The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-20
Il SEED WHEAY SCARE.

they will be prompt.
Il SEED WHEAY SCARF
A month ago the ADVANCE sounded
the note of warning, or rather raised
the question as to the termination Of
infe, ior grades of wheat, and called up
on the farmers to test their wheat and
report through our columns. Some of
them have done so, and report that 80
to 05 per ceut will terminate.
Upon this subject the New York
Graphic Of the 18th announces that the
germ of No. Minnesota wheat of 1878
was destroyed by the excessive heat
which prevailed just prior to harvest,
and intimated that it would not be
wise to use it for seed. This made a
sensation especially in wheat centers
like Chicago, and the Tribune denounc-
ed it as canard gotten up for the pur-
pose Of extricating the ''bulls" from
the peril of declining markets. The
Tribune says:
Those who have discussed this sub
ject since the exposition of this new
scare, remark that it is somewhat sig
niticant that the parties who are evil
IDENTITY ut the bottom Of it should be so
careful as to withhold the names of the
eminent chemists who have been maxi
ing the examinations which have led to
the discovery of 1.-THE poor sprouting
qualities" of the wheat. 1t certainly
does not require much chemical analy-
Sis or microscopical investigation to
show whether wheat will sprout ornot.
Place il few kernels on u piece Of COT
ton saturated with ammonia, and COW
tr them with cotton, then place them
in warm spot, and if there he any
life germs in them they will come out
inside of forty eight hours. 1t is a lit
tie singular that it should have requir-
CT ''some scientific tests for several
montls' to accomplish the work Of a
few hours.
At one of the meetings held several
weeks ago 10y farmers connected with
the Minnesota Legislature, several
prominent farmers reported that they
had raised excellent crops of wheat
from No. and No. seed, and it rs
the prevailing opinion that it was bet.
ter to SOW inferior grades than to so in
debt for No. l.
y few weeks ago we heard the state
ment made for the first time that defec
tive wheat would produce Il sprout al
inch long and then die. This may bt
the case sometimes, but we suppose
that any farmer is able to judge, il
tn Will ~
vigorous and healthy and which ar
not. Let us hear from the farmers.
ROAD rs DOING.
Below we give another letter from
Gen. Bishop bearing: this time, upo'
the land and advertising policy Of til
Company. The General meets the sug
gestlons made in our last issue with tn
reply that, ~ they have advertised lit
orally during the past year;(2) the aver
age price of their lands is only Sc; the
do give free passage to all purchaser
of their lands.
We are pleased to see that the roa
Is adopting Il liberal policy and we hop
it will grow more liberal until the las
acre is sold. 1t is encouraging to kno'
that the Company expect this year t
advertise more than ever and to max
extraordinary efforts to sell their land!
Now let them help the matter furthe
by voluntary reductions upon fare an
freight, as the Southern Minnesota
doing:
Sioux City Il St. Paul r. r., etc. }
GENERAL MANAGERS OFFICE,
ST. PAUL, March II, 1879.
EDITOR ADVANCE: AS to the SUE
gestions in your paper of the 18th:
~ We expect to do more advertiser
this year than ever before. Last yea
however, we did something in that dire.
ton. We contributed $500 in cash t
the State Board of Immigration.
We printed and circulated, postae
paid, three editions (about $4,000 col
ies) of the MINNESOTA Homestead,
We advertised our lands and IL
State in more than l 200 newspaper
published in every state east of the Mi
souri, river.
And we made very large distrib,
ton Of maps, posters, circulars, etc
and altogether we don't think we ha,
been "miggardly in this matter OF a.
2. We have for several years adye
t'sed. offered and sold our Gland d
partment tickets" to all points whe,
We have lands (see advert isement
Homestead herewith.) These ticket
vive free passage to all purchase s {
our lands who will use them.
3: We havn't any 81 to $40 schet
u]e" and never have had anv. On
half of all our lands are offered at $
and the average price is So, from wnic
20 per cent. and as to some lands mo,
than 20 per cent. is deducted on cas-
sales: No lands are held as high "a S]
except some tracts perhaps adjoining
Il town site.
4. As to lands in similar conditio
we do better than the company YOU 81
up for us to emulate. We don't as
Any paymen: of either principal or !,
terest until we can give perfect It'll
Some OF our lands have thus been occ,
pied since 1873 under these contract
without any payment whatever unit