The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

the August estimate of nearly 5,000,-
600. If the estimate is correct, which
is doubtful, the yield is only 1000, 900
short of the 1920 crop, and 100000
above the five year average. The late
August and the September growth was
tremendous, but upon curing it will be
found that the weight does not CORES
pond to the size.
Compared with the 1920 crop of 1903
million pounds, the 1921 tobacco crop
for the United States as whole falls
short by SIG million pounds, drop of
nearly one third off from the yield of
the previous year, and 280 million pounds
less than the five year average.
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The news given out by the steel trust
that $40, 1000 will be expended by it to
increase it's facilities in order to relieve
the idleness among laborers, is good
for the country, and good for the trust.
No one needs to consider it charity
proposition, and it does not need to be
in order to be commendable. 1t is a
s>-@od business move TO take care of
iab.r before want makes it desperate,
and to make use of it at time when
every dollar expended will bring ample
returns in the future business of the
big corporation. Moves similar to this
may be expected in other industries in
the course of the fall and winter. 1t is
not a safe proposition to have several
million men going without employment,
especially if they are suffering from
lack of food, fuel and other necessaries
and comforts; rather than to be idle
most men will work for less wages. If
this is done the cost of the ready product
is less, and should sell for less, and as
soon as the products of the industries
sell at price within the buying power
of the public, the demand will assert
itself. The loosening up of industrial
activity with view OF creating future
demand for goods produced at reduc-
tion in cost, is sound both in theory and
practice, and the steel trust is showing
the way. 1t is doing it upon the theory
t&laf it is good business to make the
start.
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That buying movement in the Con-
necticut Valley has begun is the first
good news of that sort from the East
that has reached western tobacco CEN
ters for long time. Pennsylvania is
still waiting to see the man with the
contract book, but, reading between
the lines of communications from that
section, the feeling is srowing that the
buying may start any time that the
packer and the grower realize that they
are approaching ground where they
can meet and do business upon price
basis where both are willing to make
concessions. In Wisconsin the situa-
ton is very much like the one in Penn
sylvania Wisconsin is not looking for
a surprise movement of strenuous
competitive character, but rather a
steady pull, when once under way, to
lift the crop at figures that will not be
startling either Way.
The following communication from
Prof. James johnson of the q. w. De-
partment of Horticulture will be read
with interest:
II have noted few references in
the Tobacco Reporter during the last
year in regard to the Connecticut
Round-Tip tobacco and this no doubt
accounts for certain amount of inter-
est among Wisconsin growers In this
new type. We have already received
few requests for information about
this type as to its value for Wisconsin
and also some requests for seed, and
we anticipate many more requests of a
similar sort before next seasons beds
are sown. AS you know there are es-
sentially four types of tobacco grown
in the Connecticut Valley. They are
the Broad Leaf and Havana Seed,
which are handled essentially the same
as Wisconsin tobacco, and the Cuban
seed which is grown under shade and
primed. The fourth type is essentially
Havana seed grown in the open field,
but instead of being stalk cut it is
primed. The Connecticut Round-Tip
from the growers standpoint is intend
ed to replace this latter type, that is,
primed Havana seed. It's main advan-
tage at present from the Connecticut
Valley standpoint seems to be that it
is especially resistant to root rot and
consequently on tobacco sick ground
outyields the Havana seed type. It
will not do for stalk cut tobacco since
the plant is too tall and the leaves too
far apart to be either conveniently or
easily handled in our present sheds.
s'Brief1y this type seems not to be
suitable for Wisconsin unless we go in
to growing primed wrapper tobacco.
This conclusion is based on observation
in growing this type in our own fields
at Madison and also on seeing this type
as grown in the Connecticut Valley last
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