The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-02-02

have to suspend. The weather changed
to freezing again following the soft
days and the growers work of prepar
ing the crop for market is again post
poned until another casing spell comes,
and the hope is it will not be long de-
layed.
That growers have already begun to
lay plans for next seasons tobacco
crop is in evidence for we are informed
that one of our state seed dealers has
seat out over 100 pounds of seed,
enough to set 2, 900 acres at least. The
question of curing sheds is the only diff
ficulty in the way Of an extraordinary
increase of acreage the coming year.
A good many sheds that have been per-
mitted to be vacant or devoted to other
uses will be put to their original pur-
pose this season is evident, which will
increase the acreage 10 to Is per cent.
The high price of building material
stJnds in the way of erecting many
new storehouses, but the full acreage
of the curing capacity of every farm
will be utilized this year is certain.
When the tobacco crop is yielding close
to or better than 5000 per acre it is
mighty attractive proposition to farm
ers accustomed to growing it. 1t will
be remembered that the writer proph-
esied more than year ago for the 1916
crop and now the present market COP
ditions promise an equally prosperous
year in 1917, providing satisfactory
binder crop can be procured, while even
low grades seem due to bring high fig
nres again next season. Until there is
some surplus stock accumulations,
which must come through larger pro-
duction, tobacco prices are bound to
reslle high That much seems certain.
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Publishers alone are by no means the
only folk affected by the altitudinous
cost of paper. Farmers feel the extor-
tion, lightly individually but heavily in
the aggregate. So declares Assembly
man III. FL. Stone, much of whose dis
trict lies in the best tobacco zone Of
Dane county. II had to pay IL cents a
pound this year for the paper needed
by me as tobacco grower" he said,
f'while last year it was only cents
and the year before but 81. Take the
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gate and this little item alone must
total very large sum. A 400 per cent
increase in three years on paper we'll,
publishers understand even better than
we farmers whose requirements for
tunately are small, the burden of such
a raise"
The agricultural appropriation bill
has been passed by the House of Rep
resentatives carrying the usual provis-
ions for tobacco Investigations under
the Bureau of Plant Industry and for
work under the Bureau of Entomology
in connection with tobacco insects.
There was an increase of $4500 provid-
ed for developing methods of eliminat-
ing the losses OF tobacco resulting from
| weather conditions. Representative
Kincheloe of Kentucky brought out
| that of the STA, 500 appropriated to deal
with southern field crop insects, $19, ,OOO
| was allotted for tobacco horn worm
work. Representative Lever of South
Carolina, chairman OF the Committee
on Agriculture, said that "there were
| other allotments for sundry lines of to-
bacco investigation, making total fOr
tobacco investig gations of $27, 200.
From the detailed report of the
Department of Agriculture on the
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