The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-08-08
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! Throughout the tobacco growing sec
| tions of the state the rainfall last week
came in the nick of time to relieve the
| effects of the drouth, which threatened
/ damage in nearly all portions. At best
| tobacco growing is. TO a large extent a
weather proposition and during the
| month of August is the time for the
| making of the crop, for when the plants
are nearing the budding stage drouth
can shorten the yield beyond measure.
Dry winds, coupled with extreme heat,
| is the greatest danger to be looked for
during the advancement of the present
crop. At this date the condition in this
| locality is above the average and occa-
sional showers from now on will insure
large yield at harvest time. The to-
bacco crop of the United States, ac-
cording to the latest government sta
tistics, promises to compare very few
| orably with last year. The reported
condition of Wisconsin's crop is prac-
tically on an average with the 1918 re-
port.
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A tobacco stripping machine, said to
work as fast as eight or ten men, will
be shown in Wisconsin for the first
time at the Growers Conference and
Field Day to be held at the University
farm, Madison, on August 18th. An
eastern firm has telegraphed James
Johnson, in charge of tobacco investi-
cations at the University of Wiscon-
sin, that it will demonstrate the new
invention on that date Will it work?
Is it practical? Tobacco growers want
the answers and are expecting to go to
see for themselves. The officials at
the Experiment Station have not yet
seen the machine; they are also wait
ng to be shown. The committee in
charge of events for the biggest field
day Wisconsin growers have ever had
is planning other special exhibits such
as specimens of various diseases of to-
bacco and the organisms which cause
them. High powered microscopes will
be f'rigged up'' and the crop pests
shown lat their best under control
whese no ones crop will be attacked.
Delegations of growers from Dane,
Rock, Columbia, Sauk, La Crosse, JEFF
ferson, Vernon, Crawford, Chippewa,
Barron and Richland counties expect
to attend the demonstrations.
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President Weaver, of the National
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, has
taken prompt action in accordance with
the resolution adopted at the recent
convention Of the Association at Lam
caster providing for the appointment
of committee of members to assist
the government in standardizing cigar
leaf tobacco The committee appoint
ed by Mr.. Weaver is as follows VIII
liam J.Lukaswitz, Dayton, O.; |. H.
Weaver, Lancaster, Penn; BENZ. A.
Haas, Hartford, Conn; William McIn-
tosh, Edgerton, Wis; William Cory,
Quincy, Fla. The resolution adopted
by the Association under which the
committee will serve provides, as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the President of the
National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa-
tion is hereby authorized to appoint
committee of the'members of this As
sociation to cooperate with the Bu-
reau of Markets of the Department of
Agriculture, such committee to consist
of at least one representative of each
of the leading cigar leaf growing and
packing districts in the United States,
such committee being hereby empow-
cred to confer with the officials of the
government from time to time and to
agree upon an official classification of
all the important types of American
cigar leaf tobacco.
In referring to the action of Mr..
Weaver In appointing this committee,
w. L. Crounse, Washington represent
ative of the National Cigar Leaf To-
bacco Association, said: President
Weaver's prompt action in appointing
this committee is greatly appreciated
by the government, and especially by
Thomas L. Hughes, of the Bureau of
Markets, who has charge of the work
of standardizing leaf tobacco. Before
appointing the committee Mr.. Weaver
CdHVdSoSu TIE SuUJ0CG Carefully Will
the view to selecting thoroughly repre-
sentative men in each of the leading
cigar leaf districts. That he has chosen
wisely, anyone familiar with the indus
try will attest. The work undertaken
by Mr.. Hughes in cooperation with
this committee is of the highest impor-
tance and in this connection would
direct attention to the recent annual
report of Mr.. Joseph F. Cullman Jr.,
in which, referring to this subject,
said: 1t would seem superfuous for
me to emphasize the Importance of
adopting grading or classification of
cigar leaf tobacco. While the chief OBJ
ject of the Department of Agriculture
in providing standards is to increase
the value and general acceptability of
warehouse certificates and to facilitate
domestic transactions, nevertheless it
also has in mind the great impor rtance
of such classification in the extension
of our export trade. AS ] have hereto
fore pointed out. If q recognized syS-