Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-28
SEED WHEAT.
The Elevators Have Become Amply
Secured by the Guaran-
tee Fund.
Farmers can Now Get Seed Wheat
For 81 Per Bushel Prom
ise to Pay.
The Seed Wheat Circular.

wheat circular being sent out from Min.
neapolis:
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March 20, $780,
Dear Strive enclose blanks on which
an abstract should be made of all deserv-
ing applications for relief within your
district or county. These should be COM
pleted and mailed to this committee at
the earliest possible date, in order that
an apportion ment may be made and the
grain delivered at the nearest station in
time for seeding. Under the arrange.
ments made by this committee, it is nee
essary that you scrutinize every applica-
tion carefully, ascertaining beyond a
doubt that the applicant is honest and
worthy and that the application is for the
smallest amount of both seed and feed
with which the applicant can get along,
and that you approve each such worthy
application as you are willing to vouch
for, on the line left for that purpose,
Also that the applicants tributary to the
different railway stations shall be sent on
separate lists. When the lists are COM
pleted the same must be submitted to the
local agent or agents of the elevator CON-
panies at each station and each applica-
tion approved or criticized by such ele-
vator agent.
AS soon as possible after the receipt of
these lists, arrangements will be made
for the delivery of the grain by the ele-
vators at each station. The magnitude
of the demand and the limited time in
which to meet it, made it impossible for
the committee to offer any encourage
ment that seed for more than 80 acres
will in any case be furnished an individ-
ual farmer on crop security only, and in
every case and for all amounts, other se-
curity in addition to crops will be re-
quired where suchiadditional security is.
AS the experience of the most successful
wheat growers has proven that one bush
el of good seed wheat per acre is produc-
tive of the best results and as the supply
will be limited, no more than one bushel
per acre will ever be furnished, and no
application should be forwarded for a
greater amount. The price of clean hard
wheat will be 81 per bushel, without in
terest, and of other grain IN pro-
portion; but our contract with
the parties furnishing the same
provides that all notes and
securities taken from farmers shall be
held by trustees, who are authorized,
after the parties advancing the seed shall
have been repaid for their advances at
the present net value of the grain to
return the excess, ratably, to those far
mers who shall have paid their notes.
Under this agreement, should there be a
good crop, and all notes taken be paid
this fall, the net cost of seed wheat to
the farmer would be about rs or 80 cts.
While, should there be a crop failure,
the heavy loss which would follow, must
be borne by the elevator and railroad
companies and the guarantors. We also
enclose a blank guarantee" and urge
that every responsible business man or
farmer be requested to sign for such an
amount as will demonstrate his faith in
the country and prove to the outside
public that, to the extent of their ability
Dakota men are willing to guarantee for
their neighbors. It is believed in no
event can this guarantee be assessed for
more than 10 per cent Of the amount sub.
scribed. These subscriptions should be
returned to this committee at once
Address Cuntil April s.,
NORTH DAKOTA SEED WHEAT COMMIT.
TEE, Chamber of Commerce, Minneap.
oils, MINI.
| H. T. HELGEsEN,
s. s. LYON,
E. P. WELLS,
Committe.