The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-04-14
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Tobacco growers formerly considered
1t desirable to get their seed beds
Started as early as the weather will
warrant, and especially was this true
when the practice of sowing dry seed
was in vogue. Later experience has
proven, however, that it is not so i'm
portant that the seed be placed in the
ground at the first spring indications,
but rather, when sprouted seed is sown,
| that the soil and weather conditions are
such that the growth is not checked or
interrupted after the seed once starts
to germinate. For this reason many
growers prefer to wait until the wealth
er becomes settled and the dangers of
heavy frosts are over before consign-
ing the seed to the ground. They find
| they have better success in securing
more even stand of plants on the beds
and healthier, stronger seedlings than
| by the old method. Under ordinary
conditions they are able to get an
| abundance of plants ready for the
| fields by the usual time for transplant
| ing in this latitude. 1t is highly i'm
portant, however, that the beds are
given canvas or other protection, as
cold, drying winds are more to be
feared in our climate than all else in
checking the growth of the plant beds.
| In the case Of continued drouth the
beds also need to be supplied with the
deficiency of moisture. All these de-
| tails the up-to-date tobacco grower is
sure to look after.
~
| No tobacco seed for free distribution
TO the farmers of Wisconsin is available
| this year, according to an announce
ment just made by the horticultural
department of the university. The
| money formerly expended IN distribut-
| ing tobacco seed is now being used in
developing new varieties of tobacco
adapted to Wisconsin conditions. The
| experiment station reached the decision
regarding free tobacco seed last spring
and no crop was grown last season and
as result there is no seed on hand.
*s*
The supreme court seems to be
guarding we'll their decision in the
trust cases which the public has ex-
pected would be handed down in every
assignment In point of real impor-
tance the case of the government
against the American Tobacco company
comes first More than S400, 900, 600 of
| capital is interested. Representatives
of the trust are found in every city,
town and hamlet. Not only is the dis
solution of this company prayed, but
| the court is asked to declare it mo-
nopoly in restraint of trade. The mo-
nopoly clause Of the Sherman anti
trust act has never been construed by
the supreme caurt. Upon the decision
will rest the fate of almost innumer-
able companies now controlling all kinds
of manufactured products. Actions
may be instituted against thousands of
these corporations when precedent
has been established by the court of
last resort. An opinion in favor of the
government will mean that the Ameri-
can Tobacco company must Immediately
dissolve it's organization and permit
each subsidiary concern to return to
the control of its own stockholders and
prosecute an independent business ac-
cording to it's own plans and best judg-
ment. 1t would be forced to dissolve
business as combination, and be en-
joined from seeking to obtain a monop-
oily of the tobacco industry. The most
far reaching effect of a decision against
the company would be the precedent
established under which every kind of
monopoly could be prosecuted and en-
| joined.
| In commenting on the prospects for
the 1911 tobacco crop the country over,
the Western Tobacco Journal has this
to say: The outlook at present is that
preparations are being made to plant as