The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
WHAT WHEAT HAS DONE.
Paid on the Growers Mortgages
and Encouraged Him To In
crease Ills AcrsaRe.

Wheat growing IN fBts state 4s not only
m state Of ev0sut on. as is all agr.cul-
fure. from the fact that all has 10 be
evolved, but & Il IN 2 state az revolution
When farmer ln the older communities
has his farm laid out FOR one or more par
fleulsr crops. no matter how the market
may 20. be sticks TO then from year 90
year. lie has 20 DO So The nature OF the
climate and soa very probably prevent
D n from raising anything else. The
Washington farmer OF experience as 20 his
sol and climate. however. believes that he
can ra.se anything. Therefore when one
crops fas.s 80 make a profit. De starts 20
raise something else.
Ishis. as stared elsewhere. has led 10 a
revolution N farming IN the great INLAND
empire" whose huge productions OF wheat
have made the Paluuso and big Bend
wheat belts known all over the world.
There came two lean years. one after the
other, waen after making great profits the
wacaf growers found that the price pad
d.d not begin 10 pay tGe cost 0f production.
As a result Of this. many OF tae farmers
went into hog rails ng. fruit culture and
diversified farming generally. Under this
uew order OF things some ~ them found
they had zoo much land. and they split up
their large holdings into small farms. and
many Of lhese small lots % ihe most fer
ale iand We're for sale at low prices during
last sprng whether they VIII be tbs
spring Is another question.
He Paid ON FEIs Mortgage.
As au Illustration. q farmer wcnt iuta
q Spokane bank 20 which he was deeply in-
deAfcd and prayed the managers - fore
e.aae the4r mogl gage and permit h-m 10
drive on with BIS team aad personal prop
erty The mana gers adv sea HIM 10 ~ on
Tor another year. bu3 be said t6at be had
not money 90 bus seed or FOR putting i In
The managers said taey would advance
the necessary. amount ana they mad 90 use
earnest persuasions 10 induce the farmer
10 make another attempt. Last fan ne
paid back the money advanced. he also
paid OF the whole Of AIS mortgage. and ne
has now a eoad balance. instead Of a def
cit AZ n - bankers
qysls was all due 70 the rise IN the price
~ vyhssst. AND g must be bar one % many
Instances where tbe farmer has been lifted
era ~e.y eat 81 his temporary -ffiCulr-es.
II has dounsless done very mUga more.
FAs rassrit ~ Whica can only he estimated
AZ che e.ese % next season. From WAeat
alone the farmers received s. 55o 90 more
far cher erau thau they expected 90 Te-
os4ve. rhaT beng tae osnareiaea t@tweta
g5 cents a frlsael. 40 Whfca gee crop began
q, sell i'm September. aud an average ot IS
cents. at wh.ch wheat eol3 very rapidly
later. Ia EAe optnign ct t1e tafEe 4eaters,
Toe. these. or possibly slightly 'Faer
rr.>,s. s.lE be uaa.utal ne3 Tor "A coag3e az
years
The Great wheat Belt
Toe rur7t--sof acres unGe- wheat I'm teis
.s.asa Is - tts WAeat So grown more or
ts-es ala over ere esafs. lDs tas great R5aat
t,~s{re.r.- hsE extends trrul che IdaHo .tae
s-s ..saerae-s prcrtv uuea AZ lanls bee
4vs.Fn teat boundary ara ere Columbia
-eve- Ths Includes rVe no~rhera part ~
douglas arf IIn5o.r couutles. cAlla1 eae
psw Read az the Colsmh.a. Spokane aH3
Whitman counties, catlc6 me Ff-cs5@c
country. ara Adams. Garfield. Asstta. Co
,tfrsr5a ana Wala Wa1la counties TIE
r-,,r, 81 last war VAS estimated at saa ..r
s,,tsAees Ey December tG On conserve
-t,,- .s+s mate. Fr ree-euar ers ot ass r~Ha
haf t.r-. marketed Little Vas sofa early
- the season. 50 that tAc average gr.-"
,e.sa .rfst ean se placed ~ - ceEts Per
busieet-
~ t1ss great crHp. wh.-h was pcoeah'y
about half q ull-son ogsafis ahea8 ot t'e
r~a,-5sus vsar~oNiuE ear-resy 90 IRE eN-
,.sEsr,r harvest ara nrt - ssidet a-resSe-
she~e had caets sa tais port f2r shipment
s-va-,. December re-. 1.1a9 ears az wH.ca
9 asr cars vere satppcsl after Ssep,esr Der
aI,ss ,-..st.tv VAS fag superior - tAAt 81
eve r-e.,.s.sor ve&r. tssr ssaJe gran tnSF@s-
tors fn8suZ scarcely aGy GO refecs thA'
ysee sHrsxetteG Up cn &ccS1Ht os cry
s.es ha~. r- seft eee1ise - rAs1 ~3r-+g
e-a-se2s.er art s-2sesr vaetf vas a@'
fs.aE a. AL sn esese r,ssf1st1
MIA she re.urn cF Eeed sf-~es. ard
s~saao.ilty sAA. these sr.oss WI a~ So4-A-