The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-09-24

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els above the August / estimate of the
Wisconsin small grain crop is reported
by the crop reporting service. The
total of small grain in the state this
year is placed at 1872, 764, 600 bushels,
of which the oat crop represents 100,-
000, 900 bushels, barley over 16 million,
wheat not quite million and rye 81
million bushels. The corn crop will be
about 20 million bushels short of last
year, or about &c million bushels. The
forecast production of sugar beets in
the state is put at 183, O0Ostons which is
&c, 900 tons more than last year. The
Wisconsin farmers will fatten for mar
ket only 80 per cent as many hogs as
last year. The wool production will be
about the same as last year, 454, 1000
fleece or 3,36O,O0O pounds. The hay
crop is about million tons, which is a
little less than last year. Wisconsin
will produce about 81 million bushels of
apples.
A new kind of tobacco is being cult
waited in the Connecticut tobacco rails
ing zone. 1t is a cross between the
broadleaf and Havana and is being de-
veloped by DR.. D. F. Jones of the Con-
necticut agricultural experiment sta
tion at Mt. Carmel near New Haven.
says the Journal. Tobacco experts all
over the country are attracted by this
discovery in the tobacco raising world,
right here in Connecticut. The type is
one of twenty-seven varities developed
from the cross of Havana and broad
leaf. 1t is believed other distinct va
rieties may be brought to light before
very long. In this latest discovery
the new type shows unusual improve
ments that will bring still higher prices
for the tobacco growers of Connecticut
The leaves are of the fine Havana text
ure and yet are the size of the broad
leaf variety. In addition they grow
close together on the stalk, thus pro-
ducing greater results in quantity as
we'll as quality. The experiment is
said to be remarkable achievement
for DR.. Jones as he has led the cross
IFg of the two types of tobacco in a
new direction. - :. ',.s'---' ~s7'' '. >,
The feeling continues in the tobacco
industry that the year will see no let
up in the production of cigars and that
the demand will continue strong. The
manufacturers are keeping up their de-
mand upon the leaf market because the
consumption is taking care of the pro-
ducts without la hitch. AS long as
the general prosperity of the coun-
try remains at its present high tide,
there is no fear of a falling off in the
use of tobacco products. What will
happen if there should come period
of tight money, is different PROPOSE
ton. But judging by the prices paid
both for imported and domestic leaf,
the manufacturers do not anticipate
hard times to come in any great hurry.
That there is in general way lower
ing IN the scale of prices of commodi-
ties cannot be denied, but the decline
is coming much more gradually than
was anticipated year ago. The fact
that the increase in the cost of cigars
has kept rather behind the increase in
|Rthe cost of material and production has
helped to steady the public nerve. The
consumers felt that they were not
taken advantage of in the price they
had to pay for their smokes as COM
pared with the prices on so many other
articles of their daily needs. In this
respect the tobacco industry has shown
a keen appreciation of the psychology
cal aspect of what constitutes good
business. In this connection it may be
we'll, however, to hear what the Fed
eral Reserve board forecasts as to the
price outlook on general commodities:
'"The saving afforded to the manufac-
turers by the lessened cost of mater
ials and increased efficiency of labor
! must be eventually reflected in down
ward movement of retail prices" It
predicts that the decline will come dur
ing this fall and the coming winter,
! with rather sharp slump next spring
In making this statement the board
qualities it by probably
Deep interest in the success of Kan
| red wheat reported from Kansas is be-
ing shown by specialists of the Bureau
| of Plant Industry of the United States
Department of Agriculture. Accord
ing to reports this years acreage of
Kanred is estimated by Kansas author
tiles to have been about 100000 acres
| Kanred is variety of hard red winter
wheat developed by the Kansas Agri-