The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-23


prospects of crop of tobacco yielding
Sc, 763, 600 pounds. Last year 62,40O,-
900 pounds.
L. j. Larson of Barron, Wis, writes
that the report of damage by hail in
the Barron section is exaggerated. In
the township of Barron no damage was
done except one single planting, and he
mentions IL growers in the township
that had no hail. Though few small
crops suffered, the tobacco crop as
whole did not suffer-
***
Mr.. Mich Weis of Clear Lake, Mimi,
informs The Reporter that his section
raised 60 acres of tobacco the past sea-
son. The crop is all harvested in fine
condition; no damage of any sort what
ever.
Uuder September IA the Wisconsin
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
announces that the state has short
age of approximately half million
tons of hay Wisconsin will this year
have to buy hay from other sections of
the country, an unusual condition in
this state. The national harvest is
lighter than it was year ago, which
does not mean that there is going to be
hay famine, but prices are likely to
stiffen. The corn crop will run about
4, 900, 600 bushels short of the 1920 crop
in spite of the heavy stand on the acre
age titled. For the whole country the
yield is about so million bushels short
of the 1920 yield. The September fore
cast for Wisconsin potatoes indicates
that the crop will be nearly $4,000, coo
bushels smaller than last years. For
the United States the yield is estimat-
ed at falling nearly 100 million bushels
short of last year. The small grain
crop in Wisconsin is Sc million bushels
short of last years production.
***
Chas H. Lien, Minnesota state to-
bacco expert at ST. Cloud, writes: We
have Tin the ST. Cloud section) about
200 acres of tobacco. 1t has all been
harvested under ideal weather condi-
tions without damage from wind or
hail The early crops are pretty well
cured, and promise to be fine cigar
binder leaf as it has good size, color
and quality. Tobacco culture started
in this section few years ago on a
small scale, but the acreage has in
creased every year as the farmers have
realized that tobacco is q very profit
able crop when it is handled right. The
acreage to each farm runs from one to
seven acres This enables the growers
to handle the crop to better advantage
than where too large fields are grown
to the farm.
The Tobacco Journal in an editorial,
''Less Foolish Spendinfi,' gives the
following Illuminating figures: 1t cost
the nation $50, 100000 less to fill its
sweet tooth during the last fiscal year
| than in the previous year, according to
preliminary annual statistics Of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, S408, 729, $50
being spent for candy in the country as
| compared with 1852, $40, $50 in 1920.
"~cial decoration was less costly dur
I, lns the pas year, the amount spent on
! paints, cosmetics and perfumes amount
| ing to $145. .0l9, 100, as compared with
| $3.50, ,693, 025 during 1920. The coun-
| try's spending also fell off consider ably
| in other lines, the total outlay on auto
| mobiles being ST, ,675, 763, 300, as against
So, ,008, 665, 900 in 1920, and on jewelry
| $486, ,078, 100, as against $517, 272, 140 in
| 1920 In the field of art the curtail-
ment was heavy, the amount spent for
| pianos and musical instruments drop
ping from $273, 582, 420 in 1920 to 1921,
358, $40 in 1921, and the national bill
for sculpture, paintings and statuary
falling from SIS, 431, $50 in 1920 to SILL
163, $40 in 1921.
| ''The most interesting thing in all
Europe today, says M. Moody in U.
| S. Tobacco Journal, sis the remarka-
BILE situation in Germany. The Ger
mans are at work from one end of the
country to the other. Trey are pro-
ducing goods in enormous quantities at
extremely low costs as measured in
dollars. Their crops are good this
year, and the whole population seems
| to be fully employed, vast numbers of
men in the industrial districts working
IL or IA hours day. But this German
| prosperity is unreal; Germany is carry
ing on program of initiation and spec
ulation which is leading her to fnan-
cial crash later on.
| We quote from the Tobacco Leaf:
The next feature of interest in the
market will be the 1920 Wisconsin,
sampling of which is now in progress
and which will be offered by the major
| ity of houses the latter part of this
month. The tobacco is said to be un-
usually sound and of exceptional yield
| ing quality and general character. The
| supply is very limited, due to the fact