The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-05-07
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show that the increase in the manufac-
ture and sale of large cigars, especial
| ly, is substantial one, as compared
with the same period of a year ago.
| The only class of cigars showing de-
crease in demand is the cheaper class,
the and cent variety. The cigars
retailing at from Is to 20 cents had the
| largest increase The increase in the
demand for cigars from 10 cents up is
| notable. The three cigars for 80 cents
kind is more popular than the three for
| a quarter. Another heartening rev.
elation to the cigar leaf man is the fact
that while the cigarette consumption
has increased during the past year, the
proportionate increase in the consump-
| tion of cigars is much greater. In
other words, cigarette smoking is not
increasing at the ratio cigar smoking is.
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In several sections of the East and
South where tobacco is raised, experts
are at work to determine the kind and
amount of commercial fertilizer to use
to obtain the best results. Because
| one farm will do well by the use of
| certain amount of phosphoric acid,
| amonia, potash and the like, another
| farm with different soil conditions may
be in need of different treatment. Be-
fore going into the commercial fertil-
| izer for the tobacco culture, it would
seem that careful survey of the needs
| of the different tobacco areas ought to
be made. This would apply to Wiscon-
sin asswell as to other states. In Geor-
gia and North Carolina the states are
conducting extensive Investigations,
and the results are published, so the
| farmers in the several sections, having
various types of soil, may know what
| fertilizer to use and in what proper
tions to apply it.
The Tobacco World has published
some interesting figures on the revenue
linconc to the federal government by
the end of the fiscal year closing in
June. It is shown that about five bill
lion dollars will have been collected in
taxes. The tobacco industry is now
one of the chief sources of income
! under the revenue law. The total for
the entire year for tobacco is estimated
at an amount pretty close to three hun
dred million dollars, not counting the
cigar, cigarette and snuff stamps. OF
this the cigarette smoker pays more
than one-half. The greatest income to
the government is from excess profits,
which are expected to yield the neat
sum Of So, 75o, 100000 during the fiscal
year.
The Tobacco Merchants association
convention in Washington in May con-
tinues live topic in the country's to-
bacco press. C.. j. Eisenlohr, the as
s0ciation president, is out with long
statement covering important matters
to be taken up for consideration by the
| convention. That the meeting in many
respects will be epochal in the history
| of the tobacco industry, is more than a
surmise.
Forty-eight million pounds of raw
leaf was exported to Fl different for
eign countries during the month of
January. Of this the United Kingdom
| took over one-third. Next comes Hol-
land, Belgium and France in the order
mentioned.
The Imperial Tobacco Company, Ldt.,
of Great Britain and Ireland has bought
| a seven and one-half acre tract of land
I in Greensboro, N. c., and will estab-
| lish one of the largest stemmeries in
the United States, employing thou
1 sand hands, is the report of the
"News" of that city.
Westby Times: eff you think there
| is nothing doing in Westby as, far as
| tobacco is concerned, you are badly
| mistaken. During the week from April
| 10 to II, inclusive, nj. II. Bekkedal &
Son paid out more than quarter mil
lion dollars for tobacco received at this
point. The deliveries for each day ran
| from 80 to 48 thousand dollars, or ex-
actly $273, ,999.37. When you stop to
| consider that this enormous amount of
money was paid out in but seven days
| to residents of this immediate commun-
| ity, it is realized what the tobacco in
| dustry means to it.
Says o. G. O., one of the wide-awake
| tobacco growers of East Koshkonong:
''The check rowing of the tobacco
plants pays whenever it can be done.
| If it could be done successfully with
| the horse planter, it would be great
thing. Checkrowing gives the sun and
i the breeze open avenues throughout
| the field. Tobacco grown in check
rowed fields has never developed black
rot in my experience. The infection is,
perhaps, done in the field; plenty sun
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