The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
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seasons tobacco crop ought to teach
the growers to use greater care in the
character of the seed used hereafter.
For some years past growers have been
getting farther and farther away from
the genuine Spanish type of leaf and
into a larger and coarser style of to-
bacco because the demand for large
machine binder made a sale of this
class of tobacco we'll up towards the
price of the smaller varieties. Buyers,
however, have become more discrim-
mating of late in making their selec-
tions and the reasons therefor will be-
come at once apparent when they are
known. First, the large leaf varieties
require longer season to grow and
mature and when frosts come at as
early date as last season it was found
that while most the Spanish varieties
were secured and out of the way of the
freeze, it was che late coarse stuff that
remained IN the fields to suffer. Then
again, when it came to the cure, the
genuine Spanish leaf being we'll ripen-
ed cured out quickly and contained very
little or no fat stems which have been
found to be so abundant in the later
harvested crops. Being naturally a
smaller leaf there was less danger of
overcrowding the sheds so liability for
shed burn, pole rot and other damage
was greatly lessened. These in brief
are the reasons why buyers are all the
time hunting for the crop grown from
Spanish seed. Experience has proven
to them that it is not only more de-
sirable purchase, but the trade demands
a smaller and finer quality of leaf which
is by all odds the safest type of tobac-
co to deal in. This is just the time of
year when the farmers should take note
of these things when discussing the
seed question for another crop. The
opinion seems to be pretty well formed
that the nearer Wisconsin growers
stick to the original Spanish varieties
of tobacco the better reputation the
state will secure in the markets of the
cousery.
! Certain Connecticut corporations have
been throwing their neighbors in the
shade, so to speak, by raising shade
grown tobacco themselves. The. Con-
necticut Tobacco Corporation, for in
stance, will add Az acres to it's present
acreage, making over $50 acres under
cloth. The company is also erecting
five new curing sheds and houses Tor
employees The Krohn Tobacco COM
pany will have 35 acres under cloth this
coming season. Olds & Whipple of
Hartford have placed j. B. Stewart in
charge of the Upson place where they
will have SO acres of tobacco under
cloth this year. Mr.. Stewart is gov
ernment expert.
During the past few months about a
hundred families from the Night Rider
districts of Kentucky have moved to
northern Missouri to take up the cultl-
walton of tobacco About two years
ago extensive experiments proved that
this section is adapted to tobacco cul-
ture. Last year 1000, 900 pounds Of to-
bacco was raised in Platte county and
about 10000 in Clay county. During
the present year thousands of acres OF
tobacco will be cultivated and Ken
lucky families are moving there to
teach the native farmers the best
methods of culture.
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The following information concern
ing the cultivation and production Of
tobacco in Germany is furnished by
Consul General Richard Guenther of
Frankfort: Official statistics show that
in the year ended June 80, 1909, there
were SO, 313 acres in Germany devoted
to tobacco culture, which was about z
per cent less than in the preceding
year. The number Of tobacco growers
also decreased from sc, ,870 in 1908 to
88, 656 in 1909 In spite of this decrease
the last crop of tobacco leaf exceeded
that in 1908, the total production
amounting to "a, 400 metric tons of leaf
tobacco. The area planted in tobacco
in Germany this season was 40, 478
acres. This increase is due to the
higher prices realized for leaf tobacco.
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The American Sumatra Tobacco Co.
is the firm name of the Florida COM
blne. Offices have been secured aC l44
Water street, where the staff OF the
company will be installed. The officers
of the corporation are: Mr.. Abraham
Cohn, president; Mr.. D. A. Shaw and
Mr.. L. A. Cohn, vice-presidents; Mr..
Frank M Arguimbau, secretary
and treasurer. Mr.. A. B. Worl, for
merly of the Florida Tobacco Co., will
be office manager. The concern has
been capitalized for $1,000, 900, of which
81, 900, 600 is preferred and the rest
common stock. The preferred stock
will pay Z per cent. They own 35, 600
acres of land, of which 1000 are under
shade. The concern will grow only
shaded tobacco They have fourteen
packing houses located at various points
in Georgia and Florida. One of the In
corporators of the concern had the fol-
lowing to say in regard to the new con-
cern: ''Our organization was effected
for the purpose of achieving economies
in the production and distribution OF
our tobacco, which will be known as
American Sumatra, and to secure uni
formity of type. Our policy will be to
nrod11cn and sell an improved tVDe and