The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-22
Taking Care Of the Crops.

which may hesct the operative and
II OF the greatest sources of loss In
running the mill.
There Is also the wheat which has
gonC into the stack in apparent good
shape and because of bad winds and
heavy rains become soaked with wa
ter aud then by heating become stack.
burned and mouldy. or gone into the
bins in n damp condition and come
out later as bin burned wheat, which
is not only deceptive stun To buy.
but which makes unsound iiour and
loss II 10y any mischanCe ii reaches
the rolls.
No other subject is of more vital
importance to millers than the quality
of the wheat they grind. The miller.
by force Of business necessity. has
no use for poor wheat. Unlike the
statistician or the crop estimator. he
thinks less Of the number of total
bushels raised or the given number
of bushels per acre than he does Of
the quality of the grain and the pro.
portion of II which finally reaches his
bins in a condition which will allow
II to be millcd into the pure, uniform
product upon which his trade IL
based.
In the settlement OF a new coun.
try, where the production of wheat
largely exceeds the local demand and
the farmers are poor and have not
the means tn build %granaries to hold
their crops. there is a heavy move
ment of wheat from the machine" as
the quickest and easiest method OF
getting the grain raised of their
hands. To get the money it brings
into circulation is the one ambition
OF the farmer. The greater the mum.
Der of acres of wheat he can raise.
the cheaper the cost of production.
and the celebrity with which II Is
rushed to market counts for more
than quality of product. Under such
conditions there Is little stacking OF
wheat and all the rains and winds
have full opportunities to damage.
The most promising outlook OF u fine
quality of wheat will be ruined In q
; week of bad weather while the farmer
is waiting for the machine" and as
his ncighbors are IN the same ex
pectant attitude, n period OF bad
, weather succeeding harvest will ruin
good grain and cause the loss of thou
sands OF dollars in the lowering oil
} grades.
. The best and most successful farm
crs have learned from years of ex
p%erience that 1t pays to stack theil
Srain, especially their wheat. Tha
mysterious process of going through
D the sweat" by which wheat Is i'm
/ proved in color and strength after be
ing cut, had best be passed In tn
stack. for investigators and expert
d have found that the longer the rerio'
g during which the berry remains Il
the chaff and straw the greater Is tn
n Improvement of its quality.
y The market depression which fo
u lows the custom OF rushing the whea
n TO market Immediately after harves
u is too well known to need any con
ment. The supplies are temperate
larger than the power of absorptio
and prices are lowered in cons
It qucnce, to the greatest detriment
the farmer himself. The miller late
s. on suffers from this cause by havin
a the cheap wheat exported to l
he brought into competition later IN ii
re crop year.
fe The interests of the miller In takiT
ID care of the wheat and having II
n farmer hold II as long as pOssib
We for gradual marketing is eviden
Is There Is nothing which can be dor
,e 10 regulate or control the weathe
but all arguments favor the best pr
re lection which "A be given the Gre
es from the elements. AS the harve
d. season approaches farmers should
IS. urged to stack their wheat and gi'
es It the best chance possible to |
ne high in grade and dry and swe
when threshed. II threshed in a dl
I'd condition there is little danger OF
q. loss Of grade afterwards. a diffe
ne ence of 10 TO Is cents a bushel
10 price because OF quality alone Is ofte
I'd the result of stacking wheat In a W
season. The farmer Is the winner ar
the miller is glad to pay full price
for the best grain, and he don't wal
the poor stuff at any price.
The question of the best care
the crops is of increasing important
as milling demand requires more
- the wheat raised. Advanced farmir
methods grow up side by side wit
increased milling facilities and bot
are benefited. There are no tw
classes which are in such close d
al ~pendence upon each other as II
miller and the farmer. The success
81 Of the one usually means the succe.
Is of the other. In no other particuls
do the two interests harmonic as
the improvement OF the wheat GRO
No other element will improve IL
quality more than the care OF the ere
10, after cutting. II is in the interest
every miller To urge stacking Il
wheat" and both will be the gain'
by better qualities Milling ar
Trial Orchards.
The growing Of trial orchards In II
a different states is a practice that