The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-04

in three bushel bags an average ulslahce
of two miles to the railway cars. A gang |
of twenty five Enen keep wagons and |
threshing-machines steadily going, and
deliver at the station 1000 bu. OF wheat
daily, Each day the thresher and en-
CINE, which is partially self propelllng,
and costs $500, is moved, so as to shorten
haulage of sheaves. Every busy day 90
railway cars, each containing 400 bu. are
loaded, and stand ready for dispatch,
usually to Duluth, 254 miles distant on
the western corner of Lake Superior.
The crop this year Mr., Dalrymple says
is much the same as that of former sea-
sons. 1t averages 20 bu. an acre of 60
pounds to the bu. The natural weight is
SO pounds to the bushel. AS usual, the
produce of the newly broken up land is
best. The quality is fully as good as that
of 1878. When run once through the
winnower it will be graded No. l hard.
Dalrymple usually sells as fast as he can
deliver, but this year, holding for the
rise; he has still the chief portion of his
crop housed at Duluth. The oats are re-
ported to yield 80 bu. to the acre, and 3S
lbs to the bu last year go bu were pro-
duced. The barley has not done partiC
ularly we'll this year, but generally runs
40 bushels. Ou each farm few potatoes
cabbages, swedes and other vegetables
are grown for home use, and for the COWS
which are kept to supply dairy produce;
but wheat growing is the business ofthis
great farm.
Now comes the important question of
the cost of production. Mr.. Dalrymple
furnishes the following figure: Land
valued at $l2 per acre, interest thereupon
at 6 per cent, 72C.; taxes and rates lOc.;
buildings, machinery and teams valued
at $40; interest at 10 per cent, 10c.; plow-
ing So; seed 81 so; harvesting and thresh-
ing So; total $8,42.
Mr.. Dalrymple thus produces an acre
of wheat for less than $3.50 per acre; in.
deed, he asserts that hitherto the actual
cost has not reached So, excepting the
case of the first years crop, which the
extra expense of breaking up and two
plowings advanced to $l1. For four years
his acreable yield has averaged 10 bush
els each of which, on the basis OF the
above calculation, would cost 42c. On
his own and other suitable wheat grow
ing farms, in favorable seasons, Mr.. Dal-
rymple declares that the crop does not
cost more than Soc per bushel. Sold, as
it really can be at the railway station at
Casseton, at rs to SOC, very fair profit
is made. 1t approaches the Dutchman's
/ per cent, which, on investigation, pro-
we'd to be 1per cent return.
But now, important alike to producer
aud consumer, comes the question, Will
these crops and profit be permanent
No symptoms of deterioration are yet ap.
parent The land is clear, neither thist-
les nor docks appear. The chief weeds
are wild cotton, barn grass, sorrel with
yellow flower, and the Michaelmas
daisies. The manure made from the
stables lies about in heaps, which it is
not yet thought worth while to apply.
Except the small quantity of straw used
for littering the animals, the whole pro-
duce of the 10000 is burnt. The spots
on which these heaps burn show no OBJ
vious difference from the Test of the
field. indicating that the unassisted soil
still contains phosphate and potash sufli-
cient to grow full crops. How long the
continuous corn growing can be protita-
bly, continued Is rather difficult to fore
tell. On similarly good land in various
parts of the country. fields are pointed
out from which, without any restorative
treatment, twenty consecutive crops of
wheat have been reaped, and neither
quantity nor quality as yet undergone
obvious diminution. Mr., Dalrymple,
however, is too prudent farmer to
draw long or deeply on the resources of
his land, By plowing year by year an
inch deeper, he brings up fresh plant
food, by growing, at intervals, probably
of four years, as be proposes doing, a
crop of clover, rolling it down and plow'
ing tin, he intends cheaply to maintain
fertility. By these means, and by selec-
tion and change of seed, as well as by an
occasional crop of oats or barley, Mr.
DalrympIe's superior management will
doubtless secure a continuance of good
crops for many years,-London Times.