Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-13

DekSte Farmers Paying Debts In
Wheat and Feeding 1t to Hogs.

E@11aGT0 E1ylmK OSOu0
Wheat ana Feeding II to HOgs.
Wheat 10 currency up my way" said a
Fargo man the other day at the Arling-
ton. We used to say. AS good as the
wheat when No. I hard brought never less
than . dollar . bushel. We are glad to
have No. ! or No. 2 nowadays when We
have to take As cents a bushel. It's about
all We've got. Many people haven't even
wheat. Some do not think of selling their
crop. but are feeding 1t to stock. And by
the way. I believe that our farmers in
northern Minnesota and North Dakota are
going to learn q valuable lesson by the
seeming hardship Of a low market. They
used to say they could put in an acre of
wheat and harvest and thresh 1t for about
50. all expenses counted The average yield
expected then and now was twenty bushels
to the acre. At As cents a bushel you can
easily see what the profit is on an acre OF
wheat. The more acres You have the
neither more or less You make. This situa-
ton has taught our farmers 10 Sur them
selves. and discover some way Of getting a
prott out Of their wheat Tney Ind IL in
feeding IL to hogs and cattle. flIty car
loads Of fat hogs nave been sold TINS wan
ter In st. Paul and Minneapolis. every
pound Of which was produced from Dakota
wheat. A car load Of wheat At present
prices il worth At the elevator in Minneap-
oils. including freight charges. about $3.50.
Live hogs at and cents a pound are
In Minneapolis from 5000 to $500. With
good warm quarters pigs can be farrowed
in our country so as to reach the market at
six to eight months old without being car
ried through a winter. AS long as pork is
as high as IT has been this past year and a
half We can make money on wheat. In
fact, they tell me they net 81 a bushel by
feeding 1t to hogs. Another good thing is
being learned by our northwestern farmers
When they feed wheat IL looks to them as
II they were putting good greenbacks In
the feed trough. II gives them feeling
something such as / felt when 1 was boy
in Illionois. and saw one of our neighbors
putting good ears Of corn In the kitchen
stove to cook supper. He had no wood lot
and corn was way down, so IL didn't pay
to haul 1t, and with pork at $3.50 a hundred
he didn't care to use IL UP that way. Now
adays UP in North Dakota when a farmer
feeds wheat he knows IL IL a financial oper-
alton. He values the stuff he IL feeding.
and he is careful not to waste Ii or to let
the Investment take care OF itself. He is
pretty apt to provide a good warm place
for his stock. 30 as to use up as little as
possible of his rations in making animal
heat. Many farmers have got along 50 far
in the new way that they soak their
wheat before feeding II. Some boil IT, They
claim. what is no doubt true. that II goes
further and makes more pork I'm proper
ton to wheat fed. One thing il true. wheat
fed pigs make far better pork than those
fed en- corn.
What 1 said about wheat being currency
is fact. / know men UP there who haven't
had dollar in six months. and buy all
they want for themselves and families with
wheat If man wants an overcoat he
goes to his storekeeper. picks out the one
he wants and gives a due bill on the ele-
vator for IL. II he IL bnying any article
that calls for considerable sum he pro-
vides himself with an elevator receipt.
which he tenders just as he would treas
pry note. A friend ~ mine sold farm
the other day In the Red River valiey-320
Prres OF as good land as the Valley ~ the
bushels OF No. hard to the acre. Not
dollar was used in the transaction. or ever
will be. probably. The man who bought
paid 4.O0 bushels ~ wheat and assumes
an incumbrance Of s5OO. which can be paid
aisn in wheat The payments we've !aH
year on or before November I. loo the
next wear. and so IN until paid. Interest f.
to be paid at the rate ~ 9 ner cent
On valuation Of s3efn. this also
to he in wheat at market price on
the dates when Interest f. Sue Even tsxes
to some hroker. who provides the cash for
the COLLECTOR and the insurance agent. ~
else the latter actually take the whea,
themselves hoe harnened In several
cases m NV knowledge or course M rotes
could he usA1 In this sale. The tr.ns-ctior
" IVES e~reed thst the ir.a~est .honia he
reSvced IN rronnrf'on 81 the n,~~~en.s ~
wheat each v>ov what &c primitive wav
=" doing business hut u was oe~ass,tv
Tho hpvAr warte5 fha ,a>S nns has s>-,e
wheat hos IN r,a,-e the e-st ravrrent
-'c-" IN successive wears. so as to nay the
indebtedness