Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
COST OF wHEAT-RAIslNo.
Interesting Information Obtained In
Northern Dakota aud Manitoba

Interesting Information Obtained I'm
Northern Dakota aud Manitoba.
Just what IL costs to raise bushel
Il wheat on fresh prairie soil is very
elastic Squire, depending very much
upon the season, quality Of soil, and
the way you set about It. / know
cases in which the figures range, for
work only, from fifteen cents to &1.O
a bushel. Some land owners find Il
most profitable TO contract with push
ing man having say three or four sons
all pulling one way and working with
a will, and | think il good " ay for
all parties. give examples OF this
method from two points nearly three
hundred miles distant from each 9TH
er, and perhaps some one else may
contribute his share. In a country
where, within year or two, we may
look for 100000. 600 bushels OF the
best hard wheat in the world, such
details are Of more than local interest.
The first example is from Dickey
County, ID. T., and is nothing special
as to yield, in fact, / know much bet
ter results that way, though in this
mans case tho absence OF frost and
the Old Hutch boom have made him
for this season an exceptionally fortu-
nate example. Samuel Glover says.
came here in the spring OF 1885. The nrst
season hired 1870 acres broken and backset
the next season $50 acres, and the next 100 acres
more Until this year have had almost all
Of this land farmed on shares. I paid for break-
ing and back-setting, and leased 4 for one-half
the grain at the threshing machine. fur.
nished seed and paid half OF the threshing the
renter doing all the work
The last year farmed s2) acres In wheat
near Glover, near Dickev County, with the fol.
lowing result; Received is,S50 bushels wheat
from go acres which I have sold as follows.
ii.5O bushels No. Hard, At ti.is tia2J9bO
ASA bushels No. Northern at u.gs q. A.iss.i6;
tSt bushels No. Northern a. ti00 ts3t DO
Total, tiA276.6j Cost OF production fnclu d.
ing seed and hauling, sLg7aO0; net profit tls,.
s9s.60; average net per acre, ti5.33
A large portion OF the land farmei on shares
yielded as we'll as the above. Ihave had 1900
acres cropped three years, $50 acres two years,
and 100 acres one year and my profits from
farming this land have been more than twice
the cost Of tho land, and all improvements in
eludng breaking and backsettinE. Much OF
this laud wac poorly I'll cd aud d not pay as
well as II Il had been properly farmed. Many
OF my neighbors can show better results per
acre than do.
My next example is from the Por tage
Plains, the very choicest wheat land
in Manitoba and nearly three hundred
miles due north OF Dickey. This land
Is nearly hat, never luxurlant vegeta-
tion, but full OF mineral plant food,
scarcely ever touched by frost in
twenty years 1t does not readily run
TO weeds and is full OF staying power.
Messrs. Campbell, who on this land
have raised the very high average Of
thirty bushels per acre for five years
in succession, finding they were too
much engrossed in grain buying TO at
tend properly 10 their crops, have
hired their next seasons crop 10 a
good working farmer who with his
family OF grown-up sons is a model
man for new country. The land Is
all fall plowed In good shape aud the
seed supplied. The contract is for
twenty-five and a half cents per
bushel and the work included Is SOW
Ing, narrowing. harvesting, threshing
and delivering grain at the elevator,
say three or four miles distant.
This, ] think, fairly good price for
the renter, and with an average crop
he will come out well, as he can start |
Immediately after seeding TO breaking |
on his own account, and will have
every hour Of his working time
proftably employed The ease Of
working and proximate certainty OF a
good crop are strong points in his
favor, while the land owner from one
crop will collect the price he paid for
he land a few years ago. As / have
already written, this is tho sunny side
'f wheat farming. The man who has
'aised i've hundred or one thousand
lcres pi straw 10 burn may now take
he door Cor Orange Judd Farmer.