The anti-monopolist., 1875-09-27
l,oaRISp SpONUENCE.
TIE Lesson of the Storn7--An instructive
Letter.
LONG LAKE Medina Sent 4th. 1915.

LONG LAKE, Medina, Sept. 4th, 1915
Ed. Anti Aonopolsst:
SIR-The last rains, commencing on August
cath, and continuing almost without inter
ruptlon to the pres ent date, is a lesson 1rauSd
with instruction to the farmers OF Minnesota.
class OF men on whose success the prosperity
OF ali classes in our State largely depends. We
have been favored this year with enc OF the
most magnificent grain crops perhaps ever
raised III Minnesota, and our state leads the
Northwest. not only il tlie production OF
wheat, but IL the manufacture OF tlour. Short
crops, owing to q failure OF grain. bad weather
and boods III Europe, and III extensive areas
Ill the United States, haye caused ;n active de-
mand tor breaustufs, aud the prospect was
that the somewhat depressed circumstances OF
the farmers OF our State would be bettered by
the higher price received for wheat, the staple
OF Minnesota, the chiet product o. their la
Dor. This bright prospect has been TO con-
siderable extent overcast by the destruction or
deterioration OF gram exposed to the risk OF
the weather; and this loss we cannot attribute
to causes beyond our control, but has been
caused to a great extent by the negligence Of
the taIlners themselves. We have had, this
year, splendid weather, up to the I4th OF Aug
" Z may calculate the harvest Was nearly all
cut down, and al least d week elapsed after it
was 1t for stacking, ere tae weather broke
| Had the thousands OF men ana teams in our
State been employed i'll this interval in stack
| inc it securely, the heavy misfortune that has
I beIa!len us, might have been to great extent
/ obvIated When the rain commenced, a very
/ large proportion Of the grain was i'll shock,
waiting for the threshlng machine, TO thresh
from the shock-a shor-sighted policy, and
one attended with no commensurate benefit to
| counter balance the rlsk. A considerable
amount OF grain will be no doubt more or less
| injured by careless stacking. It is OF no use
for our farmers TO toll III raising large crop,
ta,a.l Trp,r nf IN
suggest as an improvement on our present
mode OF stacking, tiat the farmers who can
procure lumber, would build sheds to cover
t"er grain A cheap and eticielt shed may
be constructed and covered with good sound
lumb-r, which would keep the stacks safe; or
for those farmers who live al distance from
lumber, or whose crops are very sarge, would
suggest the method OF thaching employed la
England, where it is universal, ana renders
the stacks imperv Gus to rain, even III that
{ moistpr climate trust that the severe lesson
taught this harvest to the farmers OF our State
will not be forgotten i'll the future, and that
they ard our State will not suffer such heavy
| loss again from similar causes.
The Medina Mill Company have completed
their Touring mills run ct stones-bln po-
sition now. The mill is 60X45 feet, four sto-
ries high, with engine house attached. 1t was
built under the careful inspection Of a first
[ class miliwright and mechanic, Mr. Amos
Gray, OF Minnetonka. The engine, 85-horse
power, ana the mill machinery, embracing all
: the modern improvement, furnished by the
g Minneapolis "North Star" Mil furnishing
Company, is A. i; aud think that the Medina
i mill will prove standing advertisement as to
z the manner III which that company can I'll! Q
! bill Of that description. On starting, the mil
I WITS found t. work smoothly and well, and
! judging nom tile quality of the Hour produced
4 by the competent and tr;.ined millers en-
: gagged, the company expect 70 MAKE their Brand
: equal to any other mill. ] he facilities Of the
: nllll for handling gram and liou are nlisur
i passed The s. Paul Y Pacttc railroad run.
r close past the mill, and short spur tracl
: brings The ears alongside. The II iiread rum
i west to Brecllinridge, through the wheat bel
II Of Minnesota, with noble agricultural coun
try tributary TO it; also the mill can draw on
e large local supply in the neighborhood.
Il trust that this new enterprise viii By proitabl
\ to shareholders. and add something to tn
/. productive industries OF our State.
{. | am, sir, yours respectfully,
j w. J. LYDIAES