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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
WANT THE. HARD WHEAT.
The English Miilers Are Urged to
Secure the Hard Wheat of Da-

The English MiiterS Are Urged to
Secure the Hard Wheat of Da-
kota.
The London Miller is an influential
English journal published in the inter-
est of the flour mills of Great Britain.
The following extracts from recent
issue will interest all concerned in the
production of hard wheat:
For more than year past we have
urged upon the millers of Great Britain
the obtaining by some means or other
better value for the money which they
eXpend on the purchase Of American
Northwestern wheat. 1t is diff
fcult to compete with the flour milled
i'll Minneapolis from wheat selected
and, in many cases, bought from the
farmer direct. Therefore we pressed
upon our millers the absolute necessity
of taking steps to place themselves on
even terms with their competitors in
Minneapolis. To do SO much they had,
after all, only to band together and put
themselves in direct communication
with the wheat growers, whether in the
United States or i'll Canada. Il
They hail the prospect with exceed
ing joy. TO them the appearance
in Dakota of the agents of a
syndicate of British millers would mean
deliverance from the present bondage
to the elevator men and the great mer-
chant mills. We know that in that re-
gion is raised some of the most deSira-
Die wheat grown on this earth. Here,
if ever, is a clear case of exchange of
mutual benefits. There is very
little prospect of the millers of Great
Britain handling the choicest wheats
of either Dakota or Manitoba I'M
til they place themselves, either
in person or by some trustworthy
deputy, face to face with the
wheat growers of these regions. Then
would they be able to purchase G ran
which has no superior in the world, and
probably at less figure than they now
pay for an inferior article. AS the diff
ference between the price of wheat at
Valley City and at Liverpool averages
Is cents per bushel in addition to the
cost of transport, the British miller will
be able to afford an advance of 10 cents
to the Dakota farmer, and yet
keep margin for fair profit. His
gain would be cents on the bushel,
plus the acquisition of Mol hard in lieu
of what passes as that grade in London
or Liverpool. To our way of thinking
Cnt purchase OI SUCH WnedG WOULD alone
compensate the miller for his journey
West, for whatever the British buyer
paid in advance of the rates now cur
rent in Dakota would necessarily be paid
by his American competitors as we'll.
Hitherto the millers of Minneapolis and
the Northwestern states generally have
enjoyed the great advantage of buying
some of the choicest wheat grown on
their own or any other continent at
their own price, and that is the back
bone of the american competition"
which has grown year by year more
formidable On our markets. Remove
that advantage and the American mer-
chant miller will be in no better posi-
ton than his British brother, butrather
in worse. Let British buyers make
their way to Dakota and Manitoba, and
the shipment of flour from the new
world will shrink in all probabilities to
very modest dimensions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
Experiments in Grasses.

A senate bill now under consideration
by the agricultural committee directs
the commissioner of agriculture to pur-
chase not more than 500 acres of land
near the hundredth meridian (Which
crosses Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, the
Indian Territory and Texas, to be used
in experiments with grasses and forage
plants, especially such as are adapted
to dry regions; and directs the COM
missioner also to make SINH
lar experiments near Washington,
with view to the develop
States Of the qualities Of grass. hay and
fodder best adapted to the raising and
fattcning of animals; and to report the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
FARM MORTGAGES WEST.
To What Extent Are the Lands
of the Producers Incumbered?

To What Extent Are the Lands
of the Producers Incumbered?
There have been various statements
which farms in this country are incum-
bered, some of them absurdly extrava-
CANT. The Farmers Review has aimed
to get at the actual facts, by special in
quiry, from those who are able to pro-
cure the most authentic information.
Ihe questions it sent out were: L.
What per cent of the farms in your
county are under mortgage? 2. Is the
number of farm mortgages increasing.
or diminishing? A part of the replies
to the questions were based on an eXam-
ination of county records; others were
the estimates of the correspondents
based on their knowledge of general
conditions in their respective counties.
The most that can be claimed for the
figures in the summary Of reports re-
ceived is that they are approximately
correct. Summarized by states we have
the following figures:
Ohio-Forty-five counties report an
average of % per cent of farms under
mortgage; sixteen counties report farm
mortgages increasing, and twenty-four
1Owa-SiXty-nine counties report an
average of A per cent of the farms
mOrtgaged, IA counties report mort
cages on the increase and 10 on the de-
crease.
Nebraska-Thirty counties report an
average of 81 per cent of farms mort
gagged, II report farm mortgages on the
increase and II on the decrease.
Wisconsin-Twcnty-f counties re-
port SO per cent of the farms mortgaged,
eight report mortgages on the increase,
and seventeen on the decrease.
Minnesota-Thirty-five counties re-
port 10 per cent of farms mortgaged,
thirteen report mortgages on the In
crease, twenty-five on the decrease.
Observation-Disclosures counties re-
port an average of 80 per cent OF farms
mOrtgaged, eleven report mortgages on
the increase, and nine on the decrease.
Kentucky-Eighteen counties report
an average of % per cent OF farms
mortgaged, eight report farm mortgages
Oh the increase, and ten on the decrease.
Observation-Disclosures counties re-
port SO per cent Of farluS mortgaged,
fifteen report farm mortgages on the in
crease, and twelve on the decrease.
The large per cent of mortgaged
farms in Dakota. and to some extent in
Minnesota, is due to the fact that it is
the very common practice, in making
farms from government land, to borrow
money to prove up and equip the farms
for the growth of crops, and give mort
cages on the land. Under ordinary cir
cumstances, with fair crops and good
management, these are paid off in two
or three years. 1t is not an indication
that the farmers are not prosperous and
getting out of debt, but rather tempo
rary incident, due to the fact that they
are acquiring farms and securing homes
without capital.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
NEW BLACK BARLEY,
Claimed to Be u Great Success in
the Northern LatitudeS.

Last year Henry E. Lavayea raised
Some new black barley, says the Lari-
more Pioneer, which, so far as it has
been tested, eclipses anything in the
grain line both for yield and feeding
and fattening qualities. 1t is claimed
to weigh siXty-three pounds per
't'struck" bushel-Mr. Lavayea's run
ming even over that, and last year at
rBozeman, Mont, yielded 1OS bushels
from two bushels Sown. Mr.. Lavayea
says he did not understand handling it
last year and lost a considerable part of
what be raised. but even then saved a
good crop. Ii has been analysed by tire
chemist of the department of agricul-
ture at Washington and compared with
corn, and found to contain TT parts of
carbohydrates as against 67.0S parts for
corn, and in albuminoids gave 1850
parts to Oh for corn. AS every agri-
cultural chemist knows, these two in
gredients are the ones in all feed which
Nav On flesh and fat. This barley is
said to be very sure crop in this north
Fern climate. and if it succeeds in the fu-
ture as il has in past it will do much
toward making this section one of the
first st0ck-grOwlng portions of the I'm
fOn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
FARM NOTES.
Points and Facts Gathered to In
terest and Help Farmers,

Il OlhNS dllu avs oheAlCAS " HI
terest and Help Farmers.
At the recent meeting of the New
York Dairy association, Horace Nc
Bride, of Middleton, n. Y, according
to Hoard's Dairyman, laid before the
meeting a statement of the milk yield
Of his herd of twenty-One cows. The
besides what he used in the family, OF
an average of G, 6s7.57 pounds per cow.
The cattle were pastured in summer
but fed at the same time, four
pounds of barley sprouts and four
pounds of middlings per cow. s.
S. Mapes, of the same place,
also presents report more in detail. A
seven-dayS' record was made in June
of his herd of eighteen cows, showing aIi
average of 25S pounds per COW. In Octo-
Der another seven-days' test was made,
showing yield of twenty-four pounds
per cow. or shrinkage of only three
pounds per cow. The feed was pastur-
age with only six pounds each of
glucose meal. Mr.. Mapes does not
give the average yield per COW of his
herd for the year. These statements
can be proftably studied IN the light of
feeding partial grain ration while on
grass.
The dairymen of Massachusetts, and
Connecticut are paying s22 per ton for
bran to feed to butter cows, says the Da-
kota Farmer. There are plenty of dairy
farmers in the Northwest that think
they can not afford to feed bran at S12
per ton. In view of all the evidence
there is in sight on the value of bran, it
occurs to us that the Northwestern
dairyman had better pitch into bran as
soon as possible. He can sell his butter
in New York or Boston for as high
prices as the Eastern dairymen can get,
and the transportation of butter in pro-
portion to value is vastly less than the
bran. Here lies a big advantage for the
Northwestern dairymen. :,
A writer in the Farm Journal says
that eighteen years ago, when he began
housekeeping in a large town, he bought
whisky barrel which had just been
emptied, and had farmer friend fill it
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
WHY NOT so PROFITABLE.
More Attention Should Be Given
10 Mutton and Less to Wool.

TO MuttOn and Less to WOOL.
In discussing the question why grow
ing wool and sheep are less profitable
than they should be, the Western Rural
saws: We need more wool than we
grow, and we need more mutton than
we produce; and yet, in the face OF this
fact raising sheep and growing wool
are not rs profitable as they should be.
What is the trouble? If anybody can
point out any other line OF business III
which the demand is greater than the
supply there will be armies OF men to
enter into that business, for usually
that means a good price for the prod
nets. But the facts in regard to the
sheen business would appear to knock
the law of supply and demand endwise.
There are some evident reasons for
This condition of things. We have
frequently alluded to one reason,
viz. that there is not enough attention
paid to the mutton side of the business.
There is Il constantly growing demand
for good mutton, and there Is profit IN
producing il whenever there is profit in
fhe production of any kind of meat, and
sometimes when there is no profit i'll
other meats. But so far as wool is con-
cerned, perhaps it is more completely
under the thumb of the man who buys it
than any other production our farms, and
that is saying good deal. The manu-
faclurers are banded closely together.
Touch one and you touch all. Find out
what one thinks and you will find out
what ali think. Learn what one intends
to do and you know what they all
intend doing. This is the fruit of close
combination. The man who grows
wool in the United States has no more
to say about the price at which it shall
be sold than the imam in the moon"
has. The manufacturer practically sets
the price, and he has the power to Starve
the grower into accepting it. This he
accomplisheS by refusing to buy and
Shaping his business so that he can re-
fuse, and by importing foreign woods.
There is wool imported into this coun-
try far beyond the real necessity, and it
is partly the result of manufacturers
conspiracy to keep the wOol-grower I'M
der their foot; and the importation will
be kept up, too, under any system of
tariff that may be adopted.
There is just one remedy for this
thing and only one, and that is for farm
erS to make common cause against the
feechcs that prey upon them, and by Or
ganizing among themselves get into a
position to have as much to say as to
what the prices of their products shall
be as the buyer has. The manufacturer
must have your wool. However indif-
ferent he may appear, he must have the
wool, and the momenf the wool grower
got into a position to protect himself
Mr.. Manufacturer would come down OH
his knees in short order.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12

things which, in our judgment. are
of the first Importance to farmers on the
Missouri slope, first it has been
demonstrated that corn can be sue
cessfully harvested with reaper,
and second that it can be
threshed successfully with an ordinary
threshing machine. The machine that
will plant and mark two rows of corn
Or potatoes is already in use. We have
kind of corn that seems ito the manner
born that is practically sure crop on
the slope. We refer to the Rec variety.
Now the question is, why not make
pork instead of raising wheat?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
To Ventilate Cellars.

Hoard's Dairyman gives the following
method for keeping a cellar well ven
tilated and free from foul odors: ''Start
a four-ineh pipe down within two inches
of the cellar bottom, and run it. up
through the floor close behind the kitehr
en- stove, thence close alongside the
stove pipe and into the chimney, two or
three feet above the entrance Of the
stove pipe. Care must be taken to have
all the joints of this pipe tightly sel
dered. The heat of the kitchen stove. in
which fire is kindled every day in the
year, will create vacuum in this pipe,
which is supplied from the bottom of
the cellar, and thus all foul, musty air is
drawn off automatically every day lie
the year." There Is no apparent neces-
sity for continuing this pipe to the Chin
ney, as it may as we'll connect with the
stove pipe above the stove. If the chimi
ney starts from the bottom of the cellar
perhaps an opening below will answer
the purpose as well.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
CITY NOTICE.
Notice forMdgment
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, |
ST. PAUL, MIMI, March IL, 1888. !


l will make application to the district
court In and for the county of Ramsey
and state of Minnesota, at the special
term to be held Saturday, March "a,
1888, at the court house in st. Paul,
Minnesota, for judgment against the
several lots and real estate embraced in
a warrant in my hands for the cOllec-
ton of unpaid assessments. with inter-
est and costs thereon, for the herein
after named special assessments.
All in the city of st. Paul, county of
Ramsey and state of Minnesota. when
and where all persons interested may
attend and be heard.
The owners and description of real
estate are as follows:
RE-ASSESSMENT FOR GRADING
STATE STREET, FROM ISABEL
STREET TO INTERSECTION OF
SOUTH ROBERT STREET, AND
SOUTH ROBERT STREET, FROM
STATE STREET TO SOUTH CITY
LIMITS.
Bells Second Addition.
Supposed owner and Am't{Of
description. Lot. Assm't
Paul Martin. .....,........A sl56.50
Lienau, Peters & Minea's Rearrange-
ment of Block IL, Bells Addition.
Supposed owner and Amt of
description Lot. Assm't
West Side Liedertafel sllS.75
and Opera Block Syn
dictate. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 2 1877
Wm + Cuniff ............. 1875
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
New Departures in Farming.

The Dakota settler has suggestion
an this that may be worth something in
other sections than the Missouri valley:
The farmer who always follows is likely
10 get left. 1t is the new departures, In
business, that capture success. New
methods should command the intelli-
gent attention of the farmer and the
exercise OF his ingenuity as well as his
Judgment. The experiments that
have been made during the
last year Lave demonstrated two
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
SAINT PAUL DAILY MONDAY MORNING MARCH 49,

suits might be obtained by planting
deep and then rolling the ground and
follow this by the repeated borrowings.
1t might be well to state that in Hyde
county we have no other than the striped
gopher, never having seen any Of the
ground squirrels that are so destructive
to wheat in the central counties.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
Hogs in Dakota.

1t is conceded that the wheat Of Da-
kota is not surpassed in the country, but
it has not been credited with being
much of a country for hogs. But the
figures shown give an intimatiOn OF
what may be this product in time. Da-
kota raised in 1886, 427,17 hogs, of the
value of S2,314,013. In this she beats
the record of twenty-0ne states and ter
ritOries, including such states as Mime
sofa, New Hampshire, Maine, Connect
cut and Massachusetts. Taking into
consideration, that, unlike the older
states, Dakota is capable of easily sup
porting twenty times its present pOpu-
lation, its capacities in the line of hogs
have hardly been touched upon. But
why is it that we can raise hogs? asks
the WatertOwn JOurnal-DemOcrat. is it
not true that Dakota is worse than the
frigid zone? Has it not been reported
that we have lost more than our whole
population in the late blizzard? The
mere fact that we can raise hogs ought
to be sufficient evidence that we raise
them as they are raised in other states.
But as further reply we would note
that in 1856 we raised Il, S05, 900 bushels
of corn and about 6,500,000 bushels of
barley. Thus it appears if any Dakotian
desires to engage in the business OF
raising hogs, there is every encourage
ment afforded him to do so. That others
view the subject in this light is evident
from the fact that packing houses are
springing up at various points i'll Da-
kota, at which there is constant de-
mand for hogs. We say to our farmer
readers, by all means make the raising
of hogs a part of your regular business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12

results of his experimentation to the ag-
ricnltural colleges and experiment sta
ti0nS in the different states, and to make
the same public; also to distribute seeds
and roots of such grasses and forage
plants as he may deem worthy OF ex-
tended trial, to such colleges and sta
lions and to persons desiring them"
Ten thousand dollars is appropriated to
carry out this scheme.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12

Mary A st Pierre. Commencing
at a point on westerly line of
South Robert street 734 feet
My of My line of Annapolis
street; thence My 40 tt;
thence WHY to WHY line of
lot 6, BidwelPs addition to
West st. Paul; thence Sly 40
TT: thence Ely to beginning,
being part of said lot 6. 49,.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
DIED.

DOLE-In St. Paul, Mimi, March IL, 1888,
at 24S West Seventh street. suddenly,
Florence May only child OF Henry L. and
Josie j. Dole, aged two years three months
and ten days. Notice of funeral hereafter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12

EMMETT F. KNIGHT, real estate and
IL financial agent % East Fourth ST.,
Frost block has for sale exclusively, among
many other pieces, the following described
property:
Lot9, block 1, Wann's addition Al feet on
Summit av. by 200 feet in depth to 20foot
alley, for So, 800. Terms, all cash over
mortgage-S1, 000-due Dec. ID, 1888. This
is the cheapest lot on this beautiful avenue.
Lot 81, block l. of Anna E. Ramsey's ad-
dition, for $1,7O0; S525 cash, balance on
very easy terms.
Lot 8, block 1, of varney & McManigars
Encouragement of Anna E. Ramsey's addition,
S1,7OO, $500 cash, balance in three years at
8 per cent.
Lot 10, block 2, St. Clair Street Short Line
addition, 81 $50; $500 cash, balance SIS per
month.
Lot 8, block 81. Summit Park addition, for
$4,000; terms to suit.
If you have any property to sell that is
cheap, come in, and / will find you a pur-
chaser. Emmett f. Knight
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
I addition. 1913. 30
Mary Chapman. Commencing

Mary Chapman. Commencing
at a point on westerly line OF
South Robert street pa feet
My from My line of An
napolis street; thence WHY to
WHY line of lot 6, Bidwell's adj
ditiOn to West st. Paul; thence
My along said WHY line 40 tt;
thence Ely to WHY line OF
South Robert street; thence
SLY 40 IT to beginning, being
part of said lot 9, said addi-
ton .................
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
Growing Value of Lands.

At farmers institute held at Joliet,
ILL.,, recently, Gov. Oglesby was one of
the speakers. He did not pretend to
know much about farming, but as chair
man of the public lands committee of
the United States senate some years ago
he had studied the land question and
had formed some very decided opinions
in regard thereto. He took the ground
that Uncle Sam had very little left to
dispose of that had any value for either
cultivation or grazing, and that farming
lands must. of necessity, grow in value
amazingly in process of time. He re-
ferred his audience to the time thirty OF
forty years ago when the best land in
the state covld be bought for 81 or S1.25
an acre, asked what it was valued at
now, and then requested them to form
an opinion what it would be worth
forty years hence. England was only
ten days distant from us, and yet her
lands, the value of which is based upon
the rent they bring, are worth from
$500 to 500 an acre. Land, he insisted,
is the most valuable of permanent in
vestmentS and the cultivation thereof
the most conducive to happiness and
prosperity. He would prefer that his
two sons become farmers rather than
follow any other avocatiOn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12

A N Lawton. Commanding at

A Nj LaWt0n. commencing at
a point on westerly line of
South Robert street 1916 feet
My from My line Of AnnS7-
oils street; thence WHY TO
WHY line of tot 6, BidwelI's
addition to West st Paul;
thence My along said WHY
line of said lot O, 80 it; thence
Ely to WHY line OF South
Robert street; thence SLY 40
# to beginning, being part OF
said lot 6, said addition .......