The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-09-03
Wisconsin Tobacco Market
EDGERToN, WIS.,. Sept. 8, 1920

l LDGEhION, Is, O0pC. D, lSZU.
The buying movement in Dane and
Columbia counties continued strong
| throughout the latter part of last week,
and developed into proportions that
were looked for by very few ten days
ago. The sections east and south of
the Dane county line had only few sales
reported during last week and the early
part of this week. The Sun Prairie,
Lodi and Rio areas have been gone over
pretty thoroughly for the crops of
binder size. The same is true of the
| north portion of the township of
Albion, most of Christiana, Deerfield,
Cottage Grove and part of Pleasant
Springs. The buyers are still going at
| pretty fair gait. While the prices
lave varied in the different sections,
the range being between 25 cents, or a
shade below, to 35 cents straight, the
ruling price for tobacco which promises
binder stock has been from 80 to 35,
in most instances with filters out at 10
cents. There has been very little hesi-
fancy on the part of the buyers making
offers at these figures, and the growers
have considered the offers fair and ac-
cepted them as such. The rain which
fell last Sunday morning was of emf
nent Importance to the fields, and the
bright warm weather we are now hav-
ing is certain to add quite percentage
OF binders to the years output. The
harvest started here and there last
week, and from now on will be in full
swing. The harvest will come on with
out crowding the growers, for it will
continue pretty well through the whole
month of September. This will solve
the labor situation; most of the grow
ers will be able to handle their crop
with the help now available, and some
new hands always float into the tobac-
co sections at this time.
While the best tobacco in the north
ern field is better than 80 per cent
bought, and 60 to 70 per cent of the
entire acreage taken, we would not at
this time venture guess at the amount
sold in the southern field. Some neigh
borhoods are practically cleaned up,
others have hardly been touched. Con-
trary to our recent practice, we give
this week comparatively long list of
bona fide sales:
Oriow Carpenter, 1Oa at 3O&1Oc.
Cornelius Nilsson, 10a at 35&1Oc.
Wilmer Slagg, ga at 35&1Oc.
Alfred Thronson, 15a at 34&10c.
Steve Saunders Sons, 25a at 34&10c.
Gust Johnson, Ia at 33&10c
Herman Lien, 10a at 34&10c.
Albert Lien, Ga at S2&10c.
}. Calder, 33&1Oc.
Budd Hill, Ga at 30&1Oc.
Kirby Brothers, 10a at 35&10c.
Elias Simonson, 35&10c.
Julius Simonson, 32c.
Martin Staff, 33a&1Oc.
Nordal Anderson, 5a at 34&10c.
Abel Amundson, Ga at 30&10c.
Gust Gunulson, Ia at 35&1Oc.
Lars Lier, la at 35c.
Arthur Kravick, 34&10c.
Fred Ciebell, 15a at 35&10c.
The American Sumatra Tobacco Co.,
who bought the London and Rockdale
Farmers 1918 packing of between 1900
and 100 cases, has also taken the lot
in the Edgerton Farmers warehouse,
about 1900 cases. Another 1000 cases
of the farmers packing at Sun Prairie
is also reported taken by the same
firm. This disposes Of the larger por-
tion Of the tobacco haudled in the farm
ers' pool, and represents a large
amount of money which now becomes
released for use by the farmers.