The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-01-16
Tobacco Notes.

| Mr.. H. S. McGiffin of Sparta called
on friends in Edgerton the latter part
of last week
Leonard l. johnson of Westby was
in the city last Monday to call on j. A.
| Jensen.
John Soulman, one of Janesville's
| hustling tobacco men, was in this mar
ket during the week.
Mr.. M. E. Stern of Dayton. Ohio, is
in the state this week in the interest
of the American Sumatra Tobacco Co.
The Vernon County Censor states
that Frank Mcintosh gave out the in
formation that six acre crop of to-
bacco, yielding $4,000 pounds, brought
the grower $500. The Censor also
states that tobacco is being rapidly de-
| livered at the sorting points in that
section.
Another merger of big tobacco In
terests is pulled off. This time it is
two prominent interests in Havana and
Porto Rican leaf-the Macmillan Stern
Inc, and Mendelsohn, Borneman and
Company, which henceforth will be
known as the Stern, Mendelsohn Com
pany Inc. Both Mr.. Stern and Mr..
Borneman desire to step out, owing to
i'll health. Mr. Stern has. however.
been persuaded to allow his name to go
on as chairman of the directorate of
| the new company. The Cullman Broth
ers have acquired a considerable inter-
est of the Stern holdings. The new
corporation is capitalized at 81, 600, 600,
with offices at 165 Front ST., N. Y.
The president is Joseph F. Cullman Jr.
The Cullman representative in Edger-
ton is w. Dickinson.
The first tobacco warehouse built in
Edgerton for the sole purpose of stor-
ing tobacco is still standing. 1t is
warehouse No. %, now owned by Nc
Intosh Brothers and occupied by w. T.
Pomeroy Co. In the History of Rock
County, published 1879, mention is made
of the fact that the first tobacco ware
house in the village was built in 1869,
with storing capacity of $500 cases.
1t was owned by Schroeder and Bon of
New York Mr.. Thomas Hutson is
mentioned as the one who represented
this firm here. Mr.. Geo. w. Price was
the contractor. Instead of stone piers,
large blocks set on end were used. The
same history also records the follow
ing: ''The weed which from time imme-
mortal has proved a source Of comfort
and Joy to the sons of men, was first
grown in Edgerton by Messrs. Ed Hall
and Robert Johnson in 1858" But they
did not understand how to save it. The
first successful grower was Ralph Pom
eroy. In 1860 500 cases were raised.
In 1866, 1000 cases. At about this
time Shohn and Ritzenstein of New
York commissioned w. T. Pomeroy to
buy tobacco w. w. Child took in the
first tobacco as payment for hardware.
This led him TO find out that there
was more money in tobacco than in
nails. In 1871 IL, 600, 900 pounds were
grown and sold at cents per pound,
or ''the enormous sum of $720, O00," as
the county historian puts it. In the 10
years from 1869 to 1873 the total pro-
duction was $4,000, 600 pounds, or al
most to pound equal to the 1918 Wis
consin crop.
Fifty assorters wanted Monday, Jan.
10, lat the E. NJ. Hubbell warehouse in
this city.
Edgert0n Cow Testing Association.
S. M. Shepard, tester for the asso-
citation, reports the work and progress
of the association from December Bird
to January 3rd.
During December 3O6 cows were on
test. After his second round the test
er was enabled to raise the standard
qualifying a cow for recognition to 40
pounds of fat or 1000 pounds of milk.
The following gives the owners and
number of cows that produced 40 or
more pounds of butterfat during last
month: Caledonia Farm 2, Henry
Pierce 2, W. c. Scofeld l, Neil Mason
l, Frank Brown l, BENZ. Cooper l, J.
J, Hageberg /, Schmeling & Behl /.
Paul Doerr l; total, IL cows.
Henry Pierce had the high cow for
last month. His cow, Roxana, grade
Shorthorn, produced 1871 pounds of 38
per cent milk, equal to 81 pounds of
butterfat. J. j. Hageberg had the
high herd. His nine cows averaged
1913 pounds of AT per cent milk, equal
to 31.3 pounds of butterfat
The membeas are realizing the full
value of the association. Eighty per