Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-04-05

9I1E1pIlOn,s hJIL WIFI aXT10EC SHES anu L
an enlarged domestic demand the en-
tire load has; been we'll absorbed. amt
oY the time we cau harvest announcer
crop will be- pretty well Gut Of the way L
The Waridg Situation GIL fax Isl very
strong, stronger than at any time sinca
L91i and with nothing in sight to-
make it weak /
Eurape25 principal sources OF 5upDi9,
Argentine and India, are bOEh short LII
their crops, Argentine with shortage
ct 23S Der cent compared with l3']a,y /
dnd with barely so per cenE OF the crop
ct 1ao4:, the Indian crop, is Just beng
harvested. and it is known THAT cne
dl.ourh at seeding time worked mate
rial damage TO the crop. The final crop
dgt1res., which will be- published next
month will show i great shortage
compared with 1908. and Chis III Curn .
WAS only SO per cent OF the [2O4 crop /
Argentine viii not start shipping On |
another crop until next January, amt |
India will not harvest another crop !
until March CT 1907
Aside from the foreign situation the
N>S'AA~A''A-
enough Consumption is increasing
materially every year, and last year s
crop would have been barely sufficient
| TO supply domestic demands. 1t Will
be ran1emb erei that the crop OF Ito5
vas exceptional III its large average
yield per acre. and it does not saenl
possible that IT'S average Y1e1n can De
again duplicated this yeah. The area
! in ta05 was much more than it w0uiu
! have been We're it not that the spring
season vas SO exceptionally favorable
to- large AREA OF everything. With
| the rapid settlement Of the far western
part Of North Dakota. the large new
braakings Of the past three or tour
years al,a No longer available: for lax
and the trade will hereafter depend
Oh the product raised from smaller
! fields. the twenty, forty on slghry-acre
fields OF SCATTERED farms.
The writer has followed STATISTICS
Gil faxseet since it first became
prominent crop in the Northwest anu
is firmly OF the opinion thar the I9oh
fail prices for seed will be higher
than they have been before III i've
wears AMI much higher than at pres
anr. Should an accident CT any k1nd
occur TO any considerable part CT this
years American crop the worlds sta
tisticaI situation is acute enough TO
bring ahOur e1rraVagalC prices.
Il is d we'll recognized fact that
fax cannot be grown continuously Gu
, the same ield owing to the disease
known as fax wilt. It can, however
De growu continuously Oh the same
farm by SO rotating the crop as &c
!. bring day on eacu field bur once IN
seven To ten years.
Flax requires & good soil, as II Is
. not a sIrong feeder. and it does very
: We'll following carn or grass crop
r, It IS no 1Irier On the land than L
=. any grain crop. In tacr, there Is III
1ore fertility removed by a crop q
) fax than by crop ct wheat, CATS OF
barley Flax is undoubtedly d vail
able crop AS q small portion CT TIT
:. total grain crop raised The average
: yield in money value per acre has beer
in the past Iarger for flax than 10
:, wheat It also has the advantage O
4 recurring shorter time to marur
/ than other grain crops, thus maxim;
e it possible To SOW FAX conSiueraol
= later in the spring, which Is pllT
I often an advantage.
L Barley.
r, Barley seems to- be the tabcOef cru
q IF the Northwest, yer there is SO mIlc
good that can be said m its favor as
# paying crop that [ have been SUI
l. Drissn at tie treatment accorded II
:. many farmers. The usual Way "a
q, been to, SOW it after everything els
g WAS IN. CT after it was too late 20 Sc
e other crops, and to harvest and Tires
II II when time. could be spared. II
70 cron is obtained. we'll and good;
II, not, charge it up To Providence. I'm
re is entirely the wrung view To take
barley. There Isl no> cereal grown
. this COUNTY, that pays better II pro
y, eriv cultivated and cared for. MaT
,f farmers do we'll DIS It Is and II oacle
re- can be raised proitdbly IN tile oio Sill
RI, snod way there is NO galnsaElng tn
wv il cultivated CD scientific principle
~ r1s average yield could easily be
crsase4 five to- ten bushels per &c
=. and the quality advanced from 20
50 ner cent. thus making the Guilty.
- tiou Of this: cefeaI second t0 none.
~, BARLEY should never be- CUT UNTIL
- Isl full ripe, as uuripE barley Is OF
~ value EXCEPT as faet. HdrVesfll
~ should always be done. i'll dry wealth
w., aud., Il possible, the harvested CT
-, should not be exposed ta rain CT hea
-n~ dew. Il niIE ripene.t and reasonaE
free from weeds barley CAN and 5hor
~ be- stacked as soun as cut and perm
- ted &c, Sweat in the stack; b6fWe
49,, cutting and tlresiling unless Stack
49, IS the time When the greatest DANA
,r,+ is commonly done
rr When tilI,esiling from shock
~ should be- st6red in dry bins a
watched carefully that heating dc
, / nor gccl1r4 while sweating, It si1a'
newer De sent t8 market. until alter
III has gone completely through