Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-06
. SEEDING PROBLEMS
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Among growers OF grain in the
three Northwestern states. the cues,
ton OF durum tmacaronn wheat un.
aoyhtedly exceeds In inter est all others,
This Ia natural. from the fact that
lts futurs as a dependable. profit grow.
lng cereal, based upon its real worth
IN q staple product for the Northwest
ern farmer, is Still to be demonstrated.
what Ia II WORTH What is the real
truth as to itS milling value! How
much more will Il yield per acre than
ife or blue stem? What are the ex.
port prospects this coming fall and
wintsrf etc, etc. All these questions.
aAd many move. have been nred at the
writer during the past ninety days.
especially the last enc. referring to
exports.
Explicit or complete answers cannot
be- given. but review Of the crop
Years OF 1904-5 and 1866. with other
facts Of present knowledge bearing on
lhe subject will undoubtedly prove OF
salue to the Northwestern farmers in
sermitting them to arrive at indepsnd-
Iat conclusions. ...
The well hnewn facts about durum
wheat are that il was imported and
lestersd by the United States agricul
iural department for Semi-arid regions
VI the Dakotas and ether Western
ytates. but that IL viii grow and pro-
luce a good yield in sections Of normal
Or abundant rainfall was evidenced by
he crop grown last year In localities
avored by a rainfall more than nor
nal. -t.#
What the hnal result OF continued
,owings In sections of excessive rain.
Iall and it's bearing on the quality OF
lurum would be has not yet been
demonstrated, but that heavy soil and
excessive rains are injurious and de-
Eeriorating in their effects, to a GER
lain extent. goes without question, Its
ldaptability for such sections and un.
Ter such conditions has never been ad.
yocated by the agricultural depart.
nent. While the full effect upon the
auality OF durum wheat grown in diff.
Ierent localities and under different
conditions has probably not been de-
Germined to anybody's satisfaction,
there is a question about the foreign.
lr's desires in the matter OF quality.
md this point must be strongly EN-,
Shasized They do not want anything
yoorer than No z, and would not have
taken anything but No. this year,
could enough Of it have been fur
Rished. .. ...
On the present crop Duluth has
handled eight million bushels and Min
neapolis about one million bushels,
Dther than what was reshipped to Du.
luth. Practically all OF the durum re-
psived at Duluth has been sold for ex'
port, and the remarkable feature of 1t,
at the present time, is that durum
wheat at the seaboard is selling for
expert at prices better than can be
Dbtalned for spring wheat in the same
position, and is in good demand II
his demand lIeeps up until the open
ing Of navigation II Is probable that
aurum at Duluth will be selling even
with or higher than the corresponding
grades of spring wheat.
All the causes that have contributed
10 the extraordinary demand for du.
rum are hard to analyze at this time,
coming more or less as surprise to
the whole trade. II was said to be due
10 q shortage of Russian wheats OF the
same quality, but this can hardly hold
good, IS Russia has been very large
shipper OF wheat ever since last Au-
gust, with no suggestion of shortage
,f any kind
1t was also intimated that II was be-
Ing used exclusively for making mac.
Rroni this being assumed because of
the fact that the Mediterranean ports
were the largest users of IL, although
there is room for doubling that any
such quantity OF wheat is used for
macaroni, .aFs ...
Whatever the reason for the de.
mand, It seems likely that II will con
tinue TO sell in the worlds markets
at very close to the price of other
wheats. On March the price of Rus
sian wheats and durum was identically
the same in European markets. 95 10
sS cents per bushel Durum has come
10 stay, and must be reckoned with
hereafter among our permanent wheat
crops Of the Northwest II domestic
nills refuse II, the demand abroad will
no doubt continue 10 absorb our sur
plus 10 the detriment Of our other
wheats. As regards its yield oyer
other wheats there is no question but
what II has the advantage by from
Ehree 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
H twenty 90 thirty inches 1t should be
put on the lightest soil to be found, on
the hills and not in the valleys or low
lands Insist on seed that is absolutely
Tree of other wheats. and il possible to
obtain 1t use nothing but No. durum
Fiaxsesd.
Owing to the low prices prevailing
Ior faxseed last fall there seems TO bt
tendency to cut II out, and in this
the writer believes mistake will bt
made. ...
The comparatively low prices a.
which the last crop was marketeC
we're not due to the size of the croI
Itself. but 10 the fact that the accutn