The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-14
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Already growers are complaining of
a myriad Of young grasshoppers with
voracious appetites waiting only for an
opportunity to cover the growing to-
bacco fields The hot, dry season has
been decidedly favorable to the hatch
ing of these pests, and now that the
pastures, meadows and grain fields are
burned scar and brown the young hop
pers are seeking the fresh green fields
of tobacco and corn. Should the dry
weather continue it is feared there will
be a countless swarm of the pest in
vading the tobacco fields and doing an
irreparable amount of damage to the
crop as it approaches the harvest. Last
year the grasshoppers did more dam
age to Wisconsin tobacco fields than
ever before known. Ordinarily they
work little injury in this state, but the
season seemed propitious for them
year ago and it is possible that the
eggs deposited then have developed in
large quantities and the young will
prove quite detriment to the crop
again this season. Much depends, how
ever, on the weather conditions from
this on. With an abundance of rain to
furnish plenty of fresh, succulent food,
grasshoppers will scarcely bother the
tobacco fields.
Missouri is the leading plug manu-
featuring state of the Union. North
Carolina is second, with Kentucky
third. st. Louis factories make most
of the Missouri production. Last year
that state made 64,000,000 cigars, as
we'll as 81, 500, 600 pounds of plug tobac-
co. The tobacco growing industry of
Missouri has shown an increase since
the night riders became a feature of
industry in Kentucky. Missouri last
year manufactured over 1000, ,0OO
pounds of smoking tobacco, and the
volume of the tobacco business OF the
state is said to be 50,000,0 900.
Tobacco, which is one Of the princi-
pal exports of Brazil, has since 1902
Suffered considerable decline in the
Haantity exported, although nloreF to7
bacco IS raised in that republic than
ever before. Most of the Brazilian to-
bacco exported goes to Germany, Aus
tria and Italy and small quantity to
Al nd IIo11Cr
At present Bahia is the principal to-
bacco producing state of Brazil, the
crop of that state in 19O8-1909 having
amounted to 10000 bales of 15.4
pounds each, as compared with 200, 900
bales in 1907-1908.
The Agricultural Department has
amended the regulations governing the
inspection and treatment of cattle with
tobacco or tobacco products containing
nicotine. The tobacco dip to be used is
to be prepared from tobacco or from
suitable tobacco products containing
nicotine SO as to produce dipping bath
which shall contain not less than seven
one-hundredths of one per cent OF nico-
tine The new regulation discontinues
the requirement that flowers of sulphur
be used, and requires that when tobac-
co or tobacco products are used the
dipping bath shall contain not less
than seven one-hundredths of one per
cent of nicotine.
That the cigar business in the Ninth
Pennsylvania District is holding It's own
was evidenced in the monthly report OF
the Internal Revenue Department is
sued this week 1t showed that the
output of cigars for the month Of June
was over GA, 100000, substantial in
crease over the previous month, and an
advance of several millions over June
of 1870 While the revenue reports
show that the business is apparently in
healthy condition, there seems to be
difference of opinion among the trade
on the situation.
The mandate of the Superior Court
of the United States confirming the
Judgment handed down in the suit of
the Government against the American
Tobacco Co., has been filed in the
United States Circuit Court. The man.
date is purely routine, legal docu-
ment, and its phraseology throws no
additional light upon the decision. 1t
merely recites the fact of this case be-
ing heard by the Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, its appeal to the Supreme Court
and the decision of that court, revers-
ing the lower court. The last para
graph in the mandate directs the lower
court to formulate another decree in
accordance with the instructions of the
Supreme Court. Some of the holders
of the a per cent bonds of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Co., it is understood, are
planning to organize with a view to
safeguarding their interests in connec-
tion with the plan for the reorganiza-
ton of that company which is now be
ing formulated, and which will have to
be presented to the Federal Court for
its approval. The purpose is to pre-
vent the adoption of any plan which
would not meet the views of these
bondholders in respect to their rights
under the indenture covering these
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