The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-08-11
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time and in Connecticut during the last
two or three years. At a meeting at
Hartford III July, DR.. George H. Chap
man discussed the disease and remedies
for it before gathering of $50 tobacco
growers. S. A. B. in the Leaf gives
the following:
DIR. George FL. Chapman said that
last year an affected field had been cut
and the plants allowed to remain on the
ground until spring. The land was then
plowed and later. set with plants, which
have not developed the menace up to
this time. One grower present said
that wildfire had hit his crop in East
Windsor Hill to such an extent as to
make it practically worthless, yet he
had taken all precautions against the
disease, spraying with poisonous solu-
tion, etc. Dr. Chapman pointed out
that Wildfire must be controlled from
the seed beds. DR.. E III. Jenkins, of
the New Haven experiment station, and
Dr.. Jones. the plant expert, were also
present.
1t is well for Wisconsin growers to
remember that the control of wildfire
must be effected in the seed bed, ac-
cording to the experience of those who
have fought it successfully.
York county, Penn, produces one-
eighth of all the cigars manufactured
in the United States. The bulk of these
are made in the vicinity of Red Lion,
Windsor, Dallastown, York and Han
over. During the last four years the
government has collected for stamps
the sum of SIC, 2o1, 597. so.
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Otto Olson of Ephrata, Lancaster
county, who has been in charge of the
state tobacco experimental plots in this
section for dozen years, is putting on
a new experiment at the branch expert
mental ttation that was established by
him at Lock Haven in Clinton county.
At the Lock Haven station Olson is de-
veloping tobacco plant that contains
about 10 per cent of nicotine, which is
nearly twenty times the percentage of
nicotine in the average smoking to-
bacco The new plant, however, is not
intended for the use of smokers, as
the experiment experts declare that a
few puffs from a cigar made of the
leaves would send the most hardened
smoker into dreamland It is intended
for an entirely different purpose = that
of making a spray for fruit trees. It
is known that tobacco solutions are
among the most effective mixtures used
in the killing of pests tnat damage
growing plants ard trees. 1t is now
believed that the production Of to-
bacco plant of high nicotine content
would open larger market and more
profitable field for tobacco growers of
the state because of the demand for
such tobacco and its present scarcity.
The new plant differs widely from the
ordinary Havana or broadleaf varieties.
The leaf is Wrinkled and possesses a
graysh cast. AS the high percentage
of nicotine has been found in both
leaves and stems, it is believed that
virtually all the plant can be used in
the manufacture of insecticides. u. S.
Tob. Journal
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Concerning the return of the five-cent
cigar the Tobacco Journal says: Well
posted men fully expect at some time
to again see cigar as good as the pio
neer standard, Cinco, on the market
again for five cents, no more, no less.
Such cigar may even contain some
Havana tobacco. 1t will be long-filler,
and in every other respect will conform
to the high place maintained for maybe
forty years by the old-time Cinco. But
the day is still distant, for five cent
cigars are only beginning to come back,
IN the hands of very few large con-
Germs qualified by some special advan-
tage to make them, just like free
rent is only beginning to come back
in communities wnere many lofts, plants
and offices have been vacated by the
return of business operations to nom
hysterical basis.
M. E. Stern of Dayton, Ohio, says in
the Leaf that the manufacturers are
like stock speculators-they buy when
goods are high and are afraid TO buy
when they are low. Speaking of Ohio
tobacco, he says: s.In the state of Ohio
there are less than five thousand cases
of old Gebhardt from the 1917 crop up
to and including the 1920 in the hands
of the packers unsold. There is less
than two thousand cases of thinner
The manufacturers will also be sur
prised to know that there is very little
1921 tobacco on the market; the larger
manufacturers own most of the 1921
tobacco; one in particular owns two
thirds of the Zimmer''
What Mr.. Stern says about Ohio to- |
bacco applies with equal force to Penn /
sylvania and Wisconsin cigar leaf-a
few manufacturers own the bulk of it,
and others will soon have to scurry to |
meet their needs. The big concerns |
have undoubtedly large stocks Of old |
tobacco on hand. The smaller manu- /
facturer will face rising market for |
the goods he needs. Can he then pro-
duce good five-cent cigar? The sit
uation is not favorable for producing q |