The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-30
An Increasing Demand for III. ~,
Manufactured in the Gre,, !
Falls Mills.
Orders Now ut the Office OF tho
ract Mill Company Ahead q,
the Supply.
The Local Demand for the Home D.,
uct Has Exceeded the Expe,.
tations OF Dealers.

The Cataract Milling COMPANY v..,.
day prepared a showing Of the =.
done for the year ending Septembe,
During that period the COMPANY :
chased 10000 bushels of wheat W
turned out in round numbers BAN
sacks OF flour. 1t is six years since \
patent roller process was put in, bu,,1
only within the past year that auv
amount Of flour was ground, MI
grades-the patent, straight and
grades are produced. The patent ,,l
is as good quality as can be produ,,
anywhere, it being in every res,.
equal to the flour turned
by the mills in Minnesota and Daldl
from which the -four used here previnn]
ly has been shipped. The preiudics \
favor of eastern brands has been epti,sl
removed. All that was necessary to
done to prove the excellent quality Of n
home manufactured article was a ri,
This resulted in an immediate dem,,|
for all the flour hitherto made. and tbs,
was yesterday at the Office of tn, com
pany orders aggregating 10000 pound
in excess Of that which can be sunni.
from the flour on hand.
The grade which has thus %supplsptr
the eastern product and grown so rand
ly in public favor is ground from had
wheat grown in this section. A ysa
ago last spring the Cataract Milling Ca
furnished the farmers with seed wheat
and last years crop was the result. TbI
wheat is the same quality as that grow,
in Minnesota and Dakota, and the ed
perimsnts of the past two years hsvI
conclusively proven that not only j
good a quality of the cereal
can be grown here as in the states merl
toned, but that the yield per acre 81 d
excess of the average amount per srd
harvested in Dakota. The amount
raised here to the acre is not often led
than forty-tive to fifty bushels.
The local demand for the home manu-
featured article has increased beyUrd|
expectation. The mill of the Catarsa|
company has a daily capacity of seventh
barrels and the orders now on hand add
accommodating at so rapid a rate are ilfI
cations which point to the ready ale
the product of the large mill to be thI
here will have.
In a conversation with Mr.. Ger
Marsh, the superintendent of the ca
ract mill, it was learned that ordersav
flour come here from all sections, Isv
country as far east as Chinook is sp
piled, the demand at Neihart is growilg
while Choteau, Sun River and other out
side localities are supplied as nearly d
the product will admit. The popularity
OF the home manufactured article 10
Great Falls is deserving mention. ID
former years the quality Of wheat v&
not OF a character to warrant a gTade
Of flour which could hope to compea
with imported brands. Even after The
introduction and successful cultlvahM
Of hard wheat there was a certain
amount Of skepticlsm extant as to The
Cataract mill product being equal d
every respect to the imported artlc:
But a trial in every instance resulted
raising the estimation of the consumen
for the home brand and locaI dealek
have no difficulty in dlsposing readily o.
all they can procure.
The gentlemen whose visits here r.
suited in the arrangement tor mill VIII
a capacity of 300 barrels daily were Do
doubt influenced in their favorable &C
ton by the deserved popularity OF th'
northumberland article The intro
duction of hard wheat and its successlu
cultivation here but confirmed the opili
ions hitherto expressed regarding l'
section of Montana MS a wheat groWlin3
country. 1t is not necessary To urge u,
farmers to prepare to meet the den'anu
When they are assured they can have d,
market for their crops, they u%ndouo'eIl
will cultivate a larger area of ground ID
demand for wheat next season VIII Ger
tainly not fall short of 100000 bushes
This quantity a be produced readily !,
the lands now under fence in the locSll
ties adjacent to the city, and the &c
mand for grain not being limited to ''
| quantity mentioned the farming comniul
ity need entertain no fear of overstocRll!
the market. ,
That Great Falls is destined to DI
come a great milling center is as;Ofsu
beyond a doubt. This assurance Nl
increased the value of the agricultuSS
lands now under cultivation and wv
create a demand for the tracts nov up
claimed Or not worked