or 26.6 per cent more than last
year. This is certainly a fine increase.
The condition of the crop is better this
wear than last year. The Department
saws it's condition on July 1st last had a
| figure of 1913 per cent, as COM
pared with 86.6 per cent on July /,
1908. 1t is also better than the 1907
crop, when on July 1st it's figure was
81.3 per cent. The ten year average
on July 1st of the crop is stated to be
85.7 per cent.
| In the face of a rather late spring,
| the cigar leaf crop of 1909, speaking
broadly, promises we'll Unreasonable
spring weather multiplied the annoy
ances in connection with care of seeC
lbeds. In some sections worms anC
black root rot made shortage of plants.
That there was such pronounced scar
| city as to reduce acreage materially is
unlikely. Some report that plants hac
!! to be purchased at some distance from
the farms and plantations, but suffic-
| lent number were obtainable for plant
ing the acreage which has been pre-.
pared for them. Following the com
| pletion of transplanting, the weather
was generally favorable. Reports are
| quite unanimous that the young plants
j are looking fine aside from the diff
| fculty experienced in getting the plants
to grow" said ] Ohm B. Stewart, u. S.
tobacco expert at Tariffville, 'and Sc.
/ cufing normal stand in the field it the
growing conditions are favorable, there
| IS no reason why the Connecticut valley
growers should not produce banner
crop of wrapper tobacco this season
While the transplanting has been from
ten days to two weeks late, it has not
been behind the season and aside from
a very small portion of the crop which
was set early, the stand is unusually
uniform
Pennsylvania conducts its own ex-
periments in tobacco. the federal gov.
ernment having no representative II
that field. In cooperation with the
i Lancaster county tobacco growers as
sociation, the state college experiment
station is conducting number of ex-
lperiments with the view of improving
the quality of Pennsylvania tobacco
An effort is also being made to increase
the Weld to the acre. No effort is be-
ing made to introduce new varieties
What we aim to do now is to improve
the varieties now grown and for which
there is local demand. The methoC
to be followed is that of careful seee
lselection. Bags will be put over the
tops of plants which are good types tt