Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-03-27
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IN view of the visits of investigation to be
PAID, some time or other, by committee OF
the city council and another of the board Of
health. to the two Locust Grove cemeteries.
on sixth street, in the rear of the Fourth
district, the Times has gathered information
concerning these cemeteries which it lays be
lore the public without comment, for there ID
need of none.
The Locust Grove cemeteries -numbers
one and two-occupy two squares of ground
between Sixth and seventh, Locust and VIII
low streets, and front on Sixth streets. The
sixth street entrace of the nearest of these
two cemeteries is just seven squares west of
the plants show we'll above ground. now that
the covering of snow has been removed by
the advent of mild weather.
The opinion of MI. Merrill was next
sought, which necessitated a visit to the
apartments of the general manager. Here
the correspondent encountered. Mr.. Hunt
ting, of the firm of rBassett,, Hunting &
Co., referred to by Superintendent Atkins.
This gentleman had brought with him from
McGregor sample of sprouts grown by
Mrs. .Bassett from spring wheat that weighed
between forty five and forty-seven pounds to
the bushel. The kernels, he said, had been
counted previous to planting, and thus
showed that every kernel had sprouted.
''These sprouts,'' said Mr.. Hunting, "are
equal to those grown from No. wheat, at
least they have that appearance now.
Whether they will produce as well remains
to be- determined by future experiment.. Our
firm are interested with Cargill & Van, COM
mission merchants, of La Crosse, in large
tract of land in Minnesota that will be
sown with this light wheat. That shows
that we have faith in it. Mr.. Bassett
and l have talked with / numbers of
farmers, all Of whom agree that. this light
wheat will terminate to an extent equal with
the heavier and better qualities. The ma
!or1ty of these farmers will make use of the
Light wheat for seed, in preference to paying
exorbitant prices for No. 1. This, of course,
as matter of economy The opinion held
by MIR. Bassett and myself, based upon in
formation derived from farmers and pro-
ducers, is, that no alarm need be felt con-
corning even the poorest of the present
crop for seeding purposes. The expert
ments thus far conducted show that nearly
every kernel, no matter how much shrunken,
will sprout-in fact, the kernels have sprout-
ed In every instance where tested. Farmers
scout the idea that the wheat will not grow.
The magnificent crop of 1872 in Minnesota
was grown from the blasted and shrunken
wheat resulting from the crop failure of the
previous year. Farmers used the wheat for
seeding because they had no other, and the
result was simply astonishing.'
In conclusion, MIR. Hunting referred the
correspondent to Mr.. Merrill for an exhibi-
ton of the plants brought hither by him,
which were grown by Mrs. Bassett from re-
jected wheat, sample of which accompa-
MED the sprouts. The railway manager, al
though much occupied otherwise, led the
way into his private apartments and pointed
to small box filled with earth, which was
covered with young wheat plants. "They
look healthy enough to satisfy anyone" said
Mr.. Merrill; ''and this is the stuff from which
they were produced,'' pointing to small
quantity of shriveled and bleached kernels
lying upon paper beside the box. And the
plants did look not only healthy but vigor-
GUS.
Mr.. Hunting said that the acreage of wheat
in Iowa and Minnesota will be increased, but
not to the extent of the increase of last sea-
son.
The Hon. Hans Crocker, who happened to
be present, expressed the opinion that the
wheat plants exhibited by Mr.. Hunt
ting looked strong and healthy,
but the question whether the
product of diseased and shrunken wheat
would be equal to that of healthy grain was
an open one in his mind. He thought that
if he possessed land for wheat growing pur-
poses he would prefer purchasing sound
grain for seed.
From the railway Offices the Tribune cor
respondent next proceeded on 'Change, where
he encountered Angus Smith, William Young
and other extensive spectators in wheat,
but not one of them felt competent to ex-
press an opinion on the subject, although it
had been, brought to their attention on more
than one occasion. They expressed no sur
prise at the result of the experiments made
in Iowa; and argued that, as the shrunken
wheat had made good flour, it must possess
terminating qualities. Several commission
merchants interviewed expressed similar
opinions although none of them knew of
experiments having been made.
This ended the search after information
which, as here given, must be anything but
gratifying to the bulls of the wheat pits.