The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-04

left the experimental stage In raising
this grain. There are 80 many vari-
cites of 1t. and many of them are not
adapted to American conditions, and
yet 1t Is more than likely that nearly
all Of them have been experimental
with and have become scattered more
or less all over the durum raising re-
gions. After awhile we will get down
to few of the very best varieties,
best adapted to our conditions, and
will stick TO them. Them too many
growers have supposed that 1t "was
all macaroni" and in this way the
varieties have become badly mixed.
This has initiated against the grain.
Others have enieavored to raise 1t
In humid climates. and have hence
produced an inferior quality. This
has had its effect. Macaroni is pecu-
liarly dry country grain, and the
area to which 1t is indigenous is linz
tied. We will quit that too. But the
main thing we have lost track of Ia
that foreigners are not Americans
till they come here-and that they do
not take MS readily to innovations as
do We. The southern countries nj
Europe-the macaroni consuming ma
tions-are conservative and 1t takes
time to work up a market among
them for our product. In this we see
little reason for disbursement when
all factors are considered. The en-
ports made the past year ought to
allay the fears Of the least sanguina.
1t is no doubt true that the war be-
tween Japan and Russia hampered
production in the latter country and
this augmented the demand for the
American product, but 1t gave us the
chance to get our good foothold in
the markets, and If we can raise
product that can hold its own in quail
ity-and We think we can-American
enterprise will take care of the advan-
tage gained and will gradually push
our grain into other markets.
The department Of agriculture has
recently issued the following state
ment bearing on the years export,
which are anything but discouraging:
The actual quantity of durum wheat
exported from the United States is
not known for 1t Is not separated from
other wheat in the official and other
complete statements of foreign move
ments, but from letters received at
the department of agriculture from
persons who handle this grain, 1t APP
pears that at least one-half of the
wheat mot including wheat -FOUR ex-
ported from customs districts east of
the Pacific coast, and more than 30
per cent of the total wheat mot in
GLIDING -FOUR exports of the United
States since July 1, 1905, was durum
(macaronD wheat.
1t is believed that shipments other
hos I&11
made, but no definite reports of guam
tity have been received as yet The
information received thus far accounts
for the exports of 7,7S3,0S1 bushels of
durum wheat from July 1, 1905, to
April l. 1906, distributed as follows:
Duluth for export via United
States Atlantic ports. 100000
Duluth for export via Canadian
s CAV ss's'":: :::: 1s s:sss
lolti ......i ~ a
The following exports IRONY
States Atlantic ports were "a
wholly or in part with theS7s
bushels shipped from Du1hth,\
hence their total should notSbe audeu'
to the above total:
Port. From July I. 1905. to3 Bushels
Portland, Me. Mar. 80, 1906S 1,O22,O75
Ne es!' York FEB ap g e 1873 1873 $1,000 aeS
The shipments from New Ybrk were
sent mostly to ports on the {Mediter-
ranean sea. OF the exports from Bos-
ton $4,000 bushels were consigned to
Mediterranean ports, SS,5S7 to Ham
burg, Germany: $1,000 to London, and
1882 bushels to Liverpool. The ex-
ports from New Orleans were con-
signed to Marseilles, and those from
Galveston were sent to Bremen. The
United States consul at Valetta,
Malta, reported recently that $4,000
bushels of. macaroni wheat from the
United States had been received in
Malta and was found to be of good
quality. The consul said that more
orders from Malta for this wheat we're
contemplated.