The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-31


only way to have fair play. Mr.. FIN
owns a large farm iii the valley. and
speaks as farmer. 5s ,s }S5
A high tribute to the valley was paid
extra fine soil and good climate. Rail-
road rates were from rs to 40 per cent
lower than anywhere else; land was rais-s
Ing In price, and big chances for mailing
money. >fss I. d 2a % 4 y E5s5 "a
= Mr.. Hill made good impression and
the stern, cold. selfish, millionaire, as pic
stured to many, changed to q pleasant. sos
ciable. accommodating fellow farmer.
The applause was tremendous. s@ @
With notifications to include and rec
ognize iron and lumber interests, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted, pursuant
to the recommendation In President Hills
address: -.
The Interstate Grain Growers Conven-
ton in meeting assembled at Fargo, wish
Ing to promote the interest of the grain
growers of the country and to secure the
opening of new markets for their pro-
ducts by and through which process con-
dittons now existing may be relieved and
better prices secured, do hereby call upon
the senators and representatives in con-
gress to secure fair and equitable encour-
agement of American shipping interests,
and introduction of American food stuffs
into Asiatic markets, for by such means
we feel positive that permanent and SUBJ
stantial financial good will result to our
entire agricultural interests.
Resolved, That copies, certified by the
president and secretary of this conven-
ton, of this resolution be forwarded to
our senators and representatives in con-
gress and to the secretary of agriculture.
| The committee on wheat cleaning ma
chfnery made report, saying that their
test was not satisfactory, but reporting
from the imperfect test made in favor Of
the Cleveland machine.
The preponderance of sentiment in the
convention has been decidedly in favor of
growing corn. millet, Hungarian clover,
timothy, etc., with cattle, sheep and hogs.
as expedients to keep land in the highest
condition of productiveness for wheat,
rather than by losing idle capital by leav-
ing land in summer fallow. 1t has been
taught that there is little if any advant-
age in exchange of seed wheat from a
distance. The best seed obtainable, wher-
ever obtainable, is the lesson inculcated.
! President Worst Of the agricultural COL
! lege, together with Professors Shepherd,
Bolley and Waldron Kaufman, have at
! forded the convention the facilities Of
fered by that institution for the instruc-
ton of the convention. Superintendent
Gregg and Professor Hays, of Minnesota
and Director Braithwaite, Of Manitoba,
| have been in tireless service. Among the
prominent workers were Colonel Powers,
G. s. Barnes. r. S. Lewis, Charles Nc
Kissick. Thomas Harrison Commissioner
Thomas and many others. Mayor john
son and President Worst, the president
= and secretary of the convention, respec-
lively, have left nothing undone to pro-
mote the work in hand, both in arranging
preliminaries and supervising details dur
| ing the sessions.
| Touching the present system of inspec-
ton, President Worst read the letter from
Inspector Clausen:
The reputation of our grades in Eastern
markets has received: a strain this year
| that has caused me great deal of anxi-
| ETY.. If the inspection has erred in MAX
ing its standards, it has been: on the side
shipper. Our grades of this crop are not
up to the standards of Manitoba and
Kansas. two of our competitors in the
flected in the relative prices paid in New
York for these different wheats; even the
! NO red winter, a soft grade of wheat
is bringing a premium of more than a
cent a bushel over our No. l Northern
wheat There is much complaint from
the East this year concerning the per-
centage of smut, cookie and bleached
wheat in our crop. These facts, which
snail substantiate by documentary evil
dence, Will be laid before our committee.
T., Another important point is the fact that
the requirements of our rules are so much
less rigid than in other markets. For in.
I STANCE. our No. / hard, No. l northern
and NO. northern rules provide min,
mum test weight OF 90, 81 and 81 pounds,
respectively: Manitoba rules require sc
pounds for NO. l hard, go pounds for No.
northern and So pounds for No. north
ern. Kansas No. hard and No. hard
which practically correspond to our NO
| l hard and No. l northern grades, are
required to weigh 60 pounds and SO pounds
to the bushel, respectively. Owing to the
high character and quality of this wheat
prougaat TO Mlnne9 sP last year and
The st. Louis market requires 81 and
59-pound wheat for their No. / hard and
NO: = hard grades, respectively 1 send
you ntrewiSh ne Rrlmted RUGS TOT these
snn "D'Ao'"~' a'sseo'' "'0 Ao1 ooinp
The tendency in the Northwest for sew.
eral years has been toward deteriora tion
In seed. and consequently similar result
IN quality n, ana crop: me past two crops
aeds s anG i,onmrities nuar fr rrease III
sons. The production Of No. hard
Scotch fife wheat has become practically