Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-01
RACE FIERCE AND STRONG
COUNTRY DISTRICTSINFESTED
By AGENTS
No Such Pace Ever Known in To-
bacco Buying RaCe-Crop Large
ly Under Contract

For nearly or quite two weeks the
tobacco growing districts Of Vernon
county have been canvassed as never
before il efforts to make purchases,
or take options and gamble on the
undevelope2 fields. The chase has
bordered on hysteria, if not insanity.
More than a hundred men have gone
at break-ueck speed over tie public
highw avs. into harvest and hay fields.
aud nearly every farmer has been
persuaded to enter into contract for
sale OF his crop.
If what is tod the CENSOR is cor
rect, and We have little reason To
doubt it, by the time this paper is pm
to press ninety-hye per cent OF the
present standing field crops will have
been placed under contract and at
prices that are a dream sixteen TO
twenty-five cents. Many contracts
have been written at Is to Is, buyers
taking the chance of ali damage in
field and shed. The regular stock
agreements range from Is to - cents.
But the out-ofsight fellow is he
who pays % cents, and for filters
Sag City valley is most all under con-
tract at the latter price. j. =. Moon
ey of EdgertOn caused to be rounded
up at Scott SaNdwick's place eight or
ten farmers, all of whom made dispo-
sition of their crops to Mooney. So
unusual is the price and contract that
it is of special interest. The Mooney
contract reads:
This crop of tobacco Is to be eX-
amined in shed by the purchaser be-
fore receiving. Should it contain
any damage or high case tobacco, the
amount Of damage to be decided up
on by mutual agreement. II settle
ment cannot be made at this time,
contract to be cancelled and advance
money to be returned to purchaser. .
1t is to be hoped that form of con-
tract means more than giving the buy
er the privilege of accepting or rejec-
ting the crop, as the conditions may
please him. at receiySng time.
A dozen or more crops about Liberty
Pole sold at % and 7. Larson Broth
ers of this city, sold their 10 acres at
Is and l.
We believe a very large percentage
of contracts are those usually used,
Many eastern buyers have been here,
and these foreigners and a lively con-
tingent of home men have crossed
each others trails in every neighbor-
hood. That the home folks have the
long end of the bargaining we hope
and believe. BekkedalS claim they
will have 2.S00 acres under contract
by this date Eckhart-Dysou report
large drafts oH the crop, as do +. =.
Mcintosh, n. +. Fortney, VI. D. Hell
gesen, Albert SolyersCn and other To-
cal men. The county acreage is APP
proximately $500
We have had many local campaigns
for tobacco buying in Vernon county,
but nothing TO compare with the pres
ent grabbing of weed. Let Us hope
that the season may be good one
and the growers realize and reap the
benefits that are produced by world
stringency and shortage. If buyers
are as able and willing TO do the fair
thing at receiving time as they are
anxious to secure options.by purchase,
the winter of 1918 in Vernon county
will be fruitful in reports of big mon
ey production.
And the race is on elsewhere. We
quote from the Edgerton Tobacco Re
porter; THE Indians are off the re-
servation again and a hundred or 50
tobacco buyers are riding fast and
furious over the growing sections, i'm
portuning the farmers to sell their
prospects for a crop at the highest
prices ever offered Wisconsin growers.
While the farmers generally question
the foOlAardineas Of the proposition
from a sane business standpoint. the
figures named are so tempting that
they cannot be blamed for accepting
them So a buying campaign has
gathered considerable Roadway during
the week and the contracts written
have made quite a dent in tho total
production Of the state. The oa4k %
the sales 50 far have been made in the
northern growing counties and in fhe
outskirts where small acreage geuer-
ally prevail The price Of = cents at