The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-09-06
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ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING.
IA, WARDwELL. &C.. THoMPsoN
WARDWELL i THOMPSON,
TERMS. 300 PER ANNUM
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1895.
ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING.
200 PER ANNuM
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1895.

TERMS. 200 PER ANNUM
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1895.
WHAT THE THREsHER SAYS.
Reports from around the county 20
to prove that the yield is better than
expected. OF course later thrcshing
may not turn out SO we'll. AS rule,
the shock threshing now going on Is
done by the larger farmers, and gener-
ally speaking, the larger farmers are
the best farmers. But enough Is done
already to make certain of very
large average yield.
There are some people who think
there is danger Of lack Of granary
and elevator capacity. Notwith-
standing the fact that on the three
lines Of railways there are a sufficient
number of elevators to make about
one elevator for each mile of track,
still there is reason to believe, unless
considerable wheat is taken out at
once by the railways, that the local
storage capacity may be tested to its
utmost extent. Previous crops not SO
large us this have at times filled the
elevators in some of the towns. and
for time there would be no market.
There is all the more cause to fear
this glut from the fact that the same
Thing will occur all through the
nol thwest and the railways at least
for time, will have all they want to
do to keep the elevators clear. How
ever, the elevator and railway COM
panles know the situation. better
than anyone else, and doubtless have
made their preparations accordingly,
and will likely take care Of the wheat,
provided there is not too great q rush
at the beginning.
Smut is bad in some localities, In
others little or none appears. Dray-
ton reports very little, Midland has
considerable. Two large farmers
there are selling their wheat as ere.
jectcd' for 80 cents. The wheat in
many places is bleached and off color.
So far but little Mol hard is reported,
most of the wheat that is free from
smut going northern. 1t is prob
able that the sudden ripening Of the
grain, and then standing so long, te'
fore cutting. and perhaps the light
frost. all had their share in spelling
the color.
We saw q sample of the work of 9
smut machine in use ut an elevator
in kittson county. 1t takes very
bad sample and cleans it SO that it il
very much better. though it does moi
clean it completely. Dry threshina
and good thresher cleans out lot OF
1T.
The price Of wheat seems to have
dropped like McGinty, clean to the
bottom again. AS to selling at this
time, the PIONEER EXPRESS can only
repeat what 1t has said many time,
before. When wheat is a fair price
say from SIS cents up, the farmer can
not afford to speculate, because thu
chance is just as good for fall In
price as rise: but when wheat /.
away down, there is more chance Of 9
rise than a fall, and 1t does fall, the
difference will be little and the los.
light. This is the doctrine and logic
Of chances, and SO far as farmers
knowledge goes, the price of wheat IL
entirely a game Of chance. Just nov
our friends at Duluth and Minneapo
lis, who buy our wheat, (and don't lei
anybody else buy it) know that We
have big crop, that we owe money
and must sell, and they are figuring
with US accordingly. After they buy
our crop. they will remember that
the worlds surplus is low, and that
they own the bulk of the wheat il
the United States, and they will moi
be slow in reminding their customers
Of the fact, aud fix prices accordingly
When the time comes that we manu-
facturc our own wheat product al
home, when every town has one, two
or more mills, when we keep our bran
and shorts, and at leastgrind our OWL
flour, Duluth and Minneapolis will
not have their thumbs on the arteries
that carry our life blood, nor yet
exist by the TRANSMISSION of our blood
into their veins.
1t is an even question, notwith
standing the immense crop, If the
average farmer will have more money
for his crop this year than he did last
year even at the very low prices Of
last year. Last year the grade was Of
the best, this year we have more
wheat, but the price is fully as low
for good grades, and a large part Of
our wheat Is not good grade.
Barley and oats are of mere norui
nal value, the former is worth about
20 cents bushel and the latter would
be worth about IL cents to ship; yer,
little Of the barley is high grade, mos
OF it stood too long In the field afte
1t was ripe. We can raise a goot
grade Of barley here, but we will have
to cover the shocks, or In some othe
way prevent the heavy dews settling
odwn into the boards aud mildewinp
| the kernel.
Threshermen are making none,
this year. The wheat is clean from
weeds. and the grain rolls out rapidly
Settings" are not far apart, ant
there is plenty Of work. II goot
weather lasts there are probabl,
enough machines to thresh out the
crop. though it will keep them busy
II we should have much bad weathe,
1t is probable that considerable grain
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