The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-11
WHAT GROWERS SAY.

II am going to plant resistant and
nothing else. &C. w. North, Edgerton.
"The resistant tobacco seemed su-
,perior, in every way, to the old vari-
ETY.. IL. R. Head, Madison.
"Have never seen tobacco cure out
better that the resistant variety / had
this year. Herman Moen, Cambridge.
''The resistant tobacco yielded twice
as much as the other on field that
had grown tobacco for thirty years. -
Lars Angvick, Cottage Grove.
. Proof of the superiority of the new
disease resistant tobucco that has been
developed at the Wisconsin Experiment
Station is abundant. Seed was sent
out last year to a large number of
growers in the tobacco districts of the
state and the crop produced was care
fully compared with those produced
from the common varieties. The rec
ord shows great enthusiasm on the part
of the tobacco growers toward the new
strain, most of them declaring that
they will plant no other hereafter, and
basing their judgment upon evidence in
their fields are convinced that it would
be most unwise to try to raise any 9TH
er variety on land that had grown to-
bacco any length of time. In most
cases a trial plot of some other kind of
tobacco was planted beside the resist
ant variety so that any difference could
be easily noted. C. w. North of Ed
gerton reported that the difference
could be noticed to the row. He had
three different kinds of tobacco last
season. Where the tobacco was plant
ed on new ground the difference was
not so noticeable, although all reports
were in favor of the resistant strain.
The new variety not only usually made
a higher yield per acre, but it was
brighter, had finer appearance, cured
out better, and the longer tobacco had
been grown on the field the more pro-
nounced was the difference between
the two types. University of Wis
consin Havana tobacco won first pre-
MUM and the blue ribbon at the Inter
State fair held at Lacrosse. the judges
pronounced the sample the finest quail
ity of tobacco that they had ever seen
grown in the state" says J. P. Moon
ey, Prairie du Chen. His report shows
that none of the desirable qualities in
the tobacco have been sacrificed in de-
veloping the disease resisting feature.
j. N. Monson of Cashton predicts that
the resistant tobacco is the coming va
riety. All reports show that the crop
cured out in fine shape, having bright,
uniform color; in fact, N. E. HELLER of
Viroqua found that the resistant tobac-
CO cured more uniform color than any
crop he had ever raised, and Mr.. Hjel-
ler has had long experience in the to-
bacco industry. 1t is impossible to es-
innate the actual cash value OF this one
result of the plant pathologists' science
to the state and to the individual to-
bacco growers. They have, without a
doubt, "made two plants grow where
one grew BEFORE" and as the years go
by the result of their efforts will be-
come more and more apparent. To-
bacco growers in some sections have
watched thei rcrops dwindling year by
year, in spite of the abundant use of
fertilizer anc the most careful cultiva-
ton of the soil. The soil was said to
have become tobacco sick so that it
was 70 longer possible to secure nor