The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-19
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bacco growers to have to throw away
plants because they have reached a
size too large for transplanting, though
this season it is probable that good
many beds will be sacrificed for this
reason 1t has been such favorable
year for securing early plants, as has
not often been experienced in this
state, together with the advantages
derived from sterilizing the beds, that
the growers find they cannot keep pace
with the growth in the preparation of
the fields for transplanting. The ten
dency of the plants to spindle under
such fast growing conditions makes
them less desirable for planting, so
that beds which cannot be utilized for
transplanting within the next two
weeks are very likely to be of little
value to transfer to the fields. Tobacco
plants have been making such phenom-
email growth this season that cutworms
have been largely cheated out of their
work of destruction and simply couldn't +!
keep up with the procession, so there
promises to be less resetting of the
fields. The work of transplanting the
present years crop, therefore, of ne
cessity, promises to be completed at an
early date.
Bulletin No. 237, just issued by the
Agricultural Experiment Station of the |
university, on "The Control of Diseases
and Insects of Tobacco" by James |
Johnson, is by far the best exposition |
of these subjects yet published. Mr..
Johnson's experiments have& been car
ried on with much careful study and !
his conclusions will be of great benefit !
to the tobacco growing and curing in |
dustry. The Reporter will quote freely |
from this bulletin in our succe eding is |
sues, giving our readers some of the !
information which the pamphlet is in
tended to convey.
Vice-Consul- General G. H. Krogh of !
Rotterdam has recently sent the fol- |
lowing report regarding the tobacco |
market of the Netherlands: The total |
imports of Sumatra tobacco into the F!
Netherlands in 1913 amounted to 282,- !
925 packages, of which 81 $50 arrived
in Rotterdam. The first sale took place |
on March and the last one on October |
"a. At the first four sales 81, 165 pack |
ages were sold at an average price OF
S. 1884 per one half kilO Il. poundS); at |
the twelve spring sales 208, 387 pack |
ages were sold at $0.66, and at the four
fall sales IA, ,653 packages at $0.21. The |
total 282, ,925 packages averaged $0.5 !
per one-half kilo. AS whole the av-
erage proceeds per one-half kilo were
SO. 04 less than in 1872 The proceeds |
for the whole crop 1882, 925 packages) |
amounted to $23, 800, 900. At the first
spring sales of the best tobacco Ameri- |
can buyers bought large quantities and,
as competition was keen, high prices
were paid. After few sales, how
ever, the Americans became more re-
served and prices dropped. Reports
for the 1913 crop, which is to be mar
keted in 1914, vary considerably; this
crop is estimated at 256, 900 packages,
of which 16, $40 have already arrived in
the Netherlands. The total imports of
Java tobacco in 1918 amounted to $685.
361 packages, of which IT'S, 953 arrived
at Rotterdam. The 1912 crop was large
and, as the 1911 crop had been extra
ordinarily large, prices in 1913 remain
ed below the average. Of the total,
18, 737 packages were damaged by fire
and water, so that 674, 624 packages
were brought on the market. The av-
erage price was 10 cents per one-half
kilo, or II cents less than the preced-
ing year. The whole Java crop real
lied $12, 140, 900, or $4,000, 900 less than
in 1912. A small crop is reported for
1913 (on the market in 1914, but it is
impossible to get an estimate. Although
the quantity of Borneo imported was
larger than last year Q8,609 packages
in 1913 against Is, 231 in 1912, the quail
ity was below the average, as result
of which the proceeds were 6 cents per
one-half kilo less than the already low
quotation of sc cents per one-half kilo
in 1912. The total proceeds amounted
to $3.50, 900. Business in Manila tobac-
co was very limited The quality was
poor and the sale of the few shipments
brought on the market had unsatisfac-
tory results. If the favorable reports
regarding the new crop prove to be
true, better business is expected.
*.*
The grand jury at Owensboro, KY,
has returned indictments against Bad |
ley Wilson, John Cation, Court Master,
Henry Ambrose and Martin Weaver on
charges that they, in November of last
year, entered into conspiracy for the |
purpose of intimidating w. G. Riney, |
farmer of that county. It is said that |
they went to his home and made threats |
against him. Bailey Wilson came to |
OwensboIo about year ago from Mad !
| ison, Hopkins county. He led the |
| movement for the organization of the |
Consolidated Tobacco Growers asso-
citation. The other defendants indicted |
are also members Of the Consolidated |
association. Riney is member of the |
Green River Tobacco Growers associa- |
tion, rival organization, but it is |
claimed that hp raSiCned aS a rpSul1 of |