Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1894-09-27


as formerly .. the deprecated currency
of some of these silver-using countri g.
Seeing that the purchasing power OF the
currency in the silver-using countries
themselves has varied but little, it in evil
dent that the English importer can afford
to pay these silver currency countries
such price for their wheat 40 may
enable the farmer there to make profit.
I believe that under the present con-
ditlon Of things Argentine wheat may be
imported into England at price which
will leave the farmer there Is cents per
bushel, while similar importation OF
North American wheat would leave the
North American farmer not more than
As cents per bushel Consequently, the
exports of wheat from Argentina are in.
creasing enormously, while exports from
the United States are steadily decreas-
ing.
Lest my remarks on the wheat question
may appear discourLglng to my friends
in North Dakota, wish it to be under.
stood that they refer merely to the
present condition of things, which may
be ameliorated before long. Probably
the low prices of wheat and barley may
lead to their extended use for feeding
stock, and thus reduce the supply and
cause the price to advance somewhat.
The Chicago Tribune states the ex-
perience of a Nebraska farmer. that for
feeding hogs a bushel OF wheat equals a
bushel aud halt Of corn. may re-
mark. parenthetically, that the imports
of bacon, hams and lard into England
and Germany are enormous. Mean while
the home demand for wheat will increase
with the population from year to year
until America becomes independent of
her export trade III grain. You will
occasionally hear the opinion expressed
that farming land in North Dakota will
not rise to the price OF farming land iii
Iowa, because Iowa is better "corn"
country. Now Indian corn" cannot be
| raised in any part Of England, but the
farming land, such as l have described
| to you there. is worth $4OO per acre. We
| in North Dakota can raise better wheat
| and barley than in Iowa. The early kind
of "Indian corn" will ripen with us and
| We can always grow corn as fodder
crop. Our native grasses are rlcner than
those OF Iowa aud you know that form
erly North Dakota was the favorite re-
sort OF the buffalo.
Judgin, from my experience and that
of several OF my friends, it would be
hard to find better stock country than
| North Dakota. No doubt You will wit
ness steady advance in the value of
farming land, until it doubles it's present
value. 1...
My views on tree and hedge plant
ing are so we'll known to you that I
will not now refer to them.
| The establishment of cheese factories
in North Dakota should prove success.
England consumes an enormous guam
tity of American cheeses which. like pork
and lard, are admitted duty free. Itap-
pears to me that North Dakota, which
abounds ir such rich native grasses, and
free grazing, should be able to success
fully compete IN the production of cheese
with Cheshire, where annual rents, rates
and taxes, on such land as l have de-
scrlbed, amount to about So per acre.
Thus you will see that on the whole, !
take an encouraging view OF our farming
prospects, though I consider that the
outlook is not bright for those who de.
pend on wheat alone.