Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-04-19

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: By Chas II Thornton Publisher :
= Duluth Commercial Record ::
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| Among growers vi grain in the
three Northwestern states the aues.
| tiOn Of duran ,macaroni) wheat un.
donhtcdly exceeds III int siest Al others
| This u natural from the fact that
It's future "a Il dependable prott srow
Ing cereal based upon its real wur; h
| Is staple product for the Northwest
ern farmer. is still To be demonstrated
What 10 II WORTH What is the real
truth 10 to its milling value How
| much more will il Yield pel acre than
NE OF blue stem, What are the ex
o0rt prospects this coIAing !al and
\ ainter? etc. etc All these questions.
| and many more. have been fired AT the
writer during the past ninety days,
especially the last one, reforming to
| exports
l Explicit q. complete answers cannot
| - given, but review of the crop
years OF lSns-5 and 1866 with other
!, facts OF present knowledge bearing ON
/: the subjec, will undoubtedly prove OF
| value to the Northwestern farmers 10
permitting them TO arrive a. tndepend
ont conclusions.
The we'll known facts about durmm
wheat are that 1t was imported and
fostersd by the United States asricul
tural department for semi arid regions
Of the Dakotas and other Western
states. but that II will grow and pro
6uce good yield In sections OF normal
or abundant rainfall was evidenced by
] the crop grown last year In localities
favored by rainfall more than nol
NAL
What the final result OF continued
o0wings In sections Of excessive rain
fall and its bearing on the quality OF
0urum would DO has not yet been
demonstrated. but that heavy soil and
excessive rains are injurious and de
teriorating IN their effects. to a Ger
tain extent. goes without question Its
adaptability for such sections and IN
der such conditions has never been ad
vOcated by the agricultural depart
| ment While tho full effect upon tho
quality Of dmrmm wheat grown In dit
ferent localities and under different
conditions has probably not been de-
termined TO anybody's satisfaction,
there Is question about the foreign
or's desires Ia the matter OF quality
and this point must be strongly EN-
phAsized. They do not want anything
poorer than No 3, and would not have
taken anything but No. I this year
could enough Ut II have been fur
nishsd
On the present crop Duluth has
| handled eight million bushels and Min.
neap0lis about one million bushels.
other than what was reshipped 10 Dl
luth. Practically all of the duium re.
ceived at Duluth has been sold for ex
port. and the remarkable feature Of H..
at the present time. Is that dmrum
| wheat at the seaboard Is selling for
| export at prices better than can be
| obtained fos spring wheat in the same
| position. and IL in good demand IL
this demand keeps up until the open
| ing Of navigation II IL probable that
duruM at Duluth will be selling even
I with OF higher than the corresponding
grades Of snttng wheat
All the causes that have contributed
to the extraordinary demand for du.
rum are hard to analyze AT this time.
coming more or less as a surprise 10
the whole t,ade II WAS said to be due
to q shortage Of Russian wheats OF the
same Iuality bu; this can hardly hold
good. as Russia has been very large
| shipper OF wheat ever since last An
| gust. with no suggestion OF shortage
Of any kind
II was also minated that II was be
| Ing used exclusively for making mac
| arOni this being assumed because OF
the fact that the Mediterranean ports
l we're the Largest users Of H. although
there is room FOR doubling that any
such quantity OF wheat 10 used for
macaroni
Whatever the reason for the Dc.
| nand, II seems likely that N will con
tinue TO sell in the worlds markets
At very close to the price OF other
wheats On March 2 the price VI Rus
sian wheats and durum was idcntically
the same ia European markets, 95 10
| IS cents per bushel Durum has come
to stay. and mast DO reckoned with
| crops OF the Northwest II domestic
\ mills refuse H. the demand abroad will
| no doubt continue to absorb O,il sii
| plus TO the detriment Of our other
wheats As regards its yield over
other whsats there is no question but
what 1t has the advantage by from
three to eight bushels per acre. all
conditions considered
The only suggestion that the writer
would make Is that when seeded in
sections enjoying an average rainfall
Of twenty to thirty inches II should be
i put on the highest soil to be found. on
the hills and NOT In the valleys or low
lands Insist on seed that is absolutely
free OF othei wheats. and II possible to
obtain II use nothing but No durum
F!axsesd.
/ Owing 20 the low prices prevailing
tor 6axseed last fall there seems To be
tendency TO cut n out. and in this
the writer believes q mistake will be
! made
The comparatively low prices At
which the last crop was marketed
i we're not due Ia the size Of the crop
itself. but 10 the fact that the accum
] ulated reserves carried forward from
the large crops Of 1902 and 1903. which
had been artthcially held on the mar
! ket were ruleas ed and did more than